{"id":64294,"date":"2018-11-01T18:45:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T22:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64294"},"modified":"2018-11-01T18:46:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T22:46:05","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-october-31st-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64294","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, October 31st, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, October 31st, 2018&#8230;and here&#8217;s wishing everyone a Happy Halloween.\u00a0 We&#8217;re certain the former Wicked Witch of the West Wing will be enjoying herself, drowning defeat in copious amounts of alcohol, redistributing children&#8217;s candy and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FTxUDqH2YCE\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>amusing herself and her Progressive compatriots with uproarious bits of race-based humor<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2lcora.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2lcora.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2lcora.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2lcora-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cousin Eddie might well have had Hillary in mind when he observed in <em>Christmas Vacation<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQXuazYI_YU?start=37\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh,&#8230;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-goods\/2018\/10\/30\/18043054\/ben-jerrys-political-pecan-resist\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s<\/em><\/span><\/a> can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stuff it<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, writing at his <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim Geraghty reminds us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>This Isn\u2019t Ioffe\u2019s First Gaffe<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2lbdja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2lbdja.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2lbdja.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2lbdja-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>GQ<\/em>\u00a0correspondent<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/watch-cnn-panelist-claims-trump-has-radicalized-so-many-more-people-than-isis-later-apologizes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Julia Ioffe, on CNN, yesterday<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>: \u201cI think this president, one of the things that he really launched his presidential run on is talking about Islamic radicalization. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And this president has radicalized <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so many more people<\/em><\/span> than ISIS <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> did.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span> (For perspective, estimates of ISIS forces at their apex\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/warontherocks.com\/2015\/02\/how-many-fighters-does-the-islamic-state-really-have\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranged from 9,000 to 200,000<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.)\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Ioffe later <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/413751-gq-columnist-apologizes-for-claim-trump-radicalized-more-people-than-isis-ever\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">apologized<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">After the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Ioffe claimed<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliaioffe\/status\/1056219660444676097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this president makes this possible<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u201d<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>and contended that Jews who voted for Trump<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliaioffe\/status\/1056238785749487616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have some thinking to do<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>(In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>2009<\/em><\/span>, an 88-year-old white supremacist shot at the U.S. Holocaust museum, killing one and injuring another. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>2014<\/em><\/span>, there were two shootings at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and Village Shalom, a Jewish retirement community in Overland Park, Kan., leaving three dead.<\/span> Did the president <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at that time<\/em><\/span> \u2018make those possible\u2019?)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Previously, Ioffe\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/julia-ioffe-attacks-trump-supporters-the-silent-majority-of-them-think-anti-semitism-racism-is-okay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">contended<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0that a \u201csilent majority\u201d of Trump supporters are \u201cokay with racism and anti-Semitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">She once asked the Trump organization in a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/06\/21\/exclusive-oedipal-impulses-gq-reporter-asks-donald-trump-jr-if-he-wants-to-have-sex-with-his-mother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of written inquiries<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>, \u201cWas there ever a time when Donald Trump Jr. felt any oedipal impulses?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">After the appointment of three retired generals, Ioffe said the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/11456\/silly-democrats-complain-about-junta-cabinet-aaron-bandler\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should be called a \u201cjunta<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">She\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliaioffe\/status\/1021708033850793984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contended<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that Republican animosity towards Susan Rice is driven by racism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">She\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2016\/12\/julia-ioffe-finished-at-politico-over-obscene-trump-tweet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that President Trump was having sexual relations with his daughter, leading to her dismissal from Politico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">She\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliaioffe\/status\/1030179291085107201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refers to the attorney general<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>as \u201cJefferson Beauregard Sessions.\u201d While this is indeed the attorney general\u2019s middle name, use of all three names is an attempt to play into negative stereotypes of the South. The press was rightly wary about those who consistently referred to the previous president with all three names \u2014 \u201cBarack Hussein Obama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Some of us remember\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/114945\/two-russians-walk-parliamentary-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back in 2013<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, when Ioffe, then writing for\u00a0<em>The New Republic<\/em>, suggested President Obama should deal with Congressional Republicans the way Boris Yeltsin did, by dissolving parliament and then using military forces to shell the Russian parliament building when they refused to leave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In other words&#8230;<em>how many awful things <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do you have to say<\/span> before the CNN bookers say, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hey, let\u2019s leave Julia off the panel<\/span><\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Geraghty calls a gaffe we view as patent prevarication.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He also neglected to mention neither the tweet which got Ioffe fired from <em>Politico<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Julia-Incest-Quote.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Julia-Incest-Quote.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Julia-Incest-Quote.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Julia-Incest-Quote-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;nor the fact host Jake Tapper, the sole voice of reason (though only on occasion) at <em>CNN <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/cnn-slammed-as-disgraceful-after-jake-tapper-silent-when-guest-says-trump-radicalized-more-people-than-isis\" class=\"broken_link\">declined to contradict his guest&#8217;s baseless claim<\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But if The Left <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span> wants to talk anti-Semitism, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>let&#8217;s talk<\/em><\/span> anti-Semitism:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP_090707018785-1024x791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP_090707018785-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP_090707018785-1024x791.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP_090707018785-1024x791-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP_18243541859634-1024x626.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP_18243541859634-1024x626.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP_18243541859634-1024x626.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AP_18243541859634-1024x626-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dick-holder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dick-holder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dick-holder.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dick-holder-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DUaNMQdXcAUTwVT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DUaNMQdXcAUTwVT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DUaNMQdXcAUTwVT.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DUaNMQdXcAUTwVT-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Maxine-Waters-Farrakhan-1024x538.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Maxine-Waters-Farrakhan-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Maxine-Waters-Farrakhan-1024x538.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Maxine-Waters-Farrakhan-1024x538-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PuhLEASE!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, though we wish <a href=\"http:\/\/insider.foxnews.com\/2018\/10\/30\/mccarthy-birthright-citizenship-trump-right-14th-amendment-cannot-use-executive-order\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Andy McCarthy were wrong<\/em><\/span><\/a>, we&#8217;re afeared he&#8217;s right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, courtesy of <em>AEI<\/em>, Marc Thiessen details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The real reason behind Trump\u2019s nuclear treaty withdrawal isn\u2019t Russia. It\u2019s North Korea<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-17.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-17.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-17.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-17-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In announcing his\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2018\/10\/22\/what-the-inf-treaty-means-for-the-u-s-and-europe-and-why-trump-mentioned-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">decision to withdraw<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, President Trump cited Russia\u2019s repeated violations and the fact that the treaty does not bind China, which is engaged in the world\u2019s\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/threat\/missile\/bm-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most ambitious ballistic missile development program<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>But Trump\u2019s withdrawal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may also<\/span> be designed for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">another purpose<\/span>.<\/em> <em>It sends a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">subtle<\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unmistakable message to North Korea<\/span><\/em>: <em>If you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">refuse to denuclearize<\/span>, we can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now surround your country with short- and medium-range missiles that will allow us to strike your regime without warning<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>At the moment, the Trump administration appears to be making little progress in nuclear talks with Pyongyang. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The threat of deployment of intermediate-range missiles in Asia <em>could<\/em> change the dynamics of those negotiations.<\/span> Recall that in 1983,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1983\/09\/13\/President-Reagans-plan-to-deploy-572-intermediate-range-missiles\/8303230924762\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">President Reagan announced plans<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0to deploy hundreds of US intermediate-range Pershing II missiles in Western Europe in response to the Soviet Union\u2019s deployment of SS-20 nuclear missiles. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The US deployment sparked mass protests throughout Europe, but it also put enormous pressure on Moscow \u2014 and in so doing laid the groundwork for a series of arms control breakthroughs, including the INF Treaty.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>By withdrawing from the INF Treaty, Trump can now put similar pressure on Pyongyang.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The treaty barred both conventional and nuclear land-based missiles with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Freed from the treaty\u2019s constraints, the United States can now deploy hundreds of conventional short- and medium-range missiles to bases in Asia, including in Guam (2,100 miles from North Korea) and Japan (650 miles).<\/span> There would no longer be a need to send US aircraft carriers on temporary deployments to waters off the Korean Peninsula as a sign of military strength. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the region would put North Korea permanently in our crosshairs.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Pyongyang <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>certainly<\/em><\/span> does not want these US missiles on its doorstep. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Neither does Beijing, which knows such a deployment would restore U.S. military supremacy in the Pacific.<\/span> According to Adm. Harry Harris, former commander of US Pacific Command, China possesses the \u201clargest and most diverse missile force in the world\u201d \u2014 and 95 percent of its missiles \u201cwould violate the INF [Treaty] <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> China was a signatory.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The fact that Beijing has such missiles, while the United States does not, puts the United States at a strategic disadvantage in any conflict with Beijing.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> As my American Enterprise Institute colleague Dan Blumenthal\u00a0pointed out in The Post, our only possible response would be to strike China with intercontinental ballistic missiles \u2014 an unacceptable escalation. By contrast, the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty allows deployment of conventional mobile ground-based missiles in Guam and Japan, improving our ability to deter Chinese aggression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Trump can deploy Tomahawk cruise missiles on ground launchers to the Pacific <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>almost immediately<\/em><\/span> after withdrawal from the treaty.<\/strong><\/span> Withdrawal would also\u00a0pave the way\u00a0for US development and deployment of new missiles banned by the treaty, as well as new\u00a0hypersonic weapons\u00a0\u2014 which travel five times faster than the speed of sound \u2014 to compete with China\u2019s massive investment in these capabilities. This would be a massive strategic setback to both China and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>So by withdrawing from the INF Treaty, and clearing the way for such deployments, Trump has given the United States a massive new bargaining chip.<\/strong><\/span> North Korea now has a new incentive to denuclearize, and China has a new strategic interest pressuring them to do so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>It still may not work<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But if those negotiations fail, Trump\u2019s INF Treaty withdrawal has given the United States a fallback option that will allow Washington to more effectively deter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span> Beijing and Pyongyang \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> reassert American military primacy in the region.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ronald Reagan did<\/em><\/span>&#8230;thanks in part to his Pershing II plans&#8230;was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>win the Cold War<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning back for a moment to the <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim Geraghty urges those seeking to blame others for their ills to&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/you-arent-important-enough-to-be-conspired-against\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Take This Conspiracy Theory and Shove It<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/wp-1524897093361505672227.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/wp-1524897093361505672227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/wp-1524897093361505672227.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/wp-1524897093361505672227-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;What do the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, the Florida mail-bomber, the angry young man who drove a van into a crowd on a Toronto street in April, and last year\u2019s shooter at the congressional baseball field have in common?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Based on what we know at this time, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> subscribed to a worldview <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>where the problems in the world stemmed from a particular group of people they deemed sinister and powerful<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span>The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter believed it was a worldwide Jewish conspiracy. The Florida mail-bomber believed that it was George Soros and prominent Democrats. The Toronto van driver believed that it was a vast, coordinated effort of the world\u2019s women to keep him and other \u201cincels\u201d from relationships and happiness. The shooter at the congressional baseball field believed that President Trump and Republicans had \u201cdestroyed our democracy\u201d and that they were the \u201cTaliban of the USA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>At some point, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> of these men became fixated on \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>them<\/em><\/span>\u201d \u2014 <em>some sort of group that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they could blame for all of the problems in their lives<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span> The baseball-field shooter was married and had his own business once, but he had been arrested for domestic battery towards a foster daughter; another foster daughter killed herself. The baseball-field shooter eventually dissolved his business and became increasingly obsessed with politics. The Florida mail-bomber had declared bankruptcy, had been arrested nine times, and was living in his van. The Toronto van driver was nearly friendless, awkward, technically proficient, but had difficulty with social skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>We\u2019re still learning details about the synagogue shooter, but by Sunday, the familiar portrait was\u00a0coming into focus: \u201can isolated, awkward man who lived alone and struggled with basic human interactions, neighbors and others who knew him said on Sunday.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>It\u2019s almost always the same, isn\u2019t it? <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Few or no friends, no relationships, estranged from family, difficulty holding down a job, and a lot of time spent online on chat boards and sites that reinforce growing paranoia, scapegoating, and hatred. <\/span>It\u2019s safe to assume <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> shooter\u2019s life, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>like the others<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did not turn out the way that he had hoped<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>All of these men shared an inability to face the possibility that the problems in their life were a result of their own decisions and actions<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> They retreated to the flattering conclusion that only a vast conspiracy of powerful forces could possibly have brought them to this state of perpetual disappointment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The good news is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very few of us<\/em><\/span> walk around thinking like this.<\/span> <em>If all it took to turn someone into a homicidal maniac was a Donald Trump speech, or a Bernie Sanders speech, or an anti-Semitic website, or a rant against women, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then the world would be nonstop massacres<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What we need is a broad, society-wide push to hammer hard truths into people\u2019s heads.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>If you\u2019re having problems with your career,<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it\u2019s your own damn fault<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>If you\u2019re having problems in your relationships,<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it\u2019s your own damn fault<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> because of the Illuminati, or the Trilateral Commission, or the Bilderbergers, or the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_ZI_aEalijE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stonecutters<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>If your life has not turned out the way you wanted it to, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do something about it<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stop<\/em><\/span> sitting in front of a computer screen, reading a site that is assuring you that it\u2019s because of government false-flag operations, or that the elections are rigged, or they\u2019re putting stuff in the water, or that natural-cause deaths of famous figures were disguised assassinations, or that the weather is being controlled, and that secret government agencies are behind every major news event.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>You\u2019re not important enough for the world\u2019s rich, powerful, and\/or sinister to get together and seek to undermine you<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">They<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> don\u2019t need<\/span> to hold you back; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you\u2019re doing that job just fine on your own<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This of course excepts the faked moon landings, the alien spacecraft stored at Area 51 and the undeniable fact Elvis lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this from the <em>WSJ<\/em>, as Michael Mortitz asks&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/brother-can-you-spare-three-billion-dimes-1540770256\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Brother, Can You Spare Three Billion Dimes<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/brother-can-you-spare-three-billion-dimes-1540770256\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A San Francisco ballot measure to throw money at the homeless with no plan<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depositphotos_1075407_original-w800-h600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depositphotos_1075407_original-w800-h600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depositphotos_1075407_original-w800-h600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depositphotos_1075407_original-w800-h600-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>No <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>well-run<\/em><\/span> organization would spend $300 million without a solid plan or clear goals. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">But that\u2019s what the backers of Proposition C, the homeless initiative on the ballot in San Francisco, intend to do.<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>This head-spinning spectacle has the makings of a Mel Brooks movie: The central characters are cast in the opposite roles one would expect. The fiercest opponent of this attempt to expand government spending is San Francisco\u2019s Democratic mayor, London Breed, who grew up in public housing. The most fervent supporter of what would amount to the city\u2019s largest-ever tax increase is Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-read-next-mobile\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Ms. Breed knows that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for 30 years<\/span> San Francisco\u2019s budget for the homeless <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has continued to grow<\/span>, but the problem <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has only worsened<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>If money could solve the homeless problem, there would be no one sleeping in tents, no needles littering sidewalks and no human waste in the streets<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Supporters of Proposition C confuse good intentions and wishful thinking with an effective plan for dealing with the grim realities<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">While Proposition C does a spectacular job outlining how to spend money, it doesn\u2019t effectively explain why the proposals would work, how they should be judged and measured, or when they would take effect.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Homelessness is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not one problem<\/em><\/span> and requires subtle approaches.<\/strong><\/span> Some suffer from mental-health issues, while others are from families that have fallen behind on rent or lost a job. Many are lost to drugs and some are children who somehow still manage to attend school. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Homelessness is also closely associated with other local problems\u2014especially housing and zoning policy and the lack of high-speed regional transit systems.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>San Francisco has limited the supply of homes and apartments. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">This raises rents, which drives people <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>or, more accurately, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">helps<\/span>\u00a0drive people<\/em>)<\/span> onto the streets.<\/span> Every soul who has encountered the cruel hardship of homelessness requires a different and specialized form of assistance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Proposition C opponents can easily be described as wealthy, tone-deaf, self-interested and heartless even if they have been longtime donors to homeless causes. But all we seek is a coherent approach.<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong> Only a systematic plan that can be monitored, measured and tuned\u2014and that deals with all aspects of homelessness\u2014will bring about change. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If that\u2019s assembled, there\u2019s reason to expect things to improve. <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Without it<\/span>, there\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no chance<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on his belief high-speed mass transit represents a solution to homelessness, we&#8217;re inclined to conclude Mr. Mortitz leans Progressive.\u00a0 But his refusal to adhere to the Liberal dogma society&#8217;s ills only exist due to a lack of funding shows there&#8217;s hope for him yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/united-we-mourn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/united-we-mourn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/united-we-mourn.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/united-we-mourn-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/holb_c16092220181029120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/holb_c16092220181029120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/holb_c16092220181029120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/holb_c16092220181029120100-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bg103018dAPR20181029114507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bg103018dAPR20181029114507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bg103018dAPR20181029114507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bg103018dAPR20181029114507-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/payn_c16095420181029120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/payn_c16095420181029120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/payn_c16095420181029120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/payn_c16095420181029120100-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bg102618dAPR20181026014508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bg102618dAPR20181026014508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bg102618dAPR20181026014508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bg102618dAPR20181026014508-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cb102718dAPR20181027024506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cb102718dAPR20181027024506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cb102718dAPR20181027024506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cb102718dAPR20181027024506-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181026c20181026051443.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181026c20181026051443.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181026c20181026051443.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181026c20181026051443-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image-10-30-18-at-8.50-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image-10-30-18-at-8.50-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image-10-30-18-at-8.50-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image-10-30-18-at-8.50-AM-300x210.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181030c20181030030428.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181030c20181030030428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181030c20181030030428.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181030c20181030030428-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1-12.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1-12.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1-12-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2-9.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2-9-300x255.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-3-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-3-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-3-6.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-3-6-300x274.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-16.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-16.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-16.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-16-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally,\u00a0Courtesy of G. Trevor, here&#8217;s a video from a year ago November 7th which graphically depicts the hazards law enforcement officers face on a daily basis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7W6PQ3V3y8\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is not to say or even suggest there aren&#8217;t occasional bad apples in the law enforcement barrel, or that police officers shouldn&#8217;t be held to account for their actions.\u00a0 Rather its a reminder there are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far<\/em><\/span> more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bad guys<\/em><\/span> than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bad cops<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. Though the officer shown diving over the guardrail was shot twice and seriously injured, both troopers are now fully recovered and the perp is a guest of the State of Pennsylvania for the next 53-1\/2 to 110 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, October 31st, 2018&#8230;and here&#8217;s wishing everyone a Happy Halloween.\u00a0 We&#8217;re certain the former Wicked Witch of the West Wing will be enjoying herself, drowning defeat in copious amounts of alcohol, redistributing children&#8217;s candy and amusing herself and her Progressive compatriots with uproarious bits of race-based humor: Cousin Eddie might well have had Hillary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64295,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64294\/revisions\/64295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}