{"id":64489,"date":"2018-11-09T15:18:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64489"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:18:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:18:28","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-november-7th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64489","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, November 7th, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, November 7th, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, here&#8217;s a headline which is pure Jersey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2018\/11\/06\/jersey-trash-sleazy-bob-menendez-wins-reelection-n2535433\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sleazy Bob Menendez Wins Re-Election; Juror From Corruption Trial At Election Night Party<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gov2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gov2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gov2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gov2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words, the entire state&#8217;s Dimocratic contingent&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nI67dSs3dXU\" 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>If you&#8217;re a New Jersey Dimocrat, corruption guarantees you office for life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since it looks like the Dims will take the House and the GOP hold onto the Senate, and thus we won&#8217;t be staying up for the final returns, we&#8217;ll lead off the first edition of our 63rd year with two forecasts of how the chips would ultimately fall.\u00a0 First, writing at NRO, it&#8217;s Henry Olsen&#8217;s very educated estimate&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/11\/midterm-elections-republicans-tainted-by-rinos\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tomorrow the RINOs Will Take Their Revenge<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e984336b618fd9ef4b0b886047ce5639.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e984336b618fd9ef4b0b886047ce5639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e984336b618fd9ef4b0b886047ce5639.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e984336b618fd9ef4b0b886047ce5639-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;C<\/span>onservatives love animals, but there is one species they have long wanted to make extinct: the RINO. Not the horned African rhino, mind you, but rather the hoity-toity political RINO \u2014 Republicans in Name Only. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Movement types have long been enraged by RINOs\u2019 cool attitude toward tax cutting and social conservatism and their willingness to cooperate with, and occasionally vote for, Democrats.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hunting RINO\u00a0officeholders during primary season has been the\u00a0Club for Growth\u2019s\u00a0primary mission for years, and together with activist muscle, the group has successfully pushed the party to the right.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It turns out, however, that poaching RINO legislators is not enough to drive RINOs to extinction.<\/strong> <\/span>Conservatives have long thought that RINOs\u2019 native environment was the lobby room and the fundraising circuit \u2014 that they drew their sustenance from the insiders, not the folks back home. But it turns out that the RINOs were living off the land the whole time, the McMansion-land of upper-income suburbia. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Millions of voters there were in fact RINOs too, and picking off their representatives did not do a thing to change their minds about the issues.<\/strong><\/span> They like \u201cgo slow\u201d Republicanism and do not believe that things in America are bad enough on any level to warrant radical, significant change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>RINO voters have long preferred candidates such as Bob Dole, the two George Bushes, John McCain, and Mitt Romney. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">So long as folks like these led the party, RINOs were happy to keep the \u201cR\u201d in their names even as they increasingly battled the GOP\u2019s more conservative elements.<\/span> But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump<\/em><em> changed<\/em><em> all that<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Trump\u2019s message was that America was a sinking ship, one that needed a radical change of course, and fast. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Add his volatile and voluble personality to the mix and you can see why RINOs did not want to take a cruise on the SS\u00a0<em>GOP<\/em>\u00a0with Trump as its captain.<\/span> But Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>won<\/em><\/span> despite their defection.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Tuesday, however, is going to be the RINOs\u2019 revenge. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Romney-loving RINOs are coming out of their preserves with fire in their hearts and a gleam in their eyes.<\/span> They are decked out in hunting gear of their own, and their prey is the Trump-backing, change-seeking GOP. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They might not be able to win primaries anymore, but in league with their new friends, the Democrats, they are eager to take down some big game of their own.<\/span> And <em>they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Senate Breakdown<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a052 Republicans, 48 Democrats (including two independents who caucus with the Democrats).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0States switching to the Democrats: NV, AZ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0States switching to the Republicans: ND, MO, IN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>House Breakdown<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0209 Republicans, 226 Democrats. This is a gain of 32 seats for the Democrats; a plausible range is that they will gain 25 to 40. Anywhere in that range, Republicans will lose control of the chamber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0Sixteen seats are certain to switch to the Democrats: CA-49, AZ-2, CO-6, KS-3, MN-2, MN-3, IA-1, IL-6, MI-11, FL-27, VA-10, PA-5, PA-6, PA-7, NJ-2, NJ-11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0Seven more are likely to switch to the Democrats: WA-8, CA-10, CA-45, PA-17, NJ-7, NY-19, TX-32.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0Twenty-six more are potential Democratic pickups: CA-25, CA-39, CA-48, UT-4, TX-7, KS-2, IA-3, IL-13, IL-14, MI-8, OH-12, GA-6, GA-7, FL-15, FL-26, NC-9, NC-13, VA-2, VA-5, VA-7, PA-1, NJ-3, NY-11, NY-22, ME-2, AK-AL.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0One seat is certain to switch to the Republicans: MN-8.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0Two more are potential Republican pickups: MN-1, NV-3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Governors Breakdown<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a025 Republicans, 25 Democrats. This is a gain of nine governorships for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0States switching to the Democrats: FL, OH, NV, MI, NM, ME, IL, WI, IA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><big>\u2022<\/big>\u00a0State switching to the Republicans (from an independent): AK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this from the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, as Jim Geraghty offers a second opinion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-big-election-day-preview\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Big Election Day Preview<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RTX6G2KN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RTX6G2KN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RTX6G2KN.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RTX6G2KN-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Yesterday we looked at the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/11\/midterm-elections-analysis-house-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives, district by district<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>. Today, we\u2019ll look at the big Senate and gubernatorial races, starting in the Northeast, and work our way down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This adds up to Republicans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gaining two seats<\/em><\/span>, and enjoying a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>53-47 majority<\/em><\/span> starting next year. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The GOP keeps Texas, Arizona, and Tennessee; the Democrats keep New Jersey, Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Montana.<\/span> The GOP flips North Dakota, Missouri, and Indiana; Democrats flip Nevada. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The governor\u2019s races are a mess for Republicans, but we expected that.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Given a number of races may be decided by razor-thin margins, we may not know the final tally for days or even weeks.\u00a0 But from what we&#8217;ve read and seen thus far, and particularly in view of historical mid-term trends, the Blue Wave may more like a ripple.\u00a0 Either way, we look forward to comparing the actual results with our prognosticators predictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Besides, having Nancy the Red, Adam Schiff and Mad Maxine&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/694940094001_5833441904001_5833436880001-vs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64449\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/694940094001_5833441904001_5833436880001-vs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/694940094001_5833441904001_5833436880001-vs.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/694940094001_5833441904001_5833436880001-vs-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;front and center 24\/7 running the House for the next two years may be the gift that keeps on giving, particularly with continued GOP control of the Senate and Darth Bader growing older by the minute.\u00a0 So&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/popcorn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/popcorn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/popcorn.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/popcorn-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and stay tuned.\u00a0 The show is just getting started!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, courtesy of <em>American Greatness<\/em>, the superlative Victor Davis Hanson details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"42\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2018\/11\/04\/cnns-existential-war-with-trump\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">CNN\u2019s Existential War With Trump<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/article-3230-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64434\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/article-3230-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/article-3230-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/article-3230-1-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"wpsdcp-drop-cap-default\">&#8220;I<\/span>t may be unwise or monotonous for President Trump to harp on CNN as a purveyor of \u201cfake news.\u201d And the constant refrain \u201cenemy of the people\u201d should not be used of a media outlet, even one as prejudicial as CNN. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>Even if they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Yet Trump\u2019s obsessions with CNN are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>largely <\/em><em>reactive<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not preemptive<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>After just<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/erik-wemple\/wp\/2017\/09\/12\/study-91-percent-of-recent-network-trump-coverage-has-been-negative\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.00f2706d9555\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">100 days in office<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>, <em>before his own agendas could even be enacted<\/em>, the liberal Shorenstein Center at Harvard reported that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">93 percent of CNN\u2019s coverage<\/span> of the Trump Administration was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">already<\/span> negative<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Just\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>one in every 13 CNN stories proved positive<\/i><\/span>.<\/span> That radically asymmetrical pattern (shared by NBC\/MSNBC) had\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never\u00a0been seen before in the history of comparable media analytics<\/span><\/em>. <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No one<\/span> at CNN sought to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">explain<\/span> the imbalance<\/em>, <em>leaving the impression that the news organization had more or less <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">joined the progressive opposition<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>In his serial pushbacks against CNN, if Trump has perhaps surpassed the invective of Barack Obama\u2019s own periodic dismissals of Fox News, he has clearly\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not\u00a0<\/span><\/em>ordered his Justice Department to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>monitor the communications of any CNN reporter<\/em><\/span>, in the manner of\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2013\/05\/james-rosen-spied-on-his-case-is-even-worse-than-the-ap-reporters.html\">Eric Holder&#8217;s surveillance of Fox News journalist James Rosen<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Associated Press journalists<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not being monitored<\/em><\/span> by the administration <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as they were during the Obama years<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong> That difference is oddly never cited by CNN reporters <em>who are wont to decry their own treatment by the administration, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but who were not particularly vocal when their professional colleagues were once placed under electronic surveillance<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>The shoddiness in reporting about Trump and the occasional flat-out inaccurate new stories <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reflect a toxic network culture in which partisanship is now standard and apparently to be expected<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">A certain furor over Trump often erupts in repeated, obscene anti-Trump and unprofessional outbursts of CNN journalists, contributors, and anchors\u2014whether\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newser.com\/story\/243076\/anderson-cooper-is-sorry-for-that-trump-poop-joke.html\">Anderson Cooper<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>trashing a pro-Trump panelist by profanely retorting, \u201cIf he took a dump on his desk, you would defend it!\u201d or CNN religious scholar\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2017\/06\/11\/cnn-severs-ties-reza-aslan\/\">Reza Aslan<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0referring to Trump as \u201cthis piece of sh-t,\u201d <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Can you imagine <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone<\/span> in the Fourth Estate making a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">similar reference<\/span> to that Socialist <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">piece of sh*t Obama<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/span> or perhaps the late CNN host Anthony Bourdain joking in an interview about\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/350857-cnn-host-bourdain-jokes-about-poisoning-trump\" class=\"broken_link\">poisoning Trump<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0or CNN New Year\u2019s Eve host Kathy Griffin\u2019s\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2017\/05\/30\/kathy_griffin_poses_with_trump_s_severed_head_which_is_a_bad_idea.html\">infamous photo-pose<\/a><\/em><\/span> holding a facsimile of Trump\u2019s severed head.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">After a while, the pattern <em>becomes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">undeniable<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> We saw such biased activism during the Ferguson drama when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the entire newsroom of CNN panelists<\/em><\/span> (on the supposedly straight news \u201cCNN Newsroom\u201d) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in December 2014 adopted an on-air \u201chands up, don\u2019t shoot\u201d photo-op pose<\/em><\/span>\u2014an emulation of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>false narrative<\/em><\/span> surrounding the shooting death of Michael Brown that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was proven fantastical<\/em><\/span> by\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/12\/14\/justice\/ferguson-witnesses-credibility\/index.html\">grand jury testimonies<\/a><\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/crime-and-justice\/commentary\/what-the-ferguson-report-really-exposed\" class=\"broken_link\">an investigation<\/a><\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Eric Holder\u2019s Justice Department<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Apparently, CNN has created a landscape in which <em>not only are journalists likely to relax professional standards when it comes to reporting on Trump, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but there is a sloppy environment of crude disparagement of the candidate and later president, and a general indifference to journalistic ethics<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hmm&#8230;members of the constitutionally-protected Press grossly abusing their position to pursue purely political purposes.\u00a0 With all due respect to VDH (which is almost inestimable), they sure sound like enemies of the People to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>us<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/vote.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/vote.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/vote.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/vote-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cb110218dAPR20181102084538.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cb110218dAPR20181102084538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cb110218dAPR20181102084538.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cb110218dAPR20181102084538-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb110618dAPR20181106024735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb110618dAPR20181106024735.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb110618dAPR20181106024735.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb110618dAPR20181106024735-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb110518dAPR20181105034508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb110518dAPR20181105034508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb110518dAPR20181105034508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb110518dAPR20181105034508-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181103c20181102112929.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181103c20181102112929.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181103c20181102112929.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181103c20181102112929-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/stg110618dAPR20181106034506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/stg110618dAPR20181106034506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/stg110618dAPR20181106034506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/stg110618dAPR20181106034506-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/whose-fault.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/whose-fault.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/whose-fault.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/whose-fault-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/our-side.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/our-side.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/our-side.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/our-side-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-6-18-at-8.28-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64436\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-6-18-at-8.28-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-6-18-at-8.28-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-6-18-at-8.28-AM-300x190.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image001-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-1-1.jpeg 482w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-1-1-264x300.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-2-1.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-2-1-300x262.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-3.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-3-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64404\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-4.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-4-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-5.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-5-300x294.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this cross between <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>News of the Bizarre<\/em><\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Science Section<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8216;<a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/rat-lungworm-explained-what-to-know-about-the-parasitic-roundworm\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rat lungworm&#8217; explained: What to know about the parasitic roundworm<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DOH_RLW-3_Wash-Produce-889x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64397\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DOH_RLW-3_Wash-Produce-889x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DOH_RLW-3_Wash-Produce-889x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DOH_RLW-3_Wash-Produce-889x500-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">If you&#8217;re considering eating <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>raw or undercooked snails, slugs or centipedes<\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span> want to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>think again<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Some of these\u00a0delicacies may carry &#8220;rat lungworm,&#8221; a parasite that can infect critters through rodent feces<\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snails, slugs and centipedes: part of a nutritious and balanced meal.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll stick to medium rare beef, thank you.\u00a0 Consider this yet another reason to rinse lettuce and other produce <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>well<\/em><\/span>&#8230;along with never allowing your buddies to talk you into doing something stupid&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/rugby-player-who-swallowed-garden-slug-as-dare-has-died-8-years-after-health-nightmare-began\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rugby player who swallowed garden slug as dare has died, 8 years after health nightmare began<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sam-Ballard-left-paraplegic-after-swallowing-a-slug-as-a-dare-at-a-birthday-party-dies-aged-28-after-eight-year-battle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sam-Ballard-left-paraplegic-after-swallowing-a-slug-as-a-dare-at-a-birthday-party-dies-aged-28-after-eight-year-battle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sam-Ballard-left-paraplegic-after-swallowing-a-slug-as-a-dare-at-a-birthday-party-dies-aged-28-after-eight-year-battle.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sam-Ballard-left-paraplegic-after-swallowing-a-slug-as-a-dare-at-a-birthday-party-dies-aged-28-after-eight-year-battle-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;on a dare.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>The Wonderful World of Medicine<\/em><\/span>, and this just in from the Sunshine State:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008080;\">Surgeon removes woman&#8217;s kidney during back surgery after mistaking it for cancerous tumor<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oops.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oops.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oops.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oops-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><em>A Florida surgeon mistook a woman\u2019s healthy kidney for a cancerous tumor \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and inexplicably removed it during a routine back surgery<\/span><\/em>, according to a report.<\/strong> <\/span>Maureen Pacheco, then 51, checked into Wellington Regional Medical Center back in April 2016 to get the bones in her lower back fused in the wake of a car accident,\u00a0The Palm Beach Post reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>During the operation, Dr. Ramon Vazquez spotted the organ \u2014 <em>which he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">believed<\/span> to be a tumor, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">declared an emergency and removed it<\/span>, according to a lawsuit obtained by the paper that was settled in September<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Pacheco never had a say in the matter, according to the lawsuit.<\/span>\u00a0And Vazquez <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wasn\u2019t even the one performing the back surgery<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>His<\/em><\/span> job <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was to cut her open so surgeons could perform the operation<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A healthy kidney versus a cancerous tumor requiring <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>immediate<\/em><\/span> removal without the benefit of anything other than Dr. Vazquez&#8217;s keen eye and oncological intuition.\u00a0 From where we sit, Ramon&#8217;s got a brilliant future with either San Salvador General Hospital or the British National Health Service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, November 7th, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, here&#8217;s a headline which is pure Jersey: Sleazy Bob Menendez Wins Re-Election; Juror From Corruption Trial At Election Night Party &nbsp; In other words, the entire state&#8217;s Dimocratic contingent&#8230; \ufeff If you&#8217;re a New Jersey Dimocrat, corruption guarantees you office for life! Now, here&#8217;s\u00a0The Gouge! Since it [&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-64489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64489","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=64489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64490,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64489\/revisions\/64490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}