{"id":67104,"date":"2019-02-19T19:08:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T00:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=67104"},"modified":"2019-02-19T19:09:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T00:09:03","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-february-18th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=67104","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, February 18th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, February 18th, 2109&#8230;and here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, being the adopted home town of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the most<\/em><\/span> corrupt Chief Executive <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the nation&#8217;s history<\/em><\/span>, it should come as no surprise a study found&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chicago-is-most-corrupt-big-city-illinois-third-most-corrupt-state-in-country-study-finds\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chicago is most corrupt big city, Illinois third most corrupt state in country<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nI67dSs3dXU?start=6\" 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>What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>amazes us<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span> actually <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>needed a study<\/em><\/span> to reach that\u00a0conclusion!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, as Matt Vespa details at\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>, the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2019\/02\/16\/breaking-illinois-shooter-was-not-allowed-to-own-a-gun-n2541608\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Illinois Shooter Was Not Allowed To Own A Gun<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/15590766_web1_S-Gary-Martin-EDH-190217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-66991\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/15590766_web1_S-Gary-Martin-EDH-190217-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/15590766_web1_S-Gary-Martin-EDH-190217-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/15590766_web1_S-Gary-Martin-EDH-190217-600x846.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/15590766_web1_S-Gary-Martin-EDH-190217.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;Gary Montez Martin, the man who opened fire inside a manufacturing company in Aurora, Illinois, legally should not have been in possession of a firearm, police said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>On Saturday, [Chief of Police] Ziman said that Martin, 45, purchased a handgun on March 6, 2014, after being issued an Illinois Firearm Owner\u2019s Identification (FOID) Card in January of that year. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">The firearm, a Smith and Wesson .40 caliber, was in Martin&#8217;s possession as of March 11, 2014.<\/span> <em>The FOID card application process includes a background check, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but applicants are not fingerprinted<\/span><\/em>, Ziman said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It was only when Martin applied for a concealed carry permit on March 16, 2014, that he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span> fingerprinted and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it was revealed he had a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>Ziman said that upon the discovery of this conviction, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Martin&#8217;s concealed carry permit was rejected and his FOID card was revoked<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Absolutely<\/em><\/span> he was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not supposed to be in possession of a firearm<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; Ziman said.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Chief Ziman added that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Martin was mailed a letter noting that his FOID card had been revoked due to the felony charge and that he was required to turn over his handgun to police<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Was there a follow-up?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That remains to be seen<\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus, like so many mass-shooters before him, despite countless statutes to the contrary, Martin, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>convicted felon<\/em><\/span> (and thus, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by definition<\/em><\/span>, <em>a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lawbreaker<\/span><\/em>), simply <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ignored<\/em><\/span> some of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the most restrictive gun laws in the country<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>maintained possession of his pistol<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, in an effort just as effective as the <em>Titanic<\/em>&#8216;s Second Officer Charles Lightoller advising his watch replacement, First Officer William Murdoch, to &#8220;be alert for icebergs&#8221;, Illinois authorities DID\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>send him a letter<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XfdiXBA7f6U?start=74\" 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>And if the reputation of the Windy City hasn&#8217;t been justly besmirched enough,\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Matt Vespa again informs us that&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2019\/02\/17\/busted-police-sources-say-jussie-smollett-paid-those-two-nigerians-suspects-to-a-n2541612\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Chicago Police Sources Say Jussie Smollett Orchestrated His Attack<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2tx3vm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66994\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2tx3vm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2tx3vm.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2tx3vm-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Color us unsurprised&#8230;and solidly of the opinion Smollett deserves to do some serious time behind bars; &#8220;butt&#8221; in solitary confinement, lest he actually enjoy the experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As for all the Progressives presidential candidates, pundits and MSM &#8220;journalists&#8221; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.grabien.com\/story-montage-watch-media-uncritically-accept-another-outlandish-h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>(as can be seen in the video forwarded by Bill Meisen accessible through this link<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>)<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> prematurely opted for the politics of divisiveness rather than waiting for the facts, we won&#8217;t hold our breath allowing them time to apologize, let alone admit their egregious error.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, along with Jussie Smollett, here&#8217;s to them:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G2Hgj3hDM5w\" 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><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Every one of them should be sharing the cell next to Smollett<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: contemporary Progressives are of a mind with the Nazi general in the economics branch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oberkommando_der_Wehrmacht\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><em>OKW<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0who so famously observed, &#8220;What matters is not what is true or false, but exclusively what is believed.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And they call <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>US<\/em><\/span> &#8220;Fascists&#8221;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1otTZq6UzLM?start=192\" 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>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of bald-faced lies, also writing at <em>Townhall.com<\/em>, as\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Cortney O&#8217;Brien informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/cortneyobrien\/2019\/02\/15\/mccabes-spokeswoman-says-his-words-have-been-taken-out-of-context-n2541583\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">McCabe&#8217;s Spokeswoman Says His Words Have Been &#8216;Taken Out of Context<\/span><\/span><\/a>&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1ww.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1ww.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1ww.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1ww-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus does McCabe, and by extension his spokeswoman, join a long list of Liberals whose lies&#8230;er,&#8230;Progressives whose prose&#8230;have been &#8220;taken out of context&#8221;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty221.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty221.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty221-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1lj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1lj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1lj.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1lj-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1cf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1cf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1cf.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1cf-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1rn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1rn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1rn.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1rn-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1ou.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1ou.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1ou.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty1ou-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty33c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67018\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty33c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty33c.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty33c-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty34a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty34a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty34a.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty34a-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty37d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty37d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty37d.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty37d-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty324.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty324.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty324.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty324-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-4.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-4-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The list goes on&#8230;and <em>on<\/em>&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty3b0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty3b0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty3b0.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty3b0-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to Marc Thiessen&#8217;s\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/insider.foxnews.com\/2019\/02\/15\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-celebrates-amazon-cancels-nyc-headquarters\" class=\"broken_link\"><em>interview with FOX News<\/em><\/a><\/span>, as the <em>WaPo<\/em> reporter highlights how AOC <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> doesn&#8217;t grasp the basic ABC&#8217;s she <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span> have learned in <em>ECON 101<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a wrecking ball inside the Democratic Party,&#8221; Thiessen said.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8220;And as a conservative, I&#8217;m sitting here with popcorn watching it happen.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>He said this is more evidence that Ocasio-Cortez is &#8220;economically illiterate,&#8221; pointing to her comments in a<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/ocasio-cortez-takes-a-victory-lap-after-amazon-scraps-plans-new-york-headquarters-201203774.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo News story<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><em>We were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">subsidizing<\/span> those jobs. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The city was <\/span><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">paying<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> for those jobs.<\/span> Frankly, if we were willing to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">give away<\/span> $3 billion dollars for this deal, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we could invest those $3 billion in our district, ourselves, if we wanted to<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">We could hire out more teachers.<\/span> We can fix our subways. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">We can put a lot of people to work for that amount of money if we wanted to.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>There&#8217;s no $3 billion dollars<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; Thiessen said. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;<em>It&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> that there was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cash subsidy<\/span> to Amazon<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they were tax incentives<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> So <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>literally<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she doesn&#8217;t understand that there&#8217;s not\u00a0$3 billion dollars<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Amazon took the $3 billion dollars away with it<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>along with 25,000 jobs<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>He said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the lesson for Amazon<\/em><\/span> is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they should do their business in red states where they won&#8217;t face &#8220;crazy&#8221; opposition like this<\/em><\/span>. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\">And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the lesson for America<\/em><\/span> is: If you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>like <\/em><em>this<\/em><\/span>, you&#8217;ll <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>love the Green New Deal<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amazon-fiasco-splits-new-yorks-left-11550272112\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Holman Jenkins observed at the WSJ<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>If there\u2019s a downturn between now and 2020, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possibly even the U.S. Congress might have to do without the services of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/em><\/span>, <em>now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bragging about her success<\/span> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">killing Amazon jobs<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/499bb54b8b560060c918f92135aa717c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/499bb54b8b560060c918f92135aa717c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/499bb54b8b560060c918f92135aa717c.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/499bb54b8b560060c918f92135aa717c-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For <em>Republicans in general<\/em>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Donald Trump in particular<\/em><\/span>, like the <em>Jelly-of-the-Month Club, <\/em>these two, along with their Socialist soulmate Ilhan Omar, are&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I8oplQKbPuQ?start=3\" 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>And on\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/afb021619dAPR20190216044506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/afb021619dAPR20190216044506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/afb021619dAPR20190216044506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/afb021619dAPR20190216044506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021519dAPR20190215014509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021519dAPR20190215014509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021519dAPR20190215014509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021519dAPR20190215014509-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kn021619dAPR20190215064505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kn021619dAPR20190215064505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kn021619dAPR20190215064505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kn021619dAPR20190215064505-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mle190216c20190215102705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mle190216c20190215102705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mle190216c20190215102705.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mle190216c20190215102705-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/emergency.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/emergency.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/emergency.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/emergency-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021619dAPR20190216124507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021619dAPR20190216124507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021619dAPR20190216124507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021619dAPR20190216124507-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/national-emergency.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/national-emergency.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/national-emergency.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/national-emergency-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/payn_c16338820190216120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/payn_c16338820190216120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/payn_c16338820190216120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/payn_c16338820190216120100-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sk021719dAPR20190214114525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sk021719dAPR20190214114525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sk021719dAPR20190214114525.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sk021719dAPR20190214114525-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty5j0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty5j0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty5j0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty5j0-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty3ql.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67028\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty3ql.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty3ql.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ty3ql-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-3.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-3-300x210.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-2-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with this instant classic from our youngest son Travis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image000000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image000000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image000000.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image000000-300x292.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>No further comment required!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, February 18th, 2109&#8230;and here&#8217;s The Gouge! First up, being the adopted home town of the most corrupt Chief Executive in the nation&#8217;s history, it should come as no surprise a study found&#8230; Chicago is most corrupt big city, Illinois third most corrupt state in country &nbsp; \ufeff What amazes us is anyone actually [&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-67104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67104","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=67104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67105,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67104\/revisions\/67105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}