{"id":67327,"date":"2019-02-24T20:16:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T01:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=67327"},"modified":"2019-02-24T20:16:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T01:16:35","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-february-22nd-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=67327","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, February 22nd, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, February 22nd, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Mairead McArdle records what was, at least prior to eight long, destructive years of The Great Divider, literally unthinkable:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u2018<a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/kissing-sailor-statue-vandalized-with-metoo-after-veteran-dies\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kissing Sailor\u2019 Statue Vandalized with \u2018#MeToo\u2019 after Veteran Dies<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/me-too.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/me-too.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/me-too.png 325w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/me-too-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Were we purposed to pick this particular perpetrator&#8217;s punishment, we&#8217;d be of a mind with one Josey Wales:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6I6TrGedUn8?start=202\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>After which, in deference to the late, great R. Lee Ermey, we would of course&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OQqQQojzWM0?start=8\" 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>We must regretfully observe certain Conservatives haven&#8217;t proved immune from the creeping tide of political correctness, as this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/02\/students-drop-vagina-from-the-vagina-monologues-to-be-more-inclusive\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-02-20&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>commentary by NRO&#8217;s Kat Timp<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>f<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>on Washington University&#8217;s recent decision to drop the &#8220;Vagina&#8221; from <em>The Vagina Monologues<\/em>\u00a0demonstrates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;In fact, the performance has become so controversial that its author, Eve Ensler, addressed the issue in an interview with\u00a0<em>Time<\/em>\u00a0in 2015:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em>\u2018<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">The Vagina Monologues\u2019 never intended to be a play about what it means to be a woman.<\/span> It is and always has been a play about what it means to have a vagina.<\/strong><\/span> In the play, I never defined a woman as a person with a vagina.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ensler is absolutely correct. <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Whether you identify as a woman or as a man, having a vagina is, in fact, a unique experience. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Yes \u2014 in case you didn\u2019t know this, there are things that you will experience with a vagina that you will not experience without a vagina, and VM is a work of art that\u2019s meant to be centered around those unique experiences.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>How<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> offensive? <span style=\"color: #333399;\">After all, art as a whole is made up of many different creative works that center around many different sorts of experiences.<\/span> If you have a problem with VM because it doesn\u2019t encompass every sort of experience, then you must have a problem with<em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>work of art \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because I don\u2019t know of a single one that doesn\u2019t tackle only a particular issue or subject matter<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>So far so good, though we&#8217;d personally never term such a work as Ensler&#8217;s &#8220;art&#8221;, any more than we&#8217;d grant such approbation to anything produced by <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Andres Serrano or Robert Mapplethorpe<\/span>.\u00a0 But here&#8217;s where, in our opinion, Kat goes off the rails:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>People who identify as women but do not have vaginas absolutely deserve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>acceptance<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>respect<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>No<\/em>,&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no<\/em><\/span> they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 People who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>identify<\/em><em> as women<\/em><\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do not have vaginas<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>men<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>men with a serious mental condition<\/em><\/span>, and thus are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">deserving\u00a0only of our sympathy<\/span><\/em>&#8230;and the same treatment we accord any other of God&#8217;s creatures.\u00a0 But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span> are under <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no obligation whatsoever<\/em><\/span> to &#8220;<em>accept<\/em>&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>our respect<\/em><\/span>\u00a0is\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>earned<\/em><\/span>; and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then<\/span><\/em>, frankly, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by damn few people<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> naughty Kitten has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lost her mind<\/em><\/span>&#8230;as well as her mittens&#8230;hence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/46968\/the-three-little-kittens-they-lost-their-mittens\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>she shall get no pie<\/em><\/span><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/9d0a030eab7fadaf5576322b82b06275.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/9d0a030eab7fadaf5576322b82b06275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/9d0a030eab7fadaf5576322b82b06275.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/9d0a030eab7fadaf5576322b82b06275-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editor&#8217;s Note<\/span><\/em>&#8230;if you&#8217;ll allow us to digress a moment: For those too young to have been read the story of the <em>Three Little Kittens<\/em>, we were privileged not only to have enjoyed our dear, departed Mother recount their tale of woe to us, but also to her three dear grandsons, our boys.\u00a0 We can still hear her emphasis on the appropriate lines&#8230;and imagine she&#8217;s still with us.\u00a0 A dream which will be realized when we hug her again in Heaven.<\/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 details the Socialists sympathies of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/bernie-sanders-is-proof-that-you-cant-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bernie Sanders, the Unchanging Man<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Feel-the-Bern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Feel-the-Bern.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Feel-the-Bern.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Feel-the-Bern-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Bernie Sanders is running for president, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>again<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bernie Sanders is pretty much the exact <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same guy<\/em><\/span> that he was four decades ago, running on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same platform<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>With a little racial divisiveness thrown in for good measure!<\/em>)<\/span> He\u2019s making the same arguments for the same ideas about how America needs a socialist revolution that puts an end to millionaires and billionaires and private hospitals and moves social services from charities to government institutions.<\/strong><\/span> He\u2019s always been friendly to leftist critics of America overseas and radicals eager to tear down the existing order and has been at best skeptical of U.S. military actions abroad (except during the Clinton administration) and U.S. intelligence agencies. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Becoming a millionaire<\/em><em> didn\u2019t prompt him to revise his relentless demonization of millionaires as greedy<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bernie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bernie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bernie.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bernie-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The collapse of the Soviet Union, several American economic booms, innovative technological revolutions, the fracking and energy boom, the alleviation of poverty around the world through global trade over the past two generations \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>none of them<\/em><\/span> prompted him to change much of what he thinks about economics, politics, international relations, or society.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No government management scandal of the past four decades<\/em><\/span> \u2014 vets dying while waiting for care at the Department of Veterans Affairs, vast sums on nonfunctional web sites, lavish conferences at the General Services Administration, IRS abuses, Fast and Furious, substandard conditions for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, endless allegations of cronyism, favoritism, and incompetence \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has shaken Sanders\u2019s faith that the federal government is equipped and ready to handle huge new programs that would exercise much more control over the daily lives of Americans<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No country\u2019s experience with socialism<\/em><\/span>, or countries that call themselves socialist, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has prompted him to rethink whether the concepts work as well as the advocates insist<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In a 2016 debate, he showed his praise for Fidel Castro in 1985, saying that Castro \u201ceducated their kids, gave them health care, totally transformed their society.\u201d <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Moderator Maria Elena Salinas asked Sanders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>three times<\/em><\/span> if he regretted his characterizations of Nicaragua\u2019s authoritarian ruler Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Three times, Sanders dodged<\/em><\/span>, saying that \u201cthe key issue here was whether the United States should go around overthrowing small Latin American countries\u201d and finally reiterating his praise for Castro\u2019s regime: \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>It would be wrong not to state that in Cuba they have made some good advances in health care<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They are sending doctors <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all over the world<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> They have made some progress in education.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Back in 2016, Venezuela\u2019s dictatorial president, Nicolas Maduro, said that he supported Bernie Sanders in the U.S. presidential race, adding that the candidate, who describes himself as a democratic socialist, would win if the vote were \u201cfree.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> (Sanders was uncharacteristically quiet about Venezuelan politics since Maduro came to power, but he offered some criticism of the Maduro regime in January.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>He has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his<\/em><\/span> theories about how the world <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ought<\/em><\/span> to work, <em>and he\u2019s going to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stick to it<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which will most certainly entail <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sticking it to<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>productive members<\/em><\/span> of American society.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not to be outdone by her millionaire Communist competition, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>She Who Speaks With Forked Tongue<\/em><\/span> raises the stakes in the Dimocratic race to empty the country&#8217;s coffers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/warren-backs-government-reparations-for-african-americans\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Warren Backs Government Reparations for African Americans<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ub0iv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67218\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ub0iv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ub0iv.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ub0iv-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but what have we been paying <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for the last 60 years<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item from his <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim Geraghty features a phobia common to Progressivism&#8217;s wealthiest elite:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/bernie-sanders-is-proof-that-you-cant-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Fear of Being Considered the Wrong Kind of Billionaire<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/billionaires.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/billionaires.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/billionaires.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/billionaires-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Throw some solar panels on your corporate headquarters, ensure your board had a few minorities, donate to the party, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and the Democrats were generally going to be happy to see you<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">In other words, left-leaning billionaires were happy to ally with the Democratic party on a wide range of social issues<em> as the party enacted policies that posed no real threat to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their<\/span> wealth and stature<\/em> (<em>although they may hinder <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">others<\/span>\u2019 efforts to climb the economic ladder<\/em>).<\/span> Throughout the Obama era, it became clear that political, financial, and cultural elites were (deliberately or inadvertently) establishing a progressive aristocracy \u2014 <em>where once you had the right credentials and connections, and gave generously to the right causes, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you were insulated from any real criticism or consequences of your actions<\/span><\/em>. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nobody gave Tim Geithner grief for botching his taxes, environmentalists grief for their private jets, gun-control advocates flak for their armed security, or voucher opponents problems for sending their kids to private school. Filmmaker Michael Moore used non-union labor and lived to tell the tale; lawmakers insisting anything less than $15 per-hour wages was inhumane thought nothing about having unpaid interns. Apparently, the actions of Harvey Weinstein and Les Moonves were open secrets, but few high-profile feminist activists ever gave them too much grief; crossing them meant making a powerful enemy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>At a certain level of status, <em>everyone agreed to avert their eyes from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">contradictions<\/span> between <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how you live<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what you profess<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>The new socialism-friendly Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may not be willing to maintain this arrangement<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ironically, <em>the part of this hypocrisy that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">find most offensive<\/span> is the part that <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Right finds least offensive<\/span>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>being wealthy<\/em><\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Most conservatives don\u2019t care if Al Gore uses a lot of electricity, Bloomberg has armed personal security guards, or that Democratic presidents send their kids to Sidwell Friends.<\/span><strong><em> Just don\u2019t use <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your<\/span> wealth and power to take away <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">our options<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Even now, <em>those who are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">quite wealthy<\/span> on the Left are eager to establish that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">threshold<\/span> for problematic wealth<\/em> <em>begins<\/em> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just above<\/span> what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they<\/span> could reasonably expect to earn<\/em>, barring some unexpected good luck.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Elizabeth Warren wants to \u201cimpose a 2 percent tax on Americans\u2019 net worth above $50 million and a 3 percent tax on wealth above $1 billion.\u201d<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Judging from her released tax returns and Senate financial-disclosure forms, Warren and her husband have combined assets between about $4 million and $11 million.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Quite the identity crisis<\/em><\/span>: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fake<\/span> Native American<\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">real<\/span> multimillionaire<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from Progressive dogs too old to learn any new tricks, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Holman Jenkins explains&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/airbuss-lesson-for-young-socialists-11550619950?mod=trending_now_2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Airbus\u2019s Lesson for Young Socialists<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/airbuss-lesson-for-young-socialists-11550619950?mod=trending_now_2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Its A380 debacle shows how hard it is for state planners to outguess markets<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/6a00d83451bab869e200e54f088e548833-800wi.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/6a00d83451bab869e200e54f088e548833-800wi.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Years ago, when an editor asked me if\u00a0Boeing\u00a0would be around to pay off a 100-year bond it had recently offered, I flippantly replied that 100 years was only two product cycles for the company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">underestimated<\/span> the duration of its products<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>The Boeing 747 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first flew in 1969<\/span> and a freighter version will continue to be built near Seattle <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at least through 2022<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The Boeing 737, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which first flew in 1967<\/em><\/span>, <em>faces an order backlog that extends <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">through 2027<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">An all-new replacement for the commuter workhorse <em>is unlikely to appear <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">until the 2030s<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Which makes all the more anomalous Airbus\u2019s decision to end production of its impressive and giant A380,<em> which has been flying <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only since 2005<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Socialism is currently in vogue.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> If the word <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>means anything<\/em><\/span> in today\u2019s context, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it means projects of unusual government ambition, built on our globally shared capitalist technological and commercial base<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The A380 was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exactly such a project<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Underwritten by massive European government subsidies, the plane was an engineering sensation<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Passengers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>loved<\/em><\/span> the roomy jet. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Yet now it\u2019s kaput<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>What went wrong<\/em><\/span>?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em> Or to phrase the question more usefully, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what technological and commercial realities would its sponsors have had to overrule to assure its success<\/span><\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The list is not a short one. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>They would have had to overrule the desire of passengers to fly direct<\/em><\/span>, bypassing the crowded hub airports (like London\u2019s Heathrow) for which the A380 was built.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>They would have had to overrule the preference of business travelers for frequent departures<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span>With 535 seats to fill, the superjumbo was hopelessly matched against operators offering more convenient schedules by using smaller planes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Most of all<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they would have had to overrule the public\u2019s appetite for lower fares<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong> On a per-seat basis, a new generation of super-efficient twin-engine planes such as the Boeing 787 proved cheaper to operate even though the four-engine A380 could accommodate twice as many customers&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Passengers loved the Concorde as well.\u00a0 And it made nary a franc or a shilling!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as Kim Strassel relates at the\u00a0<em>WSJ<\/em>, with the willing assistance of their shills in the MSM, Progressives are&#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\/schiffting-to-phase-2-of-collusion-11550794762\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Schiffting to Phase 2 of Collusion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/schiffting-to-phase-2-of-collusion-11550794762\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Conspiracy theorists look for something new, anticipating a Mueller letdown<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ub222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ub222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ub222.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ub222-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There\u2019s been no more reliable regurgitator of fantastical Trump-Russia collusion theories than Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff.<\/span><strong> So when the House Intelligence Committee chairman sits down to describe a \u201cnew phase\u201d of the Trump investigation, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pay attention<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">These are the fever swamps into which we will descend <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span> Robert Mueller\u2019s probe.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The collusionists <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>need<\/em><\/span> a \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>new phase<\/em><\/span>\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as signs grow that the special counsel won\u2019t help realize their reveries of a Donald Trump takedown<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">They had said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Mr. Mueller<\/em><\/span> would provide <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> the answers.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Now that it seems they won\u2019t like his answers<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrats and media insist that any report will likely prove \u201canticlimactic\u201d and \u201cinconclusive<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cThis is merely the end of Chapter\u00a01,\u201d said Renatto Mariotti, a CNN legal \u201canalyst.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Mr. Schiff turned this week to a dependable scribe<\/em><\/span>\u2014the Washington Post\u2019s David Ignatius\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to lay out the next chapter of the penny dreadful<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mr. Ignatius was the original conduit for the leak about former national security adviser Mike Flynn\u2019s conversations with a Russian ambassador, and the far-fetched claims that Mr. Flynn had violated the Logan Act of 1799.<\/span> Mr. Schiff has now dictated to Mr. Ignatius <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a whole new collusion theory<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Forget Carter Page, Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos\u2014whoever.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> Trump-Russia canoodling rests in \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump\u2019s finances<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800080;\">The future president was \u201cdoing business with Russia\u201d and \u201cseeking Kremlin help.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>So, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no apologies<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No acknowledgment<\/em><\/span> that Mr. Schiff &amp; Co. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for years<\/em><\/span> have pushed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fake stories<\/em><\/span> that accused innocent men and women of being Russian agents.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No relieved hope that the country might finally put this behind us<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Just a smooth transition<\/em><\/span>\u2014using Russia as a hook\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>into Mr. Trump\u2019s finances<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mueller <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>What\u2019s mind-boggling is that reporters would continue to take Mr. Schiff seriously<\/em><\/span>, given his extraordinary record of incorrect and misleading pronouncements. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This<\/em><\/span> is the man who, on March 22, 2017, <em>helped launch full-blown hysteria when he said on \u201cMeet the Press\u201d that his committee <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">already had the goods on Trump-Russia collusion<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I can\u2019t go into the particulars,<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but there is more than circumstantial evidence now<\/em><\/span>,\u201d Mr. Schiff declared <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Almost <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>two years later<\/em><\/span>, he\u2019s provided <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no such evidence<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stopped making the claim<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>undoubtedly because<\/em><\/span>, as the Senate Intelligence Committee has said publicly, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no such evidence has been found<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The term &#8220;sh*t house rat&#8221; doesn&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>begin<\/em><\/span> to describe the insanity exhibited by Adam Schiff, not to mention AOC, both of who, were they ever the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EPOIS5taqA8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Kim Carnes<\/em><\/span><\/a> cover song, would be described not only as having&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Crazy-eyed_Democrats-1024x285.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Crazy-eyed_Democrats-1024x285.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Charlie Manson eyes<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but sharing his world view as well<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of batsh*t crazy, as\u00a0<em>NBC Chicago<\/em> informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/entertainment\/entertainment-news\/Jussie-Smollett-2007-DUI-arrest-506058301.html\">Empire&#8217; Actor Jussie Smollett Pleaded Guilty to DUI, Providing False Information to Law Enforcement in 2007<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/entertainment\/entertainment-news\/Jussie-Smollett-2007-DUI-arrest-506058301.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Smollett, now 36, was sentenced to two years probation and a choice of a fine or jail in the 2007 case, an LA City Attorney&#8217;s spokesman told NBC News<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2u5iho.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2u5iho.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2u5iho.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2u5iho-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports Smollett not only opted for jail, but requested as his cellmate&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6QNVe9Hbhwc?start=333\" 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>&#8230;along with soap <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>without<\/em><\/span> a rope, remain unconfirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus do those ignorant of history&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8dai-RDtuyg?start=722\" 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><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>&#8230;condemn themselves to be taken in again by their own biases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this bit of <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>Breaking News<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/jussie-smollett-arrested-after-charge-of-filing-false-report-of-attack-11550753504?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008080; text-decoration: underline;\">Police Say Smollett Faked Hate Crime Because He Was Dissatisfied With His Salary<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W_Sj8UNn0wQ?start=254\" 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 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Smollett has helped to &#8220;drag Chicago&#8217;s reputation,&#8221; [Chief of Police] Johnson said. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Furthermore, the police superintendent worries that hate crimes will &#8220;now be met with a level of skepticism.&#8221;<\/span> &#8220;I only wish <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the truth<\/em><\/span> about what happened <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>received the same amount of attention that the hoax did<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; Johnson regretted.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Smollett&#8217;s orchestrated attack was &#8220;shameful,&#8221; he said, because it &#8220;takes away the resources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-murder-chicago-police-couldve-been-investigating-instead-of-the-smollett-case\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we could put into other crimes<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/02\/why-would-jussie-smollett-do-this-they-cried\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-02-21&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Kyle Smith observes at NRO<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reasons<\/em><\/span> for Smollett\u2019s hoax <em>didn\u2019t boggle <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone\u2019s mind<\/span><\/em>, <em>assuming that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the mind in question was functioning above the level of someone who eats a bowl of lead-paint chips for breakfast<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">In America, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>victimhood is currency<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">easily converted into actual currency<\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if<\/span> Smollett <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">had gotten away<\/span> with his hoax, he had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every reason to expect<\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his vastly increased celebrity would have led to the salary bump Chicago police said he wanted<\/span> from his show\u00a0Empire<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: it wasn&#8217;t the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reason behind<\/em><\/span> the hoax which stopped Smollett, it was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the plan<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 In this case, a plan which might have been hatched by Jethro Bodine, world-famous brain surgeon and double-naught spy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NnVaSBoBt5s\" 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>We&#8217;re reminded of an incident from our time at NAS Miramar in the early &#8217;80&#8217;s.\u00a0 Seems a certain enlisted trooper, anxious his work might prevent him from participating in a squadron basketball game, came up with a plan worthy of Jussie Smollett.\u00a0 He reasoned, if one can call what went on in this young man&#8217;s brain as &#8220;reasoning&#8221;, if he blew the canopy off the F-14A on which he was working in the hangar, he&#8217;d be able to knock off work early and make the hoops contest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So he pulled the canopy jettison handle&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XzaY1Hk4vA4?start=8\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Simulated F-14A in simulated hangar.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230; sending the $300,000 piece of plexiglass into the rafters.\u00a0 Though his plan worked&#8230;he did, after all, get to knock off work early&#8230;his destination was the brig rather than the basketball court.\u00a0 Replace &#8220;brig&#8221; and &#8220;basketball court&#8221; with &#8220;jail&#8221; and &#8220;a raise&#8221;, and it&#8217;s SS\/DD: Same Sh*t\/Different Day.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then again, there&#8217;s at least <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/cortneyobrien\/2019\/02\/21\/northam-pressured-to-cancel-event-at-predominantly-black-university-n2541994\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>one person<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>who views Jussie Smollett&#8217;s hypocritical subterfuge as a godsend:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2u96pw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67195\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2u96pw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2u96pw.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2u96pw-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By the way, we&#8217;re boycotting <em>FOX<\/em> until they can Smollett&#8217;s sorry a*s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sk022119dAPR20190220044512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67199\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sk022119dAPR20190220044512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sk022119dAPR20190220044512.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sk022119dAPR20190220044512-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mle190219c20190219021544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mle190219c20190219021544.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mle190219c20190219021544.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mle190219c20190219021544-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/221854.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/221854.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/221854.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/221854-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg022019dAPR20190219084514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg022019dAPR20190219084514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg022019dAPR20190219084514.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg022019dAPR20190219084514-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/evil-empire-actor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/evil-empire-actor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/evil-empire-actor.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/evil-empire-actor-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/aria_c16354720190220120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/aria_c16354720190220120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/aria_c16354720190220120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/aria_c16354720190220120100-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lb190220c20190219083925.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lb190220c20190219083925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lb190220c20190219083925.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lb190220c20190219083925-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sbr022019dAPR20190220024506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sbr022019dAPR20190220024506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sbr022019dAPR20190220024506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sbr022019dAPR20190220024506-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg021919dAPR20190218034506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg021919dAPR20190218034506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg021919dAPR20190218034506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg021919dAPR20190218034506-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/stg022019dAPR20190220034509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/stg022019dAPR20190220034509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/stg022019dAPR20190220034509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/stg022019dAPR20190220034509-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021919dAPC20190219124519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021919dAPC20190219124519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021919dAPC20190219124519.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb021919dAPC20190219124519-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dirty-grave-dancing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dirty-grave-dancing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dirty-grave-dancing.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dirty-grave-dancing-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gv021919dAPC20190219104551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gv021919dAPC20190219104551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gv021919dAPC20190219104551.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gv021919dAPC20190219104551-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image013.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image013-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-21-19-at-7.18-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-21-19-at-7.18-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-21-19-at-7.18-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-21-19-at-7.18-AM-300x218.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-20-19-at-8.48-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-20-19-at-8.48-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-20-19-at-8.48-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-20-19-at-8.48-AM-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67155\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-6.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-6-300x271.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-1-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-1-3.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-1-3-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67157\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-4.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-4-300x216.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this from our sister-in-law Jackie:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dont.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dont.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dont.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dont-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with this series of cartoons from Ed Harvey, sentiments with which we can relate more and more each day:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image005.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image005-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image006.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image006-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image007.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image007-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67167\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image008.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image008-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/old.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/old.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/old.png 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/old-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, February 22nd, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, NRO&#8216;s Mairead McArdle records what was, at least prior to eight long, destructive years of The Great Divider, literally unthinkable: \u2018Kissing Sailor\u2019 Statue Vandalized with \u2018#MeToo\u2019 after Veteran Dies &nbsp; Were we purposed to pick this particular perpetrator&#8217;s punishment, we&#8217;d be of a mind with one Josey [&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-67327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67327","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=67327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67328,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67327\/revisions\/67328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}