{"id":67395,"date":"2019-02-28T19:53:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T00:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=67395"},"modified":"2019-02-28T19:56:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T00:56:22","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-february-26th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=67395","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, February 25th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, February 25th, 2019&#8230;and we while we originally intended to lead off this edition with Matt Vespa&#8217;s coverage at <em>Townhall.com<\/em>\u00a0of a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2019\/02\/22\/beyond-parody-lgbt-magazine-says-its-racist-for-trump-to-demand-iran-stop-killing-gay-people-n2542076\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LGBT magazine&#8217;s claim it&#8217;s &#8216;racist&#8217; for Trump to demand Iran stop executing homosexuals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hangingPA_468x481.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hangingPA_468x481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hangingPA_468x481.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hangingPA_468x481-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>What a time to be alive<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">We have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gay publications<\/em><\/span> saying <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>its racist to combat laws that criminalize homosexuality<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actors so upset during the Trump era that they stage fake hate crimes in an effort to boost their careers<\/em><\/span>, banking solely on the atmosphere created by the liberal media to give them credibility<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/02\/jussie-smollett-response-innocent-laywers-statement-arrest-chicago-attack-1202562385\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the latest on the Smollett scam<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Roper-Dope-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Roper-Dope-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Roper-Dope-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Roper-Dope-1-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as this instant classic from our middle son Mike&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/empire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/empire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/empire.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/empire-274x300.png 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along came this flash of honesty from B<\/strong><strong>ill Maher:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s0oeeXjyHiw\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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>Sorry, Bill, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the reality couldn\u2019t be further from your tendentious truth<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(1). Any number of us fly-over neanderthals not only are far <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em> <\/span><i><u>educated<\/u><\/i> than you (as if, as AOC daily demonstrates, advanced degrees convey comprehension <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> knowledge!), but possessed of vastly superior intelligence&#8230;along with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far more<\/em><\/span> common sense and discernment than God gave <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> Liberal.\u00a0 We should also remind you Bill Gates was a college drop-out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2). We can only assume, in the course of your miseducation, you never learned money doesn&#8217;t buy happiness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3). We don&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>want<\/em><\/span> to BE like you; we\u2019re quite content clinging to our guns and religion\u2026and hunting, shooting, golf, boating and a host of other activities one can enjoy outside the theater district and world-class shopping corridors of your Liberal urban enclaves.\u00a0 P.S.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This<\/em><\/span> is the thanks Target gets for de-gendering their bathrooms!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And <em>last<\/em>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>certainly not least<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(4). We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refuse<\/em><\/span> to be <u><i>forced<\/i><\/u> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>THINK and ACT like you<\/em><\/span>; fact is, we just want to<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<em>LEFT THE HELL ALONE<\/em>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We never cease to be amazed at The Left&#8217;s capacity for self-congratulation in the face of every fact confirming the contrary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Consider whoever dreamed up the hare-brained scheme to have some of the same breed of Stepford kids\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2019\/02\/23\/childrens-climate-case-pushing-an-injunction-against-all-fossil-fuel-extraction\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>currently suing the government over climate change<\/em><\/span><\/a> confront Dianne Feinstein in her Bay Area office:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oL7GyRZ5Pn4\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s important to note one particular comment made by the little darling in the Code Pink sweater: &#8220;some &#8216;scientists&#8217; have said that we have 12 years to turn this around&#8221;.\u00a0 Gee, where have we heard <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oHk8nn0nw18\" 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;before?!?\u00a0 And we thought AOC&#8217;s Masters was in economics, not climate science:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PYb_anBMus?start=7\" 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>Yeah, what&#8217;s the difference when&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cb65_3Gmf_s\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you&#8217;re now<\/em><\/span> the boss!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neither the benighted Ms. Ocasio Cortez or these adolescent Environazis are old enough to recall, and certainly have never been educated about, the innumerable predictions of imminent global disaster &#8220;some scientists&#8221; have made <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>since before they were born<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 From <a href=\"https:\/\/skepticalscience.com\/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s-intermediate.htm\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>global cooling<\/em><\/span><\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/conrad-black-thirty-years-of-climate-hysterics-being-proven-wrong-over-and-over-again\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>global warming<\/em><\/span><\/a>, not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ONE<\/em><\/span> of the doomsayers&#8217; predictions have come to pass.\u00a0 Not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ONE<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Their&#8217;s is a record of utter inaccuracy rivaled only by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harold_Camping\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Harold Camping&#8217;s failed forecasts for the end of the world<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>ignorance is bliss<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every one<\/em><\/span> of these Millennial morons has achieved <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Nirvana<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><em> they<\/em><\/span> might wish to add to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span> bearing upon government policy is as valuable as what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span>\u00a0would want to contribute to a discussion of nuclear physics between Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr and Robert Oppenheimer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Editor&#8217;s note<\/em><\/span>: given the fact we&#8217;ve got a 0400 wake-up tomorrow morning to make a 0620 flight to Tampa for a golf trip at Streamsong, we&#8217;ll be providing only the headline\/link and appropriate accompanying meme for the following three articles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, since we&#8217;re on the subject of truth-denying Liberals, courtesy of <em>FOX News<\/em>, Brian Flood and Joe Wulfsohn detail why an &#8220;expert&#8221; considers&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/msnbc-avoidance-of-jussie-smollett-story-during-primetime-politically-biased-journalistic-choice-expert-says\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">MSNBC&#8217;s avoidance of Jussie Smollett story during primetime is &#8216;a politically biased journalistic choice<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2udmjm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2udmjm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2udmjm.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2udmjm-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>MSM bias<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>WHAT<\/em><\/span> MSM bias?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of patent Progressive bias, writing at <em>Best of the Web<\/em>, Jim Freeman<i>\u00a0<\/i>details how The Left has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>institutionalized<\/em><\/span> bias:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/no-men-allowed-11550864826?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No Men Allowed<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/no-men-allowed-11550864826?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Can the University of California bar males from presenting research at a biology conference<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-04-at-10.31.43-AM-740x411.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-04-at-10.31.43-AM-740x411.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-04-at-10.31.43-AM-740x411.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-04-at-10.31.43-AM-740x411-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item courtesy of\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>, Heather Wilhelm reveals the reason behind Progressives&#8217; push for &#8220;free&#8221; child care:<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/02\/universal-child-care-democratic-party-proposal\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-02-22&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Left\u2019s Literal Nanny State<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/02\/universal-child-care-democratic-party-proposal\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-02-22&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Democrats\u2019 latest rallying cry, \u2018day care for all,\u2019 is less appealing than they\u2019d like you to think<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ug333-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ug333-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ug333-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ug333-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of dysfunctional, in the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Life Imitates Art<\/em><\/span> segment, this playful Motown pit bull decided to take the mythic dog-mailman feud <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to heart<\/em><\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5V8VQ28XVq8\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two quick observations: (1) We noticed the dude videoing the attack was content to stay in his vehicle while Grandma tapped the dog with her broom; and (2) it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>De<\/em><\/span>troit, for cryin&#8217; out loud,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DE<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>t<\/strong><strong>roit&#8230;and nobody had a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gun<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/welcome-home-isis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67294\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/welcome-home-isis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/welcome-home-isis.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/welcome-home-isis-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb022119dAPR20190221014509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb022119dAPR20190221014509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb022119dAPR20190221014509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cb022119dAPR20190221014509-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/afb022119dAPR20190221064505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/afb022119dAPR20190221064505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/afb022119dAPR20190221064505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/afb022119dAPR20190221064505-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gv022119dAPR20190221014602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gv022119dAPR20190221014602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gv022119dAPR20190221014602.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gv022119dAPR20190221014602-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ug1vm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ug1vm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ug1vm.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2ug1vm-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Smollett20190221051826.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Smollett20190221051826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Smollett20190221051826.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Smollett20190221051826-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg022119dAPR20190221034523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67298\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg022119dAPR20190221034523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg022119dAPR20190221034523.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bg022119dAPR20190221034523-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67272\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-7.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-7-300x277.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-1-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-1-4.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-1-4-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-4-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-4-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-4-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-4-1-300x279.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-8.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-8-216x300.jpeg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67306\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-5.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/download-2-5-300x245.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this mixed-bag of memes forwarded by Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image002.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image002-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image004-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image005-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image005-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image005-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image005-1-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image007-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image007-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image007-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image007-1-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image008.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67264\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image008.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image010.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image010-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image011.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image011-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;these three from Speed Mach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6298.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6298.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6298-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6298-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6327.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6327.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6327-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/nike.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/nike.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/nike.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/nike-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a couple from Jim Crilley&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-23-19-at-2.11-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67296\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-23-19-at-2.11-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-23-19-at-2.11-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-23-19-at-2.11-PM-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-23-19-at-2.12-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67297\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-23-19-at-2.12-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-23-19-at-2.12-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Image-2-23-19-at-2.12-PM-300x186.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>and this one from TLJ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/16image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/16image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/16image007.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/16image007-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jimmy also sent a series of side-splitting cartoons in this link from <em>Powerline Blog<\/em>, which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>well worth<\/em><\/span>\u00a0your time (samples provided):<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/02\/the-week-in-pictures-berniemania-edition.php\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">The Week in Pictures: Berniemania Edition<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-21-at-8.31.48-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-21-at-8.31.48-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-21-at-8.31.48-PM.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-21-at-8.31.48-PM-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-22-at-7.30.34-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-22-at-7.30.34-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-22-at-7.30.34-AM.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-22-at-7.30.34-AM-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-8.06.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-8.06.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-8.06.54-PM.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-8.06.54-PM-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1292.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_1292-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Crime Blotter<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, and this just in from the City of Angels:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/la-news-anchor-died-from-meth-overdose-during-sexual-encounter-at-hotel-autopsy-reveals\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">LA news anchor died from meth overdose during sexual encounter at hotel, autopsy reveals<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2uf9qm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2uf9qm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2uf9qm.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2uf9qm-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;A\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0news anchor died in December after overdosing on\u00a0methamphetamine <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>during a sexual encounter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with a male companion<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span> at a California hotel, an autopsy report revealed Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<strong>A<span style=\"color: #008080;\">ccording to the report, Burrous was engaging in \u201cvarious sexual activities with his companion\u201d when he inserted a \u201crock\u201d of meth\u00a0into his rectum.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">He reportedly inserted a second rock later on in the encounter, placed a mask on and \u201cdoused the filters with \u2018poppers.\u2019\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u201cPoppers\u201d refer to an inhalant of amyl nitrate.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Burrous began to grunt and vomit before becoming unresponsive.<\/strong><\/span> The male individual, who has not been identified, performed CPR on Burrous before the paramedics arrived, the report stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Burrous had\u00a0worked for KTLA\u00a0since 2011 and previously worked at WPIX in New York. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><em>He is survived by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his wife and a daughter, 9<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk about the height of selfishness: killing yourself during deviant debauchery at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trivago.com\/glendale-60290\/hotel\/days-inn-glendale-los-angeles-317906\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Glendale Days Inn<\/em><\/span><\/a>, leaving your wife and young daughter to deal with the debris.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll be out of pocket through Wednesday, so until Friday&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLUNypEfrFQ?start=86\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" 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We have gay publications saying its racist to combat laws that criminalize homosexuality and actors [&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-67395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67395","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=67395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67397,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67395\/revisions\/67397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}