{"id":69790,"date":"2019-05-12T20:49:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T00:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=69790"},"modified":"2019-05-12T20:51:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T00:51:58","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-may-10th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=69790","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 10th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"quote-text\"><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 10th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, <\/strong><strong>we present yet another sterling example of Socialist selective recall:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Libtard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Libtard.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Libtard.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Libtard-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Really<\/em>, Paul, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>REALLY<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/au-contraire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/au-contraire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/au-contraire.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/au-contraire-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/au-contraire-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/au-contraire-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/au-contraire-2.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/au-contraire-2-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;ve ever had the strength of will and mental toughness to endure one of his commentaries in its entirety, you know Krugman, who somehow&#8230;amazingly&#8230;won a Nobel Prize in economics, is proof positive expertise in one subject or field does not by extension confer even minimal knowledge in any other.\u00a0 And why Progressives prefer a populace as ignorant of history as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>However, there <em>is<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span> prize Krugman <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inarguably<\/em><\/span> deserves: the Rhah Memorial Never-Been-Right Award&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7k2d5q1I468?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>&#8230;for a conspicuous separation from anything remotely resembling reality or the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verily, as one wag observed, if you ever want to ensure you&#8217;re on the right side of any issue or question, take the polar opposite of whatever position Krugman supports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of those utterly unfamiliar with the truth, Progressives&#8217; favorite #2 Eberhard Faber is once again engaged in an ineffectual attempt to ratchet up the pressure on Team Trump:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/cortneyobrien\/2019\/05\/10\/adam-schiff-contempt-n2546134\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Adam Schiff Threatens &#8216;Inherent Contempt&#8217; Charges Against Trump Admin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30n4ys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30n4ys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30n4ys.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30n4ys-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Inherent contempt&#8221;: what&#8217;s next&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1tfK_3XK4CI?start=72&amp;end=76&amp;\" 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><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>Or perhaps, just to show The Donald &amp; Company\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this time<\/em><\/span>\u00a0he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span> means business, Schiff-for-Brains won&#8217;t merely object, but rather he&#8217;ll&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bOnRHAyXqYY\" 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>Meanwhile, Congressional Dimocrats&#8217; sound and fury notwithstanding, Team Trump accords them the same level of respect Faber College undergrads granted Professor Jennings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DeZqW6eqK2M?start=30\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>\u00a0is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far more<\/em><\/span> than they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deserve<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We begin this belated edition with a question, courtesy of <em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em>: when is &#8220;spying&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT<\/em><\/span> &#8220;spying&#8221;?\u00a0 Why, when Jim Clapper <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/clapper-what-obama-admin-fbi-did-to-trump-campaign-meets-the-dictionary-definition-of-spying\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doesn&#8217;t particularly like the term<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>, no matter that, by his own admission&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/clapper-what-obama-admin-fbi-did-to-trump-campaign-meets-the-dictionary-definition-of-spying\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">What Obama Admin. FBI Did to Trump Campaign \u2018Meets the Dictionary Definition of Spying<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liar.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liar-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>James Clapper, a CNN contributor and former Director of National Intelligence, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">admitted<\/span> last Friday that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what the Obama administration did to the Trump campaign &#8220;meets the dictionary definition of spying<\/span><\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Clapper, who served as the DNI during the Obama administration, appeared on CNN&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Situation Room\u00a0<\/em>to discuss new\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/02\/us\/politics\/fbi-government-investigator-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">revelations<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the FBI sent an undercover agent to meet with George Papadopoulos in London in 2016<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">backtracking<\/span> from his prior comments about there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not being<\/span> any spying<\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;Was it spying?&#8221;asked host Wolf Blitzer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Well, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">yeah<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I guess<\/em><em> it meets the dictionary definition of spying<\/em><\/span>\u2014surveillance <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> spying, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a term I don&#8217;t particularly like<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; Clapper said.<\/span> &#8220;It&#8217;s not a term used by intelligence people.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> It has a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>negative connotation<\/em><\/span>, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rogue operation<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>out of contro<\/em><em>l<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not in compliance of the law<\/em><\/span>, and that&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not the case at all<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So in Jim Clapper&#8217;s mind, &#8220;spying&#8221; has a &#8220;negative connotation&#8221;, associated only with rogue, out of control operations not in compliance with the law.\u00a0 Clapper&#8217;s patent pretense is akin to another, even more desperate dodge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4XT-l-_3y0\" 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>Besides, what could be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> rogue, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span>\u00a0out of control and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less<\/em><\/span>\u00a0in compliance with the law than: (1) an &#8220;investigation&#8221; based on a phony dossier, which was; (2) commissioned and funded by the subject&#8217;s political opponent, and; (3) whose author,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/442592-steeles-stunning-pre-fisa-confession-informant-needed-to-air-trump-dirt\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Hill reports<\/em><\/span><\/a>, admitted <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prior to the investigation&#8217;s commencement<\/em><\/span> &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/442592-steeles-stunning-pre-fisa-confession-informant-needed-to-air-trump-dirt\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">his research was political and facing an Election Day deadline<\/span><\/a>&#8220;<\/em>, that <em>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/442592-steeles-stunning-pre-fisa-confession-informant-needed-to-air-trump-dirt\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">his client &#8216;is keen to see this information come to light prior to November 8&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, Congressional Dimocrats and their MSM shills would have you believe there&#8217;s nothing to see here, folks&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DkrERydXsAsnvXC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DkrERydXsAsnvXC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DkrERydXsAsnvXC.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DkrERydXsAsnvXC-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;please move along.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If Bill Barr is half the AG he&#8217;s made out to be, proven prevaricators like Jim Clapper, as well as a lot of other deep state serial liars, are about to find out what&#8217;s in compliance with the law and what&#8217;s not.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Andy McCarthy details Robert&#8230;<\/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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/robert-muellers-preposterous-rationale-for-tainting-the-president-with-obstruction-allegations\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Mueller\u2019s Preposterous Rationale for Tainting the President with \u2018Obstruction\u2019 Allegations<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/robert-muellers-preposterous-rationale-for-tainting-the-president-with-obstruction-allegations\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Volume II of his report does exactly what he claimed to be avoiding<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30np59.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30np59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30np59.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30np59-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>I<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>n <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gross violation<\/em><\/span> of Justice Department policy and constitutional norms, a prosecutor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>neither charges nor recommends charges<\/em><\/span> against a suspect, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but proceeds to smear him by publishing 200 pages of obstruction allegations<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Asked to explain <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why<\/em><\/span> he did it, the prosecutor says <em>he was just trying\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to protect the suspect from being smeared<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This is the upshot of the Mueller report\u2019s Volume II. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It might be thought campy <em>if the suspect weren\u2019t the president of the United States <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and the stakes weren\u2019t so high<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The smear-but-don\u2019t-charge outcome is the result of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>two wrongs<\/em><\/span>: (1) Mueller\u2019s dizzying application of Justice Department guidance, written by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), holding that a president may not be indicted while he is in office; and (2) <em>the media-Democrat complex\u2019s demand that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only laws they like<\/span><\/em> \u2014 those that serve their anti-Trump political purposes \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be enforced<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>From illegal immigration to Al Sharpton&#8217;s taxes, Hands Up\/Don&#8217;t Shoot to drug enforcement, Progressives are nothing if not consistent&#8230;at least when it comes to enforcing only the laws they like.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel reveals&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-nadler-really-wants-11557442946\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What Nadler REALLY Wants<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-nadler-really-wants-11557442946\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">His strategy clearly aims at provoking a confrontation for political purposes<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69732\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image007.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image007-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Don\u2019t think this week\u2019s headlines about contempt of Congress and impeachment are about anything so serious as contempt of Congress or impeachment<\/em>\u2014never mind the \u201cconstitutional crisis\u201d Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Thursday. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This is red-meat politics<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt. It demands Mr. Barr turn over an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s report, as well as \u201call documents obtained and investigative materials created by\u201d Mr. Mueller\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Chairman Jerrold Nadler also threatened to hold former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt if he doesn\u2019t testify. Mrs. Pelosi spent all week meditating on the prospect of impeaching President Trump, accusing him of \u201cobstruction, obstruction, obstruction,\u201d and even declaring him \u201cself-impeachable,\u201d whatever that means.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mr. Nadler insists the point of his subpoena fusillade is to obtain \u201cevidence\u201d as part of his \u201cinvestigation\u201d into \u201cabuses of power\u201d by Mr. Trump.<\/span> This is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>obviously untrue<\/em><\/span>, as evidenced by Mr. Nadler\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dogged, daily efforts<\/span> to make sure he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does\u00a0not<\/span>\u00a0obtain <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span> information of value<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Already, on April 18, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Mr. Barr made available to senior members of Congress the opportunity to view a version of the report more complete than the one released to the public<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It contains <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the minimum redactions required by law<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only 1.5%<\/em><\/span> is redacted material, compared with about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>10%<\/em><\/span> for the public version.<\/span> Mr. Nadler <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span> have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>weeks ago<\/em><\/span> obtained a flurry of new detail about Mr. Mueller\u2019s investigations and evidence. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>But neither he nor any other Democrat has visited the Justice Department to view the fuller report<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mr. Nadler <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>instead<\/em><\/span> issued a subpoena that included a poison pill, <em>a demand that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">guaranteed<\/span> noncompliance<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mr. Barr <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot provide secret grand-jury material<\/em><\/span>; <em>it is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">illegal<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Mr. Nadler, <em>a lawyer<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knows this<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Which begs the question why no one in the MSM called him on this obvious dodge?!?<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span> have issued a subpoena <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>assuring<\/em><\/span> him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tons<\/em><\/span> of new material;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> he instead deliberately issued one that assures him none<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>He did it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>again<\/em><\/span> this week, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>turning down<\/em><em> offer after offer<\/em><\/span> from the Justice Department to give him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most<\/em><\/span> of what he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>claims<\/em><\/span> to want. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Justice offered to expand the list of Democrats who may read the minimally redacted report.<\/span> It offered to bring the material to Congress. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even<\/em><\/span> offered to accommodate prioritized requests for additional documents, based on a committee review of the less-redacted report.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Mr. Nadler said no each time<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mr. Barr offered to testify last week <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in front of the Judiciary Committee<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mr. Nadler insisted Mr. Barr <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be grilled by congressional staff members<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No cabinet member has been subjected to such treatment in the Judiciary Committee\u2019s 206-year history<\/em><\/span>, and Mr. Barr <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rightly refused<\/em><\/span>\u2014as Mr. Nadler <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>presumably wanted<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Equally revealing is Mr. Nadler\u2019s focus on Mr. McGahn. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>last place<\/em><\/span> you go to ferret out information <em>is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White House lawyer<\/span><\/em>, whose work <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>i<\/em><em>s protected by executive privilege<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If Mr. Nadler were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> interested in new evidence, <em>he\u2019d grill people who were<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> central to key events in the Mueller report<\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not subject to that exception<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject of deliberate Dimocratic dissimulation and disinformation, we turn to the latest installment of the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, in which\u00a0Jim Geraghty asks and answers the question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/congressional-democrats-cry-constitutional-crisis\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Congressional Democrats Cry \u2018Constitutional Crisis<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2019:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/congressional-democrats-cry-constitutional-crisis\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WHAT Constitutional Crisis<\/span><\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30oa4i.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30oa4i.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30oa4i.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30oa4i-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The big talking point among Congressional Democrats is \u201cCONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!\u201d <\/strong><\/span>In case you\u2019ve lost track, Democratic leaders in the House want an entirely unredacted version of the Mueller report and underlying evidence. The Department of Justice redactions of the report were made in cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller. The redactions are of grand-jury material, sensitive intelligence, matters that could affect ongoing investigations, and information that would violate the privacy of figures \u201cperipheral\u201d to the investigation.<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em> So far, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no one has made any accusation that these redactions are improper or made in bad faith<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">But the Democrats believe that they should have access to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>full report<\/em><\/span> with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no exceptions<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Attorney General William Barr <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>offered an almost-entirely-unredacted version that could be read by senior lawmakers and committee chairs<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The House <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rejected<\/em><\/span> this offer.<\/span> The Trump administration invoked executive privilege and [the House] declared Barr was in contempt.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>You may recall the House of Representatives finding Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents relating to the \u201cFast and Furious\u201d gun scandal; the Obama administration refused to enforce the contempt charge, contending that the documents were covered by executive privilege.<\/strong><\/span> <strong>Bill Clinton invoked executive privilege <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>14 times<\/em><\/span>; George W. Bush, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>six<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span>Executive privilege being a big factor in the Watergate scandal, with the Supreme Court ruling that it exists, but that Nixon had only demonstrated a general need for confidentiality in discussions, not a specific one related to that particular request.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>In other words, presidents and Congressional leaders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>regularly fight<\/em><\/span> over who gets access to what documents in the executive branch.<\/strong> <\/span>Presidents and Congressional leaders fight over what is legitimately covered by executive privilege every few years. Sometimes they work out an agreement, and sometimes they hash it out in court, and sometimes it goes all the way up to the Supreme Court to resolve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>This process is <em>just how these sorts of disputes<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are supposed to be resolved<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>under the U.S. Constitution<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <em>which raises the question of <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how this qualifies<\/span><em> as a<\/em> (dramatic voice) \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Constitutional crisis<\/em><\/span>!\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if everyone is following the process set out under the Constitution<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of Progressives who cry &#8220;Wolf!&#8221;,\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>The Washington Times<\/em>\u00a0reports on another lying deep state pot calling the orange-faced kettle black:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8216;<a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/may\/9\/james-comey-donald-trump-indictment-possible-after\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not above the law&#8217;: Trump indictment in play after presidency, James Comey says<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30oakf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30oakf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30oakf.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/30oakf-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This from the man who concluded the evidence against Hillary wouldn&#8217;t lead any &#8220;reasonable&#8221; prosecutor to press charges.\u00a0 We trust the disgraced former FBI Director will understand any &#8220;reasonable&#8221; American citizen, in turn, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not <\/em><em>trusting him<\/em><\/span> any farther than they can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>throw Hillary<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/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\/05\/old-and-white.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/old-and-white.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/old-and-white.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/old-and-white-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sk042919dAPR20190426104520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sk042919dAPR20190426104520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sk042919dAPR20190426104520.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sk042919dAPR20190426104520-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image012.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image012-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tea-party.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tea-party.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tea-party.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tea-party-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image010.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image010-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/foul.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/foul.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/foul.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/foul-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bg050319dAPR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bg050319dAPR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bg050319dAPR.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bg050319dAPR-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/necktie-party.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/necktie-party.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/necktie-party.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/necktie-party-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chucky.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chucky.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chucky.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chucky-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-7-19-at-7.25-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-7-19-at-7.25-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-7-19-at-7.25-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-7-19-at-7.25-PM-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image009.jpg 462w, 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src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image006.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image006-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/maduro.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/maduro.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/maduro.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/maduro-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1-300x147.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-9-19-at-8.17-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-9-19-at-8.17-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-9-19-at-8.17-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-9-19-at-8.17-AM-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-3-19-at-7.12-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-3-19-at-7.12-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-3-19-at-7.12-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-3-19-at-7.12-AM-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-10-19-at-8.05-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-10-19-at-8.05-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-10-19-at-8.05-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-10-19-at-8.05-AM-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-1-19-at-8.54-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-1-19-at-8.54-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-1-19-at-8.54-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-1-19-at-8.54-AM-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this classic from our sister-in-law Amy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0358.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0358.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0358.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_0358-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with a cross between the <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">EnvironMental Moment<\/span><\/em> and <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Other Than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THAT<\/span>, the Headline Was Accurate!<\/em><\/span>, as one Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer at <em>Live Science.com<\/em>, offers an argument sans any supporting evidence:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"h1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/65447-ancient-tree-discovered-in-carolina-swamp.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Scientists Discovered a 2,624-Year-Old Tree in a North Carolina Swamp<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/65447-ancient-tree-discovered-in-carolina-swamp.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Climate Change Could Kill It<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bald-cypress-trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bald-cypress-trees.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bald-cypress-trees.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bald-cypress-trees-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It was only <em>after<\/em> the item had been picked up and featured at <em>FOX News <\/em>that a<em> Live Science <\/em>editor inserted this sentence near the end of the article&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>According to the study authors, the swamp is located at 6.5 feet (2 meters) above mean sea level, and is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at risk<\/em><\/span> of being flooded by rising sea levels caused by anthropogenic global warming<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this &#8220;correction&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This story was updated at 1 p.m. E.D.T. on May 10 to note that sea level rise due to anthropogenic climate change <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could<\/span> cause ancient bald cypress trees to be flooded.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Again, it&#8217;s the EnviroNazis favorite dodge: not should or <em>would<\/em>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 In other words, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just might<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perhaps<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possibly<\/em><\/span> come to pass&#8230;meaning, <em>then again<\/em>, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might not<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 More importantly, even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> such a worst-case scenario <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were<\/em><\/span> to unfold, only those living in the year 2100 will see even its minimal effects.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In any event, let&#8217;s forget about the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>billions of Homo sapiens<\/em><\/span>\u00a0such a rise in sea levels would displace and prematurely mourn the highly-hypothetical demise of a single long-lived species of tree.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s wishing every mom out there a very Happy Mother&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 As for our own dear, departed Tickie, she was a game gal&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Thom-and-Tick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Thom-and-Tick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Thom-and-Tick.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Thom-and-Tick-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and we miss her every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, May 10th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, we present yet another sterling example of Socialist selective recall: Really, Paul, REALLY?!? If you&#8217;ve ever had the strength of will and mental toughness to endure one of his commentaries in its entirety, you know Krugman, who somehow&#8230;amazingly&#8230;won a Nobel Prize in economics, is proof positive expertise [&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-69790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69790","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=69790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69792,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69790\/revisions\/69792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}