{"id":70333,"date":"2019-05-30T18:37:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=70333"},"modified":"2019-05-30T18:37:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:37:12","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-may-29th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=70333","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, May 29th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, May 29th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, as you might have heard, Jerry Nadler recently suffered a &#8220;medical episode&#8221; during an appearance with Bill deBlowmeo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jrRGXs9581s\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>We know it&#8217;s wrong, but we find it difficult to wish this bloated, bloviated bag of bile anything <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but<\/em><\/span> the worst.\u00a0 Besides, when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> is what you look like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>AFTER<\/em><\/span> you diet&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D7XLsKEXkAAqZpq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D7XLsKEXkAAqZpq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D7XLsKEXkAAqZpq.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D7XLsKEXkAAqZpq-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;not only are you a heart attack waiting to happen, but describing you as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_hNgGVDfNs?start=38&amp;end=41&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><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is being <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>kind<\/em><\/span>, a concept with which the vituperative, evil Mr. Nadler is wholly unfamiliar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of bloviating bags of bile, if<\/strong><strong>\u00a0you&#8217;ve ever wondered how America&#8217;s moral decline has happened so quickly, and without anyone seeming to notice, compare this seemingly innocuous but deliberately deceptive diminishment by Dewey (aka, &#8220;<em>DWE<\/em>&#8220;, aka &#8220;<em>Dick With Ears<\/em>&#8220;):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GhZ-xM-0yok?start=7&amp;end=43&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><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sure<\/em><\/span>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he<\/em><\/span> believes in God&#8230;like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span> believe in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Easter Bunny<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not that important<\/em><\/span> to reaffirm &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; as our nation&#8217;s motto&#8230;a phrase which recognizes the same Creator who endowed all men with certain unalienable Rights\u00a0as the source of our freedom and the bedrock upon which the Founding Fathers built our Republic.\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">But<\/span><\/em>, you know, he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>believes<\/em><\/span> in God!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast forward to less than eight years later, and <em>voil\u00e0<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>God<\/em><\/span> is not only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unimportant<\/em><\/span>, He&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer welcome<\/em><\/span>, at least in Progressive circles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLi6eYMtwww\" 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 note: the bloated, bloviating bag of bile at the heart of the deliberate Dimocratic efforts to hasten the nation&#8217;s moral decline: Jerry Nadler.\u00a0 So here&#8217;s wishing Nadler a speedy recovery&#8230;but only to a point which precludes him from ever again assuming any position of power.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, we recognize the passing of one of the most undeservedly maligned athletes in the history of professional sports:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/32418w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/32418w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/32418w.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/32418w-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Mookie Wilson accurately observed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cWe had developed a friendship that lasted well over 30 years,&#8221; Wilson said in a statement.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0&#8220;I felt badly for some of the things he went through.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Bill was a <em>great<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>great<\/em><\/span> baseball player <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whose legacy should not be defined by one play<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To which we can only add a hearty &#8220;AMEN&#8221;!\u00a0 RIP, Billy B.; if there&#8217;s baseball in Heaven, we know you&#8217;re already in the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from Heaven to Hell,\u00a0despite Chicago&#8217;s new Black <em>female<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lesbian<\/em><\/span> Dimocratic mayor promising her election would usher in an era of change, as this <em>FOX News<\/em> report relates, it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still business-as-usual<\/em><\/span> in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Murder Capital of the United States<\/em><\/span>, as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/more-than-30-shot-5-fatally-during-memorial-day-weekend-in-chicago-police\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">More than 34 shot \u2013 5 fatally \u2013 during Memorial Day weekend in Chicago<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/facebook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/facebook.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/facebook-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>\u00a0was just through <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Sunday<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t know how <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span> spent your the first two-thirds of your Memorial Day weekend, but here&#8217;s how a number of Chicagoans spent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>theirs<\/em><\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The violence <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>began Friday<\/em><\/span> when a 15-year-old boy and a\u00a027-year-old were shot while walking down the street in South Sawyer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8230;At least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nine more<\/em><\/span> were shot late Friday night, the report said. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The victims ranged from 17 to 45.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first\u00a0fatality<\/em><\/span>\u00a0occurred around <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>6:30 p.m. on Saturday<\/em><\/span>, when a gunman <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>opened fire on a 29-year-old man standing on a porch<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">No suspects are in custody.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Around <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>10 p.m.<\/em><\/span>, two men were hit with bullets from a passing vehicle. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Both were taken to a hospital but only one survived.<\/span> A few hours later, police were responding to a disturbance <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>where a man was shot while standing on a sidewalk<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Police said two men and two women between the ages of 25 and 31 were shot <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>around 6 a.m. Sunday morning<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>For some reason we doubt they were getting up early for church.<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The four victims were taken to a hospital where <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both men died<\/em><\/span> and the women\u2019s condition stabilized.<\/span><\/strong> <strong>Police have recovered weapons and a suspect <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span><\/em> in custody, NBC Chicago reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>By Sunday evening, the number of victims shot stood at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>34<\/em><\/span>, including the five who died, according to police.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A relatively modest increase on Monday brought the total toll to 41 shot, 7 fatally.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Forget about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just<\/em><\/span> the last Monday in May; in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Chi-Town<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HASTINGSSHOOTING_052619_3.0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HASTINGSSHOOTING_052619_3.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HASTINGSSHOOTING_052619_3.0.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HASTINGSSHOOTING_052619_3.0-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;almost <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every day<\/em><\/span>\u00a0is Memorial Day.\u00a0 And a<\/strong><strong>nyone seeking to blame the senseless slaughter on guns rather than the cultural cancer eating at this city&#8217;s heart is either looking to politically profit from the continued carnage or a liar&#8230;or <em>most probably<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, as Jim Freeman wonders at\u00a0<em>Best of the Web<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/did-democrats-just-create-a-problem-with-soccer-moms-and-dads-11558385818?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Did Democrats Just Create a Problem with Soccer Moms and Dads<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/did-democrats-just-create-a-problem-with-soccer-moms-and-dads-11558385818?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">A Friday House vote could be the sleeper issue of 2020<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3244xy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3244xy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3244xy.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3244xy-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Every Democrat in the House<\/em><\/span> chamber on Friday <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>voted for<\/em><\/span> the appealingly titled \u201cEquality Act.\u201d<\/span> But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>next year<\/em><\/span> Democrats are likely to find that<em> support for the bill <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">among swing voters<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">far from unanimous<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The legislation appears to expand government power in a number of significant ways.<\/strong><\/span> Today Brad Polumbo\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/05\/20\/lgbtq-equality-act-fails-fair-religious-freedom-provisions-accommodation-column\/3731197002\/?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in USA Today:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>The bill <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">purports<\/span><em> to protect LGBT Americans like me by prohibiting discrimination&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">On the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">surface<\/span>, this sounds <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unobjectionable<\/span> \u2014 after all, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no one deserves to face discrimination<\/span>.<\/span> Yet the bill defined \u201cpublic accommodations\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so loosely<\/span> and called for regulations <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so sweeping<\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it would crush religious freedom and radically reshape American society<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For example, the Equality Act <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">undermines the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act<\/span>, which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">established a balancing test for religious freedom claims<\/span>.<\/span> It established <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a process for the litigation of discrimination grievances<\/span>, where <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">religious employers could appeal if found responsible for an offense and their actions could be fairly evaluated<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This helped <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ensure<\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reasonable<\/span> invocations of religious freedom <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are permitted<\/span>, such as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a private, Catholic school only wanting to hire teachers who live in accordance with biblical values<\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blatant discrimination<\/span>, such as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a grocery store randomly firing someone for being gay<\/span>, is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span>.<\/span> Yet in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span> of these situations, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the so-called Equality Act would mandate that an LGBT person\u2019s claim wins by default<\/span> \u2014 therefore <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not ensuring equality<\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">elevating their rights over those of religious Americans<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8230;Libertarians and social conservatives <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>aren\u2019t the only ones expressing reservations<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span>Duke law professor and former track athlete Doriane Coleman, tennis legend Martina Navratilova and four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a class=\"icon none broken_link\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/pass-the-equality-act-but-dont-abandon-title-ix\/2019\/04\/29\/2dae7e58-65ed-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html?utm_term=.43e5fe778b97&amp;mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0about the bill last month in the Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The authors&#8230;explained the implications of allowing people born male to compete against females:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Team USA sprinter Allyson Felix <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has the most World Championship medals in history<\/span>, male <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">or<\/span> female, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and is tied with Usain Bolt for the most World Championship golds<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Her <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lifetime best<\/span> in the 400 meters is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">49.26 seconds<\/span>.<\/span> In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2018 alone<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">275 high school boys ran faster on 783 occasions<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The sex differential is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even more pronounced<\/span> in sports and events <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">involving jumping<\/span>.<\/span> Team USA\u2019s Vashti Cunningham <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has the American record for high school girls in the high jump at 6 feet, 4\u00bd inches<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Last year <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just in California<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">50 high school boys jumped higher<\/span>.<\/span> The sex differential <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">isn\u2019t<\/span> the result of boys and men having a male gender identity, more resources, better training or superior discipline.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It\u2019s because they have androgenized bodies<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The bill is going nowhere while Republicans control the Senate and the White House. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>But based on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unanimous<\/span> support among House Democrats, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">voters can reasonably expect such legislation to become law in the event of a Democratic sweep in 2020<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Progressive politicians <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may be surprised to learn<\/em><\/span> that imposing on girls and women a radical change in the rules of sport will not be universally welcomed by competitors or by the parents who love to watch them play.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nor will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every<\/em><\/span> Soccer Parent, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>regardless<\/em><\/span> of professed political persuasion, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>praise Progressives presenting perverts permission to perpetually &#8220;penetrate&#8221; their daughter&#8217;s locker room<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related bit of political-correctness run utterly amok, we challenge you to even\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>begin<\/em><\/span> to follow the illogic set forth by one Greta LaFleur, as detailed in this commentary by\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Kat Timpf:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/yale-professor-pete-buttigieg-husband-symbols-heterosexuality\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Yale Professor: Gay White Men Are Actually Symbols of Heterosexuality<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><a style=\"color: #ff00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/yale-professor-pete-buttigieg-husband-symbols-heterosexuality\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It is literally a photo of a gay married couple<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pete-buttigieg-husband.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pete-buttigieg-husband.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pete-buttigieg-husband.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pete-buttigieg-husband-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>n assistant professor in women\u2019s gender and sexuality studies at Yale University is claiming that Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten are a \u201cvision of heterosexuality without straight people.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> The professor, Greta LaFleur, made the comments in\u00a0a piece\u00a0analyzing Buttigieg and his husband\u2019s appearance on the recent\u00a0<em>Time<\/em>\u00a0magazine cover.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>At the beginning of the piece, she concocts an almost incomprehensible buzzword salad about \u201cwhiteness\u201d and how \u201cwhite\u201d the photo is.<\/strong><\/span> For example:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>This photo also tells a profound story about whiteness, above and beyond the fact that almost everything in this photo is, itself, white. <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">It\u2019s such an all-consuming aesthetic, here, that it practically resists interpretation; like the generically familiar (to me, a white person) porch, the cover photo claims that there\u2019s nothing to see, because we already know what it is.<\/span> We have seen this image, we know this couple, \u201cwe\u201d should be comfortable.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Then, she immediately transitions into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>suggesting that the apparent comfortability that the \u201cwhiteness\u201d of the photo provides basically makes it a heterosexual photo<\/em><\/span>: \u201cThe argument I am making, of course, is that this photo is about a lot of things, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but one of its defining features is its heterosexuality<\/em><\/span>,\u201d LaFleur writes. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cIt\u2019s offering us the promise that our first <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gay<\/em><\/span> first family might actually be a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>straight<\/em><\/span> one.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>La Fleur, who herself identifies as \u201cqueer,\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-12.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70282\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-12.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-12-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>goes on to explain how \u201cthe awkwardly minimal touching\u201d between Buttigieg and his husband apparently \u201cinvokes the most uncomfortable, unfamiliar, culturally heterosexual embrace any of us have ever received,\u201d claiming that it actually \u201coffers a vision of heterosexuality without straight people.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l1dnqKGuezo\" 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 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>She ends her diatribe by taking some time to note that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>white male Buttigieg seems to have gotten more and better press coverage than female candidates such as Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren<\/em><\/span>: \u201c<em>And perhaps this is heterosexuality at its immaterial and strategic best, a heterosexuality that could take back the Presidency for the Democrats: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">white, centrist, and without women<\/span><\/em>,\u201d she concludes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Honestly<\/em><\/span>, <em>I think that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">her piece may just be the most insane, stupid thing that I have ever seen on the Internet<\/span> \u2014 and, if you\u2019ve spent even five minutes on the Internet, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you know that that\u2019s saying something<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The truth is, this photo actually <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does not<\/em><\/span> represent \u201cheterosexuality at its immaterial and strategic best,\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because it does not represent heterosexuality<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em>It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">literally<\/span> a photo of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a gay married couple<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Do you know <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what makes them a gay married couple<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even though they\u2019re white<\/em><\/span>? <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">The fact that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they are a gay married coupl<\/em><\/span>e<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ponder that<\/em>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then remember<\/em><\/span>, without the federal government&#8217;s vast infusion of funding for higher education in general, and student loans in particular, people like Greta LaFleur <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would<\/em> <em>not hold<\/em><\/span> teaching positions&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anywhere<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>let alone<\/em><\/span> at a once-prestigious institution like Yale.<\/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\/liberty.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70272\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liberty.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liberty.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liberty-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/traito.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70275\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/traito.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/traito.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/traito-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abortion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abortion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abortion.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abortion-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/right-to-become.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/right-to-become.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/right-to-become.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/right-to-become-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/holder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/holder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/holder.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/holder-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/goodwin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/goodwin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/goodwin.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/goodwin-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sk052619dAPR20190524104507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sk052619dAPR20190524104507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sk052619dAPR20190524104507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sk052619dAPR20190524104507-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/cb052119dAPR20190521014507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/cb052119dAPR20190521014507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/cb052119dAPR20190521014507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/cb052119dAPR20190521014507-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/payn_c16567820190524120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/payn_c16567820190524120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/payn_c16567820190524120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/payn_c16567820190524120100-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-24-19-at-8.58-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-24-19-at-8.58-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-24-19-at-8.58-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-24-19-at-8.58-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-28-19-at-8.45-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-28-19-at-8.45-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-28-19-at-8.45-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Image-5-28-19-at-8.45-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-11.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-11.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-11-296x300.jpeg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-1-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-1-4.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-1-4-300x261.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-2-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-2-1-300x263.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-3-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70218\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-3-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-3-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-3-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/download-3-2-297x300.jpeg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this depiction from Balls Cotton of what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we&#8217;d all love to see<\/em><\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know will never happen<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image002.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image002-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because his skin color puts him above the law<\/em><\/span>, along with three others from Mark Foster (in what could well be Trump&#8217;s mantra as President)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8709a056-cccc-43dd-ba6a-7cf2c9d164e4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8709a056-cccc-43dd-ba6a-7cf2c9d164e4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8709a056-cccc-43dd-ba6a-7cf2c9d164e4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8709a056-cccc-43dd-ba6a-7cf2c9d164e4-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Jim Crilley&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crilley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crilley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crilley.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crilley-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crilley-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and this classic from Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3245vp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3245vp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3245vp.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3245vp-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And before we forget, Theresa&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D7XEQY5XkAEfHO1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D7XEQY5XkAEfHO1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D7XEQY5XkAEfHO1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D7XEQY5XkAEfHO1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/may-june.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/may-june.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/may-june.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/may-june-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;don&#8217;t let the door hit you in your useless backside on your way out.\u00a0 The shame is you didn&#8217;t resign years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it day with yet another titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, courtesy of <em>FOX News<\/em>, George Lawlor and an early favorite for the <em>Darwin Awards<\/em>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-allegedly-hiding-drugs-in-butt-accidentally-shoots-himself-in-testicles\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Man allegedly hiding drugs in backside accidentally shoots himself in testicles<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5ce4612195cb7.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5ce4612195cb7.image_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5ce4612195cb7.image_.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5ce4612195cb7.image_-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Cameron Jeffrey Wilson, 27, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was carrying a pistol in his front pocket<\/em><\/span> while in his Cashmere, Wash., apartment on April 5 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when the firearm accidentally discharged and pierced his groin and thigh<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0according to the Wenatchee World News.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #196bb3;\"><strong>Wilson, <em>who is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">13-time convicted felon<\/span><\/em>, told his girlfriend to dispose of the weapon before heading to the hospital, the paper said.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>When the ex-con finally went to the hospital, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a balloon of marijuana slipped out of his anus while a doctor was operating on the gunshot wound<\/em><\/span>, court records show. <span style=\"color: #196bb3;\">Cops also arrived at the hospital when alerted of the gunshot wound and searched Wilson\u2019s car <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>where they discovered a bag of meth in the blood-stained jeans he was wearing when he shot himself<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #196bb3;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The officers issued an arrest warrant for Wilson and he turned himself in to police on April 18.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>As he was being processed at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center, <em>Wilson was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">strip-searched<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">another balloon of marijuana slipped from his anus<\/span><\/em>, the paper said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #196bb3;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">While in jail, <em>Wilson made a number of calls to his girlfriend and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">asked her not to cooperate with investigators working on his case<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Authorities were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>listening in<\/em><\/span> on the calls.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #196bb3;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #196bb3;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The convicted felon was charged with possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of meth, possession of a controlled substance in a correctional facility, and four counts of tampering with a witness<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>27<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already<\/em><\/span> a 13-time&#8230;make that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>14-time<\/em><\/span> felon; anyone wanna bet he&#8217;s out before his 33rd birthday?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On a side note, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we thought<\/em><\/span> our brother winging himself in the schwantz <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> calf while pulling a cocked and locked Model 1911 .45 from the front of his pants <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>took the cake<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he didn&#8217;t hold a candle<\/em><\/span> to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bumbling, butt-busting Cameron Jeffrey Wilson<\/em><\/span>&#8230;primarily because\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span> suffering his self-inflicted wound, he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finished<\/em><\/span> his 8-hour shift <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before<\/em><\/span> seeking medical attention.\u00a0 And, perhaps <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more importantly<\/em><\/span>, was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT<\/em><\/span> found to be concealing controlled substances in his kiester&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>twice<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just sayin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, May 29th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, as you might have heard, Jerry Nadler recently suffered a &#8220;medical episode&#8221; during an appearance with Bill deBlowmeo: \ufeff We know it&#8217;s wrong, but we find it difficult to wish this bloated, bloviated bag of bile anything but the worst.\u00a0 Besides, when this is what you look 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