{"id":71584,"date":"2019-07-25T17:46:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=71584"},"modified":"2019-07-25T17:46:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:46:15","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-july-24th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=71584","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, July 24th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, July 24th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, we present another example of life imitating art.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First, as previously featured in our <em>On The Lighter Side<\/em> video segment (accessible through link #4 immediately above), here&#8217;s the art:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uj0mtxXEGE8?start=186&amp;end=209&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>And if your woman <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> mad at you, don&#8217;t do <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span>thing to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>p*ss her off<\/em><\/span>, a lesson life recently taught\u00a0one unfortunate husband onboard an American Airlines flight about to leave Miami:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uA6eOAMTchs\" 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>If Mamo&#8217;s gonna look at other women in the future, he best be wearin&#8217; dark glasses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off the mid-week edition with another bit of brilliance courtesy of <em>American Greatness<\/em>, as the incomparable Victor Davis Hanson asks and answers the question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"42\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2019\/07\/22\/cant-we-all-just-get-along\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Can\u2019t We All Just Get Along<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1uslcs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1uslcs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1uslcs.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1uslcs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1uslcs-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Get along? <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Apparently <em>no<\/em>\u2014<em>at least until<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after 2020<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Two examples summarize why.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u201cWe don\u2019t need any more brown faces that don\u2019t want to be a brown voice,\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>said U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley<\/em><\/span> (D-Mass.), one-quarter of \u201cthe squad\u201d sowing havoc among Democrats in the House. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cWe don\u2019t need black faces that don\u2019t want to be a black voice.<\/span> We don\u2019t need Muslims that don\u2019t want to be a Muslim voice. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">We don\u2019t need queers that don\u2019t want to be a queer voice.\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>No bigoted, identity politics <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">there<\/span>!!!<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republican Party<\/em><\/span>, MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes said the other day: \u201cIt must be peacefully, nonviolently, politically <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>destroyed<\/em><\/span> <em>with love, compassion and determination<\/em>, <em>but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">utterly confronted and destroyed<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> That is the only way to break the coalition apart\u2026<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> Not by prying off this or that interest.<\/span> They are in too deep. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>They have shamed themselves too muc<\/em><\/span>h.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>heart<\/em><\/span> of the thing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must be ripped out<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The darkness must be banished<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>In other words<\/em><\/span>, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>new progressive message<\/em><\/span> is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we all must vote monolithically and predicated on our superficial appearance, religion, or sexual orientation<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">And the Trump base <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must be destroyed<\/em><\/span>, <em>though annihilated<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with \u201clove\u201d and \u201ccompassion<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>All are presently shocked that Donald Trump would dare suggest that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if anyone did not like the United States<\/em><\/span>, then perhaps he or she <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>of their own volition<\/i><\/span>, consider <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>leaving the country<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Trump apparently was directing his ire exclusively at particular first-generation congresswomen and suggesting that their anti-American furor logically might lead such unhappy U.S. citizens to consider\u00a0<i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">voluntary<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>deportation. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>You know&#8230;like so many Hollywood celebridiots <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">promised after both<\/span> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/305117-celebs-who-said-theyd-leave-country-if-trump-won\" class=\"broken_link\">Trump<\/a> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2000\/09\/20\/starexile\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bush<\/span><\/a><\/span> were elected<\/em>.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Perhaps <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no<\/em><\/span> politician should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> advise American citizens with whom he disagrees to leave the country. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump <\/em><em>did\u00a0not\u00a0suggest<\/em><\/span> mandatory departures\u2014in the manner that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Rep. Jerry Nadler<\/em><\/span> (D-N.Y.) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had wanted Trump supporter and immigrant<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/382358.php\">Sebastian Gorka deported<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Trump was not talking of some grand swap <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the explicit fashion that NeverTrumpers have variously wished for the Trump Republican and\/or white working-class base to be forcibly exported and replaced by Latin American border crossers<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">So wrote Bret Stephens of the\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>: \u201cSo-called real Americans are screwing up America.<\/span> Maybe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they should leave<\/em><\/span>, so that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we can replace them with new and better ones: newcomers who are more appreciative of what the United States has to offer, more ambitious for themselves and their children, and more willing to sacrifice for the future<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">In other words, just the kind of people we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>used to be<\/em><\/span>\u2014when \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span>\u2019 had just come off the boat.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Columnist Max Boot narrowed the theme somewhat <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by suggesting only Republican lawmakers and grandees should be deported and replaced<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cIf only we could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>keep<\/em><\/span> the hard-working <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(though <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">illegal<\/span><\/em>)<\/span> Latin American newcomers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and deport the contemptible Republican cowards<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> enhance America\u2019s greatness,\u201d Boot wrote.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That\u2019s harsh<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">At least Chris Hayes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only wishes to destroy the Trump base with love and compassion in his heart<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>So said<\/em><\/span>, as it turns out, one of the Jihad Squad&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very own<\/em><\/span> back in 2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tlaib.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tlaib.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tlaib.png 425w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tlaib-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>But see, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that&#8217;s different<\/em><\/span>, because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump&#8217;s a f*cking racist<\/em><\/span>, <em>along with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone who remotely supports him<\/span><\/em>, <em>so the <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>normal rules of decorum and decency<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sJBRnxGuLwg?start=2&amp;end=6&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NVBqXvMouJg?start=2&amp;end=11&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;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don&#8217;t apply<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Case in point: we were fortunate to have recently enjoyed an uncomfortable (high temperatures and humidity) yet enjoyable weekend with old friends on a boating trip to Cambridge, MD.\u00a0 While tying up at the Hyatt resort, we noticed astern a vessel flying a &#8220;Trump 2020&#8221; flag from its rigging.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Later that afternoon, while enjoying a libation on the afterdeck, we overheard a loud exchange on the dock between two parties we couldn&#8217;t see.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine our surprise when we learned the college-age daughter of a couple headed for dinner past the boat flying the Trump banner had flipped a double-bird to the vessel while screaming &#8220;F*ck you, f*ck you, f*ck you!!!&#8221;\u00a0 As the owner and his two guests were then walking up the dock towards his boat, and the only people on board were their three wives, they were &#8220;curious&#8221; as to what had initiated the obscene tirade.\u00a0 Rather than being offered a reasoned response, they were instead met with another foul fusillade of &#8220;F*ck you, you&#8217;re a racist!!!&#8221;, etc., etc., ad nauseam\/ad infinitum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We were also informed, upon seeing the &#8220;offensive&#8221; emblem while entering the anchorage, the overly-propagandized daughter had informed the harbor master they couldn&#8217;t tie up to the same dock as the rabid racist.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus does this one incident prove two of our most enduring assertions: (1) the divide currently splintering America is spreading almost exclusively from&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one side<\/em><\/span>; and, (2) these people are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>utterly out of their minds<\/em><\/span> with hatred.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Look, we lived through sixteen years under Clinton (Ruby Ridge, Waco and Monica) and Obama (Fast &amp; Furious, Benghazi, Lois Lerner, &#8220;The Pohlice Acted Stupidly\/If I Had a Son He&#8217;d Look Like Trayvon\/Hands-Up-Don&#8217;t Shoot&#8221;), and we cannot recall a similar expressions of mindless vitriol aimed at anyone sporting a bumper sticker supporting either undeniably partisan President.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First, as Guy Benson notes at\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>, The Left attacks <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span> who doesn&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actively advocate<\/em><\/span> for their amoral, anti-American agenda:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2019\/07\/22\/humiliation-the-daily-beast-tries-fails-to-attack-mlb-hall-of-famer-mariano-rivera-for-supporting-israel-not-hating-trump-n2550374\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Daily Beast Tries, Fails to Attack MLB Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera for Supporting Israel, Not Hating Trump<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71515\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rivera-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Readers are informed that <em>over the course of his career<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Rivera kept his political beliefs private<\/em><\/span> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> is painted as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sinister secrecy<\/em><\/span>), but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now that he&#8217;s retired<\/em><\/span>, his &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far-right<\/em><\/span>&#8221; leanings are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>coming to light<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what<\/em><\/span> do those views <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entail<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> \u00a0He&#8217;s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Christian<\/em><\/span> who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>loves Israel<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Over the past three years, [Rivera has] served at the pleasure of a racist president, taken part in thinly veiled propaganda on behalf of a far-right government in Israel, and gotten chummy with outright bigots and apocalyptic loons.<\/span>\u00a0None of this will be inscribed on his Hall of Fame plaque. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">It should, even if much of the sports world would very much like to pretend none of it exists.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;<em>It should<\/em>&#8221; mar his legacy, this writer asserts. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">It, in fact, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should not<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> \u00a0If you&#8217;re wondering about the relevant details, Rivera &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>served at the pleasure<\/em><\/span>&#8221; of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>President Trump<\/em><\/span> by&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>participating in a<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2017\/03\/30\/former-yankees-closer-mariano-rivera-trump-opioids\/99816066\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nonpartisan listening session<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<strong>on combatting the opioid crisis.<\/strong> \u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">monster<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>He&#8217;s also spoken out about his ardent support of Israel, the only Jewish state on earth, a conviction informed by his Christian faith. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">The &#8216;far-right&#8217; government mentioned is the Netanyahu government, <em>which has ruled for years by<\/em>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>winning election after election<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Israel is the only fully functioning liberal democracy in the region<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Unlike<\/em><\/span> its neighbors, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>respects religious pluralism<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>protects women&#8217;s rights<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and hosts gay pride parades<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Yet\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it<\/em><\/span>\u00a0is framed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the problem<\/em><\/span> by its\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2019\/07\/18\/bds-ilhan-omar-confirms-her-antisemitic-bigotry-n2550238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fanatical opponents<\/a><\/span>, <em>many<\/em> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>if not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span>!!!<\/em>)<\/span> of whom <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are anti-Semitic bigots<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You know&#8230;actual, <em>real<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racists<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second, far from being satisfied with assaulting present-day opponents of its perverted policies, Progressives remain committed to rewriting history in the guise of their corrupt, contemporary political correctness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus does the system which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>slaughtered<\/em><\/span> the 2nd-most innocents <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> earn <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>accolades<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/soviets-win-equality.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71513\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/soviets-win-equality.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/soviets-win-equality.png 425w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/soviets-win-equality-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/perpetuate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/perpetuate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/perpetuate.png 425w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/perpetuate-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>expense<\/em><\/span> of the country which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>freed<\/em><\/span> more people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the history of the planet<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which sparked well-deserved scorn from Conservative cartoonists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gv072119dAPR20190721054509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71534\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gv072119dAPR20190721054509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gv072119dAPR20190721054509.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gv072119dAPR20190721054509-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG-634520190720124935.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG-634520190720124935.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG-634520190720124935.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG-634520190720124935-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>But hey, look at all the people who benefited from the Soviets putting the first woman, Asian and Negro into orbit.\u00a0 Uh,&#8230;that would be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NO ONE<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: no, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> all just along.\u00a0 Not when, as this link forwarded by George Lawlor details, one side\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sharylattkisson.com\/2019\/01\/50-media-mistakes-in-the-trump-era-the-definitive-list\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><em>consistently promotes propaganda as reporting<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Not when one side continually concocts <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>claims of hate crimes and racism<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Not when one side plays by a set of rules <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/07\/17\/liberals-cheer-as-antifa-violence-escalates\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">totally different from those which they seek to impose on the other<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Not when one side steadily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/07\/canadas-ball-waxing-horror-show-peak-transgen-activism\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>seeks to impose its views, morals and beliefs on the rest of the country<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Not when one side continually denigrates said country while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>promoting the very policies which created many if not most of its problems<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words, not simply &#8220;no&#8221;, but &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>HELL NO<\/em><\/span>&#8220;&#8230;and for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very good reason<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, speaking of the &#8220;other side&#8221;, the editors at <em>NRO<\/em> suggest&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/07\/why-iran-wants-to-get-bombed\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-07-23&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why Iran Wants to Get Bombed<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71542\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-13-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>R<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>arely has a foreign country seemed so eager to get bombed by the United States as Iran does right now.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In its latest provocation, Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">It <em>wasn\u2019t<\/em> a <em>subtle operation<\/em>.<\/span> Revolutionary Guard forces rappelled onto the tanker from a helicopter, <em>and if you have any doubt, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rJ08d5JfU-U\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">it was all captured on videotape<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The act raised the stakes in the regime\u2019s confrontation with the West. After the last round, when the Iranians shot down a U.S. drone, President Trump ordered a retaliatory strike that he abruptly cancelled, citing his fears of disproportionate casualties. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>natural<\/em><\/span> instinct would be to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hit Iran hard<\/em><\/span> for its depredations and to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> establish a deterrent against such attacks before they get worse<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> But in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> case, Iran <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>clearly wants to provoke a reaction<\/em><\/span>, which suggests the administration\u2019s more cautious, \u201crope-a-dope\u201d approach <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may be the right one<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Skeptics doubted that the administration\u2019s unilateral sanctions could truly bite after the nuclear deal opened Iran for business with Europe. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>They were wrong<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The oil embargo and banking sanctions, imposed after Trump pulled out of the deal, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have been cratering the Iranian economy<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">The regime\u2019s aggressions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are an attempt to find a way out of the economic punishment<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;It is quite possible that Iran considers its provocations a prelude to another nuclear negotiation. For his part, Trump continues to dangle the prospects of talks, even blessing diplomatic outreach by Senator Rand Paul. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>But the regime has a strong incentive to try to wait Trump out and hope the election of a pro-deal Democrat delivers what it wants without any more trouble<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Perhaps the Iranians believe that Trump getting embroiled in a conflict advances that goal.<\/span> Regardless, <em>they obviously want to escape from the box that they are in<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and Trump shouldn\u2019t let them<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>All well and good&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>until<\/em><\/span> British U.S. military forces <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>catch<\/em><\/span> the Iranians <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>committing<\/em><\/span> an act of war, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>down<\/em><\/span> their helicopters and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>destroy<\/em><\/span> their surface assets&#8230;let alone\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>until<\/em><\/span> the truly Mad Mullahs <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finally acquire the workable nuclear weapon Progressives seem so eager for them to have<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Then<\/span> all bets <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are off<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if and when<\/em><\/span> we&#8217;re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>forced<\/em><\/span> into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>giving them what they want<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we say<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/atomic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/atomic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/atomic.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/atomic-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;let&#8217;s do it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/aoc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/aoc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/aoc.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/aoc-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/stg072219dAPR20190720074507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/stg072219dAPR20190720074507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/stg072219dAPR20190720074507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/stg072219dAPR20190720074507-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/varvel-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/varvel-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/varvel-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/varvel-2-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb072019dAPR20190720124507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb072019dAPR20190720124507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb072019dAPR20190720124507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb072019dAPR20190720124507-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071919dAPR20190719014520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071919dAPR20190719014520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071919dAPR20190719014520.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/afb071919dAPR20190719014520-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG-633420190718082025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71470\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG-633420190718082025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG-633420190718082025.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG-633420190718082025-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk072119dAPR20190721074531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk072119dAPR20190721074531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk072119dAPR20190721074531.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sk072119dAPR20190721074531-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/birds.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/birds.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/birds.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/birds-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Youve-Been-Chopped-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Youve-Been-Chopped-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Youve-Been-Chopped-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Youve-Been-Chopped-1-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-22-19-at-7.45-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-22-19-at-7.45-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-22-19-at-7.45-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-22-19-at-7.45-AM-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-7.49-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71501\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-7.49-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-7.49-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-7.49-AM-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-19-19-at-8.30-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-19-19-at-8.30-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-19-19-at-8.30-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-19-19-at-8.30-AM-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-12.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-12.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-12-300x212.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-6.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/download-1-6-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these memes sent in by Ed Hicky&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-20-19-at-8.09-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-20-19-at-8.09-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-20-19-at-8.09-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-20-19-at-8.09-AM-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-20-19-at-8.09-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-20-19-at-8.09-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-20-19-at-8.09-AM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-20-19-at-8.09-AM-1-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image004-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image004-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image004-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image004-1-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71497\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image025.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image025-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71498\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image021.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image021-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image026.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image026-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;this string from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image001-4-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image005-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image005-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image005-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image005-1-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/obama.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/obama.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/obama.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/obama-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image007-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image007-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image007-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image007-1-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.16-AM-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.15-AM-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71530\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71531\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Image-7-23-19-at-11.14-AM-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and this Coming Attraction forwarded by Jeff Foutch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-1-212x300.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with three more sordid stories straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, as we present the poster children for the death penalty:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/convicted-murderer-77-too-old-stabs-woman\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Convicted murderer, 77, released from prison after being deemed too old to be a threat, fatally stabbed woman in front of her children<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/knifer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/knifer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/knifer.png 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/knifer-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/teen-rapper-convicted-of-murder-in-texas-home-invasiion\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Teen rapper convicted of murder in Texas home invasion<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1535573742-taymor-mcintyre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1535573742-taymor-mcintyre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1535573742-taymor-mcintyre.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1535573742-taymor-mcintyre-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chicago-infant-womb-hospital-bill\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Family of Chicago infant cut from mother&#8217;s womb billed $300G for his &#8211; and suspected killer&#8217;s &#8211; care by hospital<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/figueroa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/figueroa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/figueroa.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/figueroa-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we&#8217;d<\/em><\/span> be happy to throw the switch <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on all four<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is it Progressives constantly promote about a total ban on guns?\u00a0 Oh, yeah: if it would save <em>just <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one life<\/span><\/em>&#8230;!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, July 24th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, we present another example of life imitating art. First, as previously featured in our On The Lighter Side video segment (accessible through link #4 immediately above), here&#8217;s the art: \ufeff And if your woman isn&#8217;t mad at you, don&#8217;t do anything to p*ss her off, a lesson [&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-71584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71584","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=71584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71585,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71584\/revisions\/71585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}