{"id":72905,"date":"2019-08-29T19:10:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T23:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=72905"},"modified":"2019-08-29T19:11:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T23:11:02","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-august-28th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=72905","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, August 28th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, August 28th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, like a leviathan rising from the depths to feed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-15.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-15.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-15.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-15-300x172.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8230;CNN<\/em>&#8216;s April Ryan has finally surfaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/april-ryan-cnn-first-amendment-journalist-assault\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to explain away her bodyguard&#8217;s assault on a credentialed reporter at a New Jersey speaking engagement<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V1vnTuVxwV4\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This is not about suppressing the press<\/span><\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">And, no, I did not order anyone to do anything<\/span><\/em>&#8230;They were about 100 feet away from me.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">I didn\u2019t know what was going on or what was said.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;This was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>private event<\/em><\/span> for a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>non-profit organization<\/em><\/span> in New Brunswick, New Jersey. <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Our contract stated that if someone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wanted<\/span> to come and film<\/em>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they had to ask for permission<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>There was no request for permission and permission was not granted<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now, if they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would<\/em><\/span> have asked for permission, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it would have been granted<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(Sooo&#8230;if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> request for permission to film <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would have been granted<\/em><\/span>, why <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>require<\/em><\/span>\u00a0requests for permission <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at all<\/em><\/span>?!?)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0and the reason why I do this&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it\u2019s standard in the industry<\/em><\/span>&#8230;[and] <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because I don\u2019t want my words twisted<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Stelter<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(I<em>n a rare display of possessing even the most rudimentary sense of journalism!<\/em>)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">followed up on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Kratovli&#8217;s claim<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he had proper permission<\/em><\/span>, but Ryan remained adamant and firm. <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;<em>According to my contract and with the organization, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no one asked me for permission<\/span><\/em>,&#8221; she replied. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>So now, her contract included requests for permission; like when&#8230;before or after it was signed?!?<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>When asked if she regretted the actions of\u00a0her former bodyguard, Ryan dodged the question and said Morris was simply &#8220;concerned&#8221; for &#8220;her safety.&#8221;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">She also claimed the death threats she&#8217;s received may have affected her former bodyguard&#8217;s response<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan&#8217;s responses are vague and frankly quite conflicting: after all, how can one assert demanding journalists obtain permission to film a speech isn&#8217;t about suppressing the press?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As for Ryan&#8217;s claim death threats she&#8217;s (purportedly) received may have affected her bodyguard&#8217;s response, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were<\/em><\/span> such supposed threats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>serious<\/em><\/span>, who on earth would volunteer to take a bullet or a bomb for the <em>likes<\/em>&#8230;or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>girth<\/em><\/span>&#8230;of April Ryan for <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span><\/em> amount of money?!?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off today&#8217;s edition with, in honor of the great Thomas Sowell, several <em>Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Thought #1<\/em><\/span>: We just ain&#8217;t buyin&#8217; the conclusion Jeffrey Epstein died by his own hand&#8230;unless a representative of the Clintons&#8217; hands on top of his somehow constitutes suicide.\u00a0 Forgetting for the moment the incredibly questionable circumstances surrounding Epstein&#8217;s demise (both guards asleep, his mandatory cellmate transferred, his rapid release from suicide watch, the absence of a surveillance camera <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in<\/em><\/span> his cell&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now<\/em><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/458922-video-from-camera-outside-epstein-jail-cell-unusable-report\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the video from the surveillance camera outside<\/span> his cell is reportedly unusable<\/em><\/span><\/a>), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>h<\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ere&#8217;s the juice<\/em><\/span>: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The sister of a neighborhood acquaintance committed suicide some years back by hanging herself in a fashion similar to how <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we&#8217;re told<\/em><\/span> Epstein took his own life: she wrapped some item of cloth around her neck and, on her knees, thrust herself from the clothes rod in her closet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>big difference<\/em><\/span> being, in addition to bouts of depression, she had a substance abuse problem&#8230;and was drunk as a lemur and passed out prior to dying.\u00a0 Hence she was unable to pull herself off her knees before she choked to death, which would be the instinctive self-preservation response of a <em>normal<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>non-inebriated<\/em><\/span> human being.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As our youngest son Travis noted earlier this evening, though requiring little more pressure than biting through a carrot, humans of sound mind <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> in a do-or-die survival situation are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>physically incapable<\/em><\/span> of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">using their teeth to severe their own finger<\/span><\/em>, anymore than you can drown yourself by holding your breath at the bottom of the shallow end of a swimming pool&#8230;absent some weight&#8230;such as a cannonball&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xbutW_ouy60?start=83\" 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;dragging you into some bottomless depth.\u00a0 Fact is, when the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>air runs out<\/em><\/span>, you&#8217;re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>going<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reflexively surface<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One might as well try holding one&#8217;s breath until one suffocated.\u00a0 Not to mention, how does falling forward from your feet or knees generate sufficient force to fracture the bone broken in Epstein&#8217;s neck?!?\u00a0 Just sayin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scotty had it right when he observed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/al2z7t3M9Og?start=0&amp;end=7&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And Sulu&#8217;s been known to have run out of air <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on any number of occasions<\/em><\/span> in the interim.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Occam&#8217;s Razor suggests, all things being equal, the simplest explanation is most often the correct one&#8230;and neither this one&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/87d5f9cc0ece33043157af8741984294.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/87d5f9cc0ece33043157af8741984294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/87d5f9cc0ece33043157af8741984294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/87d5f9cc0ece33043157af8741984294-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;nor Epstein&#8217;s supposed suicide, add up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Thought #2<\/em><\/span>: Speaking of not willingly being fooled again, for those still under the false impression <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">G<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">o<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">l<\/span>e<\/span><\/em> doesn&#8217;t deliberately skew your searches to favor Progressive politics, consider the results of a recent inquiry<\/strong><strong>\u00a0we made for a cartoon we saw featuring &#8220;Bill Clinton as Epstein&#8217;s jail guard&#8221;: here&#8217;s\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">G<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">o<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">l<\/span>e<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-27-at-8.01.12-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72824\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-27-at-8.01.12-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-27-at-8.01.12-PM.png 550w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-27-at-8.01.12-PM-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and here&#8217;s <em>Bing<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-27-at-8.01.21-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-27-at-8.01.21-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-27-at-8.01.21-PM.png 550w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-27-at-8.01.21-PM-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try it yourself.\u00a0 FYI, the results are even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> one-sided if you search for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything negative<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The Obamao<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Thought #3<\/em><\/span>: Speaking Monday morning with Bill Meisen, we offered an observation regarding the insanity which is Progressivism&#8217;s ongoing worship of the religion of anthropogenic global warming.\u00a0 Bill mentioned an apt comparison he once cited when his son, a lukewarm adherent of this junk science given his submersion via public schools, questioned him about his refusal to give credence to the theory of human-created climate change:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;If you were a member of a church which ostensibly preached the virtues of the Ten Commandments, yet whose pastoral staff and deacons all engaged in adultery, drugs, drunkenness and debauchery of every variety, how long would continue to attend?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Not long, Dad.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Precisely&#8221;, Bill replied. &#8220;Neither should you give shrift to those who show up for an anthropogenic global warming summit via mega-yacht or private jet&#8230;let alone those who spend <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>millions of dollars<\/em><\/span> to purchase beachfront property far beyond the lifetime earnings of John Q. Working-Class-Citizen&#8230;when the world&#8217;s supposed to end in less than 12 years if the rest of us don&#8217;t change our carbon-centric ways.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then again&#8230;maybe they figure they can&#8217;t take it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with<\/em><\/span> them&#8230;at least not where <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they&#8217;re<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/inferno2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/inferno2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/inferno2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/inferno2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;headed!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Thought #4<\/em><\/span>: While working out earlier this afternoon we were struck by a scene from <em>The Savage Curtain<\/em>, an episode of the original\u00a0<em>Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0in which the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln addresses Lieutenant Uhura in what was, at least as of Stardate 5907.5, a harmless phrase:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2BBOWsWODX4?start=3&amp;end=23&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>Thus have contemporary Progressives ceded ground in their quest for the equality of the individual with their preoccupation with words; which, at least based on the schooling of our youth, we were taught could never hurt us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, writing at the <em>New York Post<\/em>, Michael Goodwin records how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-14252740\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/24\/bias-has-killed-the-gray-lady-and-dean-baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Bias has killed the \u2018Gray Lady\u2019 \u2014 and Dean Baquet fired the fatal shot<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Payne.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Payne.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Payne.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Payne-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The Aug. 12 meeting was held after an uproar over a headline deemed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too friendly to Trump<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201cTrump Urges Unity vs Racism\u201d didn\u2019t convey a sufficient dose of Trump hatred, so Baquet had it\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/07\/the-new-york-times-doesnt-write-headlines-anymore-the-mob-does\/\">rewritten to criticize the president\u2019s sober remarks<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> wasn\u2019t enough to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sate the monster he created<\/em><\/span>, so Baquet assembled the newsroom <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to hear the grievances and explain his thinking<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Though none of those asking questions are identified, they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indistinguishable in wanting the paper to regularly call Trump a racist and a liar<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> These are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposedly straight news reporters and editors<\/em><\/span>, yet are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unrestrained in demanding that their partisan opinions dictate coverage<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>One staffer asks Baquet, \u201cCould you explain your decision <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not to more regularly use the word racist in reference to the president\u2019s actions<\/em><\/span>?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Another wonders, \u201cYou mentioned that there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could be<\/em><\/span> situations when we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would use<\/em><\/span> the word <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racist<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> that standard?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>A third sees \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racism and white supremacy being sort of the foundation of this country<\/em><\/span>\u201d and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wants those topics front and center<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>When did Beto, Kamala and Buttgag start reporting for The Times?!?<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201cI just feel like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racism<\/em><\/span> is in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everything<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should be considered<\/em><\/span> in our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>science reporting<\/em><\/span>, in our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>culture reporting<\/em><\/span>, in our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>national reporting<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Sometimes Baquet <em>gently disagrees<\/em> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>up to a point<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> He says the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>best way to make the case<\/em><\/span> is by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>showing<\/em><\/span> instead of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>telling<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cites examples from the 1960s, as if they are relevant<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Another asks, \u201cWhat is the overall strategy here for getting us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>through<\/em><\/span> this administration?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Not once<\/em><\/span> does he express <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any doubt<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump is guilty as charged<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> say that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reporters should not be expressing partisan opinions<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">He\u2019s only quibbling over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how to present<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>agreed-upon conclusions<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Indeed, there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>zero evidence<\/em><\/span> in the transcript that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone in the room objects<\/em><\/span>. E<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">ven allowing that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em> <em>might<\/em><em> have doubts<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an entire news organization speaking with one scripted voice<\/em><\/span>, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>silence<\/em><\/span> shows <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nobody felt secure enough to say so<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> No safe spaces for dissenters <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>there<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The failure of anyone to recognize that the approach violates the paper\u2019s historic standards of fairness and the strict separation of news from opinion <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>speaks volumes<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how low the Times has sunk<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>If there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> a silver lining, <em>it is that<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the public has been warned<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Readers who want straight facts and fair play <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">won\u2019t find it in the Times<\/span>.<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>All they will get is a biased agenda and a guaranteed conclusion<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which is all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most<\/em><\/span> <em>Times<\/em> readers have ever <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span> wanted!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Sports Section<\/em><\/span>, <em>FOX News<\/em> presents yet another story hardly worth even a paragraph in the newspaper of record:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/florida-gators-student-band-director\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Florida Gators student band director attacked after game against Miami Hurricanes<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3920gk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72854\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3920gk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3920gk.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3920gk-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The\u00a0Florida Gators\u2019 student band director was attacked Saturday night as the group was getting back onto the bus after its\u00a0football team\u2019s 24-20 win over the\u00a0Miami Hurricanes, a school official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>As the band was boarding the bus, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>female Hurricanes fan attempted to cut through the band<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Band director Jay Watkins <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>attempted to stop the person<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now<\/span> not a &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">female<\/span>&#8220;, but a &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">person<\/span>&#8220;!<\/em>)<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>moments later someone put him in a chokehold from behind and threw him on the ground<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Watkins <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>suffered some scrapes<\/em><\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ultimately made it back on the bus<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wow<\/span>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THAT<\/span> was a real <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nail-biter<\/span>!!!<\/em>)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Watkins <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn\u2019t pressing charges<\/em><\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wanted a report filed<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Police said there was no description given of the person who had attacked Watkins.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No other<\/em><\/span> band members were injured in the incident. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>How do YOU spell &#8220;relief&#8221;?!?<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">According to\u00a0Warchant, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Florida State\u2019s student band director Patrick Dunnigan wrote in a Facebook post that <em>Watkins is a longtime friend of his<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and called for more security for band members going forward<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>College football fans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everywhere<\/em><\/span> should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>demand<\/em><\/span> that their universities provide <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ample security for the band<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>This is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an insult<\/em><\/span> to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>spirit of college football<\/em><\/span>,\u201d Dunnigan wrote.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To which we can only respond, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ain&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>&#8230;and they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>won&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Hells bells, you were playing at <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thug U<\/span><\/em>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>WTF<\/em><\/span> did you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>expect<\/em><\/span>?!<\/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\/08\/dancing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dancing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dancing.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dancing-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sbr082719dAPR20190827024507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sbr082719dAPR20190827024507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sbr082719dAPR20190827024507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sbr082719dAPR20190827024507-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/varvel-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/varvel-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/varvel-5.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/varvel-5-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kelley-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kelley-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kelley-5.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kelley-5-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maher.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maher.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maher.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maher-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hypo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72830\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hypo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hypo.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hypo-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lester-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lester-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lester-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lester-1-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ramirez.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72804\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ramirez.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ramirez.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ramirez-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Goodwyn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Goodwyn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Goodwyn.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Goodwyn-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Koch-Knocker-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Koch-Knocker-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Koch-Knocker-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Koch-Knocker-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.17-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.17-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.17-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.17-AM-267x300.jpeg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-26-19-at-7.50-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-26-19-at-7.50-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-26-19-at-7.50-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-26-19-at-7.50-AM-300x242.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-16.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-16.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-16.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-16-300x251.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-1-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72801\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-1-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-1-9.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-1-9-236x300.jpeg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-7.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-7-300x216.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this string of memes forwarded by Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.21-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72793\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.21-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.21-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.21-AM-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.22-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72794\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.22-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.22-AM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.22-AM-1-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.24-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.24-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.24-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.24-AM-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.22-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72796\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.22-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.22-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.22-AM-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.212-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72797\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.212-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.212-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-27-19-at-7.212-AM-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as these three timely cartoons on the occasion of reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/458922-video-from-camera-outside-epstein-jail-cell-unusable-report\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">footage from the surveillance camera outside Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s cell is &#8220;unusable<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/suicide-is-painless.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/suicide-is-painless.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/suicide-is-painless.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/suicide-is-painless-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-clintons.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-clintons.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-clintons.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-clintons-281x300.png 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-17.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72823\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-17.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-17.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-17-202x300.jpeg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and this just in from the Land of Fruits &amp; Nuts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/2019\/08\/26\/man-in-coma-after-beach-towel-dispute-sparks-massive-brawl-at-california-water-park\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Man in coma after dispute over towel sparks massive brawl at California water\u00a0park<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/cdn2.trb.tv\/iframe.html?ec=I5NDdlaTE6JO6zLMoDTulE6xGBo3bSji&amp;pbid=e94d1153704449a897d545a2af16e53c&amp;pcode=tmYjUyOpmqOg5TkhqEqTlmc_gXKM\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>One person is in a medically induced coma Monday after\u00a0a large brawl broke out\u00a0at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Raging Waters<\/em><\/span> in Sacramento, according to police. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">The melee, involving about 40 people, <em>started as a dispute between between two families <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">over a beach towel<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports California authorities are blaming the brawl <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not on<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>participants<\/em><\/span>, but rather <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/dcsportsbog\/2010\/02\/why_abe_pollin_went_from_bulle.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on the name of the water park<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>, remain unconfirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a_2HAxbw0Ro?start=0&amp;end=2&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/dcsportsbog\/2010\/02\/why_abe_pollin_went_from_bulle.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Abe Pollin<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, August 28th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, like a leviathan rising from the depths to feed&#8230; &#8230;CNN&#8216;s April Ryan has finally surfaced to explain away her bodyguard&#8217;s assault on a credentialed reporter at a New Jersey speaking engagement: \ufeff \u00a0&#8220;This is not about suppressing the press.\u00a0And, no, I did not order anyone to do 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