{"id":74353,"date":"2019-10-31T18:55:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T22:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=74353"},"modified":"2019-10-31T18:55:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T22:55:30","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-october-30th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=74353","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, October 30th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, October 30th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, as the great Stilton Jarlsberg recently wondered&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Buttigieg-Dummy-Captioned-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Buttigieg-Dummy-Captioned-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Buttigieg-Dummy-Captioned-1-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Buttigieg-Dummy-Captioned-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Buttigieg-Dummy-Captioned-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editor&#8217;s note<\/span><\/em>: We apologize at the outset for the length of today&#8217;s offering, but there&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>soooo<\/em><\/span> much happening; primarily because Dimocrats are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increasingly desperate<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>distract your attention<\/em><\/span> from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Durham probe<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Which, for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>many<\/em><\/span> former Progressive operatives, will prove <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>positively painful<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eqd74.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eqd74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eqd74.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eqd74-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as in &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span> cause <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rectal bleeding<\/em><\/span>&#8220;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, a few thoughts occasioned by the <em>WaPo<\/em>&#8216;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unforgivable<\/em><\/span> obituary for a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stone-cold killer<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WaPo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WaPo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WaPo.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WaPo-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quickly recognizing the vast majority of the country <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>outside<\/em><\/span> the Beltway, New York City, various urban enclaves and the Left Coast\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t share<\/em><\/span> their fondness for terrorists, the paper immediately went into hyperspin mode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WaPo-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WaPo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WaPo-1.png 550w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WaPo-1-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-max-boot-al-baghdadi\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>damage<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Yes, Max, taking three of your children WITH you is the ULTIMATE act of cowardice!\u00a0 And just <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>SHAVE YOUR HEAD<\/em><\/span> for cryin&#8217; out loud&#8230;and lose the fedoras!) was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-washington-post-and-al-baghdadi-11572389422?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>done<\/em><\/span><\/a>, particularly when one considers others the <em>WaPo<\/em> has hypocritically&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>incorrectly<\/em><\/span>&#8230;tainted as extremists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/stiglich.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/stiglich.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/stiglich.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/stiglich-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This, combined with Ilhan Omar&#8217;s lack of any <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>appropriate<\/em><\/span> response&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/omar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/omar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/omar.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/omar-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/omar-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;except to tweet a photo of herself wearing a t-shirt sporting the name of an un-indicted co-conspirator in largest terrorism financing trial in U.S. history, got us thinking: is it possible&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possible<\/em><\/span> mind you&#8230;folks such as these might be antithetical to American interests?\u00a0 You know, &#8220;playing for the other side&#8221;?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then we got this item from Jeff Foutch and <em>Frontpage Mag<\/em>&#8216;s Lloyd Billingsley:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<h1 class=\"field-item even\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2019\/10\/ten-years-after-115-lloyd-billingsley\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #808000; text-decoration: underline;\">Ten Years After Fort Hood Massacre<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"field-item even\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2019\/10\/ten-years-after-115-lloyd-billingsley\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For Obama, it was \u201cworkplace violence<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ISISparis.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ISISparis.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ISISparis.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ISISparis-300x193.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And what was heretofore <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a question<\/em><\/span> became <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a conclusion<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Read the article<\/em><\/span>: despite <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repeated instances<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Islam-inspired<\/em><\/span> terrorism and violence, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>America&#8217;s Misleader<\/em><\/span> incredibly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refused to recognize what was as obvious as the ears on his head<\/em><\/span>, terming it instead &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>workplace violence<\/em><\/span>&#8220;.\u00a0 Just as he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>similarly declared<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all-too preventable deaths of four Americans in Benghazi<\/em><\/span>\u00a0the result of a &#8220;spontaneous demonstration&#8221; inspired by a video, whose producer he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span>\u00a0had\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>arrested<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P9RC8B90Mxw?start=42&amp;end=46&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And you want to know <em>why <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span><\/em> refuse to take the word of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> officer testifying against Trump in the Ukraine caper (more on this later)?\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>THIS<\/em><\/span> is why:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O8EITu5ZYo8\" 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>Because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so many<\/em><\/span> of them <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>willingly followed<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em>a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Manchurian Candidate<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em>who\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">deliberately decimated<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>our Military through his (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>curiously<\/em><\/span>) slavish devotion to<em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">political correctness<\/span> <\/em>and<em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">social engineering<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/it-is-ok-they-died-for-diversity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/it-is-ok-they-died-for-diversity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/it-is-ok-they-died-for-diversity.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/it-is-ok-they-died-for-diversity-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s as the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0observed this Tuesday of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/29\/opinion\/trump-democrats-presidential-candidates.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">Gail Collins inadvertently summarizing how a lot of Democrats see the world during Trump\u2019s presidency<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>: <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Truly<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bottom line<\/em><\/span> rule of this administration is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no news<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> going to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really good<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">DJT will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always<\/em><\/span> find a way to make it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>awful<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That\u2019s<\/em><\/span> what separates <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>those of us deeply frustrated with Trump<\/em><\/span> from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>those who have full-blown Trump Derangement Syndrome<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">When you cannot take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> satisfaction, joy, or other positive feelings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in a dead ISIS leader<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the end of the Islamic State<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>low unemployment<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a booming stock market<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>criminal justice reform<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Right to Try<\/em><\/span>, or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any other<\/em><\/span> development in any realm of social policy, economic policy, or foreign policy, then we are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer discussing a particular presidency<\/em><\/span> but <em>what criteria <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you use<\/em><\/span><em> to see the world<\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Your<\/em><\/span> lens is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>permanently darkened<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot let in light<\/em><\/span>, no matter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how brightly<\/em><\/span> it shines. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">The continued presence of a president <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you deeply dislike<\/span><\/em> ruins\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everything\u00a0for you<\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> says a great deal more about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span> than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>him<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seriously, we at least rejoiced when we bagged bin Laden&#8230;Obama&#8217;s having to be dragged in off the golf course to witness it notwithstanding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the contemporary counterpart of late-19th\/early-20th century Yellow Journalism&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-katie-hill-cnn-controversies\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">MSNBC finally covers Rep. Katie Hill after days of avoiding Dem&#8217;s scandals<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3ep4z2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3ep4z2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3ep4z2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3ep4z2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>MSNBC\u00a0viewers were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finally<\/em><\/span> informed about the troubles\u00a0surrounding Rep.\u00a0Katie Hill, D-Calif., after\u00a0claims of inappropriate relationships she had with staffers ignited a firestorm of controversy in the\u00a0past week and led to her\u00a0sudden resignation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Despite the growing scandals facing the congresswoman<\/em>, whom many analysts called a rising star among the Democrats, Hill\u00a0received <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no coverage during both MSNBC and CNN&#8217;s primetime programming\u00a0last week<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And, while CNN addressed the news story during its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>daytime<\/em><\/span> programming, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>MSNBC<\/em><\/span> had a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>complete blackout of the controversy<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even when <em>MSDNC<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finally covered it<\/em><\/span>, here&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how they misrepresented<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very nature<\/em><\/span> of the scandal:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title___1Tg6U\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/all-in\/watch\/rep-katie-hill-resigns-in-wake-of-revenge-porn-72220229531\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rep. Katie Hill resigns in wake of revenge porn<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/download-1-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/download-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/download-1-4.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/download-1-4-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she violated House rules by repeatedly having sexual relations with multiple staffers<\/em><\/span>; rather it was due to &#8220;revenge porn&#8221;.\u00a0 &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Revenge porn<\/em><\/span>&#8220;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/yeahright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/yeahright.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3ep263.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3ep263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3ep263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3ep263-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ehVgQYed60?start=128&amp;end=129&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>Speaking of things we&#8217;d prefer not to see&#8230;or hear from&#8230;again, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Zach Evans relates how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/nsc-official-with-firsthand-knowledge-of-trump-zelensky-call-to-testify-today-in-impeachment-probe\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=18463889\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">NSC Official With Firsthand Knowledge of Trump-Zelensky Call to Testify Tuesday in Impeachment Probe<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/download-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/download-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/download-9.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/download-9-300x205.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a National Security Adviser who listened in on a July phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, will testify today that <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">believed<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span> Trump <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>endangered national security<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span> during the call.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>I<\/em><\/strong><em> was concerned<\/em><\/span> by the call.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I did not think<\/em><\/span> it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I was worried<\/em><\/span> about the implications for the U.S. government&#8217;s support of Ukraine,&#8221; Vindman wrote.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I realized<\/em><\/span> that if Ukraine pursued an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it would likely be interpreted<\/em><\/span> as a partisan play which would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>undoubtedly result<\/em><\/span> in Ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Vindman said<\/em><\/span> such a result &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would all undermine U.S. national security<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Vindman&#8217;s\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>opinion<\/em><\/span>!!!\u00a0 Sorry, but since when does what a lowly Lieutenant Colonel &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>thinks<\/em><\/span>&#8220;, &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>believes<\/em><\/span><em>&#8220;,<\/em><em>\u00a0&#8220;<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>realizes<\/em><\/span>&#8221; or is &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>concerned\/worried<\/em><em> about<\/em><\/span>&#8221; trump the policies of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Commander-in-Chief<\/em><\/span> and his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>senior<\/em><\/span> advisors&#8230;including the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Secretary of State<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 And since when were members of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>National Security Council<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more concerned<\/em><\/span> about whether a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>foreign government<\/em><\/span>\u00a0might be losing &#8220;bipartisan support&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>than the interests<\/em><\/span> of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>U.S. President<\/em><\/span>\u00a0they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposedly serve<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Besides, given Obama&#8217;s refusal to sell Ukraine weapons with which to oppose an imminent Russian invasion, its support could <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hardly<\/span><\/em> be considered &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bipartisan<\/em><\/span>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And if he felt <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so strongly<\/em><\/span> about the subject, as a member of the NSC, why didn&#8217;t he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>report<\/em><\/span>\u00a0his concerns to his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ultimate<\/em><\/span> superior?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but such policy decisions are definitely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>way<\/em><\/span> above Zindman&#8217;s pay grade&#8230;AND expertise.\u00a0 Not to mention, given, his girth, it&#8217;s our bet, like so many other Obama-era hires, he can&#8217;t pass the Army&#8217;s minimum physical standards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of getting paid for a lack of expertise, writing at\u00a0<em>Best of the Web<\/em>, Jim Freeman details the further exploits of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hunter-biden-worldwide-11571946607?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hunter Biden Worldwide<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hunter-biden-worldwide-11571946607?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Have you heard about his work in Romania<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eou56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eou56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eou56.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eou56-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Should Washington have done <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> to encourage foreign governments to examine the business activities of Hunter Biden? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hanging out the Biden shingle in jurisdictions where Barack Obama\u2019s vice president was leading U.S. policy <em>appears to have been a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more lucrative<\/span> enterprise than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">previously believed<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Laura Strickler and Rich Schapiro\u00a0report\u00a0for NBC News:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>In the final year of the Obama administration, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">an American lawyer traveled to Romania<\/span> to meet with a businessman accused of orchestrating a corrupt land deal.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>The businessman was Gabriel \u201cPuiu\u201d Popoviciu, a wealthy Romanian real estate tycoon. The lawyer brought in to advise him was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hunter Biden<\/span>, the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, according to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two<\/span> people familiar with the matter.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hunter Biden\u2019s work for Popoviciu in 2016 went <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unreported at the time<\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Biden\u2019s involvement in Romania was very much public<\/span>.<\/span> The vice president was among the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">leading voices pushing the government to crack down on corruption<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Will we now be treated to an explanation of Hunter Biden\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vast expertise<\/em><\/span> in the area of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Romanian real estate law and corruption statutes<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> This column will go out on a limb and suggest that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his knowledge of Bucharest property markets was not all that much greater than his familiarity with Ukrainian gas deposits<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This column may ultimately owe Hunter Biden an apology for<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"icon none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-family-business-11569271216?mod=article_inline&amp;mod=article_inline\"><em>assuming that he was not as adept<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">as the Clinton family in monetizing his brand name.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>For now there\u2019s a question of whether the Biden family drew the line at China, Romania and Ukraine. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If Joe Biden wants to continue to run for President, <em>it seems reasonable for voters to ask for a full accounting of his family\u2019s business operations<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>worldwide<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Meanwhile back in America, Democrats in the House are searching for evidence that President Donald Trump unduly pressured the Ukrainian government to examine Biden actions which the Bidens have\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-bidens-concede-11571078740?mod=article_inline\">promised they will never do again<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bidens blinding business acumen reminds us of Brennan and Dale from <em>Step Brothers<\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ciS914MaDl8?start=6&amp;end=78&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>Next up, courtesy of the\u00a0<em>WSJ, <\/em>Bill McGurn examines<em>.<\/em>..<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trumps-unfairness-advantage-11572302906\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trump\u2019s Unfairness Advantage<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trumps-unfairness-advantage-11572302906\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pelosi realizes Democrats\u2019 trampling of impeachment norms helps Trump<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eovov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eovov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eovov.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3eovov-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>McGurn&#8217;s column came out this past Monday; talk about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/house-to-vote-on-formalizing-impeachment-thursday\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=18458768\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>timely opinion piece<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s as Jim Geraghty recently noted:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>say<\/em><\/span> they have the votes to formally begin the inquiry, and based upon public statements, they have the votes. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">But for a nervous Democrat in a swing district, there\u2019s a little wiggle room between publicly saying you\u2019ll support an impeachment effort and actually voting for it.<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Understand, a vote to simply\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reaffirm<\/span><\/em>&#8230;&#8221;formally&#8221; or otherwise&#8230;the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>current<\/em><em>\u00a0inquiry<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far cry<\/em><\/span> from a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>formal vote <\/em><em>for articles of impeachment<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in The <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of Speed Mach and <em>City Journal<\/em>, one Joel Kotkin reports what&#8217;s hiding behind the ongoing anthropogenic global warming hysteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/radical-green-movement\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">Climate Stalinism<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/radical-green-movement\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"subtitle\">Today\u2019s radical green movement demands submission to an elite governing class\u2014and its views are entering the mainstream<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/THE-GREEN-RED-AXIS-OF-EVIL2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/THE-GREEN-RED-AXIS-OF-EVIL2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/THE-GREEN-RED-AXIS-OF-EVIL2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/THE-GREEN-RED-AXIS-OF-EVIL2-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The Left\u2019s fixation on climate change is cloaked in scientism, deploying\u00a0computer models\u00a0to create the illusion of certainty. <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ever more convinced of their role as planetary saviors<\/em><\/span>, radical greens are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increasingly intolerant of dissent or any questioning of their policy agenda<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> They embrace a sort of \u201csoft Stalinism,\u201d driven by a determination to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>remake<\/em><\/span> society, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whether people want it or not<\/em><\/span>\u2014and their draconian views are penetrating the mainstream. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democracy<\/em><\/span>,\u201d a writer for<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2019\/07\/20\/democracy-is-the-planets-biggest-enemy-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Foreign Policy<\/em><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\">suggests, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>constitutes \u201cthe planet\u2019s biggest enemy<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Draconian climate austerity <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does not<\/em><\/span> threaten the jobs of the so-called \u201cclean rich,\u201d who may benefit as investors in solar and wind energy, the trading of carbon offsets, and other activities of the \u201cclimate industrial complex.\u201d <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Some <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>old-style leftists<\/em><\/span>, like British Marxist historian James Heartfield, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>see the emergence of \u201cgreen capitalism\u201d as a new ruse for the upper classes to suppress the lower by creating artificial scarcity in everything from energy to housing and food<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Greens seek to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>restrict<\/em><\/span> air travel <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for the masses<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but climate activists<\/em><\/span> like Prince Charles, Richard Branson, Leonardo di Caprio,\u00a0the rapper Drake, and Al Gore <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continue<\/em><\/span><em> to fly in\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>private jets<\/em><\/span><em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even to climate-crisis summits<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">They enjoy, and develop, luxury resorts far from population centers, and consume prodigiously while imploring the rest of us to curb our more modest habits.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Once respectable and mainstream, the climate movement now resembles something inspired by religious fervor. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Instead of debate, there\u2019s enforced ideological conformity.<\/span>\u00a0Climate skeptics\u00a0of any kind\u2014even those who agree that climate change poses a serious challenge\u2014have been all but banned, with rare exceptions, from the mainstream media. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Others, including those in the\u00a0fossil fuel industry, face\u00a0court challenges\u00a0that portray them as so-called \u201cclimate criminals.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Such movements <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t tolerate infidels<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have little patience with constitutional limits and procedures<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Social Democrat Wolfgang Thierse, former president of the German Bundestag, recently told\u00a0<em>Die Welt<\/em>\u00a0that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>green militants display an \u201canti-democratic affection<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span> A German\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JOcDjOwJhC8&amp;fbclid=IwAR1XUJ9wvcX6fHt4zsKht_-vB8S86tA3tOdeVr5u_Xn0aGSHGBiWxCrwh38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">television reporter<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0covering climate protesters described a movement <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dismissive of \u201cour understanding of freedom and responsibility<\/em><\/span>\u201d that \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>borders on a collective psychosis, paired with wild fear and demands<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Ever shriller, <em>ever louder<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever faster<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Being proved wrong has failed to get greens to rethink their doomsday assumptions.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Instead, every decade sees predictions that planet has\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ihatethemedia.com\/earth-day-predictions-of-1970-the-reason-you-should-not-believe-earth-day-predictions-of-2009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">five or ten years left<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0if extreme measures are not taken immediately. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">After the election of President Obama <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in 2009<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2009\/jan\/18\/jim-hansen-obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s James Hansen<\/a><\/em><\/span>, an icon of the climate-change movement, announced that the new chief executive <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had four years to save the earth<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Many phenomena ascribed to climate change\u2014hurricanes\u00a0and\u00a0droughts, for example\u2014turn out to have multiple and more complex causes. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">In the case of California\u2019s\u00a0wildfires, some of the problem can be traced back to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/lhc.ca.gov\/report\/fire-mountain-rethinking-forest-management-sierra-nevada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">green policies<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that prevent the thinning of the state\u2019s forests.<\/span> Similarly, the now-ended drought was made <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much worse<\/em><\/span> by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>environmentalist opposition to new water infrastructure<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/m\/e481dca3-0cb8-3889-b045-4c91ad1e5d90\/california%e2%80%99s-massive-power.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Activists<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0even blame the recent power outages on climate, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>though the primary cause was lack of investment and maintenance by local electrical utilities<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item forwarded<\/strong><strong>\u00a0by Jeff Foutch, writing at\u00a0<em>Watts Up With That<\/em>, Larry Hamlin records how the state&#8217;s one-party Socialist system continues to attempt to shift the blame for California&#8217;s recurring conflagrations (not to mention increasingly-frequent blackouts and sky-high gasoline prices) from where they so squarely and undeniably lie:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2019\/10\/29\/california-democrats-waste-billions-on-useless-climate-alarmist-schemes-while-the-state-burns-uncontrollably\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">California Democrats waste billions on useless climate alarmist schemes while the state burns uncontrollably<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/video-api.wsj.com\/api-video\/player\/v3\/iframe.html?guid=BF64234E-29BA-455C-AC93-4B2DEE91AF1C\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" 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: #003300;\"><strong>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fires-and-blackouts-made-in-sacramento-11572044500\">published a superb article<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>that exposes the government lunacy in California where its climate alarmist propaganda driven Democratic politicians have wasted tens of billions of dollars on energy schemes that are totally useless in having any meaningful impacts on global emissions levels while ignoring the statewide wildfire disaster that is destroying massive amounts of property, thousands of homes and taking hundreds of lives.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democratic Party politicians in Sacramento have created this colossal wildfire debacle mess<\/em><\/span> by their hugely misguided, monumentally incompetent and totally useless climate alarmist policy priorities wasting tens of billions of dollars on<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2019\/10\/10\/l-a-times-conceals-colossal-irrelevance-of-states-cut-climate-emissions-schemes\/\" class=\"broken_link\">globally meaningless actions<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>while ignoring the disastrous failures of the state to deal with its forest management responsibilities<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No doubt<\/em><\/span> the states Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will hide their mind-boggling failures<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>try to shift blame and responsibility elsewhere<\/em><\/span> most likely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with the full support of the state&#8217;s corrupt media<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The MSM: they&#8217;re nothing if not consistent: <em>consistently <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">biased<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we for one don&#8217;t believe<\/em><\/span> human activity has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one iota of impact<\/span><\/em> on climate change.\u00a0 And the &#8220;theory&#8221; of anthropogenic global warming is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just so much junk science<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>total and absolute rubbish<\/em><\/span> peddled by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>power-hungry Progressives who will never be happy &#8217;til they&#8217;re telling the rest of us what to do, what to eat, what to believe and how to live.<\/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\/10\/schiff.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/schiff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/schiff.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/schiff-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trash.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trash.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trash.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trash-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/afb102819dAPR20191028034524.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/afb102819dAPR20191028034524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/afb102819dAPR20191028034524.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/afb102819dAPR20191028034524-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gorrell-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74196\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gorrell-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gorrell-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gorrell-1-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cb102619dAPR20191025094546-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cb102619dAPR20191025094546-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cb102619dAPR20191025094546-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cb102619dAPR20191025094546-1-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/breen-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74191\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/breen-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/breen-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/breen-1-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Vested-Interest-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Vested-Interest-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Vested-Interest-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Vested-Interest-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-28-19-at-8.22-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-28-19-at-8.22-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-28-19-at-8.22-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-28-19-at-8.22-AM-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/optimism.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/optimism.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/optimism.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/optimism-300x278.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/yeah.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/yeah.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/yeah.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/yeah-300x277.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/good-news-bad-news.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/good-news-bad-news.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/good-news-bad-news.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/good-news-bad-news-300x264.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/get-a-haircut.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/get-a-haircut.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/get-a-haircut.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/get-a-haircut-300x204.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this bit of humor courtesy of Mark Tapscott with which Deadskins&#8217; fans can certainly relate&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tapscott.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tapscott.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tapscott.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tapscott-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;this meme from Bill Meisen&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/baby.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74167\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/baby.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/baby.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/baby-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and this one from George Lawlor&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bat-shit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bat-shit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bat-shit.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bat-shit-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a tidbit of history from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/racoon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/racoon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/racoon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/racoon-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;these four bits of satire from Fielding Cocke&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.21-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.21-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.21-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.21-PM-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.22-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74121\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.22-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.22-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.22-PM-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-1at-3.21-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-1at-3.21-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-1at-3.21-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-1at-3.21-PM-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.23-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.23-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.23-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-10-27-19-at-3.23-PM-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and some Halloween-themed humor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/doesnt-matter.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74125\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/doesnt-matter.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/doesnt-matter.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/doesnt-matter-300x255.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/florida.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/florida.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/florida.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/florida-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mle191029c20191029124605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mle191029c20191029124605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mle191029c20191029124605.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mle191029c20191029124605-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a month with the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Good Call<\/em><\/span> segment, courtesy today of the Tennessee State Fire Marshal:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8216;<a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/real-estate\/worlds-largest-treehouse-burn-tennessee\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">World&#8217;s tallest treehouse&#8217; in Tennessee burns to the ground in just 15 minutes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tumblr_m1uuo509D91rn8vkeo1_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74203\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tumblr_m1uuo509D91rn8vkeo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tumblr_m1uuo509D91rn8vkeo1_500.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tumblr_m1uuo509D91rn8vkeo1_500-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;What\u2019s said to be one of the tallest\u00a0treehouses\u00a0in the world mysteriously burned to the ground last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Flames engulfed and destroyed the Minister\u2019s Treehouse, a\u00a0one-of-a-kind structure\u00a0located in Crossville, Tenn., <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the span of about 15 minutes<\/em><\/span>, according to officials.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;The Minister\u2019s Treehouse was constructed in the early 1990s by Horace Burgess, an architect-turned-minister, according to the Associated Press. <strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Burgess previously told the media that God commanded him to build the sprawling treehouse as a means of ministry, inspiring him to construct the 97-foot, 10-story treehouse with salvaged woods scraps and recycled metal over the course of 19 years.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The massive structure stretched across several trees and featured 80 rooms,\u00a0Travel + Leisure\u00a0reports. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>It was something of an East Tennessee tourist hotspot <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">until the state fire marshal declared it a public safety hazard in 2012<\/span><\/em>, as\u00a0the building lacked sprinklers or a fire alarm system \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and shut\u00a0it down<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lord knows in the course of our career in real estate development certain fire marshals have frosted our backside with unreasonable requirements; but as we said, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> was good call!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, October 30th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, as the great Stilton Jarlsberg recently wondered&#8230; Editor&#8217;s note: We apologize at the outset for the length of today&#8217;s offering, but there&#8217;s soooo much happening; primarily because Dimocrats are increasingly desperate to distract your attention from the Durham probe.\u00a0 Which, for many former Progressive operatives, will prove 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