{"id":74613,"date":"2019-11-07T19:43:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T00:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=74613"},"modified":"2019-11-07T19:43:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T00:43:32","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-november-6th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=74613","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, November 6th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, November 6th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, the journalist previously assaulted by Antifa in Portland claims to have been the victim of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span> attack by the Far Left goons, as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/antifa-attack-portland-sentenced-halloween-home\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Andy Ngo describes Halloween Antifa incident at his home: &#8216;It looked like something out of\u00a0The Purge<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xCC9QMXtG1U\" 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: #ff6600;\"><strong>So they came with these printed\u00a0masks of my face&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pounding<\/em><\/span>\u00a0on the door, was\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>trying to<\/em> <em>open<\/em><\/span> the\u00a0door,&#8221; Ngo added.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;Fortunately I had security\u00a0footage.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>Yeah, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">big<\/span> help!<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>By the time the police arrived&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they were all gone<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Welcome to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">real<\/span> world!<\/em>)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But I released it just so that the public\u00a0can be aware of the\u00a0intimidation tactics of this\u00a0violent extremist movement.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, Andy, but they HARDLY seemed to be &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pounding<\/em><\/span>&#8221; at your door.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a hint: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>next time<\/em><\/span> these anarchists come to your front door, if you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really feel threatened<\/em><\/span>, <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>open<\/em><\/span> it, <em>simply<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unlock<\/em><\/span> it.\u00a0 And when the first one crosses the threshold&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KmhGYB4NdYc?start=126&amp;end=128&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>Problem solved&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uKCkAdbfeHM?t=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Joe Biden&#8217;s weapon of choice<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, writing at <em>AEI<\/em>, Matt Continetti relates the seemingly stealth existence of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/op-eds\/the-reserve-army-of-the-gop\/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkRkaE9UZzFNVEk0WTJRMSIsInQiOiJ0eThFXC9nQ2pReEZJaUxQM25JNXV0UE5tV3htN1pJaUROWFNuR1ZwTVA0ZXMxN2dqV1NWdzhrcFJ6dFJlRVp5dUMyWXloelh2UXBheWJOd3VEYm5NTmt3WWoyRXE1ZXpacGx4UmdMazJTeGg4ZHdWVm5ZNndRSDRXYjJvZDk4MFAifQ%3D%3D\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Reserve Army of the GOP<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/op-eds\/the-reserve-army-of-the-gop\/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkRkaE9UZzFNVEk0WTJRMSIsInQiOiJ0eThFXC9nQ2pReEZJaUxQM25JNXV0UE5tV3htN1pJaUROWFNuR1ZwTVA0ZXMxN2dqV1NWdzhrcFJ6dFJlRVp5dUMyWXloelh2UXBheWJOd3VEYm5NTmt3WWoyRXE1ZXpacGx4UmdMazJTeGg4ZHdWVm5ZNndRSDRXYjJvZDk4MFAifQ%3D%3D\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How the white working class\u2014and the Democratic nominee\u2014could save Donald Trump in 2020<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald-Trump-campaign-rally-736x514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74502\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald-Trump-campaign-rally-736x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald-Trump-campaign-rally-736x514.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald-Trump-campaign-rally-736x514-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>At <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first glance<\/em><\/span>, President Trump\u2019s reelection chances <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t look good<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Stories about impeachment and presidential misbehavior dominate the news.<\/span> Trump\u2019s disapproval rating is\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">high<\/a><\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Independent<\/em><\/span> voters are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against him<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">GOP congressmen are retiring from suburban districts that trend Democratic.<\/span> The generic ballot\u00a0is\u00a0about where it was\u00a0last cycle. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump\u2019s win in 2016<\/em><\/span>, when some <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>78,000 voters in three states gave him the Electoral College<\/em><\/span>, was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>close-run thing<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Seems hard to repeat<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And yet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>liberals<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>filled with apprehension<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> They are coming to recognize <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the potential size of the president\u2019s pool of supporters<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">They\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fret<\/em><\/span>\u00a0over the capacities and liabilities <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>of the eventual Democratic nominee<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>And with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">good reason<\/span>!<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bernie2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74523\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bernie2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bernie2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bernie2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/images.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/images.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/images-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/29541041_2060663017512950_7895173452072688390_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/29541041_2060663017512950_7895173452072688390_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/29541041_2060663017512950_7895173452072688390_n.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/29541041_2060663017512950_7895173452072688390_n-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>And their concerns <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are related<\/em><\/span>: <em>Trump\u2019s ability to recapitulate or expand his winning coalition <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">depends in large part on the identity of his opponent<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Given these <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>uncertainties<\/em><\/span>, it would be foolish to predict Trump\u2019s fate.<\/span> He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might<\/em><\/span> even be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stronger than he appears<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Despite<\/em><\/span> demographic trends that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continue to favor the Democrats<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>despite<\/em><\/span> Trump\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unpopularity<\/em><\/span> among <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wide swathes of the electorate<\/em><\/span>, it will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still be difficult<\/em><\/span> for the Democrats to prevail <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against an incumbent president who has presided over a growing, low-unemployment economy and retains strong loyalty among key sectors of the electorate<\/em><\/span>,\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/politics-and-elections\/reports\/2019\/10\/24\/476315\/path-270-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">write<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0Ruy Teixeira and John Halpin of the Center for American Progress. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">No conservatives <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Democratic difficulty <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has a name<\/em><\/span>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>t<\/em><\/span><em>he <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Electoral College<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The voters who put Trump over the top <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have not abandoned him<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cSome <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>62 percent<\/em><\/span> of voters <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>approve<\/em><\/span> of Mr. Trump\u2019s job performance <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the 450 counties in which Mr. Trump outperformed 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney by 20 points or more<\/em><\/span>,\u201d according to the\u00a0<em>Journal<\/em>.<\/span> \u201cThat is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>up<\/em><\/span> from a job approval rating of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>43 percent<\/em><\/span> in those counties <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>during Mr. Trump\u2019s first year in office<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>17 points greater<\/em><\/span> than his overall job approval rating in\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/meet-the-press\/nbc-wsj-poll-record-share-voters-dislike-trump-personally-democrats-n1057036\">last month\u2019s\u00a0Journal\u00a0\/ NBC News poll<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> If Trump\u2019s demeanor and brand of national populism has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repelled the educated professionals who inhabit America\u2019s economic, political, and cultural institutions<\/em><\/span>, it has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>failed<\/em><\/span> to drive away his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>core<\/em><\/span> supporters.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span> even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>attract<\/em><\/span> them.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">..<span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>identity<\/em><\/span> of the Democratic nominee <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>matters<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A study by the Public Religion Research Institute in coordination with Brookings\u00a0found\u00a0that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one third of Americans say their vote will depend on the winner of the Democratic primary<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> These uncommitted voters identify as moderate and politically independent. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">They don\u2019t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>like<\/em><\/span> Trump, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span> wind up in his column <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> the Democratic nominee strikes them as immoderate.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>Gee, given the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">current crop<\/span>, what are the chances of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THAT<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>A Democratic nominee whose agenda is out of step with the public would be exactly what Trump needs to increase his support among his base and reclaim lost ground among independents and white voters with college degrees.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As I write, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Elizabeth Warren<\/em><em> leads<\/em><\/span> in both Iowa <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> New Hampshire.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Now<\/em><\/span> you know <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why<\/em><\/span> Democrats are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>worried<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Though we agree with most of Matt&#8217;s assessments, we believe he, like many Conservative pundits and writers, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grossly underestimates<\/span><\/em> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>discounts<\/em><\/span> Trump&#8217;s support among <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not only<\/em><\/span> college-educated Whites, but Blacks and Hispanics <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as well<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ourselves<\/em><\/span> and almost <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all of our friends<\/em><em> and readers included<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject of the Dimocrats rapidly fading field, we turn to the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, where Jim Geraghty details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/john-durham-steps-in-to-investigate-the-trump-russia-probes-origins\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>A \u2018Wow\u2019 Poll That Should Freak Out Elizabeth Warren Supporters<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sk110519dAPC20191104094559.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sk110519dAPC20191104094559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sk110519dAPC20191104094559.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sk110519dAPC20191104094559-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Yikes<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s easy to put too much faith in polls, but a result like this probably ought to get Democrats to contemplate their upcoming decision with great care.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The New York Times finds that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>among likely voters<\/em><\/span>,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/04\/upshot\/one-year-from-election-trump-trails-biden-but-leads-warren-in-battlegrounds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/04\/upshot\/one-year-from-election-trump-trails-biden-but-leads-warren-in-battlegrounds.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1572961122918000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEzRsu98GywqzWbwo0eSSj5FZ5pYg\" removefontsize=\"true\" originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\" class=\"broken_link\">Elizabeth Warren is tied in Arizona, trails President Trump by 2 percentage points in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, and trails Trump by 4 points in Michigan, Florida, and North Carolina<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>That\u2019s the sort of thing that will probably leave a lot of Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>breathing into paper bags<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Maybe Warren <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>resembles Hillary<\/em><\/span> Clinton <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a lot more than her supporters want to admit<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s not just a &#8220;pow&#8221; poll, it &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pow wow<\/em><\/span>&#8221; poll!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of Elizabeth Warren supporters, in a lengthy but must-read commentary, the great Victor Davis Hanson relates the inner-workings of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-fontsize=\"57\" data-lineheight=\"73\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2019\/11\/03\/the-military-intelligence-complex\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Military-Intelligence Complex<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"subdeck\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2019\/11\/03\/the-military-intelligence-complex\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #e8ad4f; text-decoration: underline;\">Many retired high-ranking military officers have gone beyond legitimately articulating why President Trump may be wrong on foreign policy, and now feel free to smear him personally or speak openly of removing their commander-in-chief from office. And the media and the bipartisan foreign-policy establishment are with them every step of the way<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #e8ad4f;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image_b1a28ea926f27015cf88ad04e1b33608f7477580.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image_b1a28ea926f27015cf88ad04e1b33608f7477580.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image_b1a28ea926f27015cf88ad04e1b33608f7477580.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image_b1a28ea926f27015cf88ad04e1b33608f7477580-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Those who continue to confuse past military service, no matter how heroic, with a present-day willingness to subvert the wishes of the American people as expressed in a lawful election for personal\/political advancement would do well to remember <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Benedict Arnold<\/em><\/span> was a heroic patriot\/warrior in the Revolution&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Benedict-Arnold-memorial-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Benedict-Arnold-memorial-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Benedict-Arnold-memorial-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Benedict-Arnold-memorial-small-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/saratogabig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/saratogabig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/saratogabig.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/saratogabig-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvcGxhY2VfaW1hZ2VzLzU4YzY0YWY3NTY3YzVjYzY2OV8zOTY5MDM2NDY4XzU1MGNjMTBjYjlfei5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJ0aHVtYiIsIngzOTA-Il0sWyJwIiwiY29udmVydCIsIi1xdWFsaXR5IDgxIC1hdXRvLW9yaWVudCJdXQ.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvcGxhY2VfaW1hZ2VzLzU4YzY0YWY3NTY3YzVjYzY2OV8zOTY5MDM2NDY4XzU1MGNjMTBjYjlfei5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJ0aHVtYiIsIngzOTA-Il0sWyJwIiwiY29udmVydCIsIi1xdWFsaXR5IDgxIC1hdXRvLW9yaWVudCJdXQ.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvcGxhY2VfaW1hZ2VzLzU4YzY0YWY3NTY3YzVjYzY2OV8zOTY5MDM2NDY4XzU1MGNjMTBjYjlfei5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJ0aHVtYiIsIngzOTA-Il0sWyJwIiwiY29udmVydCIsIi1xdWFsaXR5IDgxIC1hdXRvLW9yaWVudCJdXQ.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvcGxhY2VfaW1hZ2VzLzU4YzY0YWY3NTY3YzVjYzY2OV8zOTY5MDM2NDY4XzU1MGNjMTBjYjlfei5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJ0aHVtYiIsIngzOTA-Il0sWyJwIiwiY29udmVydCIsIi1xdWFsaXR5IDgxIC1hdXRvLW9yaWVudCJdXQ-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;until he&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ba6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74530\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ba6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ba6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ba6-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wasn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, David Harsanyi highlights&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #e8ad4f;\"><a style=\"color: #e8ad4f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/11\/pete-buttigieg-religious-tolerance-bogus\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mayor Pete\u2019s Bogus Religious Tolerance<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"section-content--primary\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" data-component=\"iframeEmbed\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/11\/pete-buttigieg-religious-tolerance-bogus\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Buttigieg\u2019s instinct is not to defend first principles but to ponder whether they can be constrained if they offend his party\u2019s sensibilities<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/falsegodapril232019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74503\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/falsegodapril232019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/falsegodapril232019.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/falsegodapril232019-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;..<span style=\"color: #e8ad4f;\"><strong>.Supporting constitutional protections for institutions and individuals who aren\u2019t being harassed is just posturing. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">So the pertinent question is this: In what real-world political debate involving faith has Buttigieg \u2014 or any Democratic-party candidate, for that matter \u2014 supported the defense of religious freedom over its \u201cconstraint?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #e8ad4f;\"><strong>Does Buttigieg <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>believe<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>religious establishments<\/em><\/span> should be able to hire teachers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who agree with their teachings<\/em><\/span>, even when those teachings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have long held that homosexuality is sinful<\/em><\/span>? <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Is he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>concerned<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nuns and other Americans with similar belief systems<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>being compelled by the state to participate in programs that offer abortifacients and birth control<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> Is he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>troubled<\/em><\/span> by the fact that\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/blog\/craig-millward\/buttigieg-says-he-will-eliminate-hyde-amendment-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taxpayers may be forced to fund abortion on demand<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(apparently, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only<\/em><\/span> constitutional right that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrats believe<\/em><\/span> should be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unconstrained<\/em><\/span>)? <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Is he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>concerned<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>business owners around the nation<\/em><\/span> are being\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/09\/06\/how-a-cakemaker-became-an-enemy-of-the-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">compelled by the government<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0to produce artistic works <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that undermine long-held tenets of their faith<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #e8ad4f;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>If not<\/em><\/span>, his prevailing concern <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn\u2019t the maintenance of the Constitution<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or the free practice of faith that it protects<\/em><\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the advancement of his own political ideology<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">And that\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no principle at all<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mayor Pete: unprincipled <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> hypocritical!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, <em>Reuters<\/em> is reporting the European&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"left\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20191105110922-soqa0\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">Aviation industry to counter flight shaming movement<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/eco-grid-uproxx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/eco-grid-uproxx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/eco-grid-uproxx.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/eco-grid-uproxx-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The aviation industry is to launch a campaign it hopes will counter a &#8216;flight shaming&#8217; movement that has weakened demand for air travel in Europe where some travellers are increasingly concerned about their environmental impact.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>The industry&#8217;s image has been damaged this year by a growing Swedish-born movement led by activists such as teenager Greta Thunberg calling for greater action against climate change, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including ditching air travel<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The campaign will try to explain to the public how the industry is reducing its environmental impact, countering what de Juniac said had been &#8220;misleading information.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Flight shaming has dented demand in Europe, particularly in northern parts but also in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. &#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to measure and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>beyond European borders<\/em><\/span><em> we have seen <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but it will come<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; de Juniac said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Commercial flying accounts for about 2.5% of global carbon emissions today but without concrete steps to alleviate the problem, that number could rise as global air travel increases.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Airlines have warned of the negative impact of the flight shaming movement and some have criticised the industry for so far failing to explain itself<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<em>But it will come<\/em>&#8220;: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when<\/em><\/span>&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>where<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 Certainly not China and India, not only the world&#8217;s two largest emitters of CO2, but the two most populous nations on the planet; and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span> of which are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only easily accessible<\/em><\/span> by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>air<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 The United States?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sure,&#8230;about the same time Americans start driving the speed limit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You get the point.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span> the European airline industry, we wouldn&#8217;t spend <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Euro one<\/em><\/span> attempting to convince such benighted, misguided fools of the benefits of air travel.\u00a0 Let &#8217;em take the train; or better yet, the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/106e2559-0d11-4f78-9dfc-d70100d74ee0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74522\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/106e2559-0d11-4f78-9dfc-d70100d74ee0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/106e2559-0d11-4f78-9dfc-d70100d74ee0.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/106e2559-0d11-4f78-9dfc-d70100d74ee0-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;boat!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item from the <em>WSJ<\/em> forwarded by Jeff Foutch, Andy Kessler suggests we&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/follow-michael-crichtons-rule-11572814056\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #003300;\">Follow Michael Crichton\u2019s Rule<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/follow-michael-crichtons-rule-11572814056\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The late writer warned about bending to social pressure instead of heeding evidence<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/michael_crichton_wide_crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74507\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/michael_crichton_wide_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/michael_crichton_wide_crop.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/michael_crichton_wide_crop-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Crichton observed: \u201cOnce you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>abandon strict adherence to what science tells us<\/em><\/span>, once you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>start arranging the truth in a press conference<\/em><\/span>, then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything is possible<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800000;\">That includes children at the United Nations yelling, \u201cHow dare you.\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>It\u2019s knee-jerk analysis<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">I call it the Crichton Conundrum: \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I\u2019m against it<\/em><\/span>, so these theories <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must be right<\/em><\/span>\u2014even though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the science<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most likely bunk<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Shallow<\/em><\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sadly<\/em><\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reality<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The conundrum is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everywhere<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Take the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>$15 minimum wage<\/em><\/span>, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so-called<\/em><\/span> living wage\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who could be against that<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> The problem is that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>alternative<\/em><em> isn\u2019t<\/em> <em>necessarily $8 or $10 an hour<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>often<\/em><\/span> it\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no job<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>$0 an hour<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Lo and behold, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>restaurants are closing in San Francisco<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Or take net neutrality. <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No one<\/em><\/span> wants an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>un-neutral internet<\/em><\/span>, even though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that enables innovative pricing to help fund fiber-optic and wireless buildouts<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Similarly, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all feel good<\/em><\/span> about \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>natural\u201d forest management<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now California burns<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>These arguments are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>often vague<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even Orwellian<\/em><\/span>\u2014the expressions \u201cnet neutrality\u201d and \u201cclimate change\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>conceal their shallow concepts<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">But they\u2019re also Crichtonesque in the way <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they foreclose any argument from the other side<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> If you\u2019re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against food stamps or children\u2019s health spending<\/em><\/span>, you\u2019re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>heartless<\/em><\/span>, even though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they are inefficient, ineffective and rife with fraud<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>friendly sounding<\/em><\/span> No Child Left Behind and Common Core?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Sorry<\/em><\/span>, math scores <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>went down<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Free<\/em><\/span> college, day care and medical care? <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Didn\u2019t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Cuba<\/em><\/span> try that?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Free<\/em><\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>price-controlled goods<\/em> <em>always<\/em><\/span> end up <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>like subsidized bread in the Soviet Union<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>You get less of it and empty shelves<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The same is true of rent control, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as California will soon learn<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/proposed-california-rule-threatens-to-drive-out-plastics-californians-11573008063?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">California never seems to learn anything from experience<\/span><\/span><\/a>!<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Nobel Prize-winning economist<\/em><\/span> (who could be against <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>?) Joseph Stiglitz last year suggested <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>relief of Puerto Rico\u2019s burdensome debt<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ah, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>relief<\/em><\/span>\u2014except <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span> Puerto Rico would probably <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not be able to borrow again for a long time<\/em><\/span> (which applies to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>student loans<\/em><\/span> as well).<\/span> And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span> there\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>social justice<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #008000;\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No one<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for injustice<\/em><\/span>, but now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>campus mobs are threatening free speech<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Many counterarguments are hard to frame. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">You can\u2019t just argue the opposite.<\/span><\/strong> <strong>Crichton reminds us to question the science, the data and the studies, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and to argue outside the box you\u2019re put in<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Crichton would have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>field day today<\/em><\/span>: democratic socialism, implicit bias, medical marijuana, open curriculum, small class sizes, surveillance capitalism, HOV lanes, electric-vehicle credits, renewable-fuel standards, carbon taxes\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it never ends<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">We\u2019re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sorely missing<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other side<\/em><\/span> of the argument.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of Michael Crichton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2005\/sep\/29\/comment.bookscomment\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Guardian&#8217;s dismissal of his testimony before the U.S. Senate back in 2005<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;along with <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/ng-interactive\/2019\/oct\/16\/the-guardians-climate-pledge-2019\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the publication&#8217;s pledge of undying support for the junk science of anthropogenic global warming<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8230;notwithstanding, the research for his books and movies, not to mention his medical degree from HARVARD, makes him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far more compelling and informed<\/em><\/span> than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>others<\/em><\/span> The Guardian has recently championed as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fdzs5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fdzs5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fdzs5.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fdzs5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;worthy witnesses.<\/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\/11\/afb110419dAPR20191104044506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74498\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/afb110419dAPR20191104044506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/afb110419dAPR20191104044506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/afb110419dAPR20191104044506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/arial.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/arial.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/arial.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/arial-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gorrell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gorrell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gorrell.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gorrell-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mckee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mckee.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mckee.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mckee-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_700920191031053748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_700920191031053748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_700920191031053748.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_700920191031053748-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cb110319dAPR20191101094510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cb110319dAPR20191101094510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cb110319dAPR20191101094510.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cb110319dAPR20191101094510-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Funny-Business-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74474\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Funny-Business-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Funny-Business-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Funny-Business-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Sanders-of-Time-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Sanders-of-Time-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Sanders-of-Time-copy.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Sanders-of-Time-copy-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-4-19-at-8.59-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-4-19-at-8.59-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-4-19-at-8.59-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-4-19-at-8.59-AM-300x266.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-5-19-at-8.14-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-5-19-at-8.14-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-5-19-at-8.14-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-5-19-at-8.14-AM-300x238.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ronald-is-a-mobster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ronald-is-a-mobster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ronald-is-a-mobster.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ronald-is-a-mobster-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/the-construction-donkey.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74494\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/the-construction-donkey.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/the-construction-donkey.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/the-construction-donkey-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/the-construction-donkey-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/door-to-door-salesmen.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/door-to-door-salesmen.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/door-to-door-salesmen.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/door-to-door-salesmen-257x300.jpeg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/you-only-have-to-run-faster.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/you-only-have-to-run-faster.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/you-only-have-to-run-faster.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/you-only-have-to-run-faster-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this take on the end of Daylight Savings Time from Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74497\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-300x255.jpg 300w\" 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 P.G. County, the garden spot of suburban Washington:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-stabbed-to-death-in-maryland-popeyes-after-fight-over-chicken-sandwich-report\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Man dies after stabbing in Maryland Popeyes; fight over chicken sandwich<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/popeyes-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/popeyes-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/popeyes-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/popeyes-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Popeye&#8217;s new mouth-watering chicken sandwich: it&#8217;s to DIE for&#8230;literally.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll stick with Chick-fil-A&#8230;just to be on the safe side.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, November 6th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, the journalist previously assaulted by Antifa in Portland claims to have been the victim of another attack by the Far Left goons, as&#8230; Andy Ngo describes Halloween Antifa incident at his home: &#8216;It looked like something out of\u00a0The Purge&#8216; &nbsp; \ufeff &#8220;So they came with these printed\u00a0masks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74614,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74613\/revisions\/74614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}