{"id":74754,"date":"2019-11-12T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=74754"},"modified":"2019-11-12T20:10:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T01:10:10","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-november-11th-veterans-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=74754","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, November 11th, Veterans Day 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, November 11th, Veterans Day 2019&#8230;but before we begin, inquiring minds wonder what WON&#8217;T Progressives&#8217; unabashed shills in the MSM <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>blame on Republicans<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/asses.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/asses.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/asses.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/asses-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For those of you not quite up to speed on Baltimore politics, the young lady April &#8220;I WILL Lie for Food&#8221; Ryan and Brian &#8220;Cantstandsya&#8221; Stelter are blaming for Elijah Cummings timely demise, one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Kimberly Klacick<\/em><\/span>, recently announced her candidacy for the late career-politician\/bunko artist&#8217;s House seat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Witness the price one pays, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>regardless of race<\/em><\/span>, for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>telling the truth<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of Speed Mach and <em>The Hill<\/em>, Sharyl Attkisson details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/469504-the-curious-timeline-for-taking-down-trump\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The curious timeline for taking down Trump<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxi80.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxi80.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxi80.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxi80-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>three full years<\/em><\/span> since\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">President Trump<\/span>\u00a0was elected.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Among those who predicted he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em> <em>never win<\/em><\/span> the election \u2014 or that he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might have been conspiring with\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Hillary Clinton<\/span>\u00a0all along<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>worked for Russia\u2019s President Putin<\/em><\/span>, would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>crash the U.S. stock market his first week in office<\/em><\/span>, would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ban all Muslims<\/em><\/span>, would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>send illegal immigrants home en masse on buses and trains<\/em><\/span>, and would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>start a nuclear war<\/em><\/span> \u2014 there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have<\/em><\/span> been <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">real<\/span><\/em> concerns.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But to others, there are different concerns that have borne out.<\/span> <em>We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">continue<\/span> to get evidence of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">an\u00a0orchestrated effort\u00a0among government insiders and the well-connected<\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">take down<\/span> President Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at all costs<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>public evidence indicates<\/em><\/span> that the effort was hatched <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even before he took office<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump critics<\/em><\/span> would argue that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>there was good reason to devise plots against him before he was inaugurated<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>His supporters<\/em><\/span> would argue that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the opposition has crossed the line into unlawful actions involving wiretapping and attempts to frame Trump and his associates<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In any event, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can<\/em><\/span> build an oversimplified timeline <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/469504-the-curious-timeline-for-taking-down-trump\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>to make the point<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could be<\/em><\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>coincidence<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so many key names in this timeline<\/em><\/span> \u2014 from John Brennan and James Comey, to Ukraine and CNN \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>factor into the Trump impeachment push<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And, further, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could be<\/em><\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>coincidence<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we have ended up where some Trump critics said they hoped to be<\/em><\/span>, even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before he was sworn in<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>On the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other hand<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in retrospect<\/em><\/span>, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>biggest surprise<\/em><\/span> might be that, <em>all things considered, it took them <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so long<\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">get to this point<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>many<\/em><\/span> baseless charges&#8230;so <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>little<\/em><\/span> time; time which is growing Schifflessly-shorter with every passing day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Kevin Williamson offers a primer for what has become, for Progressives&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2019\/02\/25\/a-syllabus-of-errors\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">A Syllabus of Errors<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-component=\"iframeEmbed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2019\/02\/25\/a-syllabus-of-errors\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">The emerging Democratic agenda for 2020<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxihl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxihl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3Uy9wsfkok?start=206&amp;end=210&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>T<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>he age of Trump is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposedly<\/em><\/span> an age of Republican <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>radicalism<\/em><\/span>, a phenomenon about which we hear <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>daily<\/em><\/span> \u2014 indeed, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hourly<\/em><\/span>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if<\/span><\/em> we endure cable-news commentary and talk radio.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>But that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republican radicalism<\/em><\/span> is almost nowhere to be found in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republican policy agenda<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>The radicalism of Donald Trump\u2019s Republican party <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is rhetorical<\/em><\/span> \u2014 the party\u2019s language is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unsparing and confrontational<\/em><\/span>, its stance <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unyielding<\/em><\/span>, its understanding of itself in relation to the major American institutions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increasingly countercultural<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But even though it is wed to an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>utterly conventional GOP political playbook<\/em><\/span>, that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rhetorical radicalism<\/em><\/span> has provided <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Demo\u00adcrats<\/em><\/span> with what they take to be a plenary indulgence of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reciprocal radicalism<\/em><\/span> \u2014 not only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in rhetoric<\/em><\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in substance<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This current of Democratic radicalism <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>predates<\/em><\/span> Trump and Trumpism \u2014 it was evident in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>antiwar movement of the Bush years<\/em><\/span> and the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Occupy Wall Street movement that emerged toward the end of that administration<\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>Trump\u2019s victory <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>helped to supercharge<\/em><\/span> that emboldened radicalism, partly because of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who he is<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how he comports himself<\/em><\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>chiefly because<\/em><\/span> he was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposed to lose<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn\u2019t<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Hence the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>emerging 2020 Democratic agenda<\/em><\/span> as articulated by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>those seeking the party\u2019s presidential nomination<\/em><\/span>, an agenda that owes a good deal more to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Hugo Ch\u00e1vez<\/em><\/span> <em>than to<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Jack Kennedy<\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The Democrats are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>setting themselves up for disappointment<\/em><\/span> in 2020.<\/span> They believe that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>answer<\/em><\/span> to a glowering and polarizing figure such as Donald Trump is an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>equally divisive figure<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and agenda<\/em><\/span> \u2014 of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their own<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Howard Schultz <\/em><em>already knows<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he cannot run in his own party<\/em><\/span>, even though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Senator Sanders<\/em><\/span> \u2014 who is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> a member of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democratic party<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, the most experienced and reasonable of the likely Democratic contenders \u2014 and the one with by far the best actual record in office \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already is being denounced as just another rich old white man who is a part of the problem more than of the solution<\/em><\/span>. The proverb holds that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>revenge<\/em><\/span> is a dish <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>best served cold<\/em><\/span>, but the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrats<\/em><\/span> are going into the primary season hot, <em>hot<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hot<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You know,&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Rosie O&#8217;Donnell<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxrmm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxrmm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxrmm.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxrmm-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>HOT<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of Progressives&#8217; playbook for 2020, courtesy of G. Trevor, the <em>WaPo <\/em>(quite unintentionally!) offers a sneak preview of The Left&#8217;s anti-Constitutional attractions to come:<\/b><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/he-fought-in-world-war-ii-he-died-in-2014-and-he-just-registered-to-vote-in-va\/2016\/09\/29\/5e0bffee-8670-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2gNwUfS2t76CA9fSHdWzn53niheqkfuirEzxmef10z7DfSYQ9H_kYDdfo\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #333399;\">He Fought in WWII&#8230;Died in 2014&#8230;And Just Registered to Vote in VA<\/span><\/a>.<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/7ee7c0204720265c26447c176bc1233e-sad-awesome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/7ee7c0204720265c26447c176bc1233e-sad-awesome.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/7ee7c0204720265c26447c176bc1233e-sad-awesome.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/7ee7c0204720265c26447c176bc1233e-sad-awesome-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The FBI and local police are investigating how at least 19 dead Virginians were recently re-registered to vote in this critical swing state.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">All 19 were initially registered as voters in the Shenandoah Valley city of Harrisonburg, although a clerk double-checking the entries later raised questions about one.<\/span> She recognized the name of Richard Allen Claybrook Sr., <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who died in 2014 at age 87<\/em><\/span>, because his son is a well-known local judge. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">She happened to recall that the judge\u2019s father had died.<\/span><i><\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>All of the forms had been submitted <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by a private group that was working to register voters on the campus of James Madison University<\/span><\/em>, according to the Harrisonburg registrar\u2019s office. <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The group was not identified<\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Actually, as shown below, NOT true!<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No charges have been filed<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Actually, incredibly as it might seem, all TOO true!<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dimocrat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dimocrat.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dimocrat.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dimocrat-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>House Minority Leader David J. Toscano (D-Charlottesville) said the case <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was not proof of voter fraud because no one had actually managed to cast a vote in the names of the dead<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cFirst of all, there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span> no voter fraud \u2014 they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>caught<\/em><\/span> him,\u201d Toscano said.<\/span> \u201cNobody <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cast<\/em><\/span> a vote&#8230;.There\u2019s still <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no evidence<\/em><\/span> of that going on in the state. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> evidence every time you turn around that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republicans are trying to make it more difficult for citizens to vote in elections<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No<\/em><\/span>, just make it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more difficult<\/em><\/span> for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>non<\/em><\/span>-citizens&#8230;as well as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deceased<\/em><\/span>&#8230;to vote in elections!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the abjectly ignorant thoughts of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eB8K1jPBnwc?start=45&amp;end=49&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as Debra Heine records at\u00a0<em>American Greatness<\/em>, it&#8217;s clear we should trust LT COL Vindman&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>personal opinions<\/em><\/span> about as far as we can throw him.\u00a0 W<\/strong><strong>hich, given his recorded girth&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxv5j.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxv5j.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxv5j.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxv5j-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is about as far as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Hillary&#8217;s<\/em><\/span> recollections of her private email server.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, at the risk of short-circuiting his premature Progressive beatification in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Ellsberg\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Daniel Ellsberg Hall of Infamy<\/em><\/span><\/a>, you&#8217;re invited to join as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-fontsize=\"57\" data-lineheight=\"73\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2019\/11\/04\/retired-army-officer-remembers-lt-col-vindman-as-partisan-democrat-who-ridiculed-america\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Retired Army Officer Remembers Lt. Col. Vindman as Partisan Democrat Who Ridiculed America<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kw3Z6DR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kw3Z6DR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kw3Z6DR.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kw3Z6DR-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>I<\/strong><strong>n an eye-opening thread on Twitter last week, <em>retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Jim Hickman said that he \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">verbally reprimanded\u201d Vindman<\/span> after <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he heard some of his derisive remarks for himself<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Do not let the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>uniform<\/em> <em>fool you<\/em><\/span>,\u201d Hickman wrote.<\/span> \u201c<em>He is a <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">political activist <\/span><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in uniform<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Hickman\u2019s former boss<\/em><\/span> at the Joint Multinational Simulation Center in Grafenwoehr <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has since gone on the record to corroborate his story<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>The retired officer said that Vindman, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Ukraine, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>made fun of the United States to the point that it made other soldiers \u201cuncomfortable<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800000;\">For example, Hickman told\u00a0<em>American Greatness<\/em>\u00a0that he heard Vindman call Americans \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rednecks<\/em><\/span>\u201d\u2014a word that needed to be translated for the Russians.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He said they all had a big laugh at America\u2019s expense<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Hickman said he decided to come forward because Vindman \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>disobeyed a direct order from the commander-in-chief, his boss<\/em><\/span>,\u201d made his testimony \u201cabout\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his<\/em><\/span>\u00a0foreign policy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>opinions versus facts<\/em><\/span>,\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wore his Army service uniform to make a political statement<\/em><\/span>\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against the president<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We hate to tell Jim Geraghty, along with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any and every other<\/em><\/span> writer, pundit or cartoonist, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>regardless of personal political preference<\/em><\/span>, who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>placed Vindman above reproach<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>simply because he served<\/em><\/span>, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>told you so<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vindmen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vindmen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vindmen.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vindmen-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vindman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vindman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vindman.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vindman-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but<\/em><\/span>&#8230;we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>told ya so<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As we previously observed, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Benedict Arnold<\/em><\/span> was a heroic patriot in the service of his country&#8230;right up until the moment he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wasn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vets.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vets-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iran.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iran.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iran.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iran-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/better.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/better.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/better.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/better-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/allie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/allie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/allie.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/allie-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/killary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/killary.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/killary.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/killary-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beeler.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beeler.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beeler.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beeler-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lieawatha.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lieawatha.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lieawatha.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lieawatha-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/environazis.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74680\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/environazis.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/environazis.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/environazis-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-8-19-at-8.20-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-8-19-at-8.20-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-8-19-at-8.20-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-8-19-at-8.20-AM-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/for-159-a-gallon.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/for-159-a-gallon.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/for-159-a-gallon.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/for-159-a-gallon-300x258.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/for-sale.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/for-sale.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/for-sale.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/for-sale-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/date-night.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/date-night.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/date-night.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/date-night-300x285.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/she-looks-like-a-pot-head.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74658\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/she-looks-like-a-pot-head.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/she-looks-like-a-pot-head.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/she-looks-like-a-pot-head-273x300.jpeg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then, courtesy of Mark Tapscott, there&#8217;s these bits of dark humor on the Epstein Arkancide&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lord.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74661\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lord.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lord.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lord-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74663\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.36-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.36-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.36-AM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.36-AM-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.36-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.36-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.36-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.36-AM-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74666\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.41-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.41-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.41-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.41-AM-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.35-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.35-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.35-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.35-AM-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-19.35-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-19.35-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-19.35-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-19.35-AM-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with these more political memes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.40-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-119-at-9.41-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-119-at-9.41-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-119-at-9.41-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-119-at-9.41-AM-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM-1-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.37-AM-286x300.jpeg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.38-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.38-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.38-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-10-19-at-9.38-AM-243x300.jpeg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Last but not least, like the more meaningful version of the &#8220;Coexist&#8221; decal which now adorns both our vehicles&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/coexist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/coexist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/coexist.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/coexist-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;courtesy of Jeff Foutch, here&#8217;s a version of the LGBT acronym from Shannon Wood we can unabashedly support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Shannon-Wood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Shannon-Wood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Shannon-Wood.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Shannon-Wood-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and what we can only classify as innovative thinking on the part of a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/iowa-convicted-murderer-claims-he-finished-life-sentence-after-he-died-and-was-then-revived-at-the-hospital\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Iowa convicted killer who claims he served life sentence after he died, and then revived<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Benjamin-Schreiber.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Benjamin-Schreiber.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Benjamin-Schreiber.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Benjamin-Schreiber-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>An\u00a0Iowa\u00a0judge on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a\u00a0convicted murderer\u00a0who argued that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because he suffered a medical emergency in 2015<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and died momentarily<\/em><\/span>\u2014he therefore <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already completed his\u00a0life-sentence\u00a0and since then has been unjustly held behind bars over the past four years<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Benjamin Schreiber, 66, was rushed from the Iowa State Penitentiary to the hospital in 2015 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after large kidney stones caused him to develop septic poisoning<\/em><\/span>, according to court records.<\/span> Schreiber \u2013 who had been convicted of first-degree murder in 1997 and sentenced to life without parole \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was unconscious<\/em><\/span> by the time he arrived to the hospital, the\u00a0Des Moines Register\u00a0reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He had signed a &#8220;do not resuscitate&#8221; order years earlier<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Hospital staff <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also called his brother<\/em><\/span> in Texas <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who told them<\/em><\/span> &#8220;if he is in pain, you may give him something to ease the pain, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but otherwise you are to let him pass<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; court documents said. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Doctors <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>instead<\/em><\/span> administered resuscitation fluids through an IV and performed life-saving surgery to repair the damage caused by the kidney stones.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Schreiber filed for post-conviction relief April 2018, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>claiming that he died momentarily at the hospital and therefore finished his life sentenced<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">He said in court documents that he was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sentenced to life<\/em><\/span> behind bars \u201c<em>but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">life plus one day<\/span><\/em>.&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>district court rejected<\/em><\/span> his request for release, writing that his argument was &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unpersuasive and without merit<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Iowa Court of Appeals\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>upheld<\/em><\/span> that decision Wednesday. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">&#8220;<em>Schreiber is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">either still alive<\/span>, in which case he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must remain in prison<\/span>, or he is actually <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dead<\/span>, in which case <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this appeal is moot<\/span><\/em>,&#8221; Judge Amanda Potterfield wrote in the court of appeals opinion.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Neither court<\/em><\/span> addressed Schreiber\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>additional claim<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his due process rights were violated when doctors ignored his \u201cdo not resuscitate\u201d order<\/em><\/span>, the Register reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxapq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3fxapq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DpMwDgxC-I\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" 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