{"id":74847,"date":"2019-11-14T20:09:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T01:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=74847"},"modified":"2019-11-14T20:10:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T01:10:15","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-november-13th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=74847","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, November 13th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, November 13th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, as this headline forwarded by Walt Meisen demonstrates, score one for the snowflakes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/citing-gun-violence-uva-cancels-21-gun-salute-portion-of-veterans-day-ceremony\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Citing \u2018gun violence,\u2019 UVA cancels 21-gun salute portion of Veterans Day ceremony<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hCOtmqSTCk0?start=59&amp;end=78&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>That certainly would have brought <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>us<\/em><\/span> screaming into the street.\u00a0 Thus the children of the &#8217;60s continue to create generations of jellyfish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off the mid-week offering with the latest from Michael Brendan Dougherty, who, courtesy of\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>, suggests&#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: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/11\/nikki-haley-has-a-point\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nikki Haley Has a Point<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/11\/nikki-haley-has-a-point\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In our constitutional order, unelected insiders do not set foreign policy<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nikki-haley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74763\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nikki-haley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nikki-haley.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nikki-haley-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Haley\u2019s recent media tour may be about promoting her book and her prospects, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but she\u2019s doing so by staking her claims on solid constitutional grounds<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>danger<\/em><\/span> Haley refers to is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very real<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> There is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no<\/em><\/span> \u201cAmerican foreign policy\u201d that operates <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>independently from the elected branches of government<\/em><\/span> or that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>needs protection from them<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Believing so<\/em><\/span> invites our elected <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and appointed<\/em><\/span> political class <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to draw ever further away from the people they govern<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it threatens the legitimacy of our institutions and elections<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We\u2019ve gotten to this dangerous spot for many reasons. What Trump critics see as his erratic decision-making, his lack of experience, and his character are all a larger part of that story. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>But so too are those <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unfaithful servants in the executive branch<\/em><\/span> who have sought to accomplish <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their own private agendas<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>put those ahead of the president\u2019<\/em><em>s<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> So too has Congress disfigured the presidential office by kicking over so many responsibilities to the executive branch.<\/span> But one good thing about Haley\u2019s sudden presence is her reminder that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the presidency is bigger than Trump<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And it needs to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in working order<\/em><\/span> for the succession of people \u2014 Democratic, Republican, and others \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who will occupy it in the future<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As MBD points out, and the illustration above indicates, Haley has a vested interest in pointing both ways.\u00a0 Still, we recall Tillerson was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never in synch<\/em><\/span> with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his President&#8217;s<\/em><\/span> policies, leading us to give Nikki the benefit of the doubt&#8230;for now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item at <em>Best of the Web<\/em>, Jim Freeman observes how Progressives are playing&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/anonymity-games-11573606545\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Anonymity Games<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/anonymity-games-11573606545\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Rarely has so much been demanded of so many by so few unidentified sources<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74793\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-3.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-3-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The government \u201cwhistleblower\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seeking to overturn the results of an election in which more than 120 million Americans identified themselves and then voted<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still insisting on anonymity<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>second anonymous fe<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deral employee<\/em><\/span> is now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>blowing the whistle on the first one<\/em><\/span>, alleging a problem with anonymous donations.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Another fundraising effort, which does not appear to be related, is the anonymous publication of a book critical of the President and purportedly written by a senior government official.<\/strong> <\/span>\u201cWhite House laughs off Anonymous book as old news\u201d is the headline on a Politicostory\u00a0by Daniel Lippman. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>According to Mr. Lippman, there is some debate within Team Trump about whether the author is remaining anonymous <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>due to a lack of courage<\/em><\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an abundance of marketing savvy<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Speaking of raising funds, a participant in the 2016 presidential election is also on a book tour, and is sending a message from overseas.<\/strong><\/span> Judy Kurtz\u00a0reports\u00a0in The Hill:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>\u201cI will certainly tell you, I\u2019m under <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enormous pressure<\/span> from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">many, many, many people<\/span> to think about it,\u201d the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee continued.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cI feel a sense of responsibility partly because, you know, my name was on the ballot, I got more votes, but ended up losing to the current incumbent in the White House who I think is really undermining our democracy in very fundamental ways,\u201d Clinton said.<\/span> \u201cAnd I want to retire him.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It remains unclear at this writing whether the \u201cmany, many people\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>allegedly<\/em><\/span> urging Mrs. Clinton to consider a run <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are also requesting anonymity<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Seeking both attention <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> anonymity seems to be the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>political fad of the year<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Perhaps <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>next year<\/em><\/span> people will consider <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>modesty and accountability<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only if, between now and then, every Progressive politician and activist is magically transported to the surface of Mars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the meantime, we trust Hillary&#8217;s word about as much as that of another famed liar before her:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_56s80s3Ds?start=17\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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>As for Hillary&#8217;s contention &#8220;many, many people&#8221; are urging her to run, it reminds us of the assurances offered by the G-man at the end <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i5pd1U6yXe0?start=35&amp;end=44&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, as this report from <\/strong><strong><em>FOX Business<\/em>\u00a0relates&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/transit-system-apologizes-to-black-rider-cuffed-for-eating\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BART system apologizes to black rider cuffed for eating<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sandwich-arrest5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sandwich-arrest5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sandwich-arrest5.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sandwich-arrest5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>BART board director Janice Li&#8230;said on Twitter that enforcement is a matter of priorities and not all laws are enforced.<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cFor me, there are WAY bigger issues at BART than enforcing no drinking\/eating,\u201d she wrote<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/artworks-000296509803-pmytqn-t500x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/artworks-000296509803-pmytqn-t500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/artworks-000296509803-pmytqn-t500x500.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/artworks-000296509803-pmytqn-t500x500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/artworks-000296509803-pmytqn-t500x500-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> at police <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cuffing a commuter with attitude<\/em><\/span> (you can watch the entire, unedited video <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aFwJDRrJF3k\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a>, but keep in mind it begins after the initial confrontation) for violating a civic ordinance <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>designed to maintain the cleanliness of the BART system<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i2NydPZ1DVk?start=91&amp;end=94&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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>What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> bothers\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">us<\/span><\/em> is the arrest occurred just across the Bay from a city which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just elected<\/em><\/span> an anarchist District Attorney (more on him below), <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">permits<\/span><\/em> public urination and defecation <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>encourages<\/em><\/span> the use of illegal intravenous drugs, yet utilizes a mass transit system which\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prohibits<\/em><\/span> the consumption of food on its cars or station platforms.\u00a0 They&#8217;re not referred to as &#8220;Libtards&#8221; for nothin&#8217;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, again courtesy of Walt Meisen, two headlines whose subjects are indicative of where the Dimocratic Party&#8217;s heading.\u00a0 First, writing at\u00a0<em>Red State<\/em>, Nick Arama warns&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article text-capitalize\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2019\/11\/10\/the-background-of-the-winner-for-san-francisco-da-should-concern-us-all\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Background Of The Winner For San Francisco DA Should Concern Us All<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BLttv7ThxsE\" 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>Now, meet<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Morrissey\">Joe Morrissey<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008080;\">Controversial Lawmaker Who Served Time for Teen Sex Scandal Wins Virginia State Senate Seat<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74760\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-1.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deserves<\/em><\/span> a D.A. with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no prosecutorial experience<\/em><\/span> who&#8217;s the son of convicted cop-killers raised by Barry Soetoro&#8217;s pals Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn.\u00a0 And though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at first<\/em><\/span> we were tempted to question how <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> district in Virginia could elect as reprehensible a reprobate as Joe Morrissey, we recalled\u00a0<\/strong><strong>South Carolina returned <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Mark Sanford<\/em><\/span><\/a> to elected office&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> <em>continue<\/em> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>re-elect<\/em><\/span> Lindsay Grahamnesty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of utterly unprincipled Progressives (do they come in any other variety?!?), courtesy of\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em>\u00a0via George Lawlor, we learn Juli\u00e1n&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/castro-iowa-new-hampshire-diverse\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Castro swipes at Iowa and New Hampshire, argues they&#8217;re not diverse enough to keep primary status<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3g5u5p.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3g5u5p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3g5u5p.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3g5u5p-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guess they&#8217;re just further from the Mexican border than other states&#8230;like Vermont&#8230;Maine&#8230;Wyoming&#8230;Wisconsin&#8230;Idaho&#8230;Montana&#8230;South Dakota&#8230;North Dakota&#8230;etc., etc., etc.\u00a0 Including Minnesota&#8230;outside of Minneapolis.<\/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\/hillary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hillary.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hillary.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hillary-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/varvel-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74764\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/varvel-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/varvel-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/varvel-1-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74770\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aaa-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mle191111c20191111020207.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mle191111c20191111020207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mle191111c20191111020207.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mle191111c20191111020207-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/payne.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/payne.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/payne.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/payne-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/payne2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/payne2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/payne2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/payne2-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/afb111119dAPR20191111044509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/afb111119dAPR20191111044509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/afb111119dAPR20191111044509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/afb111119dAPR20191111044509-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-12-19-at-8.17-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-12-19-at-8.17-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-12-19-at-8.17-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-11-12-19-at-8.17-AM-300x273.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seems-legit.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seems-legit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seems-legit.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seems-legit-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/may-fathers-day-be-filled-with-regret.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/may-fathers-day-be-filled-with-regret.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/may-fathers-day-be-filled-with-regret.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/may-fathers-day-be-filled-with-regret-216x300.jpeg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/download-2-300x264.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with these two accurate representations of prominent Progressives from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-1-300x296.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ed-Hickey-2-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this contribution from our sister-in-law Amy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image002.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image002-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image006.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image006-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image009.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image009-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image012.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image012-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image013.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image013-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image018.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image018-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>To which we can only add, particularly to that last one, a hearty &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>AMEN<\/em><\/span>&#8220;!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, November 13th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, as this headline forwarded by Walt Meisen demonstrates, score one for the snowflakes: Citing \u2018gun violence,\u2019 UVA cancels 21-gun salute portion of Veterans Day ceremony &nbsp; \ufeff That certainly would have brought us screaming into the street.\u00a0 Thus the children of the &#8217;60s continue to create generations [&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-74847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74847","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=74847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74848,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74847\/revisions\/74848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}