{"id":75824,"date":"2019-12-17T17:27:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=75824"},"modified":"2019-12-17T17:27:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:27:25","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-december-16th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=75824","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, December 16th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, December 16th, 2019&#8230;and gentlemen, there&#8217;s only 8 shopping days left until Christmas!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, before we begin, here&#8217;s another item of &#8220;news&#8221; we can&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>use<\/em><\/span>, as <em>FOX<\/em> reports how, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposedly<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/pentagon-tests-banned-ballistic-missile-over-pacific-ocean\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #808000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pentagon tests banned ballistic missile over Pacific Ocean<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/pentagon-tests-banned-ballistic-missile-over-pacific-ocean\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The prototype missile was configured to be armed with a non-nuclear warhead<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7WQC-EMHjHg\" 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: #808000;\"><strong>The Pentagon on Thursday flight-tested a missile that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had been banned under a treaty<\/em><\/span> that the United States and Russia <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>abandoned last summer<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Some<\/em><\/span> U.S. arms control advocates said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the test risks an unnecessary arms race with Moscow<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two thoughts come to mind: first, if the U.S. and Russia <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>abandoned<\/em><\/span> the treaty <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>last summer<\/em><\/span>, then the missile <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">isn&#8217;t<\/span> &#8220;banned&#8221;<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is it<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second, for those too young to have personally witnessed the results of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>last<\/em><\/span> arms race in which Moscow engaged the United States, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> which the &#8220;arms control advocates&#8221; of the day <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span> decried, Ronaldus Maximus only ended up freeing Eastern Europe&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCO9BYCGNeY\" 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;from the very totalitarian tyranny the Dimocratic Party wants to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>re<\/em><\/span>impose on America today.\u00a0 Where <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would<\/em><\/span> we be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>without advocates<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or experts<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 In most cases, significantly for the better!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of advocates we&#8217;d be better off without, d<\/strong><strong>uring Saturday&#8217;s Army-Navy game, a number of Falcon fans and alums took exception the following characterization&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/army-navy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/army-navy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/army-navy.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/army-navy-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is never mentioned during Air Force&#8217;s annual contests with the Black Knights and Midshipmen.\u00a0 Point taken: Air Force grads ARE in fact willing to die for their country, at least the limited few who actually pass in harm&#8217;s way.\u00a0 Still, the fact remains, unlike their Air Force counterparts, Navy, Marine Corps and Army personnel generally don&#8217;t cry as they do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And for the record, gaining a new, unneeded, and costly separate branch of the DoD in exchange for 12 weeks of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">paid<\/span><\/em> family leave for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already grossly overcompensated federal employees<\/em><\/span> isn&#8217;t just a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>BAD DEAL<\/em><\/span>, it&#8217;s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>HORRIBLE DEAL<\/em><\/span>!!!\u00a0 And it&#8217;s what happens when you let your clueless kids set government policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of the clueless, we lead off the Monday edition with a few observations on a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/jessica-tarlov-trump-should-be-impeached-republicans-who-blindly-support-him-are-a-profile-in-cowardice\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>recent commentary at FOX News<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span> by one Jessica Tarlov:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The evidence in favor of impeachment <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seems overwhelming to me<\/em><\/span>. And President Trump\u2019s misconduct <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seems a lot more serious<\/em><\/span> than President Clinton\u2019s.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Clinton <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lied about sex<\/em><\/span> \u2013 but his conduct didn\u2019t endanger our national security or threaten the system of government established in our Constitution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">How can anyone argue with a straight face that Trump didn\u2019t obstruct Congress to block it from carrying out its constitutional oversight responsibility?<\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So much educated idiocy and disinformation, so little time.\u00a0 First, Ms. Tarlov&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>personal opinion<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em>the evidence in favor of impeachment &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seems<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em>overwhelming&#8221;, and Trump&#8217;s misconduct &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seems<\/em><\/span> a lot more serious&#8221; than Clinton&#8217;s (and her exalted status as a <em>FOX<\/em> contributor and\u00a0PhD in political science and government notwithstanding&#8230;after all, the Greenwich Village idiot is a Nobel Laureate!), any number of people far more knowledgeable on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the facts<\/em><\/span>\u00a0than she feel quite the opposite, Kimberly Strassel and Andy McCarthy among them.\u00a0 Then again, she has the once-obscure New Jersey judge Andrew Napolitano squarely in her corner.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second, for the record, Clinton <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t just lie<\/em><em>\u00a0about sex<\/em><\/span>, he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lied about sex<\/em> <em>under oath<\/em><\/span> (Jessica, you may not have picked this up at Bryn Mawr or London, but that&#8217;s called\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perjury<\/em><\/span>!), he urged <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his secretary to lie about him having sex<\/em><\/span> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>&#8216;s called\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>suborning<\/em><\/span> perjury <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>obstruction of justice<\/em><\/span>!), and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the sex he in fact had<\/em><\/span> was with a subordinate IN THE OVAL OFFICE, an act which would have immediately caused the forced removal of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any other CEO of any company or organization on the planet<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Moreover, he perjured himself, suborned perjury <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> obstructed justice in the course of a lawsuit filed by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another subordinate<\/em><\/span> he&#8217;d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sexually assaulted<\/em><\/span> while governor of Arkansas.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Adulterous husbands<\/em><\/span> lie <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to their wives<\/em><\/span> about sex, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT<\/em><\/span>\u00a0the President of the United States&#8230;and NOT <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>under oath<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, does Tarlov have even the faintest idea<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/9-times-the-obama-administration-fought-subpoenas-or-blocked-officials-from-testifying-before-congress\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how many times the Obama Administration refused to respond to Congressional subpoenas<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>, beginning with <em>Fast &amp; Furious<\/em>, the IRS targeting of Conservative groups and on through the Iran nuclear deal?!?\u00a0 Likely not, or, assuming she&#8217;s honest, she wouldn&#8217;t have termed the normal conflict between the Executive and Legislative branches obstruction of justice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Need we add Ukraine <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>got<\/em><\/span> their military aid from The Donald&#8230;after <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>8-years<\/em><\/span> of Obama refusing to provide it; so how exactly was national security at all threatened by Trump?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And if we&#8217;re going to talk threats to our system of government, we frankly cannot think of any greater than a President <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lying under oath<\/em><\/span>, let alone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>urging others<\/em><\/span> to do so&#8230;unless of course it&#8217;s a President using the power of the federal government to target political opponents (the IRS scandal) or the results of an upcoming election (the DOJ\/FBI), or any greater threat to national security than a Secretary of State using an illegal, unsecured email server!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That being said, we&#8217;re no great fan of The Donald; but until Republicans run a candidate with cajones, or the Dimocrats move dramatically to the right, he&#8217;s the only sensible alternative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/john-bolton-mick-mulvaney-senate-democrats-impeachment-trial-wish-list\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>given the latest from Chuck Schumer<\/em><\/span><\/a>, it&#8217;s no wonder &#8220;chutzpah&#8221; is a Yiddish term.\u00a0 What a nebbish&#8230;or perhaps more accurately, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>putz<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, courtesy of George Lawlor, just when you think the baby-killing lobby couldn&#8217;t sink any lower, <em>FOX<\/em> informs us how a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-abortion-magical-holiday-selfcare\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Texas group defends \u2018Abortions are magical\u2019 holiday party favors<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3jcvzp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3jcvzp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3jcvzp.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3jcvzp-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;Magical&#8221; isn&#8217;t typically associated with\u00a0abortion\u00a0<em>but one\u00a0Texas\u00a0group <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>used the term to celebrate at a\u00a0holiday\u00a0party<\/em><\/span>, then\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doubled\u00a0down<\/em><\/span> by\u00a0calling the procedure\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>self-care<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Texas Equal Access (TEA) Fund posted what appears to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prayer candles<\/em><\/span> marked with the\u00a0message, &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Abortions are magical&#8221; and\u00a0the colorful outline of a unicorn<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0&#8220;Getting our holiday party favors ready!&#8221; the pro-choice group wrote. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Every year we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>honor our volunteers<\/em><\/span> and make sure <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they get a token of appreciation at our annual holiday party<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why not some more concrete token of appreciation, not to mention <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more valuable<\/em><\/span>&#8230;like a marketable fetal body part?!?\u00a0 In all seriousness, you maniacal murderers, may&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zrWoG8IckyE?start=22&amp;end=24&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, as the\u00a0<em>Oregon News<\/em>\u00a0recently reported, an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline-basic\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/news\/2019\/12\/angry-panhandler-shattered-more-than-9000-in-windows-because-no-one-was-giving-her-money-gets-jail.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Angry panhandler shattered windows because no one was giving her money, gets jail<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3POAVSO62JERVNKL37OFB67H4I.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3POAVSO62JERVNKL37OFB67H4I.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3POAVSO62JERVNKL37OFB67H4I.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3POAVSO62JERVNKL37OFB67H4I-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A Portland panhandler who threw rocks through the windows of five businesses in the Lloyd District <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because she said no one was giving her money<\/em><\/span> was sentenced Wednesday to 20 days in jail <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and ordered to pay more than $9,000 for the damage<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will someone please explain how a panhandler is going to repay over $9,000?!?\u00a0 Truth is, she <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>won&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>, which means the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>business owners<\/em> <em>themselves<\/em><\/span> will repair the damage or their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>insurance company&#8217;s will foot the bill<\/em><\/span>, then raise the business owners premiums.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Either way, like their Progressive brethren across the fruited plains, particularly those to their immediate north and south, Portland&#8217;s politicians have sown the wind, leaving the city\u2019s businesses and citizens to reap the whirlwind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Sports Section<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/money\/free-agent-antonio-brown-says-its-time-to-ghost-white-women\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Free agent Antonio Brown says it&#8217;s time to stop dating white women<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gettyimages-1125538409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gettyimages-1125538409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gettyimages-1125538409.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gettyimages-1125538409-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re certain White women the world over are heartbroken&#8230;though Brown ain&#8217;t exactly&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zkVl1zfM_G4?start=24&amp;end=26&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;Sheriff Bart.<\/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\/12\/ramirez.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ramirez.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ramirez.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ramirez-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mle191213c20191213021416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mle191213c20191213021416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mle191213c20191213021416.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mle191213c20191213021416-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cross-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cross-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cross-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cross-3-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gv121219dAPR20191212044508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gv121219dAPR20191212044508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gv121219dAPR20191212044508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gv121219dAPR20191212044508-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kelley-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kelley-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kelley-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kelley-2-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/bok-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/bok-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/bok-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/bok-1-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/afb121319dAPR20191213024508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75751\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/afb121319dAPR20191213024508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/afb121319dAPR20191213024508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/afb121319dAPR20191213024508-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Image-12-13-19-at-8.35-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Image-12-13-19-at-8.35-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Image-12-13-19-at-8.35-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Image-12-13-19-at-8.35-AM-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/r-e-v-e-r-s-e-e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c-s.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/r-e-v-e-r-s-e-e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c-s.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/r-e-v-e-r-s-e-e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c-s.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/r-e-v-e-r-s-e-e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c-s-300x285.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/neurosurgery.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/neurosurgery.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/neurosurgery.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/neurosurgery-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e-harmony.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e-harmony.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e-harmony.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e-harmony-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this stream of comic consciousness from our sister-in-law Amy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75648\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy1-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75649\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy2-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy3-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy4-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75652\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy5-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/amy6-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;these from first-time contributor Bill Q&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Quimby1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Quimby1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Quimby1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Quimby1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Quimby1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby2-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby3-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby4-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby5-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby6-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby7.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby7-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby8.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/quimby8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and these two commentaries on marital relations from Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unknown4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unknown4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unknown4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unknown4-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unknown_1110.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unknown_1110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unknown_1110.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unknown_1110-283x300.jpg 283w\" 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 <em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Crime Blotter<\/span><\/em>, as we learn an expectorating&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/lawsuit-claims-dunkin-employee-spit-into-copss-coffee-but-the-worker-says-it-wasnt-because-he-was-police\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dunkin&#8217; employee admits to spitting in cop&#8217;s coffee, but says it wasn&#8217;t because he was police<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/download-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/download-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/download-6.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/download-6-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>\u201cIt was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">l<\/span><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ugie<\/em><\/span><em>. <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>It was balled-up spit,\u201d said Martin\u2019s attorney Ryan Ogren<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>His attorneys add that he suffered concerns for his health afterward, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even undergoing testing for HIV and other diseases<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The employee, identified as Brian Colon, had reportedly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>admitted<\/em><\/span> to spitting into Martin\u2019s coffee when Martin returned to the shop to complain, but he said it wasn\u2019t because Martin was a cop. <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Rather, Colon alleges that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Martin had been mean to his pregnant fiancee<\/em><\/span>, who works <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with him<\/em><\/span> at the Dunkin\u2019, after she accidentally gave Martin the wrong order.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;<strong>She&#8217;s crying a lot, and I asked what&#8217;s wrong? <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">She tells me this guy keeps calling me the B-word,\u201d Colon claimed<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>The Dunkin&#8217; employee claims he had no idea Martin was a police officer until Martin came back into the shop to complain. <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Colon subsequently <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>quit<\/em><\/span> his job at the Dunkin\u2019, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and later served four days in jail for disorderly conduct<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Now, Martin is suing Dunkin\u2019 to recoup the cost of his medical expenses, and for damages following his claims of pain and suffering.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">&#8220;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Something like this just shouldn&#8217;t happen to [Martin]. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Whether he called [Colon\u2019s fianc\u00e9e] a b&#8212;- or not, doesn&#8217;t make any difference<\/em><\/span>,\u201d said Victor Harding, another lawyer for Martin<\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No difference&#8230;no difference <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whatsoever<\/em><\/span>&#8230;even to a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>judge or jury<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, for the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rest<\/em><\/span> of the story, courtesy of a local Myrtle Beach news source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>It wasn\u2019t until Martin left the Dunkin\u2019 Donuts <em>and took his first sip<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that he realized his black coffee had something added<\/em><\/span>, Ogren said.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inquiring minds want to know if it was the taste or texture of the lugie Officer Martin detected?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, 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