{"id":77856,"date":"2020-02-16T20:14:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T01:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=77856"},"modified":"2020-02-16T20:14:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T01:14:42","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-february-14th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=77856","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, February 14th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, February 14th, Valentine&#8217;s Day 2020&#8230;but before we begin, three observations on Lieawatha&#8217;s claim a broke girl donated half her liquid cash reserves to indulge this horrid harpy&#8217;s unbridled ego and further her blind, boundless ambition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren1.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren1-286x300.png 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77770\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren2.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren2-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren3.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/warren3-277x300.png 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of unbridled egos, as Tobias Hoonhout records at\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>, The Donald&#8217;s been served notice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his<\/em><\/span> is writing checks one invaluable individual isn&#8217;t willing to cash, as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/barr-denies-trump-told-him-to-intervene-in-stone-case-but-claims-his-tweets-make-it-impossible-for-me-to-do-my-job\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=19440477\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Barr Denies Trump Told Him to Intervene in Stone Case but Claims Tweets \u2018Make It Impossible for Me to Do My Job<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/barr.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/barr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/barr.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/barr-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u201c<em>I think it\u2019s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>To borrow a phrase from Penn Gillette (meaning no disrespect and apologizing in advance for Penn&#8217;s French), President Trump,&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQYob6dpTTk\" 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>Though Betsy DeVos may be his equal in quality, Bill Barr is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>without question<\/em><\/span>\u00a0THE most important member of The Donald&#8217;s cabinet, and the best appointment he&#8217;s ever made.\u00a0 To term him irreplaceable would not be a stretch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We know the concept may be alien to both our President and many career politicians, but Barr is a man of principle, and will thus, at some point, choose figurative death before dishonor.\u00a0 And Trump risks forcing Barr&#8217;s resignation at his own&#8230;and the nation&#8217;s&#8230;peril, particularly in light of the latest Gallup poll:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EQlNKLdXYAEXaSO.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EQlNKLdXYAEXaSO.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EQlNKLdXYAEXaSO.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EQlNKLdXYAEXaSO-300x137.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the curious case of Roger Stone and Bill Barr&#8217;s involvement, we recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-trials-of-bill-barr-11581637977?mod=opinion_lead_pos9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Kim Strassel&#8217;s latest at the WSJ<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, we recently had a rather invigorating conversation with Daniel <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qdbfJeI1Y1I?t=9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Francis<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0Feeney regarding what we both deem purposefully-ambiguous polling questions concerning whether the country&#8217;s headed in the right direction.\u00a0 Absent more detailed information as to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which aspect<\/em><\/span> of the country you&#8217;re referencing, either answer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can be<\/em><\/span>&#8230;and generally <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span>&#8230;inaccurately interpreted as\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against<\/em><\/span> The Donald.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After all, is our satisfaction with the country&#8217;s direction defined by our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>support<\/em><\/span> for Trump&#8217;s policies or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>disdain<\/em><\/span> for the nation&#8217;s decaying morals and ever-more rapid slouch toward Gomorrah?!?\u00a0 If it&#8217;s the former, not just &#8220;Yeah&#8221;, but &#8220;Heck yeah!&#8221;; and if the latter, not simply &#8220;no&#8221;, but &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>HELL NO<\/em><\/span>!!!&#8221;, as evidenced by the following four headlines, presented in no particular order&#8230;other than their respective color&#8217;s order of appearance on the LGBT flag:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-v-60db6a98=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/polygamists-may-not-face-jail-time-under-utah-bill\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Polygamists may not face jail time under Utah bill<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AP_17088657873090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77719\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AP_17088657873090.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AP_17088657873090.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AP_17088657873090-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/many-parents-giving-their-babies-outlandish-names-to-stand-out-on-social-media\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Many Parents Giving Their Babies Outlandish Names \u2014 To Stand Out On Social Media<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rNjuyjWaAp0\" 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<h1 class=\"Component-h1-0-2-20\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/90ad95f5a81966f4cb74fad039caa655\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Officer told to \u2018tone down\u2019 gayness settles suit for $10.25M<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thumbnail.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thumbnail.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thumbnail.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thumbnail-300x162.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>(Seriously, if the guy had only been possessed of the discretion exhibited by most married heterosexuals carrying on adulterous affairs, who would have known?!?)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"pg-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/02\/11\/entertainment\/dwyane-wade-ellen\/index.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Dwyane Wade is proud to support his 12-year-old to live in her transgender truth<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/poo2ny6ggs18y.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/poo2ny6ggs18y.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/poo2ny6ggs18y.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/poo2ny6ggs18y-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>(After all, don&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ALL 12-year-olds<\/span> know more about what&#8217;s good for them than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their parents<\/span>?!?)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You get the point.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, hope&#8230;that which is eternal&#8230;is on the horizon, as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/high-school-students-file-lawsuit-to-block-transgender-athletes-in-connecticut\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-02-12&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Three Female\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/high-school-students-file-lawsuit-to-block-transgender-athletes-in-connecticut\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-02-12&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\">High School Students File Lawsuit to Block Transgender Athletes in Connecticut<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/5e4451aa1d9f3.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/5e4451aa1d9f3.image_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/5e4451aa1d9f3.image_.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/5e4451aa1d9f3.image_-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You GO, girls&#8230; you\u00a0<em>actual<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>genetic<\/em><\/span>\u00a0girls!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Joe Epstein observes at the\u00a0<em>WSJ<\/em>, it&#8217;s all part of a pattern Progressives began to display decades ago, when&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-democrats-gave-in-to-radicals-and-gave-up-on-common-sense-11581444825?mod=opinion_lead_pos6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Democrats Gave In to Radicals and Gave Up on Common Sense<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-democrats-gave-in-to-radicals-and-gave-up-on-common-sense-11581444825?mod=opinion_lead_pos6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">Trump\u2019s personality and policies hastened the party\u2019s leftward shift, but it was a long time coming<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ENSH9R1UcAUxacB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ENSH9R1UcAUxacB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ENSH9R1UcAUxacB.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ENSH9R1UcAUxacB-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>George Orwell noted the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nervousness<\/em><\/span> of people on the left when confronted by those <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even further to the left<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">This nervousness stems from leftists\u2019 fear that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they will be taken for impure in their own leftism, that their thought and actions don\u2019t go far enough, that they are, finally, not really on the bus<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> In America during the 1930s, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Communists mocked liberals for their weakness<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>liberals worried about not measuring up<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Hence the phenomenon of the \u201cfellow traveler,\u201d <em>someone who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sympathized<\/span> with the Communist Party but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">couldn\u2019t bring himself to join it<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Orwell\u2019s observation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>remains in play<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">In the mid-1960s, <em>Stokely Carmichael and other young black militants <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pushed the American civil-rights movement leftward<\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">away from its goal of integratio<\/span>n<\/em>.<\/span> Liberals, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unable to face down<\/span><\/em> this left-wing pull toward Black Power, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knuckled under<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">A gloriously successful campaign for equal rights <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>based on conscience and dignity<\/em> <\/span>devolved into an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>angry, incoherent movement based on guilt and victimhood<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>last thing allowed<\/em><\/span> was the concession of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>progress of any sort in racial matters<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> Impressive civil-rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, and A. Philip Randolph <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were replaced by such dubious figures as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>As well as The Obamao!<\/em>)<\/span>.<\/span> The movement <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never recovered<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same phenomenon<\/em><\/span> appeared in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>American universities<\/em><\/span>. I<span style=\"color: #333399;\">n faculty meetings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everywhere<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>small groups of the most radical professors were able to get their way through political pressure<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Liberals, generally in the majority, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were worried<\/em><\/span> (if not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>terrified<\/em><\/span>) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>of seeming to be on the wrong side<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">When they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn\u2019t give in completely<\/em><\/span>, they sought <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>compromises that invariably favored the radicals<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Standards and intellectual authority in universities <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have given way to political correctness and identity politics<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same scenario<\/em><\/span> is playing out in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democratic Party<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Since nominating George McGovern in 1972, the party has moved <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>progressively leftward<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">. If the Democrats may by now be said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to have<\/em><\/span> a center, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot hold<\/em><\/span>, as William Butler Yeats has it in his poem \u201cThe Second Coming.\u201d<\/span> Among <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>today\u2019s<\/em><\/span> Democrats, \u201cThe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>best lack all conviction<\/em><\/span>, while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the worst<\/em><\/span> \/ <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Are full of passionate intensity<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>By ceding moral authority to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far<\/em><\/span> left, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Democrats have lost the power to counter bizarre proposals with simple common sense<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from said Dimocrats to an individual whose party&#8217;s increasingly bizarre behavior caused her to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>regain<\/em><\/span> her wits, courtesy of of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>G. Trevor and <em>Medium.com<\/em>, one Karlyn Borysenko relates how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"dr b ds ed du ee dw ef dy eg ea eh ar\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@karlyn\/ive-been-a-democrat-for-20-years-here-s-what-i-experienced-at-trump-s-rally-in-new-hampshire-c69ddaaf6d07\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">I\u2019ve been a Democrat for 20 years. Here\u2019s what I experienced at Trump\u2019s rally in New Hampshire<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\">.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1_gOdUQEB6WSGT-SVK02C7jg.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1_gOdUQEB6WSGT-SVK02C7jg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1_gOdUQEB6WSGT-SVK02C7jg.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1_gOdUQEB6WSGT-SVK02C7jg-300x132.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"4446\" class=\"gt gu ar bz gv b gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg dj\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Normally when I publish content online, I focus on the world of work.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>I hope you\u2019ll forgive this brief departure, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but I think that those of us on the left need to take a long look in the mirror and have an honest conversation about what\u2019s going on<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"87b2\" class=\"gt gu ar bz gv b gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg dj\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">If you had told me <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>3 years ago<\/em><\/span> that I would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> attend a Donald Trump rally, I would have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>laughed<\/em><\/span> while assuring you that was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span> going to happen. <\/span>Heck, if you had told me I would do it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>3 months ago<\/em><\/span>, I probably would have done the same thing. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">So, how did I find myself among 11,000+ Trump supporters in Manchester NH?<\/span> Believe it or not, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it all started with knitting<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"da65\" class=\"gt gu ar bz gv b gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg dj\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">You might not think of the knitting world as a particularly political community, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but you\u2019d be wrong<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Many knitters are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly active in social justice communities<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>love to discuss the revolutionary role that knitters have played in our culture<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>A list undoubtedly as extensive as that of French military triumphs and Italian war heroes<\/em>.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"d1ee\" class=\"gt gu ar bz gv b gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg dj\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">As a casual knitter, I never really paid attention to this. <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>I knit as a way to relax and escape the drama of real life, not to further engage with it, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but for anyone who is active in the knitting world on Instagram, it became almost impossible to avoid it<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">It started about a year ago <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when roving gangs of online social justice warriors started going after anyone who was not lockstep in their ideology<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>People were bullied and mobbed by hundreds of people for such offenses as publishing an article expressing excitement about going on a trip to India, posting a video saying they were leaving IG because they were uncomfortable, and posting a poem asking for kindness<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"bi cv hh hi hj hk\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/02\/17\/a-witch-hunt-on-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Katherine Jepsen Moore has documented the full stories extensively<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>and<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a class=\"bi cv hh hi hj hk\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m000d70h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the BBC recently covered it as well<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"f325\" class=\"gt gu ar bz gv b gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg dj\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span> started paying attention <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after one man who was attacked got mobbed so badly that he had a nervous breakdown and was admitted to the hospital on suicide watch<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">There was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>something<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was not right<\/em><\/span> (well, so many things really) <em>and it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">witnessing the vitriol coming from those who I had aligned myself with politically was a massive wake up call<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hey, later is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">generally<\/span><\/em> better than never.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Though as Tunku Varadarajan details at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sometimes preferable<\/em><\/span> to the its belated alternative, as is the case with&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-cow-dung-cure-for-coronavirus-11581378967?mod=trending_now_4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Cow Dung Cure for Coronavirus<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Indian nationalists peddle something worse than snake oil<\/span>.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3p5fkh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3p5fkh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3p5fkh.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3p5fkh-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote this week to Xi Jinping, offering the Chinese leader help in tackling the Wuhan coronavirus. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Details of the assistance aren\u2019t public, but Mr. Modi\u2019s offer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>probably didn\u2019t include supplies for a \u201ctreatment\u201d that a senior Hindu fundamentalist advocated recently<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, president of the Hindu Mahasabha\u2014a century-old organization that advocates Hindutva (or \u201cHinduness\u201d)\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>declared that \u201cconsuming cow urine and cow dung will stop the effect of infectious coronavirus<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #008000;\">The swami added that a \u201cperson who chants \u2018om namah shivay\u2019 and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>applies cow dung\u201d on his body<\/em><\/span> \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will be saved<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span> The Sanskrit chant is a salutation to Shiva, a Hindu deity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The cow is revered by many Hindus, who abjure its meat and believe that its byproducts, especially urine, have health-giving qualities.<\/span> <em>The swami is a prominent figure in hard-line Hindu circles <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and has an ideological affinity with Mr. Modi<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">His pronouncement on the coronavirus <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is the latest in a list of questionable scientific assertions made by Hindu nationalists<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words, Indians are being encouraged to eat sh*t and die!\u00a0 Gandhi must be rolling over in the Ganges&#8230;or maybe not.\u00a0<\/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\/2020\/02\/stiglich-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77807\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ramirez1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ramirez1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ramirez1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ramirez1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gorrell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gorrell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gorrell.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gorrell-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kelly-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77763\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kelly-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kelly-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kelly-1-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pastor-mark.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pastor-mark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pastor-mark.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pastor-mark-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/varvel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/varvel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/varvel.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/varvel-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ramirez2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ramirez2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ramirez2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ramirez2-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-8.58-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-8.58-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-8.58-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-8.58-AM-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-9.07-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77751\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-9.07-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-9.07-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-9.07-AM-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bob-ross.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bob-ross.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bob-ross.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bob-ross-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/a-super-power-i-need.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/a-super-power-i-need.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/a-super-power-i-need.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/a-super-power-i-need-237x300.jpeg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/submitted-without-comment.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/submitted-without-comment.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/submitted-without-comment.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/submitted-without-comment-253x300.jpeg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these strings of memes from G. Trevor&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor3-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor5-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor6-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77732\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor7.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vietor7-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Walt Meisen&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1748F47A22D34E248F986F02C4E76F92.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1748F47A22D34E248F986F02C4E76F92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1748F47A22D34E248F986F02C4E76F92.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1748F47A22D34E248F986F02C4E76F92-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1824C500648A4720B5F19E627AF938FB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1824C500648A4720B5F19E627AF938FB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1824C500648A4720B5F19E627AF938FB.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1824C500648A4720B5F19E627AF938FB-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/22151A6D1C7F4D54AC0FD6B0BBAD4750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/22151A6D1C7F4D54AC0FD6B0BBAD4750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/22151A6D1C7F4D54AC0FD6B0BBAD4750.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/22151A6D1C7F4D54AC0FD6B0BBAD4750-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/92558BDDA75B41FCBD5F464D1BB44A1D.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/92558BDDA75B41FCBD5F464D1BB44A1D.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AFE80C837B674D61AECC5228C5F38A74.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AFE80C837B674D61AECC5228C5F38A74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AFE80C837B674D61AECC5228C5F38A74.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AFE80C837B674D61AECC5228C5F38A74-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-2.47-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-2.47-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-2.47-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-2.47-PM-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-2.50-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-2.50-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-2.50-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-13-20-at-2.50-PM-283x300.jpeg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-3.42-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-3.42-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-3.42-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-3.42-PM-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-3.43-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-3.43-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-3.43-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-12-20-at-3.43-PM-261x300.jpeg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image002.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image002-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this instant classic from our sister-in-law Amy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/650D5D4DD455406FB456E5ADCC5B0B19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/650D5D4DD455406FB456E5ADCC5B0B19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/650D5D4DD455406FB456E5ADCC5B0B19.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/650D5D4DD455406FB456E5ADCC5B0B19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/650D5D4DD455406FB456E5ADCC5B0B19-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of a particularly brain-dead Floridian who rivals Joe Biden for both brains and judgement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-man-arrested-republican-tent-trump\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Florida man who drove van into GOP tent didn\u2019t like Trump, says \u2018someone had to take a stand<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gregory-Timms-GOP-tent-split.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gregory-Timms-GOP-tent-split.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gregory-Timms-GOP-tent-split.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gregory-Timms-GOP-tent-split-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Gregory Timm, 27, said he noticed the tent set up in a Walmart parking lot in Jacksonville <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when he went to buy food and cigarettes<\/em><\/span>, according to a less-redacted version of the\u00a0report\u00a0released Tuesday. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He said he drove\u00a0to the tent after leaving the store<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The report details what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span> have motivated Timm\u2019s alleged assault. <span style=\"color: #993300;\">He told deputies that he \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does not like President Trump<\/em><\/span>\u201d and \u201cthe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other<\/em><\/span> reason was because \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it\u2019s like someone s******* on your grave<\/em><\/span>,\u2019\u201d the account said.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The six volunteers working in the tent escaped without injury when the van accelerated through it, knocking over tables and chairs. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Timm then exited the van, took out his phone and \u201cflipped them off\u201d before driving away<\/em><\/span>, the victims told deputies.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Timm <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>willingly<\/em><\/span> showed deputies <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>video<\/em><\/span> of him speaking to volunteers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prior<\/em><\/span> to the incident, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span>\u00a0that abruptly ends <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before the van strikes\u00a0the tent<\/em><\/span>, according to the report. <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Deputies described Timm as \u201cupset\u201d that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the video ended before what he called \u201cthe good part<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Timm, someone with your qualifications and dizzying intellect&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/roiRpwv9zFs?start=15&amp;end=22&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>Still, we wouldn&#8217;t recommend <span style=\"color: #000000;\">holding out for a management position<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, February 14th, Valentine&#8217;s Day 2020&#8230;but before we begin, three observations on Lieawatha&#8217;s claim a broke girl donated half her liquid cash reserves to indulge this horrid harpy&#8217;s unbridled ego and further her blind, boundless ambition: Since we&#8217;re on the subject of unbridled egos, as Tobias Hoonhout records at\u00a0NRO, The Donald&#8217;s been served notice 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