{"id":80836,"date":"2020-05-10T18:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T22:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=80836"},"modified":"2020-07-03T10:03:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:03:14","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-may-8th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=80836","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 8th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 8th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, who does Michael Flynn see about getting his life and reputation back?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/justice-department-drops-case-against-michael-flynn\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=20249524\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Justice Department Drops Case against Michael Flynn<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/161117201720-02-michael-flynn-1117-super-169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/161117201720-02-michael-flynn-1117-super-169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/161117201720-02-michael-flynn-1117-super-169.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/161117201720-02-michael-flynn-1117-super-169-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The case has come at an enormous cost for the retired three-star Army lieutenant general and his family, as he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racked up millions of dollars in legal bills, was forced to sell his house, lost his job\u00a0and saw his reputation sullied<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And while&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-1-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-1-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-1-3-300x193.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re quite certain it would make <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ours<\/em><\/span> far more refreshing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, for those questioning whether <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Obama himself<\/em> <\/span>wasn&#8217;t involved in the conspiracy against Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>up to his ears<\/em><\/span>, as this item from <em>FOX News<\/em> via George Lawlor informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/obama-knew-details-of-wiretapped-flynn-phone-calls-surprising-top-doj-official-new-docs-show\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Obama knew details of wiretapped Flynn phone calls, surprising top DOJ official in meeting with Biden, declassified docs show<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-1-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80751\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-1-4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-1-4-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For those so dense they require additional evidence, we highly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-mueller-coverup-11588892114?mod=hp_opin_pos_3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Kim Strassel&#8217;s latest at the WSJ<\/em><\/span><\/a>, who is, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as usual<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8hcfTFVJ9k\" 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>But then, you&#8217;re likely to believe O.J. was innocent, Rodney King wasn&#8217;t speeding and Michael Brown had his hands up rather than grabbing for Darren Wilson&#8217;s weapon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, as we&#8217;ve previously noted, following in the footsteps of the Race-Baiter-in-Chief, a number of minor-league misleaders have of late tried to claim The Donald has somehow focused the effects of the Wuhan virus on the Black &#8220;community.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus, when this photo from Jeff Foutch showing Sheila Jackson Lee (Why, if the names of schools evoking the legacy of slavery demand change, SHE hasn&#8217;t modified HER moniker?!?) promoting this latest Progressive myth&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Foutch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Foutch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Foutch.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Foutch-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;crossed our desk the same day as this 2014 article courtesy of G. Trevor, we felt the subject deserving of further coverage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/health\/cdc-obesity-data-reveals-wide-gap-white-black-americans\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">CDC obesity data reveals wide gap between white and black Americans<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Obesity rates among black Americans<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/non-hispanic-black-adults-by-state-2011-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/non-hispanic-black-adults-by-state-2011-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/non-hispanic-black-adults-by-state-2011-13.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/non-hispanic-black-adults-by-state-2011-13-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Obesity rates among white Americans<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/non-hispanic-white-adults-by-state-2011-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/non-hispanic-white-adults-by-state-2011-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/non-hispanic-white-adults-by-state-2011-13.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/non-hispanic-white-adults-by-state-2011-13-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>This week, the Center for Disease Control released\u00a0new data\u00a0on obesity in the United States. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The discrepancy between rates for white and black adults reveals an alarmingly wide gap<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>When considering <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>non-Hispanic white adults<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>zero states<\/em><\/span> had a prevalence of obesity of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>35% or greater<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">However, for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>non-Hispanic black adults<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>28 states and the District of Columbia<\/em><\/span> reported that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>35% or more of the demographic is obese<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The maps combined data from 2011 through 2013<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: Black &#8220;leaders&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don&#8217;t want<\/em><\/span>\u00a0problems which are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>solvable<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly<\/em><\/span> through heightened levels of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>personal responsibility<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 They want <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>insoluble problems<\/em><\/span>\u00a0caused by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>malevolent outside forces<\/em><\/span>\u00a0such as <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">systemic racism<\/span><\/em> they can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bitch about and blame<\/em><\/span>\u00a0in order to get <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reelected<\/em><\/span>&#8230;which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all they care about<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT<\/em><\/span> their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>constituents<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THAT<\/span><\/em>, friends, is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>definition of evil<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As The Boss observed, the predicament of American Blacks is almost identical to the plight of the Palestinians.\u00a0 Think about it, Yasser Arafat died a BILLIONAIRE, without EVER producing ANYTHING but terror, hate and misery.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>How<\/em><\/span> does <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> happen?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet, are the &#8220;reverends&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rs_634x668-180831081558-634-Al-Sharpton-Rev-Jesse-Jackson-Aretha-Franklin-Funeral-JR-083118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rs_634x668-180831081558-634-Al-Sharpton-Rev-Jesse-Jackson-Aretha-Franklin-Funeral-JR-083118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rs_634x668-180831081558-634-Al-Sharpton-Rev-Jesse-Jackson-Aretha-Franklin-Funeral-JR-083118.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rs_634x668-180831081558-634-Al-Sharpton-Rev-Jesse-Jackson-Aretha-Franklin-Funeral-JR-083118-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with Mad Maxine, Sheila, Kweisi and Frederica, really <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any different<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1otTZq6UzLM?start=192\" 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>For more on the subject of fabricated outrage, we turn to\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>, where Larry O&#8217;Connor recounts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/larryoconnor\/2020\/05\/06\/cuomos-false-how-much-is-a-human-life-worth-rhetoric-n2568300\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Cuomo&#8217;s Fake &#8216;How Much Is a Human Life Worth?&#8217; Rhetoric<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-2-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>There&#8217;s sanctimonious, self-serving preening that offends the sensibilities of average American citizens and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then there&#8217;s the latest obnoxious hectoring from New York&#8217;s Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">At his daily coronavirus briefing Tuesday, Cuomo addressed increasing pressure to resume some level of commerce and normalcy in America.<\/span> &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>How much is a human life worth<\/em><\/span>?&#8221; Cuomo asked the fawning press and the ever-present television lens. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOT MUCH<\/span>, at least in a Planned Parenthood clinic!!!<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> discussion that no one is admitting openly or freely.<\/span> But we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The question is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>false and manipulative piece of political rhetoric meant to appeal to emotions and feelings<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not rational thought<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">But, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>such hyperbole is the coin of the realm for Democratic politicians these days<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>How this man gets away with preaching to the rest of how much he cherishes human life <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is a mystery<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;Mr. How Much Is A Human Life Worth&#8221; celebrated legalizing the medical killing of a baby up to the moment of her delivery from her mother&#8217;s womb <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-cuomo-directs-one-world-trade-center-and-other-landmarks-be-lit-pink-celebrate-signing\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by\u00a0igniting the One World Trade Center pink\u00a0light<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>, the same color used to celebrate the birth of that same baby girl.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;The faster we reopen, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lower<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>economic cost<\/em><\/span> \u2014 but the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>higher<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>human cost<\/em><\/span>, because the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more lives lost<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; he said. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>With <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no<\/span> supporting empirical data <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whatsoever<\/span>!!!<\/em>)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span>, my friends, is the decision we are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span> making.&#8221;<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\"><\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Spare me<\/em><\/span>, governor. These are decisions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>leaders<\/em><\/span> make <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every single day<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>In New York State, the\u00a0maximum speed limit\u00a0on state highways is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>55 miles per hour<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">However,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fairwarning.org\/2019\/04\/study-tracks-cost-in-lives-of-higher-speed-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">science dictates that many lives would be saved<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0if the governor reduced those speeds to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>30 miles per hour<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> I mean, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that&#8217;s just scientific fact<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">So, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why<\/em><\/span> doesn&#8217;t he do <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Perhaps Cuomo pounded the table and preyed upon the emotions of reporters and cable news anchors <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to distract<\/em><\/span> from the story they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should have been focusing on<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/health\/additional-1700-coronavirus-related-deaths-reported-in-new-york-nursing-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press reported more than 1,700<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0&#8220;previously undisclosed&#8221; deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities in New York on Tuesday.<\/span> I&#8217;m pretty sure &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>previously undisclosed<\/em><\/span>&#8221; is a good euphemism for &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hid from the public<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Every death<\/em><\/span> at a New York nursing home brings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>further scrutiny to Cuomo&#8217;s horrific policy of forcing nursing homes to admit patients who had tested positive for the coronavirus<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The number of deaths in nursing homes has now reached <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">over 4,800<\/span><\/em>, and the virus continues to spread thanks, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in part<\/em><\/span>, to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Cuomo&#8217;s catastrophic policy<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>While Cuomo lectures all of us who want to safely and sanely get back to work while following reasonable protocols to keep the virus from spreading, perhaps some enterprising reporter could ask him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whether he ever asked himself if each of those 4,800 nursing home lives he lost had worth<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus does the entire Fourth Estate surrender its primary function to a D.C.-area talk-show host.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, courtesy of Breeze Gould, one of those rare moments when we question the conclusion of a normally even-handed Conservative blogger, as <em>The\u00a0Gateway Pundit<\/em>\u00a0trumpets this&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/05\/huge-news-dr-fauci-dr-birx-used-imperial-college-model-now-confirmed-complete-fraud-persuade-president-trump-lock-entire-us-economy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">HUGE UPDATE: Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx Used Imperial College Model \u2014 NOW CONFIRMED AS A COMPLETE FRAUD \u2014 To Persuade President Trump to Lock Down Entire US Economy<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">!<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/05\/huge-news-dr-fauci-dr-birx-used-imperial-college-model-now-confirmed-complete-fraud-persuade-president-trump-lock-entire-us-economy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx met with President Trump privately and urged him to shut down the US economy and destroy the record Trump economy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/40kq5g.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/40kq5g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/40kq5g.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/40kq5g-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>As\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/04\/wow-dr-fauci-admits-dr-birx-two-experts-persuaded-trump-kill-economy-garbage-predictions-2-2-million-deaths\/\">reported weeks ago<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 in mid April Dr. Fauci admitted that it was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he and Dr. Birx<\/em><\/span> who persuaded President Trump to lock down the US economy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knowing<\/em><\/span> the massive destruction this would cause in jobs, lives and commerce.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>President\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/04\/want-names-president-trump-says-two-smart-people-came-office-urged-lock-economy-2-2-million-americans-die-video\/\">admitted<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that during a press conference in April that \u201ctwo very smart people\u201d came into his office and urged him to lock down the economy or 2.2 million Americans would die from the China virus.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>But President Trump did not say <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who<\/em><\/span> those \u201ctwo very smart people\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> this account of what went down is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>100% accurate<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we blame The Donald<\/em><\/span> for listening to &#8220;two very smart people&#8221; utterly unschooled in economics, let alone possessed of any real knowledge of how their recommendation would impact the country.\u00a0 At the same time, we seriously doubt either Fauci or Birx <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>specifically advocated<\/em><\/span> &#8220;shutting down the U.S. economy&#8221; rather than suggesting a general lockdown.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inquiring minds are left to wonder\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who was the adult in the room<\/em><\/span> when they met with Trump?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Daniel Francis Feeney so insightfully noted, while medical professionals certainly deserve a seat at the table, they shouldn&#8217;t be permitted to run the meeting, let alone exclusively determine an Administration&#8217;s response to a pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, via Keith Koffler we learn\u00a0<em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0reminds us Groper Joe&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"heading text-2xl md:text-4xl text-red-700\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/2020-election\/biden-voted-against-creation-of-senate-office-that-handles-sexual-harassment-complaints\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden Voted to Block Creation of Senate Office That Handles Sexual Harassment Complaints<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\" text-1xl md:text-2xl subtitle mt-0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/2020-election\/biden-voted-against-creation-of-senate-office-that-handles-sexual-harassment-complaints\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Then-senator Joe Biden backed a procedural motion declaring the office unconstitutional<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/40kdv7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/40kdv7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/40kdv7.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/40kdv7-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>voted in favor of a motion that would have blocked the creation of the Senate office that receives sexual harassment complaints<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Biden was one of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>six Democrats<\/em><\/span> who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>joined an effort to block the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in 1991<\/em><\/span> on the grounds that it was unconstitutional.<\/span> The vote came <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less than two years before Tara Reade allegedly filed a complaint about her treatment as an employee in Biden&#8217;s Senate office.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Created as a part of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 in the shadow of Anita Hill&#8217;s testimony on Capitol Hill, the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was an attempt to remedy the fact that Congress was, at the time, exempt from workplace discrimination laws<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KQveng3Wxz8?start=02&amp;end=7&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>In the wholly-unsubstantiated words of the immortal and incomparably less-corrupt &#8220;Shoeless Joe&#8221; Jackson, &#8220;Sorry, kid, but it is.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of liars and the prevaricators who promote them, writing at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, Dan Henninger memorializes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/joe-biden-and-the-moralizers-11588806643?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Biden and the Moralizers<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/joe-biden-and-the-moralizers-11588806643?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">Progressives invented moral trumping as a political weapon against their enemies. Now they\u2019ve exhausted it<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0_t_T8LlqALx38-m3g.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0_t_T8LlqALx38-m3g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0_t_T8LlqALx38-m3g.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0_t_T8LlqALx38-m3g-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>So much of our national politics looks like bread and circuses that one can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>miss important shifts<\/em><\/span> in the political zeitgeist. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Joe Biden\u2019s descent to the second circle of #MeToo hell <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may be one of them<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Yes, we are learning again the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>high price of double standards and hypocrisy<\/em><\/span>, which are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always<\/em><\/span> with us. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">But while the Democrats\u2019 bucket brigades throw water on the Biden-Reade wildfire, look over there at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>something else that\u2019s in flames<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It is liberal progressivism\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nearly hundred-year-old strategy of using moral condescension as a crude weapon against its enemies<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">A distinction is necessary.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Morality<\/em><\/span> is about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right and wrong<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Morality\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>insincere cousin<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>moralism<\/em><\/span>, which grabs virtue off the shelf <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as needed<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> About <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every 20 or 30 years<\/em><\/span>, the progressives come up with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another moralized argument to delegitimize their opponents<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s David Harsanyi suggests, it&#8217;s almost as if&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/05\/tara-reade-christine-blasey-ford-liberals-rewrite-history-to-justify-their-metoo-hypocrisy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">Liberals Want to Rewrite History to Justify Their #MeToo Hypocrisy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/05\/tara-reade-christine-blasey-ford-liberals-rewrite-history-to-justify-their-metoo-hypocrisy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">It\u2019s absurd to suggest that Christine Blasey Ford is more credible than Tara Reade<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-7-20-at-8.58-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80752\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-7-20-at-8.58-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-7-20-at-8.58-PM.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-7-20-at-8.58-PM-107x300.jpeg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Y<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">ou<\/span>\u00a0can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>believe<\/em> <em>whomever you choose<\/em><\/span> in the alleged sexual-misconduct cases of Joe Biden and Brett Kavanaugh, but you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can\u2019t revise history to erase your partisan double standards<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">One of the most <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>egregious examples of revisionism<\/em><\/span> can be found in a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/04\/opinion\/tara-reade-biden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">column<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0by the\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u2019 Michelle Goldberg, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who employs nearly every attack Americans were warned never to use against alleged sexual-assault victims during the Kavanaugh hearings<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>questioning their motivations, asking why they didn\u2019t file charges, attacking them for not remembering specifics, etc<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And yet, even if we adopt Goldberg\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>new<\/em><\/span> standards, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Tara Reade still emerges as a more credible accuser than Christine Blasey Ford<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possible<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Reade\u2019s credibility would suffer<\/em><\/span>, as did Ford\u2019s, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if an investigation took a deeper look<\/em><\/span>. Yet, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>none of the Democrats<\/em><\/span> who dispensed with due process and embraced Ford\u2019s accusations <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have shown the slightest interest in speaking with Reade<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">They\u2019ve simply <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>adopted new guidelines for \u201cbelieving women<\/em><\/span>\u201d and left liberal pundits with the job of justifying their actions \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which they dutifully do<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Of course, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>none of the above<\/em><\/span> is dispositive or unequivocal evidence of sexual assault <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on its own<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">We can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em> <em>really know<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> But the notion that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ford is a more credible accuser than Reade<\/span><\/em> doesn\u2019t stand up to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even the most basic<\/span> examination<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">It\u2019s just a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>flimsy excuse for hypocrisy<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, inappropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/aaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/aaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/aaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/aaa-2-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/branco.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/branco.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/branco.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/branco-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden-3-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dnc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80738\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dnc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dnc.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dnc-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bats.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bats.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bats.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bats-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cb050520dAPC20200505124514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cb050520dAPC20200505124514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cb050520dAPC20200505124514.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cb050520dAPC20200505124514-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fbi-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80737\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fbi-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fbi-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fbi-1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-6-20-at-8.11-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-6-20-at-8.11-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-6-20-at-8.11-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-6-20-at-8.11-AM-300x296.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-7-20-at-8.11-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80725\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-7-20-at-8.11-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-7-20-at-8.11-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-7-20-at-8.11-AM-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cats-love-bacon.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cats-love-bacon.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cats-love-bacon.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cats-love-bacon-300x294.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/urban-camo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/urban-camo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/urban-camo.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/urban-camo-300x273.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/get-out-in-a-jiffy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/get-out-in-a-jiffy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/get-out-in-a-jiffy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/get-out-in-a-jiffy-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/he-never-told-anyone.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/he-never-told-anyone.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/he-never-told-anyone.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/he-never-told-anyone-236x300.jpeg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these Groper Joe-themed memes from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey1-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey2-1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80719\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey3-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey4-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hickey5-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with others from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91007085_1593821674100402_4911309190468730880_n.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91007085_1593821674100402_4911309190468730880_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91007085_1593821674100402_4911309190468730880_n.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91007085_1593821674100402_4911309190468730880_n-280x300.jpeg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Brenda Berry&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/brenda-berry-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/brenda-berry-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/brenda-berry-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/brenda-berry-1-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Speed Mach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Speed.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Speed-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last, but certainly not least, our eldest son Jon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB_IMG_1588893632780.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB_IMG_1588893632780.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB_IMG_1588893632780.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FB_IMG_1588893632780-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, in answer to our request for any info regarding fundraising on behalf of Shelley Luther, the Dallas hair salon owner jailed and fined $7,000 by a petty tyrant when she wouldn&#8217;t apologize for her &#8220;selfishness&#8221;, Jeff Foutch forwarded the following <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/shelley-luther-fund?stop=1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>link for those interested in aiding her<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8230;though we&#8217;d suggest, with over $500,000 raised for Luther to date, there are likely those in far greater need than she&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/8brmqn-help-general-michael-flynn\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>like Michael Flynn<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, May 8th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, who does Michael Flynn see about getting his life and reputation back? Justice Department Drops Case against Michael Flynn &nbsp; &#8220;&#8230;The case has come at an enormous cost for the retired three-star Army lieutenant general and his family, as he racked up millions of dollars in legal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82783,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80836\/revisions\/82783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}