{"id":81483,"date":"2020-06-02T18:43:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T22:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=81483"},"modified":"2020-06-02T18:47:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T22:47:40","slug":"81483","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=81483","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 29th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 29th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, are we the only one who believes Joe Biden&#8217;s Memorial Day appearance follows in the footsteps&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e94f8045487c9c93e15d174cabfda943.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e94f8045487c9c93e15d174cabfda943.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e94f8045487c9c93e15d174cabfda943.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e94f8045487c9c93e15d174cabfda943-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;of his equally inept Progressive predecessors?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bad.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bad.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bad-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of photo ops going bad, here&#8217;s a clip from our <em>Video of the Day<\/em>, accessible through link #2 immediately below our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em> at the top of the page:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ll5aYN_VkM4?start=522\" 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>Yes, Katy, the images are\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">indeed<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0WvfeVCIBbE?start=157&amp;end=159&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;but only in so far as they point out the hypocrisy of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> your network<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most of your entire industry<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: is it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span> a pandemic when you can get an abortion but not a knee replacement?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Is it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><\/em> a national health emergency justifying the destruction of our economy when you can frequent a liquor store but not attend an AA meeting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maryland statistics speak for themselves: 2,130 deaths out of a population of 6,000,000+ equals a death rate of 0.00355, or .<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>335 of 1%<\/em><\/span>!!!\u00a0 And when, as this forward from James Nichols records,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/theapothecary\/2020\/05\/26\/nursing-homes-assisted-living-facilities-0-6-of-the-u-s-population-43-of-u-s-covid-19-deaths\/#3394e38a74cd\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the fact some 43% of nationwide deaths from the Wuhan virus occur in nursing homes<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0is combined with the geographic concentration of the most serious outbreaks&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Balls-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Balls-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only conclusion<\/em><\/span> one can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>logically reach<\/em><\/span> is this has been, relatively speaking,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much ado<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 This is not to diminish the pain suffered by the families of those who&#8217;ve died, but the inalterable fact remains, harsh as it sounds&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sVDBuOMgz_g?start=45&amp;end=48&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>But don&#8217;t accept\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>our<\/em><\/span>\u00a0assessment: consider, courtesy of Balls Cotton and Steve Armour, the legal record from Illinois <\/strong><strong>in the case of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edgarcountywatchdogs.com\/2020\/05\/mainer-v-pritzker-transcript-let-liberty-ring\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">Mainer v. Pritzker Transcript \u2013 Let Liberty Ring<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/437hjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/437hjv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/437hjv.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/437hjv-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Since the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">inception of this insanity<\/span>, the following regulations, rules or consequences have occurred:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">won\u2019t<\/span> get COVID if I get an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">abortion<\/span> but I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span> get COVID if I get a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">colonoscopy<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>Selling <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pot<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">essential<\/span> but selling <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">goods and services at a family-owned business<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pot wasn\u2019t even legal<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pot dispensaries didn\u2019t even exist in this state until five months ago<\/span> and, in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that five months<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they<\/span> have become <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">essential<\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a family-owned business in existence for five generations is not<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>A family of six can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pile in their car and drive<\/span> to Carlyle Lake <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">without<\/span> contracting COVID but, if they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all get in the same boat<\/span>, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>We are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">told<\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">kids rarely contract the virus and sunlight kills it<\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">summer youth programs, sports programs are canceled<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>Four people can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">drive<\/span> to the golf course and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> get COVID but, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if they play in a foursome<\/span>, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>If I go to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Walmart<\/span>, I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">won\u2019t<\/span> get COVID but, if I go to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">church<\/span>, I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Murderers<\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">released from custody<\/span> while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">small business owners<\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">threatened with arrest<\/span> if they have the audacity to attempt to feed their families.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">These<\/span> are just a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">few<\/span> of the examples of rules, regulations, and consequences <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that are arbitrary, capricious, and completely devoid of anything even remotely approaching common sense<\/span>.<\/span> State\u2019s attorneys in this state, county sheriffs, mayors, city councils and county boards have openly and publicly defied these orders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">followed by threats to withhold funding and revocation of necessary licenses and certifications unless you obey<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Our economy is shut down because of a flu virus with a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">98 percent-plus survival rate<\/span>.<\/span> Doctors and experts say <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">different things weekly<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The defendant <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cites models<\/span> in his opposition.<\/span> The only thing experts <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span> agree on is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all models are wrong<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some are useful<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The Centers for Disease Control <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now says<\/span> the virus is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not easily spread on surfaces<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>The defendant in this case <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">orders you to stay home<\/span> and pronounces that, if you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">leave<\/span> the state, you are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">putting people in danger<\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his<\/span> family members traveled to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Florida and Wisconsi<\/span>n because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he<\/span> deems such travel <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">essential<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">One <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">initial rationale<\/span> why the rules <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don\u2019t apply to him<\/span> is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his family farm had animals that needed fed<\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Try selling that argument to farmers who have had to slaughter their herds because of disruption in the supply chain<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">When laws <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do not apply to those who make them<\/span>, people are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not being governed<\/span>, they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">being ruled<\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Make no mistake<\/span>, these <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">executive orders<\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not laws<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">royal decrees<\/span>.<\/span> Illinois citizens are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not being governed<\/span>, they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">being ruled<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The last time I checked <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Illinois citizens<\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also Americans<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Americans don\u2019t get ruled<\/span>.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">last time<\/span> a monarch tried to rule Americans, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a shot was fired that was heard around the world<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That day<\/span> led to the birth of a nation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">consensually governed<\/span> based upon a document which ensures that on this day in this, any American courtroom <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">tyrannical despotism will always lose and liberty, freedom and the constitution will always win<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>High-sounding words, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indeed<\/em><\/span>; but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only<\/em><\/span> words, as the judge went on to rule on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8275807\/Illinois-billionaire-governor-dodges-question-wife-leaving-town-pandemic.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Illinois&#8217; hypocritical governor<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.\u00a0 As suggested by our discussion with one Daniel Francis Feeney, pay attention to the refusal to open schools next August\/September.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a decision Progressive-dominated school districts and state governments can at least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>attempt<\/em><\/span> to make without voter approval in their deliberate effort to defeat The Donald.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After all, if the kids stay home, at least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span> parent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can&#8217;t work<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Stay tuned, particularly given the number of single-parent households.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of <em>NRO<\/em>, the great Victor Davis Hanson offers a requiem for&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/05\/obama-administration-scandals-coming-to-light-legacy-in-tatters\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-05-26&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Remains of an Administration<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-component=\"iframeEmbed\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/05\/obama-administration-scandals-coming-to-light-legacy-in-tatters\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-05-26&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Obama\u2019s policies are in tatters, and the worst scandals of his White House are coming to light<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2e9gtq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2e9gtq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2e9gtq.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2e9gtq-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cOne is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>\u2014 Kazuo Ishiguro,\u00a0<em>The Remains of the Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>E<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">ach<\/span>\u00a0day that the Obama administration fades into the past, its wrongdoings manage to wander back into the present.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">After <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">years<\/span><\/em> of suppression, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all sorts of strange events keep popping up<\/em><\/span> to remind us of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what little is left of the Obama years<\/em><\/span> \u2014 the Susan Rice memo, Christopher Steele deleting his computer records, FBI-doctored and lost 302s, text messages wiped clean, the bizarre Obama January 5, 2017, Oval Office meeting, the ambush interview of Michael Flynn, the unmasking and leaking of redacted names swept up in reverse-targeting surveillance operations, the administration fraud perpetrated on the FISA courts.<\/span> The list is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so overwhelming and bizarre<\/em><\/span> that it ensures that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything at any time can now appear<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> And the result keeps reminding Americans of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how corrupt<\/em><\/span> were the years between 2009 and 2017 and<em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how untruthful was the coverage<\/span><\/em> of such <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">institutionalized wrongdoing<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>We were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposed<\/em><\/span> to see a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fundamental transformation of the country<\/em><\/span> between 2009 and 2025, as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Obama-Clinton 16-year regnum finally made America right and correct<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Instead<\/em><\/span>, we witnessed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>eight years that ended in scandal whose full dimensions of criminality will take years to process<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Though we&#8217;re more than willing to condense it for anyone willing to listen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of conspiratorial criminality, also courtesy of <em>NRO<\/em>, Andy McCarthy finds himself&#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\/michael-flynn-case-judge-luttig-respectful-dissent\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=third\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Respectfully Dissenting from Judge Luttig on Flynn Mandamus<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/05\/michael-flynn-case-judge-luttig-respectful-dissent\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=third\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">After permitting Judge Sullivan to defend himself, the D.C. Circuit should dismiss the case<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/41iob7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81451\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/41iob7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/41iob7.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/41iob7-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The ten days give Sullivan an opportunity to count to ten <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and do his duty<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">No one is suggesting that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he needs to agree with or approve<\/em><\/span> of the Justice Department\u2019s decision to dismiss the case.<\/span> He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must<\/em><\/span>, however, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>accept that this is the Justice Department\u2019s call to make<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sometimes, the shoe is on the other foot: A judge will exercise his or her discretion in a way prosecutors believe is profoundly wrong but that is not effectively reviewable.<\/span> Our justice system is rightly the envy of the world, but it relies on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>discretion<\/em><\/span> in many instances; within wide bounds, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>discretion is the authority to make decisions with which reasonable minds disagree<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>often passionately<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">So far, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">regrettably<\/span><\/em>, Judge Sullivan <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">appears to be digging in deeper<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/michael-flynn-case-judge-sullivan-rules-amicus-briefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As I noted last week<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, his order calling for amicus briefs in a criminal case <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not only defies governing law<\/span><\/em>, it also <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">flies in the face of multiple orders he himself has issued in this very case<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>further demonstrating<\/em><\/span> that he has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lost perspective<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>jaw-dropping<\/em><\/span> that Sullivan would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>compound this inexplicably poor judgmen<\/em><\/span>t by<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/may\/24\/emmet-sullivan-federal-judge-michael-flynn-case-hi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">retaining a private lawyer to represent him<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Yes, an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>outside attorney<\/em><\/span>, who has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not been appointed by a president or confirmed by the Senate<\/em><\/span>, has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>retained<\/em><\/span> (by the judge himself? By the judicial department? Who knows?) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to help wield judicial power to the due-process detriment of a defendant in a criminal case<\/em><\/span> \u2014 evidently because the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actual<\/em><\/span> judge assigned to the case <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>senses he needs help explaining the inexplicable to the reviewing court<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It would be nice if participants in this drama <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could get beyond Trump derangement and remember what criminal cases are about<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This matter is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><em> about<\/em><\/span> Judge Sullivan or the Justice Department.<\/span> It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not even about<\/em><\/span> Michael Flynn as the former Trump administration official caught up in the Trump\u2013Russia contretemps. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is about<\/em><\/span> Michael Flynn,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the accused<\/em><\/span>, who is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>presumed innocent<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entitled to the full array of rights assured by the Constitution, federal procedural rules, and due-process jurisprudence<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The criminal-justice system\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>principal task<\/em><\/span> is\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to provide due process to the accused<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>human nature<\/em><\/span> that judges and prosecutors <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>often come to believe<\/em><\/span> that the accused is guilty, is a rogue, is gaming the system, and so on.<\/span> Yet this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does not change<\/em><\/span> the judge\u2019s or the prosecutor\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">duty to ensure<\/span><\/em> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a defendant is afforded every protection to which the system entitles him<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject of criminal conspiracies, courtesy of <em>The Hill<\/em> via George Lawlor, former Assistant Director of Intelligence and 24-year <em>FBI<\/em> veteran Kevin Brock concludes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/499586-new-fbi-document-confirms-the-trump-campaign-was-investigated-without\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">New FBI document confirms the Trump campaign was investigated without justification<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/f6GGxUvFfJXT_640x360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/f6GGxUvFfJXT_640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/f6GGxUvFfJXT_640x360.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/f6GGxUvFfJXT_640x360-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Late last week the FBI document that started the Trump-Russia collusion fiasco was publicly released. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hasn\u2019t<\/em><\/span> received a lot of attention but it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span>, because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not too long from now<\/em><\/span> this document likely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will be blown up and placed on an easel as Exhibit A in a federal courtroom<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The prosecutor, U.S. Attorney\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">John Durham<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will rightly point out<\/em><\/span> that the document that spawned three years of political misery <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fails to articulate a single justifiable reason for starting the \u201cCrossfire Hurricane\u201d investigation<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Those of us who have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>speculated<\/em><\/span> there was insufficient cause for beginning the investigation <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could not have imagined<\/span><\/em> the actual opening document was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<\/span><\/em> feeble.<\/span> It is as if it were written <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by someone who had no experience as an FBI agent<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNxz-lq38k4?start=182&amp;end=192&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Keep in mind the FBI <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot begin<\/em><\/span> to investigate <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>especially<\/em><\/span> a U.S. citizen or entity, without <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first<\/em><\/span> creating a document that lists <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the reasonably suspicious factors that would legally justify the investigation<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> That\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>FBI 101<\/em><\/span>, taught <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Day 1 at the FBI Academy<\/em><\/span> at Quantico, Va.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>Maybe Strzok was out behind the latrine playing pocket pool that day!<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>To the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>untrained<\/em><\/span> eye, the FBI document that launched Crossfire Hurricane <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can be confusing<\/em><\/span>, and it may be difficult to discern how it might be inadequate. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">To the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>trained<\/em><\/span> eye, however, it is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>train wreck<\/em><\/span>. There are a number of reasons why it is so bad.<\/span> Two <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>main<\/em><\/span> ones are offered below (if you would like to follow along, the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/documents\/jw-v-doj-reply-02743\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">document is here<\/a><\/span>):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>First, the document is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>oddly constructed<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">In a normal, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>legitimate<\/em><\/span> FBI Electronic Communication, or EC, there would be a \u201cTo\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> a \u201cFrom\u201d line.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Crossfire Hurricane EC<\/em><\/span> has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only a \u201cFrom\u201d line<\/em><\/span>; it is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>from<\/em><\/span> a part of the FBI\u2019s Counterintelligence Division whose <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>contact<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>listed as\u00a0Peter Strzok<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">The EC was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also drafted<\/em><em> by\u00a0<\/em><em>Peter Strzok<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And, finally, it was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>approved<\/em><em> by Peter Strzok<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Essentially<\/em><\/span>, it is a document <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>created<\/em><em> by<\/em><\/span> Peter Strzok, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>approved<\/em><em> by<\/em><\/span> Peter Strzok, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sent from<\/em><\/span> Peter Strzok <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to Peter Strzok<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>On <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that basis alone<\/em><\/span>, the document is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an absurdity<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>violative of all FBI protocols and, therefore, invalid on its face<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> An agent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot approve his or her own case<\/em><\/span>; that would make a mockery of the oversight <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>designed to protect Americans<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Yet, for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this document<\/em><\/span>, Peter Strzok was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pitcher, catcher, batter and umpire<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>In addition, several names are listed in a \u201ccc\u201d or copy line; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> are redacted, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>save Strzok\u2019s<\/em><\/span>, who, for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> reason, felt it necessary <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to copy himself on a document he sent from himself to himself<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Names on an FBI document <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are always listed in cascading fashion<\/span><\/em>, with the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most senior at the top<\/em><\/span> and on down to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>least senior<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">On <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> EC, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Strzok<\/em><\/span> is listed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>last<\/em><\/span>, so the redacted names <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should be more senior to him<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Those names <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could well include<\/em><\/span> then-FBI Director\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">James Comey<\/span>, then-Deputy Director\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Andrew McCabe<\/span>\u00a0and then-Counterintelligence Assistant Director Bill Priestap. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">The document <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also establishes these redacted names<\/em><\/span> as \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>case participants<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Case participants&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indeed<\/em><\/span>; they seem more like&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/437tio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81467\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/437tio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/437tio.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/437tio-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;future <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cellmates<\/em><\/span> to us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject of those deserving long stretches in prison, courtesy of Jeff Foutch,\u00a0<em>Frontpage Magazine<\/em>&#8216;s Dan Greenfield puts what follows in terms even a Progressive might understand, as he reveals&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<h1 class=\"field-item even\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2020\/05\/how-susan-rices-role-rwandan-genocide-predicted-daniel-greenfield\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">How Susan Rice\u2019s Role in the Rwandan Genocide Predicted Obamagate<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"subhead\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2020\/05\/how-susan-rices-role-rwandan-genocide-predicted-daniel-greenfield\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">A woman who can turn her back on genocide would hardly blink at spying on Republicans<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/201319_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81411\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/201319_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/201319_image.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/201319_image-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>When Hillary Clinton stepped down as Secretary of State to prep for a presidential run, her boss had an obvious replacement in mind. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">His close political ally, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Susan Rice<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> But while Obama had won nearly all of his appointment battles, moving Rice into the top position on foreign policy was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too much<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Senate Republicans would always associate <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>quite rightfully!<\/em>)<\/span> Rice with Benghazi.<\/span> But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even Senate Democrats<\/em><\/span> had second thoughts about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the woman who is at the center of Obamagate and a potential Biden Veep pick<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>When Rice ended her bid to replace Hillary, it was a bitter and shocking defeat for Barack Obama <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who responded with an angry tantrum<\/em><\/span>, accusing Republican senators of efforts to &#8220;besmirch her reputation&#8221;.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>While Obama publicly directed his anger at Senate Republicans, there was little enthusiasm for defending Rice even among Senate Democrats. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Beyond Benghazi<\/em><\/span>, Rice\u2019s years in the foreign policy establishment <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had left behind scandal, dishonesty, and even genocide in her political wake<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Rice\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>involvement in genocide<\/em><\/span> had been linked to the same quality that had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entangled her in Benghazi<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;If we use the word genocide and are seen as doing nothing, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what will be the effect on the November election<\/em><\/span>?&#8221;<\/span> Samantha Power, who would later become Obama&#8217;s UN Ambassador<a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/12\/22\/land-possible\">,<\/a> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/12\/22\/land-possible\">quoted Rice<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0as saying <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>during the Rwandan Genocide<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Rice has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>claimed<\/em><\/span> that she <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not remember ever saying that<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The genocide of black people mattered less to Rice than her southern white boss winning an election<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rice&#8217;s calculus<\/span><\/em>, <em>whether it was the deaths of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hundreds of thousands of Africans<\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">four Americans in Libya<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was how it would affect the upcoming elections for Bill Clinton or Barack Obama<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>All that mattered<\/em><\/span> was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>four more years in power<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 As we&#8217;ve often observed, not until we encountered the Clintons and Obamas&#8230;and the likes of their willing acolyte Susan Rice&#8230;did we even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>begin<\/em><\/span> to consider there might be levels in Hell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, writing at the <em>Democracy Fund<\/em>&#8216;s <em>Voter Study Group<\/em>, Messrs. Daniel Cox and Robert Griffin conclude&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"u-mb0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voterstudygroup.org\/blog\/religious-americans-agree-on-pausing-in-person-services-split-on-returning-to-worship-as-usual?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkdSaVptRTRObU13Wm1GbSIsInQiOiJHbHlhVXB1U05FT2tmVnFBWkRMQldNTjZVdFRwNjBzMHdUbXpJZWpzUkZuMHU5bG1CSDRjVzNtakZSdDJncEdvUGhqbjRZZzZyY1NoWTBDR09LUnFEMU5IUHZVXC9XY3BPT01kOURab3c0ZTdZa1F5bmtoSFdjZlNcL1FocTgrWHFaIn0%3D\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Religious Americans Agree on Limiting In-Person Services, Split on Returning to Worship as Usual<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81404\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chart.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chart-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;New data from Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape shows areas of alignment and division on restoring religious conventions during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most Americans believe state and local governments <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should have the authority<\/em><\/span> to shutter places of worship <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>temporarily<\/em><\/span> to reduce transmission of the coronavirus. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">In Nationscape data collected between April 23 and April 30, more than three-quarters (77 percent) of the public said state and local governments <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should be able to limit people\u2019s right to attend religious services in person in order to limit the spread of COVID-19<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Fewer than one in four (23 percent) Americans said that the right to attend religious services in person <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should be protected<\/span><\/em>, even if it increases the risk of people exposing themselves and others to the disease.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Further, there was widespread agreement across major religious traditions <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in support of governmental authority to curb religious gatherings<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> A majority of white evangelical Protestants (60 percent), white mainline Protestants (74 percent), white Catholics (75 percent), black Protestants (76 percent), members of non-Christian religious traditions (76 percent), Hispanic Catholics (82 percent), and religiously unaffiliated Americans (85 percent) <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">believe government officials have the power to limit Americans from attending religious services<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Even if<\/em><\/span> restrictions were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lifted<\/em><\/span>, not all Americans are ready to attend in-person services.<\/span> In Nationscape data collected between April 16 and May 6, fewer than half (48 percent) of religiously affiliated Americans who attended services before the COVID-19 outbreak say they would\u00a0<em>definitely<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>probably<\/em>\u00a0attend religious services even if public health officials deemed it safe.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">On this question, there\u00a0are\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>striking differences<\/em><\/span> across religious traditions.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>More than six in ten<\/em><\/span> (63 percent) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>white evangelical Protestants<\/em> <\/span>who attended services <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before<\/em><\/span> the pandemic say <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they would likely return to the pews if public health officials advised lifting those restrictions<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Fewer Muslims (50 percent), white Catholics (47 percent), white mainline Protestants (46 percent), black Protestants (46 percent), Hispanic Catholics (38 percent), and Jews (33 percent) who participated in worship services previously say they would be likely to return.<\/span> At least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>half<\/em> <\/span>of those belonging to these religious groups say <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they are not likely to attend a worship service even if public health officials endorse lifting the restriction<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Polls, schmolls, let alone polls <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>purportedly<\/em><\/span> recording the opinions of &#8220;religious Americans&#8221;: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we for one<\/em><\/span> will NEVER grant government <em>the \u201c<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right<\/em><\/span>\u201d to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prohibit religious services<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Rather, in the face of a <i><u>genuine<\/u><\/i> pandemic (which we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continue to question<\/em><\/span> this actually\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span>!), we believe churches should <i><u>willingly cooperate<\/u><\/i> with authorities to help limit the spread of the disease and protect their congregations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And that, friends, is a HUGE difference.\u00a0 It&#8217;s what&#8217;s sets the Constitution for the United States of America apart from just about every other basis for a system of government in history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cross-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cross-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cross-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cross-3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mle200527c20200527114426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81449\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mle200527c20200527114426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mle200527c20200527114426.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mle200527c20200527114426-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lincoln.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lincoln.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lincoln.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lincoln-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden-8.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden-8-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/afb052720dAPR20200527014505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/afb052720dAPR20200527014505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/afb052720dAPR20200527014505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/afb052720dAPR20200527014505-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ramirez-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ramirez-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ramirez-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ramirez-4-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden2-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden2-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biden2-2-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mail.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mail.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mail-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stiglich.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81448\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stiglich.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stiglich.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stiglich-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Aint-Necessarily-So-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Aint-Necessarily-So-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Aint-Necessarily-So-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Aint-Necessarily-So-1-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-27-20-at-7.56-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-27-20-at-7.56-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-27-20-at-7.56-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-27-20-at-7.56-AM-300x193.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-28-20-at-8.16-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-28-20-at-8.16-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-28-20-at-8.16-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Image-5-28-20-at-8.16-AM-300x253.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-terrible-pokerface.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-terrible-pokerface.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-terrible-pokerface.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-terrible-pokerface-270x300.jpeg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/consider-it-a-warning-label.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81416\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/consider-it-a-warning-label.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/consider-it-a-warning-label.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/consider-it-a-warning-label-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/putting-this-on-my-bucket-list.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/putting-this-on-my-bucket-list.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/putting-this-on-my-bucket-list.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/putting-this-on-my-bucket-list-300x294.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soup-nazi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soup-nazi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soup-nazi.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/soup-nazi-300x277.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this from Speed Mach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/speed-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/speed-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/speed-3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/speed-3-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;another from Jeff Foutch&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/foutch.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/foutch.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/foutch.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/foutch-300x185.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and yet one more from Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/431h00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/431h00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/431h00.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/431h00-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a month with <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>News of the Bizarre<\/em><\/span>, and another strange story\u00a0courtesy of a rather melancholy mate, as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-15726521\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/05\/26\/heartbreaking-video-shows-stranded-kayakers-final-moments-before-he-died\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Heartbreaking video shows stranded kayaker\u2019s final moments<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/4368cl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/4368cl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/4368cl.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/4368cl-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8220;A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>harrowing video<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>harrowing video&#8221;&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">REALLY<\/span>?!<\/em>?)<\/span> depicts the tragic final moments of a kayaker stranded at sea off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Jeremy Worthy, 43, had\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeremy.worthy.12\/videos\/291233838586892\/?__tn__=%2CdlC-R&amp;eid=ARD-Wcdco6fa1TAb_jRFsyjncJg65oUJRQ1WesXPxM-9Nuz416RLFcO4nK2g65KLL7ZylqNLCoWtSIZS&amp;hc_ref=ARTfwL0AmwxwudhS-l01yyo85IYSQTsyUlo79rUm0iOw-uWEu5vDpwYcd9kfTgULFlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted the video<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0to Facebook Sunday as a last-ditch rescue plea before his body was discovered in the water just hours later,\u00a0reports the Daily Mail.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cThere\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no going back<\/em><\/span> where I came\u2026that\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too far<\/em><\/span>,\u201d laments the adventurer, who can be seen <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hopelessly trapped<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>&#8220;hopelessly trapped&#8221;&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">REALLY<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/span> in the tumultuous swells <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>&#8220;tumultuous&#8221;&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">REALLY<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/span> miles from land in any direction.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>&#8220;miles from land&#8221;<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/jeremy-worthy-39-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/jeremy-worthy-39-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/jeremy-worthy-39-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/jeremy-worthy-39-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">REALLY<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> \u201c[Do I] keep going or stay here?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Prior\u00a0Facebook photos\u00a0from <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">11:20 a.m<\/span><\/em>. Sunday show that the Yass, Australia, native had embarked on a kayak fishing trip.<\/span> Despite getting \u201cswamped while launching,\u201d Worthy says \u201cthe conditions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>weren\u2019t too bad past the shore waves<\/em><\/span>,\u201d according to an\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>11:36 a.m<\/em><\/span>. post. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Less than an hour later<\/em><\/span>, Worthy uploaded his final video.<\/span> \u201cThis is tiring,\u201d says the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exhausted<\/em><\/span> Aussie about his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bleak predicament<\/em><\/span>, adding that \u201cit\u2019s cold and wet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and dark<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Despite the dire circumstances<\/em><\/span>, Worthy is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not above taking a cheeky jab at his mate<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> \u201cPaulie, I\u2019m <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>blaming you<\/em><\/span> for telling me to come out here,\u201d he quips dryly. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cPaul, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this is on you<\/em><\/span>, mate.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>The kayaker concludes the clip by commenting, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>It\u2019s nice when it calms down<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what happened to the &#8220;tumultuous swells&#8221;, and how, in less than 76 minutes (from 1120 to 1136, then &#8220;less than an hour later&#8221;) was Worthy exhausted and it become dark&#8230;the daylight in the video notwithstanding?!?\u00a0 And why, if he was able to upload videos\u00a0did Worthy not seek assistance?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As our eldest son Jon suggested, this seems like a case of suicide by kayak, as the deceased appeared to be in about as much trouble as the unfortunate featured below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8oOPn1t0Wiw\" 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>To be clear, we&#8217;re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> making light of Worthy&#8217;s death, but we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are<\/em><\/span> questioning the quality of the reporting of his demise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. Welcome to what Progressives <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TRULY<\/span><\/em> intend&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YxMuOe81yqM\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NEW<\/em><\/span> normal!\u00a0 We can only suggest they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>BRING IT ON<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, May 29th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, are we the only one who believes Joe Biden&#8217;s Memorial Day appearance follows in the footsteps&#8230; &#8230;of his equally inept Progressive predecessors?!? Since we&#8217;re on the subject of photo ops going bad, here&#8217;s a clip from our Video of the Day, accessible through link #2 immediately below [&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-81483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81483","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=81483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81485,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81483\/revisions\/81485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}