{"id":81723,"date":"2020-06-07T20:23:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T00:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=81723"},"modified":"2020-06-07T20:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T00:23:32","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-june-5th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=81723","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, June 5th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, June 5th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, in honor of Thomas Sowell, allow us to offer one brief thought on the passing scene.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Progressives <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>purport<\/em><\/span>\u00a0to desire a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dialogue<\/em><\/span>&#8230;on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racism<\/em><\/span>, along with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any number<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other subjects<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 But a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dialogue<\/em><\/span> inherently requires a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>two-way conversation<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Truth is, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don&#8217;t want<\/em><\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dialogue<\/em><\/span>; what they\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>want<\/em><\/span>\u00a0is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>monologue<\/em><\/span>&#8230;with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>them doin&#8217; all the talkin<\/em><\/span>&#8216;!!!\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/drew-brees-faces-backlash-from-saints-teammates-and-beyond-for-comments-about-kneeling-during-the-anthem\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Drew Brees&#8217; crucifixion<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a> is proof positive.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a man who&#8217;s done more for the people and city of New Orleans than anyone since Andrew Jackson, yet\u00a0<\/strong><strong>he&#8217;s pilloried as ignorant and a racist by those who couldn&#8217;t pass a high school civics test.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, no matter how many times former heroes like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2020\/06\/mattis-mush.php\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jim Mattis abase themselves<\/em><\/span><\/a>, or RINOs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bushcenter.org\/about-the-center\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2020\/06\/statement-by-president-george-w-bush.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>George W. Bush embarrass themselves<\/em><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we ain&#8217;t buyin&#8217; it<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seriously, Bush and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/obama-the-great-divider-when-in-office-lacks-the-credibility-to-lecture-america\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Great Divider<\/em><\/span><\/a> literally ran the country for a combined 16 years, yet together they&#8217;ve the chutzpah to conclude America <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> has a systemic race problem?!?\u00a0 Sorry, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>WTF<\/em><\/span> were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you two<\/em> <em>doing<\/em><\/span>\u00a0during your time in office?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: urban police unions who block accountability for bad cops contribute to Dimocratic politicians running cities who haven&#8217;t elected Republicans in 50 years&#8230;yet somehow the cause of the problem is thrown at the feet of a President who&#8217;s only been in office 3-1\/2 years?!?<\/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>In a related item from <em>Breitbart<\/em> via James Nichols, we learn&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/2020\/06\/02\/benjamin-crump-announces-three-funerals-and-a-viewing-for-george-floyd-three-states-in-five-days\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Benjamin Crump Announces Three Funerals and a Viewing For George Floyd \u2013 Three States in Five\u00a0Days<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4411o5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4411o5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4411o5.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4411o5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crump, shown at the right above with two of his fellow race-hustlers, has obviously confused George Floyd with someone deserving of respectful remembrance, rather than a career criminal murdered following the commission of yet another crime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MRuS3dxKK9U?start=96&amp;end=100&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>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off the last edition of the week courtesy of\u00a0<em>The New York Post<\/em>, and a response anyone with a clue knew would be forthcoming:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-15765534\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/02\/george-floyd-had-violent-criminal-history-minneapolis-union-chief\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minneapolis police union chief: George Floyd had \u2018violent criminal history<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6d2c5ccc-4d7b-4075-a539-5b396128342e-VPC_SURVEILLANCE_BEFORE_GEORGE_FLOYD_ARREST_COURTESY_DRAGON_WOK_wide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6d2c5ccc-4d7b-4075-a539-5b396128342e-VPC_SURVEILLANCE_BEFORE_GEORGE_FLOYD_ARREST_COURTESY_DRAGON_WOK_wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6d2c5ccc-4d7b-4075-a539-5b396128342e-VPC_SURVEILLANCE_BEFORE_GEORGE_FLOYD_ARREST_COURTESY_DRAGON_WOK_wide.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/6d2c5ccc-4d7b-4075-a539-5b396128342e-VPC_SURVEILLANCE_BEFORE_GEORGE_FLOYD_ARREST_COURTESY_DRAGON_WOK_wide-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>head of the Minneapolis police union<\/em><\/span> says George Floyd\u2019s \u201cviolent criminal history\u201d needs to be remembered and that the protests over his death are the work of a \u201cterrorist movement.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cWhat is not being told is the violent criminal history of George Floyd.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The media will not air this,\u201d police union president Bob Kroll told his members in a letter\u00a0posted Monday on Twitter<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Floyd had landed five years behind bars in 2009 for an assault and robbery two years earlier, and before that, had been convicted of charges ranging from theft with a firearm to drugs<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which of course in no way justifies what Derek Chauvin <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did<\/em><\/span>, or what the other three officers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>allowed.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>More importantly<\/em><\/span>, no where did Kroll mention the conduct which caused Floyd&#8217;s death, only vowing&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">his organization would help the cop accused of killing Floyd,\u00a0now-fired Officer Derek Chauvin, and\u00a0three other officers who were at the scene\u00a0and are being investigated.<\/span> \u201cI\u2019ve worked with the four defense attorneys that are representing each of our four terminated individuals under criminal investigation, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in addition with our labor attorneys to fight for their jobs<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They were terminated <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>without due process<\/em><\/span>,\u201d Kroll wrote.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fine, that&#8217;s his job, odious as it is.\u00a0 But Kroll&#8217;s knee-jerk reaction highlights how the all-too-cozy relationship between Dimocratic politicians and their police union contributors is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>part of the<\/em> <em>problem<\/em><\/span>\u00a0rather than <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any realistic\u00a0solution<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 As we told TLJ, watch for one if not all of the Floyd Four, certainly if acquitted and likely even if convicted, to sue the city for wrongful termination.\u00a0 And they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just may<\/em><\/span> find a judge or arbitrator who&#8217;ll take their side.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interesting aside: though we used <em>Safari<\/em>, <em>Chrome<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> <em>Bing<\/em>\u00a0in a vain attempt to locate a mug shot of <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1LvRYsbAWg36Qr5jo4r7aMx5zSWASs8_F\/view\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">George Floyd<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, despite his numerous arrests, the only related photo we could find was of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>the four incarcerated cops.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mugshots-j-alexander-kueng-thomas-lane-derek-chauvin-tou-thao.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81624\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mugshots-j-alexander-kueng-thomas-lane-derek-chauvin-tou-thao.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mugshots-j-alexander-kueng-thomas-lane-derek-chauvin-tou-thao.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mugshots-j-alexander-kueng-thomas-lane-derek-chauvin-tou-thao-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just sayin&#8217;.\u00a0 P.S. Contestant #2, who initially slapped the bracelets on Floyd, self-identifies as Black.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, in response to numerous requests for the data Candace Owens recites in our <em>Video of the Day<\/em>, accessible via link #2 immediately beneath our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em> at the top of the page, we offer three related\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must-read<\/em><\/span> articles requiring no additional emphasis from us, as they offer the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>irrefutable facts<\/em><\/span> Progressive continually try to obfuscate with &#8220;feelings&#8221;.\u00a0 First, courtesy of\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>,\u00a0Andy McCarthy shines the light of truth on&#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\/06\/the-institutional-racism-canard\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">The \u2018Institutional Racism\u2019 Canard<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/06\/the-institutional-racism-canard\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">It bears no resemblance to reality \u2014 not in police forces, and not in America<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4416ry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81616\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4416ry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4416ry.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4416ry-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Dan Henninger details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">America\u2019s New Nihilism<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2018Systemic racism\u2019 is a systemic forgetting of 55 years of urban policy failure<\/span>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81622\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lastly, also writing at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, Heather Mac Donald offers the stats and figures which belie&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">The Myth of Systemic Police Racism<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hold officers accountable who use excessive force. But there\u2019s no evidence of widespread racial bias<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4413m0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4413m0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4413m0.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4413m0-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-head\"><strong>Again, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all three<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must-read<\/em><\/span> commentaries definitely deserving of your time, as they provide the proof which shreds the prevaricative Progressive narrative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For those who favor videos, here&#8217;s a classic compendium from Bill Whittle courtesy of Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fL9j_s_eLvU\" 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>It&#8217;s as this meme also forwarded by Balls so accurately observes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/77c74ee7-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81626\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/77c74ee7-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/77c74ee7-.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/77c74ee7--202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, <em>AEI<\/em>&#8216;s Yuval Levin relates&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/op-eds\/the-evils-of-injustice-and-the-danger-of-mobocracy\/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpKbU1XVmlOREU0T0ROaiIsInQiOiJRQ21LdHBrUHpzV3gyanFOQVpsSm1SNFowcHg1MVgwZ2JPWnN5TjkzdzJyN2t6dWU4WVp3N0I1clp4WGs3RmRqb01sYXNtY05BNnl1VVBQb0Z1TkxCajNIblJLTWg4aVNZd2R3TmxBUVZwNHUxS1JBZjU3eHMrRU5GWTZMaDJmRiJ9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">The evils of injustice and the danger of mobocracy<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/441433.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81614\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/441433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/441433.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/441433-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>In dark times, those of us who think that the troubles that haunt human societies have their origins in the human heart, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and so are permanent<\/em><\/span>, are inclined to look for wisdom in the past. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>We know<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prior generations have dealt with challenges like those we now confront<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we know<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some of those generations were blessed with great-souled men and women from whose responses to those challenges we might learn<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>In recent days, my mind has turned to Abraham Lincoln\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>maybe the greatest of the great-souled Americans<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">I\u2019ve thought of him not only because he <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thought and acted with such moral clarity<\/span><\/em> regarding the evil of racism and the inhumanity of slavery, but also because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he understood that no just society was possible without respect for basic social order<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He knew<\/em><\/span> there was an ideal of justice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>above the law<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he knew<\/em><\/span> that it could only be respected and put into effect <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>through the law<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not around it<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Early in his life, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he raised the alarm about what he called a \u201cmobocratic spirit<\/em><\/span>\u201d\u2014and he laid out its meaning in terms that help us to see its dangers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not only in rioting and looting but also in lawless policing and in failures of leadership that undermine our solidarity<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>While we find Mr. Levin a little too hard on The Donald, he does accurately assess Trump&#8217;s Achilles heel.\u00a0 But he&#8217;s a Conservative, which means, like us, he&#8217;s willing to point out the mistakes and errors of his own&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unlike Liberals<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And if you&#8217;ve ever wondered how The Great Divider could be so obviously pro-Islam&#8230;other than his virulent antipathy towards Christianity&#8230;the latest from <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Bronson Stocking should help you towards a conclusion, as he reports a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bronsonstocking\/2020\/06\/03\/former-obama-intelligence-official-secures-bail-for-rioter-charged-in-molotov-coc-n2570023\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Former Obama Official Secured Bail for Rioter Charged in Molotov Cocktail Attack<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81621\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crook.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crook-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>One of two corporate lawyers charged in a failed Molotov cocktail attack on a police vehicle is out on bail <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thanks to a former Obama intelligence official who helped secure her release<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>The Washington Free Beacon\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/former-obama-intelligence-official-helps-secure-bail-for-molotov-cocktail-throwing-nyc-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0that Salmah Rizvi, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a former Obama administration official in both the State and Defense Departments<\/em><\/span>, has guaranteed the bail of Urooj Rahman, one of two New York City attorneys accused in the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2020\/06\/01\/two-nyc-corporate-lawyers-charged-in-failed-molotov-cocktail-attack-on-nypd-n2569817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failed attack<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0on a police cruiser parked outside the 88th Precinct in Fort Greene.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The former Obama administration official who is also now an attorney <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">described the alleged firebomber as her &#8220;best friend<\/span><\/em>&#8221; before guaranteeing her bail of $250,000. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Rizvi&#8217;s work in the intelligence community <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>involved &#8220;high-value work&#8221; that &#8220;would often inform the President&#8217;s Daily Briefs<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; according to Rizvi&#8217;s bio at the Islamic Scholarship Fund, as reported by the Free Beacon<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;High value work&#8221;&#8230;but of high value <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to who<\/span><\/em>&#8230;and for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which side<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of those who force us to wonder which side their on, as the <em>WSJ<\/em> informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/authors-retract-study-that-found-risks-of-using-antimalaria-drug-against-covid-19-11591299329?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008080; text-decoration: underline;\">Authors Retract Studies That Found Risks of Using Antimalaria Drugs Against Covid-19<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/authors-retract-study-that-found-risks-of-using-antimalaria-drug-against-covid-19-11591299329?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Three authors involved in Lancet article that drew scrutiny said they couldn\u2019t get full data set behind study; an article in the New England Journal of Medicine was also retracted<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/441lor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/441lor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/441lor.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/441lor-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060320dAPR20200603054509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060320dAPR20200603054509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060320dAPR20200603054509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060320dAPR20200603054509-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez2-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb060220dAPR20200602124605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb060220dAPR20200602124605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb060220dAPR20200602124605.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cb060220dAPR20200602124605-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060220dAPR20200602054532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060220dAPR20200602054532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060220dAPR20200602054532.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060220dAPR20200602054532-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mle200601c20200601035617.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mle200601c20200601035617.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mle200601c20200601035617.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mle200601c20200601035617-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lisa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lisa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lisa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lisa-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stiglich.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stiglich.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stiglich.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stiglich-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-3-20-at-8.07-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-3-20-at-8.07-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-3-20-at-8.07-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-3-20-at-8.07-AM-230x300.jpeg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bar-code.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bar-code.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bar-code.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bar-code-300x296.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hooray-for-your-uniqueness.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hooray-for-your-uniqueness.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hooray-for-your-uniqueness.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hooray-for-your-uniqueness-300x256.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/meanwhile.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/meanwhile.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/meanwhile.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/meanwhile-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s one each from Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81591\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-1-300x212.png 300w\" 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\/06\/speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;our sister-in-law Jackie&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jackie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jackie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jackie.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jackie-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;our buddy Mark T&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as this gem from TLJ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jenny.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jenny.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jenny.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jenny-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trust us, if either actually called for decorations, TLJ would already have the house appropriately&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tastefully<\/em><\/span>&#8230;adorned!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with Ami Horowitz exposing the utter ignorance of the Educated Idiots populating UC-Berkeley:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3JGmKHrWKMQ\" 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>As Ronaldus Maximus noted, it&#8217;s not that Liberals are stupid, it&#8217;s that they know so much that just isn&#8217;t so.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, June 5th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, in honor of Thomas Sowell, allow us to offer one brief thought on the passing scene. Progressives purport\u00a0to desire a dialogue&#8230;on racism, along with any number of other subjects.\u00a0 But a dialogue inherently requires a two-way conversation. Truth is, they don&#8217;t want a dialogue; what they\u00a0want\u00a0is a [&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-81723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81723","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=81723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81724,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81723\/revisions\/81724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}