{"id":81821,"date":"2020-06-09T17:51:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T21:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=81821"},"modified":"2020-06-09T17:51:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T21:51:31","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-june-8th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=81821","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday June 8th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, June 8th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, courtesy of Keith Koffler&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>White House Dossier<\/em>, we learn how, in the best tradition of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cup3LfL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cup3LfL.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cup3LfL.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cup3LfL-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;their Dear Misleader&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousedossier.com\/2020\/06\/04\/democratic-senators-bow-to-the-left-literally\/?awt_a=8WOd&amp;awt_l=6Oa_r&amp;awt_m=3dQgMEWXkkTM1Od\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Democrats have bowed to The Left &#8211; literally<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EZy7EHVXgAUVxZv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EZy7EHVXgAUVxZv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EZy7EHVXgAUVxZv.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EZy7EHVXgAUVxZv-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EZy7EHVXgAUVxZv-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/democrat-senators-kneel-during-moment-of-silence-for-george-floyd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/democrat-senators-kneel-during-moment-of-silence-for-george-floyd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/democrat-senators-kneel-during-moment-of-silence-for-george-floyd.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/democrat-senators-kneel-during-moment-of-silence-for-george-floyd-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>kneel<\/em><\/span> before <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>God<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> for a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>man<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>taking a knee is what pro athletes do when the want to disrespect the flag and the National Anthem<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>U.S. senators<\/em><\/span> to be doing this is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>grave sign of the times<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">They would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span> have gone to this extreme <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but for the violence and riots waged by anarchists and criminals<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">These <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposedly mainstream Democrats<\/em><\/span> are bowing to their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>new masters on the Left<\/em><\/span>, which has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>taken over their Party<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey5.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey5-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey5-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which is why, writing at <em>Townhall.com<\/em>, Mark Davis suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/markdavis\/2020\/06\/05\/drew-brees-should-indeed-apologize-to-all-of-us-who-believed-he-had-a-spine-n2570094\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Drew Brees Should Indeed Apologize, to All of Us Who Believed He Had a Spine<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey4-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey4-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Too bad Drew didn&#8217;t have the benefit of the lesson recently learned by Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_548l9ikQaU\" 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>The Mob is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very fickle<\/em><\/span> mistress in<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deed<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/truth-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/truth-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/truth-1.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/truth-1-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet the fruits of fifty-five years under the indentured servitude of the Dimocrats&#8217; Great Society (paying people not to work, giving women cash for birthing babies out of wedlock, etc., etc., etc. ad nauseam, ad infinitum), coupled with\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over half a century<\/em><\/span>\u00a0of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>uninterrupted Dimocratic control<\/em><\/span> over most of America&#8217;s urban centers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> law enforcement unions&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060620dAPC20200605104516-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060620dAPC20200605104516-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060620dAPC20200605104516-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060620dAPC20200605104516-1-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>somehow<\/em><\/span>\u00a0the responsibility of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republicans<\/em><\/span>, and, by extension, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The Donald<\/em><\/span>&#8230;a political party <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>powerless<\/em><\/span> within any major city&#8217;s limits since the &#8217;70s, and a man with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no connection whatsoever<\/em><\/span> to politics <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> political power <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prior to January 20, 2017<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 As TLJ is wont to say when confronted with an uncomfortable truth, &#8220;Yeah,&#8230;whatever!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fact<\/em><\/span> remains, statistically speaking&#8230;or in any other language&#8230;the odds are\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>overwhelming<\/em><\/span> the players Steve Kelley depicts below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelley-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelley-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelley-1.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelley-1-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in reality<\/em><em>\u00a0all be<\/em> <em>BLACK<\/em><\/span>&#8230;as this figure from Balls Cotton confirms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-2.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-2-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, when you have the time, we highly recommend this must-see video forwarded by James Nichols:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k0Y35EpOiFc\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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>P.S. It&#8217;s long, but trust us, it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>well worth<\/em><\/span> your time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.S. We don&#8217;t buy the argument your average Socialist doesn&#8217;t believe the sh*t they&#8217;re bein&#8217; shoveled, but we&#8217;re not going to tell either Tatum or Rubin to &#8220;get the f*ck out of here&#8221;&#8230;which highlights a major difference between Communists and Conservatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.S.S. Jim Mattis isn&#8217;t a &#8220;mad dog&#8221;, rather\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/06\/the-hysterical-debate-over-federal-troops\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he&#8217;s just another rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth Progressive political operative willfully misrepresenting history<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, also writing at <em>Townhall.com<\/em>, Ryan Bomberger lists the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/ryanbomberger\/2020\/06\/05\/top-10-reasons-i-reject-the-blm-n2570105\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Top 10 Reasons I Won&#8217;t Support the #BlackLivesMatter Movement<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-2.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-2-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related just in from&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqAVuE524Gk?start=66&amp;end=67&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=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqAVuE524Gk?start=70&amp;end=74&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;as <em>FOX News<\/em>\u00a0informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/minneapolis-city-council-members-aim-to-dismantle-police-department-rethink-public-safety\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Minneapolis City Council members aim to &#8216;dismantle&#8217; police department, &#8216;rethink&#8217; public safety<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ellison.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81649\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ellison.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ellison.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ellison-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Minneapolis city councilman Jeremiah Ellison called for the \u201cdismantling\u201d of the city\u2019s police department after days of unrest across the country over the death of George Floyd in police custody. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cWe are going to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dismantle<\/em><\/span> the Minneapolis Police Department,\u201d he tweeted.<\/span> \u201cAnd when we\u2019re done, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we\u2019re not simply gonna glue it back together<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">We are going to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dramatically rethink<\/em><\/span> how we approach public safety and emergency response.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The position was then endorsed by the city council\u2019s president, Lisa Bender.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Bender <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>agreed<\/em><\/span> and said it would be replaced with \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a transformative new model of public safety<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;If you are a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>comfortable white person<\/em><\/span> asking to dismantle the police I invite you to reflect: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are you willing to stick with it<\/em><\/span>? <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span> be calling in three months <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to ask about garage break-ins<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> Are you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>willing to dismantle white supremacy in all systems<\/em><\/span>, including a new system?&#8221; she said.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I mean this quite sincerely &amp; seriously<\/em><\/span>: just look at recent conversations about City-funded neighborhood organizations to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>understand how explicitly<\/em><\/span> we would have to work to establish alternative systems that do not replicate the same problems.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White ppl need to show up for this<\/span><\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(No, Lisa, they don&#8217;t, as they can&#8230;and likely will&#8230;vote with their feet!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Bender on Tuesday also said &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I support continued diversion of funds from law enforcement to other priorities<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; following calls from many to &#8220;defund the police.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #800080;\">According to the\u00a0<em>Minneapolis Star Tribune<\/em>, Bender sees the city&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">potentially revamped public safety force<\/span><\/em> as <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">potentially sending social workers or other civilian personnel into situations that are traditionally handled by police<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soooo&#8230;one of the ideas being floated is to send in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>social workers<\/em><\/span> rather than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cops<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Seriously<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zaQlAHptguM?start=47\" 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>Hey, what\u00a0<\/strong><strong>could go wrong?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g1oPA0urhQE?start=122&amp;end=135&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>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of fools, well-intentioned or otherwise&#8230;as in the case of the Minneapolis City Council&#8230;courtesy of <em>Providence Magazine<\/em> via Mark T., Joshua Mitchell offers a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must-read<\/em><\/span> analysis of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"mt-5 mb-3 pt-0 bold\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/2020\/06\/american-aftermath-george-floyd-paganism-christianity\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">America in the Aftermath of George Floyd: Between Paganism and Christianity<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/unnamed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/unnamed.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/unnamed-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Most<\/span><\/em> of human history is pagan.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The advent of Christianity is a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>relatively recent affair<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Some<\/em><\/span> say Christianity is now <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">receding<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Some<\/em><\/span> say Christianity has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not yet fully taken hold<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>secularism<\/em><\/span> taking hold? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>paganism<\/em><\/span> reemerging?<\/span> Do we live in a strange time <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>characterized by a return to paganism<\/em><\/span>, though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with Christian characteristics<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Whichever<\/em><\/span> account is correct has implications for America in the aftermath of George Floyd\u2019s death.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>If<\/em><\/span> we live in a liberal world that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christianity makes possible<\/span><\/em>, George Floyd\u2019s death is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>singular transgression<\/em><\/span>, which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>law can and will punish<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> George Floyd was a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>person<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">So, too, was the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">policeman who killed him<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Persons<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>protected<\/em><\/span> by the law; and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>those persons granted policing authority<\/em><\/span> by the liberal state have a somber responsibility to use their vested authority <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to protect persons<\/em><\/span> rather than to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>harm them<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> That is why the death of a civilian by police hands will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always<\/em><\/span> attract attention.<\/span> The same\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>original sin<\/em><\/span>\u00a0that is the basis for establishing the category of persons is also the reason <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why a policing force must be vigilantly watched<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">What if we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do not<\/em><\/span> live in a liberal world that Christianity makes possible?<\/span> What if, under the pretext of liberalism and Christianity, America is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still\u00a0pagan<\/em><\/span>? <span style=\"color: #333399;\">That is, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what if<\/em><\/span> America <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has always been<\/em><\/span> a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>white<\/em><\/span>\u00a0nation, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still is<\/span><\/em>? <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This is the position of many on the American left today<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It is a position that holds that the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">black\u00a0man<\/span>, George Floyd, and the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">white\u00a0police officer<\/span> responsible for his death, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are representatives of blood nations, not singular persons<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The murder of one by the other is representative of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>collective murder<\/em><\/span> of one people by the other. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">American law <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot bring about justice<\/em><\/span>, because each blood nation <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has its own justice<\/span><\/em>, from which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>marginalized<\/em><\/span> blood nations <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can never benefi<\/em><\/span>t.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>American law is white law<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Street vengeance<\/em><\/span>, therefore, is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only recourse<\/em><\/span>\u2014whether we call them protests or riots. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>White people must die<\/em><\/span>, as\u00a0<em>a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just exchange<\/span><\/em>\u00a0for the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>black people who have died<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">How, then, shall we proceed?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Onward<\/em><\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>backward<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>return to paganism<\/em><\/span> would spare us from the embarrassing Christian postulate that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> the guilty-before-God descendants of Adam are\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>persons<\/em><\/span>, to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>treated equally before the law<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Pagan blood vengeance<\/em><\/span>, we would contentedly conclude, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is the primordial truth of ma<\/em><\/span>n\u2014therefore let us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unleash<\/em><\/span> the cathartic rage that dwells in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every heart<\/em><\/span>.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> If a man of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one race<\/em><\/span> is killed, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>blood payment is due<\/em><\/span>; the score <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must be settled<\/em><\/span>; persons <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must be sacrificed so that the idol of bloodline, of \u201cidentity,\u201d can be appeased<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Alternatively<\/em><\/span>, there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Christian way forward<\/em><\/span>, through which we will recognize <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the singular person of George Floyd<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the transgression that ended his life<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and the law through which man does what he can to bring about justice<\/em><\/span>, in a broken world that God alone can heal.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Americans today are torn between these two distinctly different understandings of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what justice entails<\/em><\/span>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pagan blood payment<\/em><\/span> between peoples, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which treats persons as mere proxies<\/em><\/span>; or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>liberal justice<\/em><\/span>, whose foundation is, finally, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Christian understanding of persons<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Paganism<\/em><\/span>, let us remember, is the\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">natural<\/span><\/em>\u00a0condition of man, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the condition for which there is no remedy without the divine antidote that breaks in upon the natural world and informs us that justice entails more than cathartic rage that settles scores<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">An observer with a trained eye will see in the aftermath of George Floyd\u2019s death an America that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot decide between pagan justice and liberal justice<\/em><\/span>, and which has settled into a dangerous and unstable intermediate arrangement <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">having elements of both<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Logic would dictate that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">either we go back to guiltless paganism or go forward to guilt-ridden, person-centered, liberalism<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">We have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>guilt-ridden paganism instead<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another name<\/em><\/span> for which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>identity politics<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Truer words have never been written&#8230;outside of the God-inspired, unalterably constant contents of the Bible itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now from guilt-ridden pagans to utterly unscrupulous Communists&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obama-laughing-800x430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81738\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obama-laughing-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obama-laughing-800x430.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/obama-laughing-800x430-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;(Sorry, wrong utterly unscrupulous Communist!)&#8230;writing at the <em>Hoover Institution<\/em>&#8216;s <em>Strategika<\/em>,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>John Yoo and Robert Delahunty emphasize the importance of another bastion of freedom Progressives have tried to sacrifice on the altar of political expedience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/taiwan\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Taiwan<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44bfx7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44bfx7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44bfx7.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44bfx7-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As the confrontation between the United States and China intensifies, Taiwan will occupy a pivotal place. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Since becoming the site of the exiled Nationalist Chinese government after the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) conquest of mainland China in 1949, the island state has become a flourishing and prosperous liberal democracy boasting the 21<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">st<\/span>-largest economy in the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>But considering Taiwan to be an integral part of China, the CCP has announced its intention of incorporating Taiwan by 2049. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">As part of the Carter administration\u2019s recognition of the CCP as the government of the mainland, the U.S. endorsed a One China policy, while leaving the terms of the eventual unification to China and Taiwan themselves.<\/span> Thus far, Taiwan has repelled the CCP\u2019s unwelcome embrace.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Rather than bend to China\u2019s pressure on Taiwan, the United States should consider rebuilding its military and political ties to the island<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Taiwan has equally importance as a political, social, and economic symbol of a free Chinese people. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Nothing in China\u2019s long history or experience requires that it must fall subject to a brutal one-party dictatorship.<\/span> Taiwan, together with Singapore and (before the CCP took it over) Hong Kong, proves that an authentically Chinese society rooted in Confucian traditions can live side-by-side with a constitutional democracy that protects individual rights and free markets. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Taipei, not Beijing, can serve as the model for a future unified and democratic China.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic only highlights the differences between Taiwanese democracy and the CCP\u2019s authoritarianism. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">A mass of evidence shows that Beijing covered up the outbreak, suppressed researchers and doctors who tried to raise the alarm, and even allowed travelers from Wuhan to fly to the rest of the world even while quarantining them within China.<\/span> By contrast, Taiwanese officials closely monitored the outbreak on the mainland, quickly shut off travel, and instituted a strict testing and contact tracing regime. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">In a country of 23 million, the Taipei government has limited the coronavirus to only 440 cases and seven deaths.<\/span> Taiwan, not the CCP, has proven itself as a reliable, transparent partner for international cooperation in facing the world\u2019s deadliest problems, from global pandemics to North Korea\u2019s nuclear weapons.<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> If a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>free, democratic regime ruled the mainland<\/em><\/span>, it would benefit <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not only<\/span><\/em> the people of China <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but also the rest of the world<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Washington should reconsider whether to welcome an independent Taiwan back into the common defense of free nations from a rising China. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The U.S. can also promote the recognition that Taiwan, not the CCP, is the true heir of four thousand years of Chinese civilization.<\/span> The CCP seeks to absorb a Taiwan whose very existence preserves the memory of the Chinese past. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Taiwan\u2019s survival keeps alive the memory of the CCP\u2019s failures against Japan (the Communist Army fought only one major battle against the Japanese) and the horrors of Mao\u2019s Great Leap Forward (Frank Dikotter estimates about 45 million died) and Cultural Revolution.<\/span> The CCP wants to obliterate all recollection of its appalling past. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">But the real interests of the Chinese people, and of the world at large, require <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>clear-eyed recognition<\/em><\/span> of the CCP\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>often disastrous impact on Chinese history<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Unless the CCP is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>forced<\/em><\/span> into an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>honest confrontation with its past<\/em><\/span>, its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>paranoia<\/em><em> about the outside world<\/em><\/span> and its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>resistance to an open society<\/em><\/span> in China <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will only grow<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the interest of fairness, despite having 8 years to do so, Ronaldus Maximus failed to correct this most egregious example of James Earl Carter&#8217;s unforced foreign policy errors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Andy McCarthy asks and answers&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/06\/what-is-fact-checking-without-facts\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=more-in&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">What Is Fact-Checking without Facts<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/06\/what-is-fact-checking-without-facts\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=more-in&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">On the\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>\u2019 disgrace<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44btum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44btum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44btum.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44btum-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> fact-checking without facts?\u00a0 That would be &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>propaganda<\/em><\/span>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060520dAPR20200605054505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060520dAPR20200605054505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060520dAPR20200605054505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb060520dAPR20200605054505-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/comey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/comey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/comey.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/comey-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/payne-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/payne-1-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelly2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelly2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelly2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kelly2-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ramirez-1-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-5-20-at-9.29-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-5-20-at-9.29-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-5-20-at-9.29-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-5-20-at-9.29-AM-300x256.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hes-going-bananas.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81660\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hes-going-bananas.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hes-going-bananas.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hes-going-bananas-300x234.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/raid.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81661\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/raid.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/raid.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/raid-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hes-known-as-a-shaqey.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hes-known-as-a-shaqey.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hes-known-as-a-shaqey.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hes-known-as-a-shaqey-229x300.jpeg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Balls-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls2-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls3-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls4-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81725\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;two more from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81666\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as this instant classic from Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oy, gevalt!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with more increasingly uncommon common sense from the Hodge twins.\u00a0 Pay particularly close attention at the 4:25 mark as they highlight the protests which followed Memphis police shooting a Black man when he pulled a gun after shooting a Mississippi man and stealing his car&#8230;the Mississippian being\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span> Black man:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tHnCzs5GQPE\" 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>Something tells us Black lives only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span> matter when their loss can be spun <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for the purpose of promoting Progressive policies and propaganda<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, June 8th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, courtesy of Keith Koffler&#8217;s\u00a0White House Dossier, we learn how, in the best tradition of&#8230; &#8230;their Dear Misleader&#8230; Democrats have bowed to The Left &#8211; literally &nbsp; &#8220;&#8230;You kneel before God, not for a man. And taking a knee is what pro athletes do when the want to [&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-81821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81821","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=81821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81822,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81821\/revisions\/81822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}