{"id":82011,"date":"2020-06-14T19:37:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=82011"},"modified":"2020-06-14T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:37:09","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-june-12th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=82011","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, June 12th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, June 12th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, consider the following snippets from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/seattle-protests-armed-guards-local-businesses-extortion\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>a story detailing the surrender of six-square blocks of Seattle to the mob<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve heard, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anecdotally<\/em><\/span>, reports of citizens and businesses being asked to pay a fee to operate within this area. This is the crime of extortion. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>If anyone has been subjected to this<\/em><\/span>, we need them to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>call 911<\/em><\/span>,\u201d Assistant Chief of Police Deanna Nollette said on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>\u201cWhile Washington is an open-carry state, there is no legal right for those arms to be used to intimidate community members,&#8221; she told\u00a0KOMO News. \u201cNo one at these checkpoints has the legal authority to demand identification from anyone. We ask <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if anyone is subjected to these demands<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>call 911<\/em><\/span> and report the incident,\u201d Nollette said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Nollette also added that they are aware of threats to burn down the East Precinct, which she said &#8220;would endanger residents, firefighters and businesses.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then, after viewing these photos, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span> tell <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>us<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/seattle-protest-4-Getty-Images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/seattle-protest-4-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/seattle-protest-4-Getty-Images.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/seattle-protest-4-Getty-Images-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/110f105f-2d9f-499d-8c6b-902adc38d17a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/110f105f-2d9f-499d-8c6b-902adc38d17a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/110f105f-2d9f-499d-8c6b-902adc38d17a.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/110f105f-2d9f-499d-8c6b-902adc38d17a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who on earth<\/em><\/span> is going to call 911 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when city authorities have already demonstrated a complete lack of commitment to the rule of law by abandoning the police precinct<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, a story from\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em>\u00a0which confirms Liberalism is an increasingly virulent form of mental illness, as the&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/san-francisco-transit-agency-to-no-longer-transport-police-to-george-floyd-protests\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">San Francisco transit agency to no longer transport police to George Floyd protests<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sf.MuniCops.0829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sf.MuniCops.0829.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sf.MuniCops.0829.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sf.MuniCops.0829-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The\u00a0San Francisco\u00a0Municipal Transporation Agency announced Tuesday it will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer transport\u00a0San Francisco Police Department\u00a0officers to protests<\/em><\/span> over the death of\u00a0George Floyd\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">after photos and videos on social media showed buses filled with officers in riot gear<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The agency <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first<\/span><\/em> said, \u2018We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>transport everyone<\/em><\/span> at MTA and make sure our services are available <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for critical needs<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span> But <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this week<\/span><\/em>, the agency said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it wanted to be \u201cagents of change<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Along with no longer conveying officers to \u201canti-police brutality protests,\u201d SFMTA said in a statement posted on Twitter, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it plans to \u201cadvance our agency-wide implicit bias training and other equity trainings that provide us with personal\/professional tools to address the agency\u2019s and our own bias to ensure that all are heard and included in our future<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>Jeffrey Tumlin, SFMTA&#8217;s director of transportation, thanked employees and riders for starting &#8220;100s&#8221; of conversations &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>about undoing the deep structural racism at root of all transport depts<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">We have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a lot<\/em><\/span> of work to do.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soooo&#8230;if Jeffrey Tumlin is overseeing a transportation department rife with &#8220;deep structural racism&#8221;, shouldn&#8217;t he either resign or be fired, along with the entire management of the SFMTA?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of the mentally ill, the Dimocrats&#8217; Crazy, Groping Uncle in the Attic is at it again, this time comparing a career criminal and habitual drug addict to the Nobel Prize-winning icon of the Civil Rights movement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gk551-mGVWA\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it any wonder, as we noted in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=81925\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>last edition<\/em><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Terry McAulffe, as slimy a creature as ever slithered through the The Swamp, recently suggested&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jcqKjFHS4QE?start=0&amp;end=5&amp;\" 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>In a related item, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel relates how The Donald remains his own worst enemy, as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Trump is beating Trump<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The U.S. is emerging from an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unprecedented<\/em><\/span> pandemic lockdown that left millions unemployed or bankrupt, children without education, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the social order in shambles<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The fury that followed George Floyd\u2019s death <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has put Americans on the edge<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> They need <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>calm leadership<\/em><\/span> and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a positive vision for the future<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>With the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>emphasis<\/em><\/span> on &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>calm<\/em><\/span>&#8220;.\u00a0 The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>good news<\/em><\/span> for the future of the Founders&#8217; Republic is, while Groper Joe might be able to muster the serenity of dementia, he&#8217;s neither a leader, nor has he a positive vision for the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Andy McCarthy suggests a federal government with a 2&#215;4 in its own eye should not be so quick to help state and local law enforcement remove the specks from theirs, primarily because&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/06\/unable-to-run-its-own-agencies-washington-dictates-to-americas-police\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Though Unable to Run Its Own Agencies, Washington Still Wants to Dictate to America\u2019s Police<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/06\/unable-to-run-its-own-agencies-washington-dictates-to-americas-police\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">The federal government cannot even run its own limited law-enforcement missions properly. Where does it get off micro-managing policing on a nationwide scale<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44u7zi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44u7zi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44u7zi.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44u7zi-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>H<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">ere\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0a laugh:\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Washington<\/span><\/em>\u00a0intends to tell <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>New York<\/em><\/span> how to do <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>policing<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The federal government has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one<\/span><\/em> premier law-enforcement agency, the FBI, and a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sprawl<\/em><\/span> of more specialized police forces \u2014 DEA, ATF, IRS\u2019s criminal-investigation division, etc.<\/span> These bureaucracies are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dwarfed in size and scope<\/em><\/span> by big-city municipal police departments, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>such as the NYPD<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They are also, to be blunt about it, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reeling<\/em><\/span> at the moment <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because they don\u2019t do their jobs very well<\/em><\/span>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>long<\/em><\/span> on politicized arm-twisting, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>short<\/em><\/span> on due process.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The FISA court recently found federal intelligence agencies <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>guilty of an \u201cinstitutional lack of candor<\/em><\/span>\u201d in dealing with the tribunal. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span> conclusion has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only been bolstered<\/em><\/span> by Justice Department reports <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>outlining stunning abuses of power by the FBI, serial lying and leaking by top officials, fabrication of evidence, and investigations launched on a dearth of predication and furthered by entrapment tactics and perjury traps<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never did<\/em><\/span> get to the bottom of the Justice Department\u2019s \u201cFast and Furious\u201d scandal, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in which the ATF allowed illegal firearms transfers into Mexico<\/em><\/span> \u2014 evidently <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hoping<\/em><\/span> to fuel a political narrative against the Second Amendment but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>succeeding only<\/em><\/span> in fueling violent Mexican gang crime <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that claimed the life of a border-patrol agent<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">A federal appeals court echoed a district judge in New Orleans, who was\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2015\/08\/justice-departments-grotesque-misconduct-against-new-orleans-cops-andrew-c-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appalled<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Obama Justice Department lawyers anonymously led a race-baiting press campaign to undermine the trial rights of indicted police officers and then misled and stonewalled investigators who tried to find out what happened<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And speaking of misleading and stonewalling, they explain why <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we never got accountability for the bare-knuckles tactics the IRS used to harass conservative groups<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That\u2019s just a thumbnail sketch<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We could go on<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I\u2019d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rather not<\/em><\/span> go on, because these incidents sully the reputations of thousands of agents who go about their work honorably, day in and day out.<\/span> But these incidents represent\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>management<\/em><\/span>\u00a0failures, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>misfeasance and malfeasance at the high echelons of federal law enforcement<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It is thus <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doubly important to highlight them<\/em><\/span> because, in the wake of the George Floyd killing and the uproar that followed, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the federal government is now presuming to dictate how state and local police forces must do their jobs<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The federal government <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cannot even run its own limited law-enforcement missions properly<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Where does it get off micromanaging policing on a nationwide scale, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which deals with community-safety issues that are outside the federal ken<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>It is not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just<\/em><\/span> that the federal law-enforcement agencies for which Washington is actually responsible are mired in scandal right now. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must remember<\/em><\/span> that the revolution in policing practices that ushered in an era of low crime, domestic tranquility, and economic prosperity was driven by city and state police departments, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> Washington.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Policing is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>human<\/em><\/span> endeavor. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">There are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always<\/em><\/span> going to be instances of abuse, whether at the federal, state, or municipal level.<\/span> \u00a0There will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inevitably<\/em><\/span> be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>occasional<\/em><\/span> abuses, such as George Floyd\u2019s senseless killing, that shock the nation. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">On the whole, though, the federal glass house should keep its stones to itself.<\/span> The United States is a vast, variegated country. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>best<\/em><\/span> policing is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sensitive to the different concerns of the diverse communities it reflects, protects, and serves<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> There is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing prudent<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>forcing<\/em> <em>one-size-fits-all federal standards on it<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: we&#8217;re as white bread as they come, yet still we&#8217;ve been on the receiving end of abuse from police officers who were either bad cops or just having a bad day; not on the same level as George Floyd, but certainly far out of proportion to the reason for the encounter.\u00a0 And a dear, departed friend who was visiting New Orleans along with a fellow student Naval Aviator, both also White, were literally beaten to within an inch of their lives by a White cop for no reason at all.\u00a0 In fact, the assault was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so egregious<\/em><\/span>, in the subsequent lawsuit, the court found <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for my friend<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just sayin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item forwarded by our friend Mark T., here&#8217;s an intriguing aspect of the Floyd murder which has somehow escaped attention:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NgWnwM36hng?start=212&amp;end=252&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>At the risk of going out on a limb, if the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Floyd family attorney agrees<\/em><\/span> Chauvin <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>likely knew<\/em><\/span> his victim, does it not bring into question the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>narrative<\/em><\/span> surrounding Floyd&#8217;s demise, as well as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>motive<\/em><\/span> behind his murder?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Again, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just sayin&#8217;<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, the <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s Dan Henninger records the rise of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-medias-self-censors-11591829694?mod=opinion_featst_pos1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">The Media\u2019s Self-Censors<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-medias-self-censors-11591829694?mod=opinion_featst_pos1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">The pre-liberal idea of settling disagreements with coercion has made a comeback in the United States<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B3-voices-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B3-voices-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B3-voices-5.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B3-voices-5-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>In 1789, America\u2019s Founding Fathers, acutely aware of the political bloodbaths that had consumed Europe for centuries, created a system in which <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disagreements would be arbitrated by periodically allowing the public to turn their opinions into votes<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">majority<\/span><\/em> would win the election. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Then<\/span><\/em>, because political disagreement <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never ends<\/span><\/em>, you hold <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more<\/span><\/em> elections.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Aware of the natural tendency of factions and majorities to want to suppress opposition opinion, the Founders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>created a Bill of Rights<\/em><\/span> for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><em> citizens<\/em><\/span>, including what they called, with <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unmistakable clarity<\/span><\/em>, \u201cthe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>freedom of speech<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nothing<\/span><\/em> lasts forever, and so it is today <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the U.S.<\/em><\/span>, where <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the pre-liberal idea of settling disagreements with coercion has made a comeback<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Marxist philosopher Herbert Marcuse argued in 1965 that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some ideas<\/em><\/span> were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so repugnant<\/em><\/span>, which he identified as \u201cfrom the Right,\u201d that it was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one\u2019s obligation to suppress them<\/span><\/em> with what he called\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/arunchandra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/395\/2018\/07\/tolerance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the <span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">withdrawal of tolerance<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Marcuse is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a saint<\/em><\/span> on the American left.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The ingeniousness of this strategy of suppression and shaming is that it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sidesteps<\/em><\/span> the Supreme Court\u2019s long history of defending opinion that is unpopular, such as its 1977 decision that vindicated the free-speech rights of neo-Nazis who wanted to march in Skokie, Ill.<\/span> But if people have shut <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>themselves<\/em><\/span> up, as they are doing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now<\/em><\/span>, there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> no speech, and so there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is \u201cno problem<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Free speech <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn\u2019t dead<\/em><\/span> in the United States, but it looks like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more than ever<\/em><\/span>, it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">requires active defense<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2020\/06\/11\/legal-insurrection-left-wing-mob-at-cornell-targets-conservative-law-professor-f-n2570469\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Case in point<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now from a case in point to a case with neither point nor proof, one Arif Ali suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/international-law-demands-reparations-for-american-slavery-11591744294?mod=opinion_lead_pos8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">International Law Demands Reparations for American Slavery<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/international-law-demands-reparations-for-american-slavery-11591744294?mod=opinion_lead_pos8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">The ban on enslavement is a \u2018peremptory norm,\u2019 meaning that it can be enforced retroactively<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Slavery-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Slavery-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Slavery-31.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Slavery-31-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We can only assume Ali bin Babble&#8217;s retroactive theory of reparations is equally applicable to Italy, heir to responsibility for the countless millions subjected to Roman slavery.\u00a0 And since <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Italians<\/em><\/span> should be held accountable for the sins of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their ancestors<\/em><\/span>, let&#8217;s not forget the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>British, Belgians, Germans, French and Spanish<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just to name a few<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Then there&#8217;s the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>former Barbary states<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>famed<\/em><\/span> for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their unlimited trade in human flesh<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 And in the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">interest of fairness<\/span><\/em>, we&#8217;d be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>remiss<\/em><\/span> in not recounting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the role West African nation tribes played<\/em><\/span> in providing White slavers with the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cargo to fill their ships&#8217; holds<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nor, as the map above graphically depicts, should contemporary countries <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>OTHER<\/em><\/span> than America <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT<\/em><\/span> be held to account for their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tacit tolerance<\/em><\/span>, if not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>active embrace<\/em><\/span>, of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>slavery<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to the <em>Brave New World<\/em> of <em>1984<\/em>&#8230;and the <em>Newspeak<\/em> of Progressive Revisionist History.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of Progressive attempts to rewrite history, witness, courtesy of the <em>Daily Caller<\/em> via <em>White House Dossier<\/em>\u00a0(with a hat tip to Shannon for the art work), the failure of <em>The Windy City<\/em>&#8216;s leadership to deflect responsibility for its monumental mismanagement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"mb-6 xl:mb-10 leading-tight font-oswald font-medium\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2018<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/09\/chicago-looting-violence-rioting-aldermen-mayor-lori-lightfoot-leaked-call\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My Ward Is A S*** Show\u2019: Here Are The 17 Most Explosive Quotes From Chicago Leaders\u2019 Leaked Meltdown About Violence, Looting<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shannon-1-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Leaked audio revealed Chicago aldermen and Mayor Lori Lightfoot <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">melting down<\/span><\/em> on Sunday over their inability to stop violence and looting in their city.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Lightfoot held a conference call briefing all 50 aldermen on Sunday as the city descended into chaos and violence.<\/span> The recording paints a raw picture of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just how bad<\/em><\/span> the rioting and looting became across Chicago \u2014 and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just how helpless<\/em><\/span> the city\u2019s leaders were to stop it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Here are the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">17 most explosive quotes<\/span><\/em> from the<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2020\/06\/05\/what-are-we-going-have-left-our-community-aldermen-react-panic-sorrow-unrest\">leaked audio<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">(warning: explicit language)<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s face it: though he might not have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actually<\/em><\/span> said or written it, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>urban elections<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nonetheless<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very embodiment<\/em> <\/span>of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/professorbuzzkill.com\/einstein-insanity-qnq\/#:~:text=Albert%20Einstein%3A%20The%20definition%20of%20insanity%20is%20doing%20the%20same,over%20and%20expecting%20different%20results.\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Definition of Insanity<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> attributed to Albert Einstein.\u00a0 And if he DIDN&#8217;T say or write it, he SHOULD have.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For though we&#8217;d love to suggest it&#8217;s a joke, the fact is, if history is any guide, by the narrowest of margins, a likely yet-unindicted criminal defeated a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>former felon<\/em><\/span> in what was, as is in every other American urban hell hole the equivalent of the general election,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytwintiers.com\/news-cat\/national-news\/brandon-scott-wins-democratic-nomination-for-baltimore-mayor\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Brandon Scott won the Democratic nomination for Baltimore mayor<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which should come as no surprise to those aware that in February of this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/foxbaltimore.com\/features\/operation-crime-justice\/more-than-half-of-baltimores-mayoral-candidates-have-criminal-record\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more than half of Baltimore&#8217;s mayoral candidates had faced criminal charges<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any wonder<\/em><\/span> Progressives want to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>enfranchise convicted criminals<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/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\/lisa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81918\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lisa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lisa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lisa-4-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.34-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.34-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.34-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.34-PM-300x215.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-1-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bias.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81915\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bias.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bias.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bias-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/broad-brush.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/broad-brush.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/broad-brush.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/broad-brush-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/pc-history.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81917\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/pc-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/pc-history.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/pc-history-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/goodwyn-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/goodwyn-1-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WHIRLED-HEALTH-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WHIRLED-HEALTH-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WHIRLED-HEALTH-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WHIRLED-HEALTH-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-10-20-at-8.32-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/where-can-these-be-purchased.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/where-can-these-be-purchased-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/angry-birds.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/angry-birds.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/angry-birds.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/angry-birds-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/angry-birds-300x297.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44noh6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44noh6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44noh6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44noh6-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81892\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-1-300x291.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this from Brenda Berry&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/brenda-berry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/brenda-berry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/brenda-berry.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/brenda-berry-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;two from 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-81893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Speed.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Speed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Speed-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81881\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with a few more from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.36-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81907\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.36-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.36-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.36-PM-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-210-at-2.35-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-210-at-2.35-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-210-at-2.35-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-210-at-2.35-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-210-at-2.35-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.35-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81909\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.35-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.35-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-11-20-at-2.35-PM-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last but not least, a final thought from The Penguin:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/penguin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/penguin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/penguin.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/penguin-281x300.png 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cassandra would certainly find a home in Seattle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with yet another sordid story straight from <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, as, courtesy of James Nichols,\u00a0<em>The Babylon Bee<\/em> relates the latest victim of the anti-police hysteria birthed by Barack Obama:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">McGruff The Crime Dog Put Down<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44twds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44twds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44twds.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/44twds-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>In response to a growing anti-police sentiment, McGruff the Crime Dog has been taken to the vet and put down.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u201cWe just didn\u2019t feel safe with him around,\u201d said activist Ray Clarke, one of the people who demanded McGruff be euthanized.<\/span> \u201cHe was always urging people to \u2018Take a bite out of crime,\u2019 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and we don\u2019t need more violence like that from law enforcement<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">He has to die.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>McGruff had long educated people on measures they can take against crime but had recently been criticized for not caring about the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racial disparity of his bites<\/em><\/span> out of crime <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> for his association with the police<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports McGruff&#8217;s last words were, &#8220;Why didn&#8217;t I just take a bite out of the mailman, like every other dog?!?&#8221; remain unconfirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, June 12th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, consider the following snippets from a story detailing the surrender of six-square blocks of Seattle to the mob: \u201cWe\u2019ve heard, anecdotally, reports of citizens and businesses being asked to pay a fee to operate within this area. This is the crime of extortion. If anyone has been [&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-82011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82011","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=82011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82012,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82011\/revisions\/82012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}