{"id":82603,"date":"2020-06-28T23:49:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T03:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=82603"},"modified":"2020-06-28T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T03:49:18","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-june-26th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=82603","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, June 26th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, June 26th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, Ann Coulter presents&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/anncoulter\/2020\/06\/24\/great-moments-in-racism-the-dash-cam-tapes-n2571274\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Great Moments in Racism: The Dash Cam Tapes<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b08saS7vHhs\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">If you were watching MSNBC last Sunday, you may have seen <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Imani Perry<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>professor of African-American studies at Princeton University<\/em><\/span>, and wondered, as <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I<\/span><\/em> did,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why do I know that name<\/span>?\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Professor Perry\u2019s delightfully original point was that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we need to \u201cthink in serious contemplative ways about the depth of American inequality<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">So <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perhaps<\/em><\/span> we know her from her <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>incisive commentary<\/em><\/span>! <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I certainly haven\u2019t heard\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span>\u00a0talk about American inequality.<\/span> It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span> made me think. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But then I suddenly realized it\u2019s\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/em>\u00a0Imani Perry!<\/span> The one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who nearly destroyed a policeman\u2019s life by falsely accusing him of racism<\/em><\/span>!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Back in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>February 2016<\/em><\/span>, Perry launched<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/grade-point\/wp\/2016\/02\/08\/a-black-princeton-professor-says-she-was-handcuffed-to-a-table-for-her-unpaid-parking-ticket\/\" class=\"broken_link\">a series of tweets<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>alleging the following<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2014 She was \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">arrested<\/span><\/em> in Princeton Township <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for a single parking ticket three years ago<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>\u2014 She was cuffed \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>FOR A PARKING TICKET<\/em><\/span> \u2014 and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not allowed to make a phone call<\/em><\/span> \u201cso that someone would know where I was.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2014 \u201cI was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>afraid<\/em><\/span>,\u201d she wrote. \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Many women who look like me<\/em><\/span> have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much more frightening end to such arrests<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Oh my gosh, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she could have been killed<\/span>!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2014 She was \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>working to move from being shaken to renewing my commitment to the struggle against racism &amp; carcerality<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Naturally<\/span><\/em>, her story became <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>instant international news<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The president of Princeton <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>leapt<\/em><\/span> to her defense, firing off a letter to the chief of police, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>demanding an investigation<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">(I know Perry is a professor, but you\u2019d think that, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by now<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> people would say,\u00a0<em>Let\u2019s wait for the facts.<\/em>)<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Perry attributed the universal acceptance of her story to her \u201csmall build\u201d and her association with \u201celite universities\u201d such as Princeton. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Just a thought, but it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might<\/em><\/span> also be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because she\u2019s black<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Princeton police spent several days investigating before finally releasing<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b08saS7vHhs\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the dashcam footage<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>I\u2019m <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hoping<\/em><\/span> they dragged it out to allow public outrage to reach maximum velocity. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Perry <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wasn\u2019t<\/em><\/span> arrested \u201cfor a single parking ticket three years ago.\u201d<\/span> After being stopped <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for going 67 mph in a 45 mph speed zone<\/em><\/span>, officers ran her name and discovered <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>her license had been\u00a0suspended<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">She was<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> arrested<\/em><\/span> for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>driving with a suspended license<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which provides the perfect segue to a suggestion our old buddy Eddie offered: in the interests of truth and accuracy, as well as restoring the confidence of the American television viewer in the credibility of those purportedly proffering fact rather than fiction over the public airwaves, the appearance of every pundit, politician, talking head, newscaster and\/or anyone else on television should be accompanied by a disclaimer, as in the case of Professor Perry, detailing any instance of previous of prevarication.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or, as in the case of another\u00a0<\/strong><strong>noted fabulist, future interviews would be always be augmented by a graphic of his &#8220;scorecard&#8221;, as it were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/46amuv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/46amuv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/46amuv.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/46amuv-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Eddie noted, Schiff&#8217;s can&#8217;t win on the road&#8230;he&#8217;s got no home field advantage&#8230;he&#8217;s got <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothin<\/em><\/span>&#8216;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of individuals who are 0-whatever, be it in the accuracy of their assertions or success to date in <em>NASCAR<\/em> competition&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2020\/06\/nascar-bubba-wallace-noose-fbi-talladega-don-lemon-cnn\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Bubba Wallace says he&#8217;s never seen a garage pull like the one at Talladega: &#8216;It\u2019s a straight-up noose<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/64db197758e6456c8eb955c0d4654277_md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/64db197758e6456c8eb955c0d4654277_md.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/64db197758e6456c8eb955c0d4654277_md.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/64db197758e6456c8eb955c0d4654277_md-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seriously, what&#8217;s next?\u00a0 Bubba&#8217;s gonna claim to have been assaulted by two rednecks wearin&#8217; MAGA hats and shirts emblazoned with the Confederate battle flag while coming home at 0230 with a Subway?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZrwsRc31TFc\" 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>Sorry, but Bubba&#8217;s continued clinging to the noose narrative can be summed up in these two video clips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CFdJza0AbeA?start=8&amp;end=21&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jv1cTC_XGmY\" 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 more we learn about Bubba Wallace, the more we believe he has far more in common with Colin Kaepernick than Jackie Robinson, who, as the son of a very dear friend recently reminded us, endured years of\u00a0 incredibly vituperative verbal and physical racial abuse.\u00a0 In fact, we&#8217;ve begun to consider this entire episode, including his opposition to the Confederate battle flag, might be one big PR stunt, either individually by Wallace&#8217;s team or in concert with its professional sports franchise which has been experiencing a steadily declining audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re also\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more than a little curious<\/em><\/span> about another aspect of this latest non-hate crime: specifically, with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all that&#8217;s going on in the country<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wray-reveals-fbi-looking-carefully-at-foreign-interference-in-protests-following-george-floyds-death\" class=\"broken_link\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Antifa,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wray-reveals-fbi-looking-carefully-at-foreign-interference-in-protests-following-george-floyds-death\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">foreign interference, you name it<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>FIFTEEN<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<em>FBI<\/em> special agents could be spared to\u00a0investigate a garage door pull-down loop shaped like a noose in Alabama&#8230;for a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>private enterprise worth billions of dollars<\/em><\/span> with its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>own security staff<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Seriously<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 Is <em>NASCAR<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at least reimbursing<\/em><\/span> taxpayers for the agents&#8217; time and trouble?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BTW, we&#8217;ve no doubt the powers-that-be in what is now&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82509\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-3-300x59.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;will, in the very near future, take whatever steps are necessary to ensure fairness and equality of results for Bubba. (Hat tip to Balls for the new France family logo!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, departing from our usual format, we open with a series of videos, the first being a recent Tucker monologue informing us as to the nature of our enemies, those we&#8217;ve referred to for years as Educated Idiots:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kRwQd67tGQ4\" 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 Educated Idiots, here&#8217;s the poster child for No Idiot Left Behind, the only Progressive policy initiative ever to meet with success:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5xW6rspA98o\" 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>Groper Joe isn&#8217;t the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only<\/em><\/span> Progressive pol exhibiting signs of advancing dementia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet those more cognizant of what year it is&#8230;not to mention the vast majority of Americans who haven&#8217;t even ONE Sub-Zero in their kitchen&#8230;are, as this video confirms, no less hypocritical when it comes to their personal safety:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1sfVCdiPAOg\" 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 case you missed it, at around the 20-second mark, devoted defunder Eleanor Holmes Norton can be heard to wonder, &#8220;Where are the police when you need them?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lastly, for those wondering what those who&#8217;d suffer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most<\/em><\/span> by the defunding of America&#8217;s urban police forces think, courtesy of James Nichols, Ami Horowitz highlights the total disconnect between privileged White Progressives and those who&#8217;d actually feel the impact of their referred pain:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyTTxWtOBZM\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/atlanta-wendys-arson-suspect-natalie-white-out-on-10g-bond-report-says\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Atlanta Wendy&#8217;s arson suspect Natalie White out on $10G bond, report says<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wendys-arson-suspect-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wendys-arson-suspect-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wendys-arson-suspect-1-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wendys-arson-suspect-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>White\u2019s attorney, Drew Findling, confirmed that White is the woman Brooks was talking about in his conversation with police officers that preceded his June 12 death near the restaurant, FOX 5 of Atlanta reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Findling, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prominent<\/em><\/span> Atlanta attorney, told the station he has known White, 29, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>since she was 8 years old<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>insisted<\/em><\/span> that she was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>innocent<\/em><\/span> of the arson charge.<\/span> \u201cNatalie did not set that Wendy\u2019s on fire, I want to make that point clear,\u201d he told the station. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The attorney <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>confirmed<\/em><\/span>, however, that White <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> the woman seen in FOX 5 footage <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>appearing to ignite an aerosol can shortly before the restaurant went up in flames<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Magistrate Judge Todd Ashley granted White her release pending further legal action.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>University of Georgia graduate<\/em><\/span> was also ordered to stay off social media while her case is decided, the report said<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At the risk of seeming judgmental, are we the only one who thinks something&#8217;s wrong with this picture?!?\u00a0 No, not that a defense counsel claims to be representing an innocent client, but rather a college graduate&#8217;s (okay, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>UGA<\/em><\/span>\u00a0alumni!) hanging with a homeboy with a rap sheet longer than her arm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And when was the last time an arson suspect was released on a $10,000 bond?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, writing at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, David Crawford and Michael Hanby relate the reality behind&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-abolition-of-man-and-woman-11593017500?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Abolition of Man and Woman<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #e3b668;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b668;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-abolition-of-man-and-woman-11593017500?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If each of us is defined by a \u2018gender identity\u2019 related only arbitrarily to sex, we are all transgender now<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45ls1t.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45ls1t.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45ls1t.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/45ls1t-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>commonplace assumption<\/em><\/span> of American liberalism, that courts merely preside over contests of rights, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>conceals the judiciary\u2019s limitless power to decide questions of truth without thinking deeply or even honestly about them<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #e3b668;\"><em>Bostock v. Clayton County\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is a case in point<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The ruling holds that sexual orientation and \u201cidentity\u201d are included in the definition of \u201csex\u201d under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. <span style=\"color: #e3b668;\">Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>claims<\/em><\/span> it is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>narrow ruling<\/em><\/span> about sex discrimination in employment, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>leaving concerns like locker rooms and religious liberty for future litigation<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Underneath<\/em><\/span> this false modesty lies a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much more fundamental decision<\/em><\/span> with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vast implications<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e3b668;\">The court has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>intervened<\/em><\/span> in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bitterly contested question<\/em><\/span>\u2014a question of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>philosophy<\/em> <em>before<\/em><\/span> it is a question of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>law<\/em><\/span>\u2014and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>codified a radical new conception of human nature with a dubious ideological history<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inscribed into law the abolition of man and woman<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lest anyone forget, Gorsuch had a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>little<\/em><\/span> help:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-7.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-1-7-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this rather curious item from Jim Freeman and\u00a0<em>Best of the Web<\/em>, which offers what would seem to the uninitiated some earth-shattering revelation from on high:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-greatest-risk-for-u-s-soldiers-11592951851?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #e3b668; text-decoration: underline;\">The Greatest Risk for U.S. Soldiers<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-greatest-risk-for-u-s-soldiers-11592951851?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Accidents remain the leading cause of military deaths<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/77.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/77.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/77.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/77-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #e3b668;\"><strong>Last year this column\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/10-days-to-forever-11558732735\">noted<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0the tragic story of Marine 1st. Lt. H. Conor McDowell, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who died in a training accident<\/em><\/span> at California\u2019s Camp Pendleton when his Light Armored Vehicle rolled over onto its turret. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">McDowell\u2019s fianc\u00e9e and his parents have since been trying, with considerable success, to encourage Washington to focus on reducing noncombat deaths in the U.S. military.<\/span> \u201cWe cannot bring our beloved Conor back. We can try to save others,\u201d write fianc\u00e9e Kathleen Bourque and his parents, Susan Flanigan and Michael McDowell.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/natsec\/IF10899.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">According<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0to a Congressional Research Service study published last year, accidents were the leading cause of military deaths for the 12-year period ending in 2018<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The same Congressional Research Service published date indicating between 1980 and 1994, accidents claimed 16,869 of America&#8217;s best and brightest compared to a combined total of 554 deaths from hostile action and terrorism, including victims of the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut and casualties in Operation Desert Storm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At the risk of seeming harsh, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here&#8217;s<\/span><\/em> an idea: let&#8217;s stop training <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>altogether<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span> oughta do the trick!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: we&#8217;d invite you to visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/usnamemorialhall.org\/index.php\/USNA_Virtual_Memorial_Hall#.E2.98.85_1970s_.E2.98.85\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Class of &#8217;77 page at the USNA Virtual Memorial Hall<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0where you can make the acquaintance of the 15 classmates and friends shown above who gave that last full measure of devotion, only three of who gave it in combat: meet, left to right, top to bottom, Tony Bilotti, Jimmy Boyle, Mike Brown, Steve Burley, Paul Cappellino, Pat Conroy, Pedro Garcia, Gene McCarthy, Mike Ohler, Bill Readman, Steve Scott, J.W. Smith, Bill Stuver, Jim Surch and Jim Watkins.\u00a0 You can do the math, but the fact is, while war is hell, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>training<\/em><\/span> for war ain&#8217;t exactly a cakewalk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Requiescat in pace, shipmates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, inappropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb062420dAPR20200624064508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb062420dAPR20200624064508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb062420dAPR20200624064508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/afb062420dAPR20200624064508-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cancel-culture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cancel-culture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cancel-culture.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cancel-culture-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/donald-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/donald-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/donald-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/donald-2-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/george.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/george.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/george.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/george-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross2-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/aria_c17472220200623120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82463\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/aria_c17472220200623120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/aria_c17472220200623120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/aria_c17472220200623120100-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82464\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cross-3-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Stone-Cold-Truth-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Stone-Cold-Truth-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Stone-Cold-Truth-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Stone-Cold-Truth-1-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/They-Only-Look-Armless-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/They-Only-Look-Armless-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/They-Only-Look-Armless-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/They-Only-Look-Armless-1-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Statuary-Rape-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Statuary-Rape-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Statuary-Rape-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Statuary-Rape-1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-24-20-at-8.17-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-24-20-at-8.17-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-24-20-at-8.17-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-24-20-at-8.17-AM-291x300.jpeg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-25-20-at-7.57-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-25-20-at-7.57-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-25-20-at-7.57-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-6-25-20-at-7.57-AM-300x244.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/beware-the-madness.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/beware-the-madness.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/beware-the-madness.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/beware-the-madness-300x212.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shit.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shit-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sometimes-you-just-know.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sometimes-you-just-know.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sometimes-you-just-know.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sometimes-you-just-know-300x275.jpeg 300w\" 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\/Balls1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Balls1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Balls1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Balls1-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image000000-2-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-5.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-5-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-6-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82513\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/balls-7-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with three from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey1-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82467\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey1-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey1-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey1-2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82468\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2-5.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2-5-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey2-5-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3-5.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3-5-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hickey3-5-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;one from Speed Mach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/speed-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and George Lawlor&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/george-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/george-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/george-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/george-1-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and a few more from Mark Foster:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Foster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82489\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Foster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Foster.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Foster-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82497\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/foster2-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another incredibly sorrowful story of\u00a0<em>Black Lies Matter<\/em>-inspired law enforcement straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, as yet another young Black life is snuffed out without anyone rioting, burning or looting because of the killer&#8217;s race:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/girl-dies-after-shooting-in-forest-city\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">North Carolina girl, 7, dies in shooting; police say suspect freed from jail hours earlier<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49067728_1592972096976782_r.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49067728_1592972096976782_r.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49067728_1592972096976782_r.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/49067728_1592972096976782_r-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A girl who was shot Tuesday in Forest City has died from her injures, the Forest City Police Department said Thursday. Aaliyah Norris, 7, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was shot in the head while riding inside a car on Oak Street<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Forest City Police Chief Chris LeRoy confirmed that 26-year-old Shaquille Francis was released from jail on unrelated charges <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>three hours before he is accused of shooting Norris<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Rutherford County arrest records show <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Francis had been arrested the day of the shooting for assault by pointing a gun<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, much of America&#8217;s attention was on a faux noose.\u00a0 Which is just where Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, the MSM, Peggy Noonan, Bill Kristol, Jonah Goldberg and the rest of the #NeverTrumpers would have us focused.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, June 26th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, Ann Coulter presents&#8230; Great Moments in Racism: The Dash Cam Tapes &nbsp; \ufeff &#8220;If you were watching MSNBC last Sunday, you may have seen Imani Perry, professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, and wondered, as I did,\u00a0Why do I know that name?\u00a0Professor Perry\u2019s delightfully original point [&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-82603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82603","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=82603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82604,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82603\/revisions\/82604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}