{"id":84019,"date":"2020-08-09T20:16:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T00:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84019"},"modified":"2020-08-09T20:16:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T00:16:33","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-august-7th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84019","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, August 7th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, August 7th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, if you haven&#8217;t seen it, the previously unreleased body cam footage from the Floyd arrest, courtesy of James Nichols, is a real eye-opener:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YPSwqp5fdIw\" 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>Floyd was obviously under the influence of something, as he reminded us far more of Billy Ray Valentine&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4WMErc1n6Ks?start=62&amp;end=145&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;than the hardened career criminal he was.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve offered our thoughts on Floyd before, so we&#8217;ll leave it Brandon Tatum to provide his far more expert opinion on the actual arrest&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4RFeQPnAzYU\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Tucker Carlson to comment on the political motivation behind the transparently manufactured criminal charges against the officers involved, including Derek Chauvin:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GK7bVbE4ScM?start=313&amp;end=&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>&#8220;I believe in transparency and the public&#8217;s right to know, but a higher priority for me is a successful prosecution&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;still safeguard the prosecution&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;reluctant to do anything that would undermine the prosecution&#8221;&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>REALLY<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 This is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exculpatory evidence<\/span><\/em> the prosecution is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">legally-bound<\/span><\/em> to release to the defense.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ellison&#8217;s job is NOT to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">prosecute<\/span><\/em> these officers, but to ensure <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>justice<\/em><\/span> is served.\u00a0 Not only are these men\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">presumed innocent<\/span><\/em>\u00a0until <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">proven<\/span><\/em> guilty, but the evidence from the just-released video coupled with what we <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@gavrilodavid\/why-derek-chauvin-may-get-off-his-murder-charge-2e2ad8d0911\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">previously now know to be true<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0indicates criminal charges\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">likely<\/span><\/em>\u00a0should <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never have been filed<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wake up and smell the Progressive politics of destruction, America: Ellison&#8217;s concern <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">isn&#8217;t<\/span><\/em> with transparency, the public&#8217;s right to know <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> a successful prosecution; and it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sure as hell isn&#8217;t about justice<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 His <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only<\/span><\/em> concern from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>outset<\/em><\/span> was maintaining the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">myths<\/span><\/em>\u00a0behind Black Lies Matter and fomenting riots, NOT justice, as the truth would cause his case&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> the cause of Antifa and BLM&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to implode<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/de.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/de.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/de.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/de-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a presidential election year, where&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3DeURx3mYck?start=164&amp;end=167&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two things are crystal clear: First, particularly in light of the testimony below, a plan for violent insurrection was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in place<\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong>, awaiting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only the opportune moment<\/em><\/span> to move:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8qakmUh6JiI\" 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>Second, George Soros, <em>BLM<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Antifa<\/em>\u00a0and the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">entire<\/span><\/em> Dimocratic Party and its extended MSM propaganda arm are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in<\/em><\/span> this\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">joined at the hip<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off the last edition of the week courtesy of a question from Erick Erickson writing at <em>The Resurgent<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theresurgent.com\/2020\/08\/04\/should-we-burn-down-the-gop\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Should We Burn Down The GOP<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ai3im.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ai3im.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ai3im.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ai3im-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>There are others with genuine principled opposition who still subscribe to character counting who will not vote for Trump.<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> But among the most vocal set of not just Never Trump, but also now Never Republican, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are the set who could not care less if a baby lives or dies<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That<\/span><\/em>, in fact, seems to be a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real dividing line<\/em><\/span> between those who\u2019d destroy the whole of the GOP and those who just can\u2019t bring themselves to vote Trump. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">If you think <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>abortion is killing children<\/em><\/span>, you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>recognize<\/em><\/span> there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only one party that stands with you<\/em><\/span> and, for all its faults, has put <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> points on the board.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The other party <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is a death cult perfectly willing to exterminate children up to the moment they enter the world and then some<\/em><\/span> and is moving on to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>extermination of the elderly too<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">See e.g. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Andrew Cuomo<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>What I find so remarkable about the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most strident<\/em><\/span> of the NeverRepublicans is, having cashed in with a bunch of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>losing<\/em><\/span> candidates who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everyone could tell spoke conservatism as a second language<\/em><\/span>, they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now perfectly willing<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>burn down the party they failed to capture, never really understood, but pretty consistently privately disdained<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>With <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no seat at the table<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no future cashing in with candidates of the GOP<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they\u2019ll pour gasoline and strike a match on the way out<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would not exist<\/em><\/span> in a world that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never had their cynicism and gamesmanship within the GOP<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">They were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perfectly happy<\/em><\/span> to constantly escalate the stakes for their candidates.<\/span> They were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perfectly happy<\/em><\/span> to make <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bold promises<\/em><\/span> they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never had any intention of fulfilling<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">So long as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they themselves<\/em><\/span> could get the power and call the shots, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they\u2019d say or do<\/em> <em>anything<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Now<\/em><\/span> they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can\u2019t<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Instead of taking their football and going home, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they\u2019re going to try to wipe out the whole team they played with<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Frankly, it is their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only real shot<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stay<\/em><\/span> in politics.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really don\u2019t care<\/em><\/span> if someone wants to vote against Trump or run vanity ads in the DC market solely designed to troll him.<\/span> But there are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>two<\/em><\/span> parties in America, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one of which is okay with killing kids<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one that generally is opposed<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">None of us should be surprised that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the ones who privately mocked the pro-lifers from within the party will now be so public in their disdain<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Donald Trump\u2019s unique superpower has always been to make <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>others<\/em><em> behave exactly as they claim he behaves<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span> superpower works <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>here<\/em><\/span> too.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We understand The Donald is an imperfect vessel; indeed in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">many<\/span><\/em> ways he&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less<\/em><\/span> than imperfect, from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-walks-back-beirut-claim-explosion\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">off the cuff remarks<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> to his incessant, inane tweets.\u00a0 But the alternative in 2016 was the femme FAT-ale&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16st6r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83899\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16st6r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16st6r.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16st6r-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16st6r-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;at the center of an ongoing criminal conspiracy to sabotage her opponent&#8217;s campaign, aided and abetted by a sitting President and his entire Administration, including his increasingly insensate #2, who represents the alternative in 2020:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f2OZpH8bVcE?start=0&amp;end=89&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FTao1hvMYjc\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>And did we mention his successor upon him being declared mentally infirm under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=25th+amendment&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS845US845&amp;oq=25th+A&amp;aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l6.9032j1j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Section 4 of 25th Amendment<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> will be one of these manifestly anti-American and utterly unqualified Marxist radicals&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1_0V3suWl2ieZwdTtOhB0vMA@2x.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1_0V3suWl2ieZwdTtOhB0vMA@2x.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1_0V3suWl2ieZwdTtOhB0vMA@2x.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1_0V3suWl2ieZwdTtOhB0vMA@2x-300x126.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;whose selection was based solely upon their sex and skin color?!?\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MOST ESPECIALLY<\/span><\/em> if Moochie is &#8220;his&#8221; choice. (Moochie isn&#8217;t pictured above, as we couldn&#8217;t find a photo with all of them together.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Add to that the addled octogenarian who&#8217;s #3 behind them&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EoOm1skl6oI?start=391&amp;end=421&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;not to mention the Dimocrats&#8217; collective continued refusal to condemn rioting and looting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> advocacy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/who-is-black-lives-matter\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a Marxist movement with an agenda far beyond the mere defunding of police<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, and we&#8217;re forced to ask:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixljWVyPby0?start=66&amp;end=68&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The scary part is, the likes of Bill Kristal, Max Boot, Jonah Goldberg, George Will, John Kasich and Mitt Romney are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">completely serious<\/span><\/em>&#8230;not to mention\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dangerously deranged<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: the concept of how <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the country<\/em><\/span> can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possibly benefit<\/em><\/span>, either in the short <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> long term, from ceding control to what is essentially a Communist cabal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>escapes us<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 But those privy to the secret we cannot unlock are welcome to attempt to convince us otherwise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item courtesy of Jeff Foutch and\u00a0<em>Front Page Magazine<\/em>, Don Feder details the true nature of the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"field-item even\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2020\/08\/peaceful-riots-and-lefts-reality-avoidance-don-feder\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Peaceful Riots and the Left\u2019s Reality-Avoidance<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"field-item even\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2020\/08\/peaceful-riots-and-lefts-reality-avoidance-don-feder\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Lessons unlearned after a century of genocide, gulags and mass starvation<\/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\/08\/7af72a6e-eff3-4b62-913c-b6c43d246d54.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7af72a6e-eff3-4b62-913c-b6c43d246d54.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7af72a6e-eff3-4b62-913c-b6c43d246d54.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7af72a6e-eff3-4b62-913c-b6c43d246d54-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>People ask how Democrats can look at what\u2019s going on in Portland and other urban combat zones and call it \u201cpeaceful protest\u201d when on the nightly news they can see fires raging, hear mobs howling, and watch police being assaulted. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Are they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nuts<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>In a way, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We&#8217;d<\/span> suggest in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">far<\/span> more ways than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one<\/span>!<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not just<\/em><\/span> the anarchy in the streets.<\/span> The <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">entire progressive worldview<\/span><\/em> is based on a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far-reaching denial of reality<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Since <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at least<\/em><\/span> the Enlightenment, those who embraced <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>objective truth<\/em><\/span> believed it was their responsibility to use <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">empirical evidence and reason<\/span><\/em> to understand the world, so that they didn\u2019t end up getting eaten by tigers they mistook for tangerines.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Leftists work overtime to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reshape<\/em><\/span> the public perception of the world around them <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to conform with their ideology<\/em><\/span> \u2013 even when it means <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>denying the obvious<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The novelist\/philosopher Ayn Rand called it \u201cwhim-worship.\u201d<\/span> In other words, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this is the way it is<\/em><\/span> because this is the way <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I want it to be<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span> hate America, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I want it to be<\/em><\/span> an inherently racist country, based on oppression and exploitation \u2013 and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>thus it is<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Here are a few examples of reality-avoidance ripped from the headlines<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. If you&#8217;re wondering why Groper Joe says&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZ4CysDpp40\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;so often, he&#8217;s simply paying homage to the &#8220;first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L8d48SjJfaM?start=17&amp;end=21&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;who in turn, as The Boss observed, appropriated the line from Cris Carter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rUu9nzOWh9w\" 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 Progressives&#8217; refusal to recognize reality, writing at the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Byron York asks and answers&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/will-democrats-accept-election-loss-new-report-says-no\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Will Democrats accept election loss? New report says no<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4amg7s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4amg7s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4amg7s.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4amg7s-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>For weeks, there have been news reports and commentary on whether\u00a0President Trump will &#8220;accept&#8221; the results of November&#8217;s election. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The president <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>started it<\/em><\/span> on July 19 when he was\u00a0asked, on <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em>, &#8220;Can you give a direct answer you will accept the election?&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8220;I have to see,&#8221; Trump said. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;I have to see.<\/span> No, I&#8217;m not going to just say yes. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">I&#8217;m not going to say no, and I didn&#8217;t last time, either.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The answer set off a long trail of headlines: &#8220;Trump declines to say whether he will accept November election.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;Trump won&#8217;t commit to accepting result if he loses election.&#8221;<\/span> &#8220;Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The president has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continued to stir the pot since then<\/em><\/span>, most notably with a tweet asking whether, because of potential problems with voting by mail, the Nov. 3 election should be postponed.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>So there is much discussion of Trump and the election results. But there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span>,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> equally pressing question<\/em><\/span>: Will <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Democrats<\/span><\/em> accept the results of the election <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> Joe Biden <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>loses<\/em><\/span>? A\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">new report<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>suggests the answer <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could<\/span><\/em> be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As our meme above concludes, based on the Dims&#8217; reaction to every important election they&#8217;ve lost since 2000, history tells us not just &#8220;no&#8221;, but <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HELL NO<\/span><\/em>&#8230;up to and including Stacie Abrams&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ao8ny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ao8ny.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ao8ny.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ao8ny-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;breaking away from\u00a0<em>Golden Corral<\/em>&#8216;s all-you-can-eat buffet long enough to lose the governorship of Georgia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now from Dimocrats&#8217; feeding their faces to those covering their a*ses, the <em>New York Post<\/em>\u00a0reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-16091129\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/05\/sally-yates-says-james-comey-went-rogue-in-mike-flynn-case\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Sally Yates says James Comey went \u2018rogue\u2019 in Michael Flynn case<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-2.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-2-241x300.jpeg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>President Trump weighed in on Twitter about the Yates hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cBIG NEWS!<\/span> The Political Crime of the Century is unfolding. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">ObamaBiden illegally spied on the Trump Campaign, both before and after the election.<\/span> Treason!\u201d, Trump wrote.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>But Yates <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">avoided<\/span><\/em> giving Republicans a confirmation that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Obama or Biden influenced the Flynn case<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not to mention implicating <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">neither<\/span><\/em> in the conspiracy to overturn the results of a lawful election.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/obamafristredprez_2010-03-26-digest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/obamafristredprez_2010-03-26-digest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/obamafristredprez_2010-03-26-digest.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/obamafristredprez_2010-03-26-digest-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cb080520dAPR20200805024543.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83888\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cb080520dAPR20200805024543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cb080520dAPR20200805024543.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cb080520dAPR20200805024543-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ballot-harvest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ballot-harvest.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ballot-harvest.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ballot-harvest-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cb080620dAPR20200806014542.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83919\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cb080620dAPR20200806014542.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cb080620dAPR20200806014542.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cb080620dAPR20200806014542-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080620dAPR20200806024506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080620dAPR20200806024506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080620dAPR20200806024506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080620dAPR20200806024506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83921\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-3-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lisa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83917\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lisa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lisa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lisa-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080520dAPR20200805044506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080520dAPR20200805044506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080520dAPR20200805044506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080520dAPR20200805044506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mle200806c20200806014205.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mle200806c20200806014205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mle200806c20200806014205.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mle200806c20200806014205-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gv080620dAPR20200806014509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gv080620dAPR20200806014509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gv080620dAPR20200806014509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gv080620dAPR20200806014509-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-5-20-at-7.49-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-5-20-at-7.49-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-5-20-at-7.49-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-5-20-at-7.49-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-5-20-at-7.49-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-8.07-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-8.07-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-8.07-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-8.07-AM-300x212.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mental-note.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mental-note.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mental-note.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mental-note-300x294.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whatever-you-do.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whatever-you-do.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whatever-you-do.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whatever-you-do-300x229.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ahxw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ahxw1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ahxw1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4ahxw1-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.47-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.47-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.47-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.47-PM-248x300.jpeg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.48-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.48-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.48-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.48-PM-195x300.jpeg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-210-at-3.48-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-210-at-3.48-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-210-at-3.48-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-210-at-3.48-PM-223x300.jpeg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.49-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.49-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.49-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-6-20-at-3.49-PM-249x300.jpeg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a couple from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image011.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image011-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83943\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image016.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image016-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with one each from Jeff Foutch&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/foutch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/foutch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/foutch.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/foutch-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Speed Mach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83901\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speed.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speed-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Rick Page:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Page1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Page1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Page1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Page1-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Separate and Unequal<\/em><\/span> segment, courtesy today of this forward from George Lawlor detailing a suburban Chicago school district&#8217;s return to an updated version of Jim Crow, as an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/illinois-schools-black-brown-students-in-person-learning\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Illinois district includes students of color in groups with first chance at in-person learning<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4aoaik.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4aoaik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4aoaik.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4aoaik-300x160.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>A suburban Chicago\u00a0school district\u00a0has said <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">students of color<\/span><\/em> will get the first chance to return for in-person learning when\u00a0schools reopen, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>citing &#8220;a pandemic&#8221; of &#8220;inequity and racism, and classism&#8221; that preceded\u00a0COVID-19<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Because District 65, which includes\u00a0students from Evanston and Skokie,\u00a0won&#8217;t force teachers to work on-site, school buildings\u00a0may not be able to accomodate all students who would like to come back to their classrooms.<\/span> In that event, Superintendent Devon Horton reportedly said, the\u00a0district would give priority to &#8220;Black and Brown students,&#8221; and others <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it considered<\/em><\/span> to be &#8220;marginalized&#8221; or &#8220;oppressed.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Such a poorly conceived and frankly offensive policy raises more questions than it redresses <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">purported<\/span><\/em> past inequities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For instance, (1). If District 65 had fostered a &#8220;pandemic&#8221; of &#8220;inequity and racism, and classism&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prior<\/em><\/span> to the Wuhan virus and Mr. Horton&#8217;s arrival, why hasn&#8217;t the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entire school board<\/em><\/span> been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>drummed from office<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 After all, Mr. Horton was hired back in December of 2019.\u00a0 Indeed, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were<\/span><\/em> the Evanston\/Skokie school system so <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rife with racism<\/em><\/span>, why did the parents not object <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">years ago<\/span><\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2). Haven&#8217;t the City of Evanston and Village of Skokie been continuously controlled by Dimocrats since <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at least<\/em><\/span> the early 1990s?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3). If &#8220;classism&#8221; was endemic, would not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>poor White<\/em> children<\/span> have suffered as much as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>poor Black and Brown children<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(4). Wethinks Devon Horton hasn&#8217;t really thought this thing through.\u00a0 Otherwise, what does he believe is going to happen if a &#8220;Black or Brown student&#8221;&#8230;or of any other pallor the District, in its infinite wisdom, determines to be &#8220;marginalized&#8221; or &#8220;oppressed&#8221;&#8230;falls victim to the Wuhan virus instead of what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span> have been some &#8220;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White<\/span><\/em>&#8221; student?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4aoad3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4aoad3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4aoad3.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4aoad3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, August 7th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, if you haven&#8217;t seen it, the previously unreleased body cam footage from the Floyd arrest, courtesy of James Nichols, is a real eye-opener: \ufeff Floyd was obviously under the influence of something, as he reminded us far more of Billy Ray Valentine&#8230; \ufeff &#8230;than the hardened career [&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-84019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84019","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=84019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84020,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84019\/revisions\/84020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}