{"id":84179,"date":"2020-08-13T19:59:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T23:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84179"},"modified":"2020-08-13T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T23:59:10","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-august-12th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84179","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, August 12th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, August 12th, 2020&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> is what comes of race and sex-based special interest politics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019-02-05_16-09-44.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84086\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019-02-05_16-09-44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019-02-05_16-09-44.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019-02-05_16-09-44-286x300.png 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/48f17540ed41a02a990bbc3fe7a52d34.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84088\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/48f17540ed41a02a990bbc3fe7a52d34.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/48f17540ed41a02a990bbc3fe7a52d34.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/48f17540ed41a02a990bbc3fe7a52d34-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/xGyMElNl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84089\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/xGyMElNl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/xGyMElNl.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/xGyMElNl-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/xGyMElNl-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DyGzuQPU0AAF_rP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DyGzuQPU0AAF_rP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DyGzuQPU0AAF_rP.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DyGzuQPU0AAF_rP-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zaQlAHptguM?start=47&amp;end=49&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>Tucker Carlson <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EG2hsFIW2Ds\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shares a few of Harris&#8217;s past positions<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> which should concern Progressives&#8230;<\/strong><strong>and that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>greatly<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re far from convinced the ticket of Groper Joe and Kamala the Concubine, aka, Joe and the Ho, (Oops: we violated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwf.org\/2020\/08\/11\/powerful-democratic-women-lay-down-law-to-media-on-how-to-cover-veep-candidate\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">written law regarding coverage of Harris&#8217;s candidacy<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>!) will widen Biden&#8217;s base; indeed, to the contrary, the thought of Harris occupying the Oval Office upon Biden being declared <em>non-compos mentis<\/em> immediately after his inauguration might well work the opposite.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But one thing&#8217;s for certain: there are an awful lot of voters who are with Bernie Goldberg as he explains&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/bernardgoldberg.com\/why-i-want-biden-to-lose-more-than-i-want-trump-to-win\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why I Want Biden to Lose More than I Want Trump to Win<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5vdu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84097\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5vdu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5vdu.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5vdu-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5vdu-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>As regular readers of my column know, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I\u2019m no fan of Donald Trump<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that\u2019s<\/span><\/em> putting it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>mildly<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t like<\/em><\/span> his chronic dishonesty.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t like<\/em><\/span> narcissism.<\/span> I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don\u2019t like<\/span><\/em> his nastiness and his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>silly name-calling<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>detest<\/em><\/span> his need to constantly cause chaos, as he did with a recent tweet suggesting we should postpone the 2020 presidential election.<\/span> There\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span> about this man\u2019s character that I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>like<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I hope he wins re-election<\/em><\/span> in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">landslide<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Actually what I mean is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I hope the Republican candidate beats the Democratic candidate<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>And<\/em><\/span> I wish the Republican candidate were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>almost<\/em><\/span> anybody else.<\/span> But since \u201calmost anybody else\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn\u2019t running<\/em><\/span>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I hope Joe Biden loses more than I\u2019m actively rooting for Donald Trump to win<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">If that\u2019s akin to a distinction without a difference, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so be it<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Republicans have their faults too, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that\u2019s for sure<\/span><\/em> \u2013 but, all things considered, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they\u2019re not as bad as what the Democratic Party has become<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And though millions of Americans share, as we do, many of Goldberg&#8217;s thoughts, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not voting<\/span><\/em> for The Donald <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> one of them.\u00a0 In the spirit of the late, great Admiral Bill Halsey, we plan to vote fast, vote hard and vote&#8230;as often as legally permissible under Maryland law!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the meantime, Progressives&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OnouJoQs52c?start=37&amp;end=39&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of <em>NRO<\/em> via James Nichols, Jack Crowe reports how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/chicagos-miracle-mile-looted-after-police-shooting\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Chicago\u2019s \u2018Magnificent Mile\u2019 Looted after Police Shooting<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/b6ec9824-e506-4ddb-bd5a-4caff17092e8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/b6ec9824-e506-4ddb-bd5a-4caff17092e8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/b6ec9824-e506-4ddb-bd5a-4caff17092e8.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/b6ec9824-e506-4ddb-bd5a-4caff17092e8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Looters ransacked shops in downtown Chicago early on Monday morning following a shootout between a suspect and police officers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">According to police, officers were called to the Englewood neighborhood on Sunday afternoon after receiving reports of a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">man with a gun<\/span><\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>A gun obviously obtained <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">outside<\/span> Chicago from somewhere with no background checks!<\/em>)<\/span> Officers found a suspect who matched the description, however <em>the suspect attempted to flee <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and fired at officers giving chase<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Police then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>shot and wounded<\/em><\/span> the suspect, who was brought into custody.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>However, police said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rumors spread<\/em><\/span> in the neighborhood that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the suspect was a child<\/em><\/span>, when in fact the man is in his 20\u2019s. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">A crowd gathered at the sight of the shooting and confrontations with police ensued.<\/span> One officer was sprayed with a can of mace and the windows of a police vehicle were smashed with a brick, while community members told a local\u00a0CBS affiliate\u00a0that officers beat some of the demonstrators.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Hundreds of people began looting stores in Chicago<\/em><\/span> on Sunday night, causing city authorities to raise bridges leading to the city\u2019s downtown area and cease public transportation.<\/span> There have been reports of\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2020\/08\/10\/shots-fired-at-and-by-police-in-the-loop\/?taid=5f3136dadf732d000146740b&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shots fired<\/a><\/span><\/em>\u00a0between officers and looters during attempted arrests<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submitted for your perusal&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" 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>We particularly liked the Alderman&#8217;s explanation at the 1:46 mark, as well as the traffic report at 2:24 for those planning on going to work in the area later that morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like cities similar to Chicago under Dimocratic mayors, you&#8217;re gonna LOVE America under a Dimmer-cratic President and his Far, Far Left soon-to-be successor!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but having sown the wind&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Om6BBqU-I2Y?start=46&amp;end=56&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y1mxJMIIMuE\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/505lAvIGCj0?start=115&amp;end=158&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pZgVBFYM2qk\" 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;it&#8217;s well nigh impossible for all the Dimocrats&#8217; horses and all the Dimocrats&#8217; men&#8230;and womyn&#8230;to control the inevitable whirlwind with just words:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9vVf4jGielE?start=103&amp;end=116&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9vVf4jGielE?start=421&amp;end=453&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/leNaiDSK3EY?start=42&amp;end=78&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><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;Justice&#8221;, of course, being a relative term when applied in Progressive circles, as demonstrated by this act of craven capitulation to The Mob by<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Portland D.A. Mike Schmidt, who just said in a statement&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>that \u201cthe prosecution of people exercising their rights to free speech and assembly in a non-violent manner takes away from the limited resources that we have to prosecute serious crimes and to assist crime victims.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Under the new policy the DA <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will not prosecute charges of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, escape, harassment or riot and will subject charges of resisting arrest or assaulting a police officer \u201cto the highest level of scrutiny by the deputy district attorney reviewing the arrest<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>\u201cConsideration will be given to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>chaos of a protesting environment<\/em><\/span>,\u201d the release continues, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>especially<\/em><\/span> after tear gas or other less-lethal munitions have been deployed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against community members en masse<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If Portland or any urban enclave were a stock, we&#8217;d be shorting it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item forwarded by George Lawlor, as\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em>\u00a0reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/black-lives-matter-holds-rally-chicago-support-arrested-looting-unrest\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Black Lives Matter holds rally in Chicago to support those arrested after looting, unrest<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b6105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b6105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b6105.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b6105-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Black Lives Matter members in\u00a0Chicago\u00a0held a rally on Monday <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to support<\/em><\/span> the more than 100 arrested last night following\u00a0widespread looting and rioting that caused at least $60 million in property damage\u00a0and saw 13\u00a0police officers\u00a0injured, according to a report.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The rally was organized by Black Lives Matter Chicago and was held at a police station in the South Loop where organizers say individuals are currently being held in custody.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>At least one organizer<\/em><\/span> called the looting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tantamount to\u00a0&#8220;reparations<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cI don\u2019t care if someone decides to loot a Gucci or a Macy\u2019s or a Nike store, because that makes sure that person eats,\u201d said Ariel Atkins, a BLM organizer, according to NBC Chicago.<\/span> \u201cThat makes sure that person has clothes.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That<\/span><\/em> is reparations,\u201d Atkins continued.<\/span> \u201cAnything they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wanted to take<\/em><\/span>, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can take it<\/em><\/span> because these businesses <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have insurance<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Because Macy&#8217;s, Nike, Gucci or any other business, big or small, along with their insurers, none of whom ever owned slaves or supported slavery in any way, should provide free goods to those who never experienced it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s like King said in <em>Platoon<\/em>&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S0IfbNVCoCE?start=7&amp;end=10&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>Here&#8217;s hoping the beast stays hungry through November 3rd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In another related item from <em>The American Spectator<\/em> forwarded by our sister-in-law Amy, former state and federal prosecutor George Parry asks and answers&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title pf-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/george-floyd-death-toxicology-report\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Who Killed George Floyd<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle print-only\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/george-floyd-death-toxicology-report\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minnesota\u2019s attorney general needs to pay attention to the available evidence, which in this case is incontrovertible<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5k07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84078\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5k07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5k07.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4b5k07-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What follows is a very thorough and insightful analysis of the available video and forensic evidence concerning the Floyd tragedy, one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>well worth<\/em><\/span> your time to review.\u00a0 In fact, in our opinion, it reaches the level of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must-read<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s worth noting from 1978 to 1983, Mr. Parry was the Chief of the Police Brutality\/Misconduct Unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney\u2019s Office investigating and prosecuting use of deadly force by police.\u00a0 Which, given the reputation of the Philadelphia Police Department at the time, and with no disrespect to the author, meant he was very busy either going after crooked cops or covering up their tracks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of the City of Brotherly Love (Yeah, it has about as much Brotherly Love as Baltimore has charm!), writing at <em>The Daily Wire<\/em>, Hank Berrian introduces us to a Philadelphia teacher concerned that&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-1dlfo9r e7f1hlv0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/philly-teacher-parents-with-access-to-virtual-classrooms-would-do-damage-to-honest-conversations-about-gender-sexuality\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Parents With Access To Virtual Classrooms Would Do Damage To \u2018Honest Conversations About\u00a0Gender\/Sexuality<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb081020dAPR20200810044508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb081020dAPR20200810044508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb081020dAPR20200810044508.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb081020dAPR20200810044508-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>On Saturday, a teacher posted a thread on Twitter in which he bemoaned <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the possibility that parents who had access to watching their children\u2019s virtual classrooms would do damage to \u201chonest conversations about gender\/sexuality\u201d that teachers would have with students<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The teacher, Matthew R. Kay,<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>wrote:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;<em>So, this fall, virtual class discussions will have many potential spectators \u2014 parents, siblings, etc. \u2014 in the same room.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">We\u2019ll <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never be quite sure who is overhearing<\/span> the discourse.<\/span>\u00a0 What does this do for our equity\/inclusion work?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">How much have students depended on the (somewhat) secure barriers of our physical classrooms to encourage vulnerability?\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How many of us have installed some version of \u201cwhat happens here stays here\u201d to help this<\/span>?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">While conversations about race are in my wheelhouse, and remain a concern in this no-walls environment \u2014 I am most intrigued by the damage that \u201chelicopter\/snowplow\u201d parents can do in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">honest conversations about gender\/sexuality<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>And while \u201cconservative\u201d parents are my <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">chief concern<\/span> \u2014 I know that the damage can come from the left too.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If we are engaged in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">messy work of destabilizing a kids racism or homophobia or transphobia<\/span> \u2014 how much do we want <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their classmates\u2019 parents<\/span> piling on?<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Think such indoctrination ain&#8217;t happening?\u00a0 This video from <em>PBS Kids<\/em>\u00a0entitled\u00a0<em>Arthur on Racism: Talk, Listen and Act<\/em>\u00a0should disabuse you of the notion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EaePu0-fZ4o\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hey, if a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>popular cartoon character<\/em><\/span> says America is infected with systemic racism, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must<\/em><\/span> be true!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of incurable infections, writing at <em>Best of the Web<\/em>, Jim Freeman explores the math behind&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Cuomo Accounting<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84109\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>One has to be a very careful and diligent consumer of news to appreciate that both the overall death toll and the per capita death toll from Covid-19 are much higher in New York state than in any of the Sun Belt states routinely subjected to media scorn.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Now it appears that the horrific cost of New York\u2019s misguided early decision to force nursing homes to accept infected patients is much larger than previously reported.<\/span> Bernard Condon, Matt Sedensky and Meghan Hoyer\u00a0<a class=\"icon none broken_link\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/212ccd87924b6906053703a00514647f?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">note<\/a>\u00a0for the Associated Press:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">New York\u2019s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes, already among the highest in the nation, could actually be a significant undercount.<\/span> Unlike every other state with major outbreaks, New York only counts residents who died on nursing home property and not those who were transported to hospitals and died there.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">That statistic could add thousands to the state\u2019s official care home death toll of just over 6,600.<\/span> But so far the administration of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has refused to divulge the number, leading to speculation the state is manipulating the figures to make it appear it is doing better than other states and to make a tragic situation less dire.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cThat\u2019s a problem, bro,\u201d state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Democrat, told New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker during a legislative hearing on nursing homes earlier this month.<\/span> \u201cIt seems, sir, that in this case you are choosing to define it differently so that you can look better.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Could<\/em><\/span> New York officials <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>look any worse<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Actually,&#8230;yes, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/cuomo-rejects-independent-investigation-of-n-y-nursing-home-deaths-saying-it-would-be-political\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-08-10&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Sonny Cuomo recently decried the need for an independent investigation of his New York nursing home policies<\/em><\/span><\/a> because,&#8230;well,&#8230;as <em>NRO<\/em> relates&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I wouldn\u2019t do<\/em><\/span> an investigation [into nursing home deaths] whether or not it\u2019s political,\u201d Cuomo said at a press conference.<\/span> \u201cI think you\u2019d have to be blind to realize it\u2019s not political.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blind&#8230;and alive&#8230;beats dead in a nursing home due to Sonny Cuomo&#8217;s incredibly callous COVID policies.<\/strong><\/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\/ramirez-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ramirez-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ramirez-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ramirez-2-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stiglich.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stiglich.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stiglich.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stiglich-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gorrell-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gorrell-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gorrell-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gorrell-1-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/marxists.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/marxists.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/marxists.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/marxists-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cross-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cross-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cross-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cross-1-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cross2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cross2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cross2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cross2-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080820dAPR_A20200810064510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080820dAPR_A20200810064510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080820dAPR_A20200810064510.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb080820dAPR_A20200810064510-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-10-20-at-8.33-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-10-20-at-8.33-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-10-20-at-8.33-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-10-20-at-8.33-AM-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-11-20-at-9.25-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-11-20-at-9.25-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-11-20-at-9.25-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-11-20-at-9.25-AM-300x249.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/better-than-a-water-cooler.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/better-than-a-water-cooler.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/better-than-a-water-cooler.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/better-than-a-water-cooler-236x300.jpeg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/houston-isnt-there-anymore.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/houston-isnt-there-anymore.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/houston-isnt-there-anymore.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/houston-isnt-there-anymore-233x300.jpeg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this classic from Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image000000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image000000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image000000.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image000000-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we end where we began, and 6 minutes and 51 seconds which spell real trouble for the Biden\/Harris ticket:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4fjA0K2EeE?start=0&amp;end=366&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>Then again, he <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could<\/span><\/em> have picked&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Stacey Eat World.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, August 12th, 2020&#8230;and this is what comes of race and sex-based special interest politics: \ufeff Tucker Carlson shares a few of Harris&#8217;s past positions which should concern Progressives&#8230;and that greatly! We&#8217;re far from convinced the ticket of Groper Joe and Kamala the Concubine, aka, Joe and the Ho, (Oops: we violated the written [&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-84179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84179","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=84179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84180,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84179\/revisions\/84180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}