{"id":84547,"date":"2020-08-23T19:40:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T23:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84547"},"modified":"2020-08-23T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T23:41:09","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-august-21st-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84547","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, August 21st, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, August, 21st, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, here&#8217;s who came through the bathroom door when we called out to TLJ for some help with a certain act of personal hygiene:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84410\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-5.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1-5-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, in concert with our <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=2&amp;v=oIGEO1Onypc&amp;feature=emb_logo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Video of the Day<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(accessible through link #2 immediately beneath our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em> at the top of the page) in which Tucker Carlson highlights how far beyond mere lunacy The Left has lurched, we offer three cartoons which perfectly encapsulate the reality of contemporary Progressivism:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb082020dAPR20200820094515.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84424\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb082020dAPR20200820094515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb082020dAPR20200820094515.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb082020dAPR20200820094515-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hard-left.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hard-left.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hard-left.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hard-left-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/portland.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/portland.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/portland.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/portland-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on what&#8217;s in store for America under the tender mercies of Dimocratic Socialism, we take you to Mayor Wheeler&#8217;s madhouse, where there&#8217;s a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/manhunt-underway-portland-truck-assault-police\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Manhunt underway for Marquise Love in Portland truck assault<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/htCLCXWM4pU\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Officials said in a\u00a0press release\u00a0they have made <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>several attempts to reach<\/em><\/span> 25-year-old Love, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but have so far been unsuccessful<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">They have said they have probable cause for his arrest.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;The Portland Police Bureau is taking this assault and other incidents of violence <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">extremely seriously<\/span><\/em>,&#8221; said Chief\u00a0 Chuck Lovell in a statement provided with the press release. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Our Detectives continue to investigate this assault <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as well as<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">other acts of violence directed toward protestors<\/span><\/em>, but <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we need more than just videos from social media<\/span>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In order to hold individuals responsible for criminal acts, we need the public to provide information and refrain from tampering with evidence.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;They have made several attempts to reach him&#8221;; what,&#8230;by phone&#8230;written invitation to meet for coffee with a social worker?!?\u00a0 Love has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/accused-portland-attacker-marquise-love-has-a-lengthy-rap-sheet\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>a rap sheet as long as our arm<\/em><\/span><\/a>; perhaps were Portland police to focus on attacks against law-abiding citizens rather than &#8220;other acts of violence directed towards protestors&#8221; they could make a more concerted effort to arrest Love rather than simply attempting to reach him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But if you believe such insanity is limited to the confines of the country&#8217;s urban enclaves, this video forwarded by James Nichols should cause you to think again:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GqnjpJU9VCY\" 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>Can this mindless myrmidon\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really not know<\/span><\/em> Black Lies Matter <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls2-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls2-2.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls2-2-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a political movement<\/span><\/em>, one whose adherents, like their &#8220;social justice&#8221; warrior counterparts, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aren&#8217;t<\/span><\/em> interested in making tires, let alone manufacturing them at a profit?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lenin had it right: such Capitalists <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span><\/em>\u00a0sell Socialists the rope\u00a0with which they\u00a0will hang\u00a0them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, absent a retraction, like The Donald, we&#8217;ve bought our last Goodyear product, including anything made by its\u00a0<b>Dunlop<\/b>, Kelly,\u00a0<b>Fulda<\/b>, Lee,\u00a0<b>Sava<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Debica subsidiaries<\/b>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item of disinformation,\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Cond\u00e9 Nast\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>cluelessly and dutifully recounts how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-header__row content-header__title-block\" data-event-boundary=\"click\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;pattern&quot;:&quot;TitleBlock&quot;}\" data-include-experiments=\"true\">\n<h1 class=\"content-header__row content-header__hed\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/for-black-americans-moving-abroad-has-a-different-appeal?utm_source=nl&amp;utm_brand=cnt&amp;utm_mailing=CNT_Daily_AM_061720&amp;utm_campaign=aud-dev&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;bxid=5db6f4dffc942d186c817452&amp;cndid=60493115&amp;hasha=f4a969e8befad2fdc9d442737948aa77&amp;hashb=23b07250b692e7d25c3151c8fd77f7da79d7676c&amp;hashc=1299c3a289d7046016b2c1a180963303caf359766d5f9754c55c7e943ae1dc3c&amp;esrc=AUTO_PRINT&amp;utm_content=Final&amp;utm_term=CNT_Daily\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">For Black Americans, Moving Abroad Has a Different Appeal<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-header__row content-header__accreditation\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<h3 class=\"content-header__row content-header__dek\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/for-black-americans-moving-abroad-has-a-different-appeal?utm_source=nl&amp;utm_brand=cnt&amp;utm_mailing=CNT_Daily_AM_061720&amp;utm_campaign=aud-dev&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;bxid=5db6f4dffc942d186c817452&amp;cndid=60493115&amp;hasha=f4a969e8befad2fdc9d442737948aa77&amp;hashb=23b07250b692e7d25c3151c8fd77f7da79d7676c&amp;hashc=1299c3a289d7046016b2c1a180963303caf359766d5f9754c55c7e943ae1dc3c&amp;esrc=AUTO_PRINT&amp;utm_content=Final&amp;utm_term=CNT_Daily\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Due to racism and injustices against Black Americans in the U.S., there&#8217;s a push to move away and pursue a life abroad<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3742652551_0ee3b9e344_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84373\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3742652551_0ee3b9e344_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3742652551_0ee3b9e344_o.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3742652551_0ee3b9e344_o-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Forgetting for the moment we refuse to recognize the validity of the headline&#8230;as there <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IS<\/span><\/em> NO SYSTEMIC RACISM AGAINST BLACKS IN AMERICA WHEN WE ELECTED A HALF-BLACK PRESIDENT TO <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT ONE<\/em><\/span> BUT <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TWO TERMS<\/span><\/em>&#8230;s<\/strong><strong>orry, but only an idiot\u2026or an ideologue unwilling to admit their error\u2026would sing the praises of living in Ghana, or anywhere else in Africa, as a normal John Q. Ghanaian.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong>The huge irony is, while the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">biggest<\/span><\/em> and the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by far the most likely real threat<\/span><\/em>\u00a0to the safety of Blacks in America is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other Blacks<\/em><\/span>,&#8230;surprise, surprise&#8230;the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same holds true in Africa<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0Just ask the literally countless number of native Africans slaughtered by opposing tribesmen in Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire, Liberia, etc., etc., etc. \u00a0Guess the names Amin, Habr\u00e9, Mobutu, Obote, Moi, Mugabe, Doe, Kony, Bashir and Mengistu <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don&#8217;t ring a bell with these ex pats<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Not to mention <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>crime is rampant all across Africa<\/em><\/span>, which, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by definition<\/em><\/span>, is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black-on-Black<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 And as Trevor noted, good luck finding a cop, particularly if they\u2019re from the same tribe as the perp!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>But as\u00a0<\/strong>Cond\u00e9 Nast&#8217;s Travis Levius<\/strong><strong>\u00a0was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ignorant<\/em><\/span> of such facts, he didn\u2019t know to bring up Africa&#8217;s history&#8230;which, BTW, included West African nations selling those they conquered to White slavers, forming one apex of the triangular trade between Africa, Europe and the New World.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of those ignorant of the past, courtesy of James Nichols, on June 9th of this year\u00a0<em>OPB<\/em>\u00a0incorrectly informed us how&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"m-none color_dgray article-header__headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/article\/oregon-white-history-racist-foundations-black-exclusion-laws\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A racist history shows why Oregon is still so white<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4bzfsc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84393\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4bzfsc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4bzfsc.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4bzfsc-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Americans across the country have\u00a0demonstrated for over a week now against systemic racism and police brutality. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>many people<\/em><\/span>, the protests have forced uncomfortable conversations about white privilege and the generations of prejudice against Black people and other people of color in the United States. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">others<\/span>&#8230;such as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not so much<\/span>!<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>These conversations are happening here in Oregon, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too<\/em><\/span>, a state that \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no matter which way you cut it<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has deep roots in racism<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Here is a refresher: Oregon <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>began<\/em><\/span> as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whites-only state<\/em><\/span>, through a series of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Black exclusionary laws that were designed to discourage Black Americans from living here\u00a0in the first place<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>&#8220;[These] laws point to the fact that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Oregon was founded as a racist white utopia<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; said\u00a0Walidah Imarisha, a Black studies educator and writer based in Oregon. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;The idea was that white folks would come here and build the perfect white society.&#8221;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">begs<\/span> the question <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why<\/span>, if Oregon is soooo racist, Ms. Ismarisha <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would chose to live there<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>In 1844, when Oregon was still a territory, it passed its first Black exclusionary law. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>banned slavery<\/em><\/span>, but it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also<\/span><\/em>\u00a0prohibited Black people from living in the territory\u00a0for more than three years.<\/span> If a Black person <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>broke<\/em><\/span> this law, the consequence was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>39 lashes<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every six months<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>until they left<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The territory passed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span> Black exclusion law <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>five years later<\/em><\/span>, in 1849. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This one<\/em><\/span>\u00a0barred Black people who were not already in the area from entering or residing in Oregon territory.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The final exclusion measure made it into the Oregon Constitution as a clause when the territory became a state 10 years later in 1859. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This clause <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>went further<\/em><\/span> than the territory\u2019s second law <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by also prohibiting Black people from owning property and making contracts<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cIt speaks very clearly to the ways that this place was founded <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to center whiteness<\/em><\/span>, not only at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exclusion<\/em><\/span> of folks of color but at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>brutalization<\/em><\/span> of folks of color,\u201d said Imarisha.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">These laws were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rarely enforced<\/em><\/span> but they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did the job they were created to do<\/em><\/span>: establish Oregon as a majority white state.<\/span> And it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why Portland<\/em><\/span>, the state&#8217;s most populous city, is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still known<\/em><\/span> as\u00a0the whitest big city in the United States.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">According to 2019 estimates from the United States Census Bureau<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/OR\/RHI125218#RHI125218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">,<\/a>\u00a0Oregon&#8217;s population was nearly 87% white.<\/span> (The figure for the Census category of &#8220;White alone, not Hispanic or Latino&#8221; was 75%.) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The state&#8217;s Black population was just over 2%.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Although <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the laws were repealed almost a century ago<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racist language<\/em><\/span> in Oregon&#8217;s constitution wasn&#8217;t removed by voters until 2002. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But, Imarisha said, it&#8217;s important to note \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just 18 years ago<\/em><\/span> \u2014\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>30% of voters<\/em><\/span> elected to\u00a0<i>keep<\/i>\u00a0the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">racist clause<\/span><\/em> in the constitution<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just so you know, all the exclusion laws Ms. Imarisha mentions were signed into law under Dimocratic governors.\u00a0 The last Republican governor of Oregon left office in 1987, and Portland&#8217;s last Republican mayor in 1980.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">70%<\/span><\/em> of Oregon voters chose to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repeal<\/em><\/span> the meaningless references in the state constitution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The measure removed historical racial references, such as \u201cnegroes,\u201d \u201cmulattoes\u201d and \u201cwhites,&#8221; from the\u00a0Oregon Constitution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ballot Measure 14 removes the references to race in these sections of the constitution, and also corrects some spelling errors.<\/span> The measure does not change the constitution in any other way, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the\u00a0original language will remain\u00a0as part of the historical record<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, Walidah, but as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>historic record records<\/em><\/span>, &#8220;negroes&#8221;, &#8220;mulattoes&#8221; and &#8220;whites&#8221; were &#8220;RACIAL&#8221; references, not &#8220;RACIST&#8221; language.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a HUUUUUGE difference.\u00a0 But&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4WMErc1n6Ks?start=90&amp;end=94&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>It&#8217;s also important to note <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>half<\/em><\/span> of eligible Americans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don&#8217;t vote at all<\/em><\/span>; and since we&#8217;ve no reason to assume Oregon&#8217;s any different, Imarisha&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>30%<\/em><\/span>\u00a0figure goes to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>15%<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Then, as a significant portion of the electorate hasn&#8217;t the faintest clue about the impact of a given ballot initiative, they cast a knee-jerk vote either for or against change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>As The Boss wondered, what&#8217;s the cut-off where the sins <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">of the past<\/span><\/em> and disconnected don&#8217;t require penance <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the present<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 And because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his<\/em><\/span> ancestors <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">actually owned<\/span><\/em> slaves, should Kamala Harris and her father pay <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> in reparations than those like us who forefathers <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fought to end<\/span><\/em> that peculiar institution?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now to the Dimocrat&#8217;s latest debacle, as Jim Freeman relates at <em>Best of the Web<\/em>, like every other lying Liberal, Hillary&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/clinton-really-meant-it-11597956059?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Clinton \u2018Really Meant It<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/clinton-really-meant-it-11597956059?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A credibility issue for the Democrats<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Conventional-Wisdumb-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84435\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Conventional-Wisdumb-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Conventional-Wisdumb-1-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Conventional-Wisdumb-1-1-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Democrats appearing Wednesday night via their party\u2019s virtual national convention <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">certainly appeared<\/span><\/em> somber and sincere. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">content<\/span><\/em> of their oratory naturally raises the question of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how seriously viewers should take them<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>The former president\u2019s delivery was outstanding. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But his message would have been <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more compelling<\/span><\/em> if&#8211;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"icon none broken_link\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/oig.justice.gov\/reports\/2019\/o20012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four years ago today<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>&#8212;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his FBI had not sent an informant to record a conversation with someone participating in the political opposition\u2019s presidential campaign<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The exculpatory evidence collected that day from Trump supporter Carter Page&#8211;like much of the other exculpatory evidence the Obama administration collected on him&#8211;would not be shared with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as the government improperly seized wiretap authority<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>If there is one person in America who should <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> be lecturing us <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">about the duty of a president to ensure our rights are protected regardless of our political beliefs<\/span><\/em>, it is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barack Obama<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Another of Wednesday night\u2019s speakers was former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whose comments raised <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>s<\/em>imilar questions right from the start<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0Mrs. Clinton said:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Good evening.<\/span> After the last election, I said, \u201cWe owe Donald Trump an open mind and the chance to lead.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span> meant it.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>She <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first<\/span><\/em> uttered those words on Nov. 9, 2016,<em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which would have been a good time to repudiate the bogus Steele dossier of accusations against Mr. Trump that her campaign funded and which the FBI used to secure the improper surveillance warrants<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">That day of her concession speech, delivered the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">morning after<\/span><\/em> Mr. Trump\u2019s victory, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also represented a good opportunity to decide that she would not spend the<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hillary-clinton-finds-more-to-deplore-11571432889\">next several years<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refusing to accept the results of the 2016 election<\/em><\/span> and making baseless allegations about members of both parties.<\/span> But she <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did not seize the day<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>So <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what did<\/span><\/em> she <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><\/em> mean?<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And while The Donald was one of many on The Right quick to highlight Barack Hussein&#8217;s hypocrisy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/donald.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/donald.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/donald.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/donald-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Steven Colbert was one of the few on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The Left<\/em><\/span> willing to delineate William Jefferson&#8217;s deliberate dissimulation when he observed, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/2020\/08\/stephen-colbert-blasts-slick-willy-i-dont-think-bill-clinton-gets-to-lecture-anyone-on-what-should-happen-in-the-oval-office\/?utm_source=activeengage&amp;utm_medium=email\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>I don\u2019t think Bill Clinton gets to lecture\u00a0ANYONE\u00a0on what should happen in the Oval Office<\/em><\/span><\/a>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4c5s9b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4c5s9b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4c5s9b.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4c5s9b-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>But, as noted by <em>NRO<\/em>, Barry, Hillary and Der Schlickmeister weren&#8217;t the only Dimocrats lying like dogs, as\u00a0<\/strong><strong>David Harsanyi details how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/08\/history-keeps-proving-john-kerry-wrong\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-08-19&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">History Keeps Proving John Kerry Wrong<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/08\/history-keeps-proving-john-kerry-wrong\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-08-19&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">The former secretary of state continues peddling foreign-policy falsehoods<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sk082020dAPR20200820014520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sk082020dAPR20200820014520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sk082020dAPR20200820014520.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sk082020dAPR20200820014520-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>I<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span class=\"small_caps\">t<\/span>\u00a0took approximately <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">20 seconds<\/span><\/em> for former secretary of state John Kerry <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to drop the first flagrant lie<\/span><\/em> in his Democratic National Convention speech\u00a0on Tuesday, when he claimed that the Obama administration\u2019s so-called Iran deal had \u201celiminated the threat of an Iran with a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It didn\u2019t get any better from there<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If truth equated to hits, even were he was possessed of incredible speed, arm strength <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em>\u00a0superlative fielding skills, John Kerry&#8217;s 0.000 batting accuracy would\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span>\u00a0preclude his consideration as a Major League shortstop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of White people who speak with forked tongue, as the <em>Daily Caller<\/em>\u00a0informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"mb-6 xl:mb-10 leading-tight font-oswald font-medium\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/18\/elizabeth-warren-included-dnc-native-american-caucus-meeting\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">Elizabeth Warren Included In DNC Native American Caucus Meeting<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Princess-Running-Gag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84389\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Princess-Running-Gag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Princess-Running-Gag.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Princess-Running-Gag-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/An-Act-of-Wampum-Destruction-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/An-Act-of-Wampum-Destruction-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/An-Act-of-Wampum-Destruction-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/An-Act-of-Wampum-Destruction-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Naive-American.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Naive-American.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Naive-American.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Naive-American-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not &#8220;how&#8221;, rather &#8220;WHY&#8221;?!?\u00a0 Here&#8217;s Lieawatha&#8217;s biggest contribution to the conversation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oIGEO1Onypc?start=623&amp;end=677&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>&#8220;Indian country&#8221;&#8230;seriously?!?\u00a0 Surely she meant &#8220;Native American country&#8221;?!?\u00a0 Whatever!!!\u00a0 Yes, America: vote for the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-harris.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-harris.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-harris.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-harris-300x256.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;ticket, so <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your<\/span><\/em>\u00a0hard-earned tax dollars can continue the efforts of those who&#8217;ve never worked a day in their lives to fund &#8220;Indian country&#8221;,&#8230;and: free healthcare; open borders and welfare, entitlements, health care and schooling for any illegal immigrant who can cross our borders; free college for those not willing to work while in high school; an energy grid the equivalent of that which requires rolling blackouts in California; etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseam.\u00a0 In other words&#8230;VENEZUELA!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb081920dAPR20200819044507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb081920dAPR20200819044507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb081920dAPR20200819044507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb081920dAPR20200819044507-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/justice.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/justice.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/justice.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/justice-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bg081920dAPR20200819034623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bg081920dAPR20200819034623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bg081920dAPR20200819034623.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bg081920dAPR20200819034623-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cheerleader_Spectator_Small20200819025005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84419\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cheerleader_Spectator_Small20200819025005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cheerleader_Spectator_Small20200819025005.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cheerleader_Spectator_Small20200819025005-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/varvel-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84397\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/varvel-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/varvel-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/varvel-3-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sbr082020dAPR20200820024507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sbr082020dAPR20200820024507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sbr082020dAPR20200820024507.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sbr082020dAPR20200820024507-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Witch-Glitch-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84383\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Witch-Glitch-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Witch-Glitch-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Witch-Glitch-1-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-19-20-at-9.06-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-19-20-at-9.06-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-19-20-at-9.06-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-19-20-at-9.06-AM-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-19-20-at-9.10-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-19-20-at-9.10-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-19-20-at-9.10-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-19-20-at-9.10-AM-300x232.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/happiness.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/happiness.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/happiness.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/happiness-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pilots.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84413\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pilots.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pilots.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pilots-300x273.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/seems-legit.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/seems-legit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/seems-legit.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/seems-legit-300x284.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hooray-for-texas.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hooray-for-texas.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hooray-for-texas.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hooray-for-texas-254x300.jpeg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84399\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls21.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls21-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-6-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls7-jpg.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls7-jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls7-jpg.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls7-jpg-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Balls-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84404\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;two from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and one each courtesy of Mark Foster&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fost-er-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84377\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fost-er-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fost-er-.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fost-er--300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<\/strong><strong>The Boss&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84386\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boss.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boss-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Fielding Cocke&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fielding.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fielding.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fielding.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fielding-262x300.png 262w\" 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-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Speed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Speed-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Speed-1-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and source unknown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FullSizeR54.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FullSizeR54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FullSizeR54.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/FullSizeR54-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy your weekend!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, August, 21st, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, here&#8217;s who came through the bathroom door when we called out to TLJ for some help with a certain act of personal hygiene: Now, here&#8217;s The Gouge! First up, in concert with our Video of the Day\u00a0(accessible through link #2 immediately beneath our Quote of the Day [&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-84547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84547","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=84547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84548,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84547\/revisions\/84548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}