{"id":84923,"date":"2020-09-01T17:49:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84923"},"modified":"2020-09-01T17:49:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T21:49:19","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-august-31-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=84923","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, August 31, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, August 31st, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, as this headline from <em>The Washington Times<\/em> forwarded by James Nichols confirms, the Dimocratic ticket just received an important endorsement, as the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/aug\/9\/communists-approve-joe-biden-for-president\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Communist Party USA approves Biden for president<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"page-subheadline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/aug\/9\/communists-approve-joe-biden-for-president\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gains endorsement from long-standing chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d5q9e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84823\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d5q9e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d5q9e.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d5q9e-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As they say, you can tell a lot about a man by who his friends are&#8230;along with those who support him for political office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, to all the corporate capitulators and others out there who continue to back <em>Black Lies Matter<\/em>, here&#8217;s who and what you&#8217;re endorsing: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sDTu4ctpglc\" 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>As this video forwarded by our mother-in-law Ann details, sowing racial division has been part of the Communist playbook since the late 1940s:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x-1V15pznog\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And as achieving their goals requires a vast army of foot soldiers (i.e., cannon fodder) who are ignorant of both history and truth, Millennials provide an enormous pool of miseducated, amoral myrmidons yearning for the opportunity to sacrifice themselves in a cause they view as greater than themselves.\u00a0 Which is a VERY low threshold <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">indeed<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, writing at his\u00a0<em>White House Dossier<\/em>, Keith Koffler details how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousedossier.com\/2020\/08\/27\/biden-and-harris-prejudge-jacob-blake-shooting\/?awt_a=8WOd&amp;awt_l=6Oa_r&amp;awt_m=3bq69.lfpwTM1Od\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden has prejudged Jacob Blake shooting<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EhXvg02-w9Q?start=0&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>Joe actually does a two-fer, as immediately after absolving <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mr. Blake<\/span><\/em> of any responsibility for <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his<\/span><\/em>\u00a0present circumstances, he declares <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">George Floyd<\/span><\/em> was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">murdered<\/span><\/em>, a fact which remains far from settled pending Derek Chauvin&#8217;s trial and conviction in a court of law.\u00a0 We can only assume Joe was hanging with that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r4NmtSrqtvI\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bad dude Corn Pop<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0the day presumption of innocence was covered at Syracuse Law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note also, not a word of concern for the officer involved, no mention of having reached out to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">him<\/span><\/em> or <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his family<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Like his powers of recall regarding the bedrock of American jurisprudence, candidate Biden&#8217;s compassion is very selective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then again, when it comes to prejudging Blake&#8217;s shooting, so has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everyone else<\/span><\/em> in any position of power on The Left, including, but far from limited to, Wisconsin&#8217;s Dimocratic governor&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6gP37W1uc8c?start=14&amp;end=40&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Lieutenant Governor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2VGFW_7wykI?start=81&amp;end=222&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>As for the MSM&#8217;s coverage of the event, we&#8217;re going to <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">highlight in pink<\/span> the deliberate misrepresentations and falsehoods expressed as facts, offered by, in no particular order, (1).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/two-men-killed-jacob-blake-protest-identified-authorities-n1238630\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>NBC News<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"endmarkEnabled\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Wisconsin authorities have identified the two men who were\u00a0allegedly shot dead by a 17-year-old earlier this week during a protest in Kenosha\u00a0over the\u00a0shooting of Jacob Blake by police.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"endmarkEnabled\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The two men, Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, were killed Tuesday <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">when they tried to intervene during the alleged shooting rampage by the teenager<\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> A third man, Gaige P. Grosskreutz, was also wounded in the attack.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"endmarkEnabled\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Cellphone videos from the demonstration Tuesday night showed Rosenbaum<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">approaching the teen<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">, who was carrying an AR-15 style rifle, according to the charging documents, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rosenbaum appeared to throw a plastic bag at him before the latter opened fire<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(Sorry, but we were under the impression plastic tends to melt&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NSU9ZvnudFE?start=387&amp;end=389&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;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8230;when exposed to direct flames.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Rosenbaum was struck several times<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2). <em>The Atlantic<\/em>, from aptly entitled article, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>This is How Biden Loses<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Events are unfolding with the inevitable logic of a nightmare.<\/span> A white police officer shoots a Black man <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as he\u2019s leaning into a car with his three sons inside<\/span><\/em>\u2014shoots him <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">point-blank in the back<\/span><\/em>, seven times, \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as if he didn\u2019t matter<\/span><\/em>,\u201d the victim\u2019s father later says. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">If George Floyd was <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">crushed to death<span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"> by depraved indifference<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span>, Jacob Blake is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the object of an <span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">attempted execution<\/span><\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Somehow<\/span><\/em>, he <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">survives<\/span><\/em>\u2014<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but his body is shattered, paralyzed from the waist down, maybe for life<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Kenosha explodes in rage, the same rage that\u2019s been igniting around the country all summer long, fading in Minneapolis only to flare up in Portland.<\/span> In Kenosha, as elsewhere, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff00ff;\">what starts in peaceful protest<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> soon leads to violence<\/span><\/em>: cars burned, shops smashed, local businesses destroyed. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Police and rioters incite one another to escalate; armed vigilantes take matters into their own hands; and<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a teenager from out of state kills two local men<\/span><\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">with an AR-15-style rifle<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FYI, Antioch, Illinois is only 21.1 miles from Kenosha, significantly less as the crow flies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/antioch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84835\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/antioch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/antioch.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/antioch-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver Lake, is 20.7 miles from Kenosha, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">further<\/span><\/em> than Antioch in a straight line.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/silver-lake.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84836\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/silver-lake.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/silver-lake.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/silver-lake-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3). <em>The<\/em> <em>Guardian<\/em>, as biased a distributor of disinformation as <em>CNN<\/em> or <em>MSDNC<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"content__headline \" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/aug\/27\/kenosha-protesters-killed-who-were-they-anthony-huber-joseph-rosenbaum\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">A father and a 26-year-old skateboarder: the <span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">protesters<\/span> killed in Kenosha<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"content__headline \" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/aug\/27\/kenosha-protesters-killed-who-were-they-anthony-huber-joseph-rosenbaum\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Anthony Huber, 26, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, were shot dead when<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">armed extremists disrupted a Black Lives Matter protest<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d9q2x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d9q2x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d9q2x.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d9q2x-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The victims were Anthony Huber, 26, and Joseph \u201cJojo\u201d Rosenbaum, 36,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both men from the Kenosha area<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Rosenbaum had a two-year-old daughter, according to local reports, while Huber leaves behind a stepdaughter.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">A third man, Gaige Grosskreutz, a 26-year-old from West Allis, 30 miles north of Kenosha, was shot but is expected to survive.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Huber, who lived in Silver Lake, 15 miles west of Kenosha, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was a keen skateboarder<\/span><\/em>, the\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a class=\"u-underline\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2020\/8\/26\/21403106\/anthony-huber-gaige-grosskreutz-kyle-rittenhouse-joseph-jojo-rosenbaum\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><strong>Chicago Sun-Times reporte<\/strong>d<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4). <em>The Daily News<\/em>, which at least\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/crime\/ny-kenosha-victims-identified-as-anthony-huber-joseph-rosenbaum-20200827-zvrsv7fpqfftlmjyrtjrmg5wwa-story.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> ended its article<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> by reporting&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Online arrest records show Huber was arrested several times on battery, drugs and other charges. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Rosenbaum had an open criminal case on battery, disorderly conduct and domestic abuse charges, according to the Wisconsin Circuit Court website. <\/span>His previous record could not immediately be confirmed.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;but only after the following, inexplicably fawning opening, which frankly left us wondering if the reporter had written the entire article before uncovering the character of his subjects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-page=\"1\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_top\" data-item-number=\"top\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The two men who were gunned down during a chaotic night of demonstrations over the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin this week <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have been identified by family and friends as \u201csweet\u201d and \u201cloving\u201d protesters<\/span><\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Anthony Huber, 26, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, died after police said a 17-year-old gunman who was illegally carrying a rifle shot them in the streets of Kenosha, the city where cops shot and wounded an unarmed Blake in front of his kids on Sunday.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-page=\"1\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_top\" data-item-number=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Videos shared on social media appear to <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">show Huber and Ronsebaum trying to take down the suspect late Tuesday night<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">moments after the teen reportedly shot another protester<\/span><\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The third victim, 36-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz, was hospitalized but is expected to survive.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-page=\"1\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_top\" data-item-number=\"top\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A friend and local business owner<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">described the three activists as peaceful demonstrators who reportedly rallied against police brutality and systemic racism while condemning the use of violence during protests<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-page=\"1\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_top\" data-item-number=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d9pf8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84860\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d9pf8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d9pf8.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d9pf8-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2-3-275x300.jpeg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-3-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84862\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-3-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-3-1-221x300.jpeg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-page=\"1\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_top\" data-item-number=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>\u201cThey came out here every time with us. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Sweet.<\/span> Loving. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">They were the sweetest hearts, souls.<\/span> I called Anthony my hippie guy,\u201d Porche Bennett told the\u00a0Kenosha News. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201cThey were sweet guys.<\/span> We knew all three of them, but (Huber) was the one who would always come up to me.<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> Always would be right by me.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes,&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ted Bundy<\/span><\/em> was sweet and loving <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">too<\/span><\/em>&#8230;until you got to know him&#8230;up close and personal.\u00a0 Oh, and Hitler loved dogs!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a follow-up to his earlier thoughts on the Blake shooting, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Robert Verbruggen wonders&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/08\/does-kyle-rittenhouse-have-a-self-defense-claim\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-08-28&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Does Kyle Rittenhouse Have a Self-Defense Claim<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-component=\"iframeEmbed\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/08\/does-kyle-rittenhouse-have-a-self-defense-claim\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-08-28&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Without more context, the numerous videos of the incident add up to a disturbing Rorschach test<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W9HPrgeOvjY?start=20\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Goes to the defendant&#8217;s state of mind, your Honor.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Rittenhouse is a 17-year-old from Antioch, Ill., about a half hour\u2019s drive from Kenosha. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Inexplicably<\/span><\/em>, this underage police cadet from out of state wound up on the streets after curfew in a place where a riot was likely imminent, doing interviews with journalists and openly carrying an AR-15\u2013style rifle.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>There can be no question that Rittenhouse and whatever adults were in charge of him <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">made idiotic decisions<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minors should not stand guard at riots play-acting at being cops<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> But even people who <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knowingly<\/span><\/em> put themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are allowed to defend themselves against attack when they get there<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">So the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">biggest<\/span><\/em> legal question is:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Did<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Rittenhouse <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>defend himself<\/em><\/span> against attack with an appropriate amount of force, or were the people he shot the ones acting in self-defense by trying to disarm him?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>Rittenhouse is already a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hero to some<\/span><\/em> and a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">supervillain to others<\/span><\/em>; in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/em> sense, he is the Bernie Goetz of 2020. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">The highest charge against him <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">strikes me as a stretch<\/span><\/em>, but <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">beyond that<\/span><\/em> I don\u2019t have any bold opinions <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">yet<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The outcome for <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">each shooting<\/span><\/em> will depend on whether Rittenhouse <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reasonably feared for his life<\/span><\/em>, which in turn might depend on broader context we <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lack thus far<\/span><\/em> \u2014 and even if <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all three shootings were justified<\/span><\/em>, there are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still<\/span><\/em> firearms and reckless-endangerment charges for him to contend with.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Where the f*** were this kid\u2019s parents<\/span><\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A fair question which concludes a fair analysis, but one which begs an equally-fair counter: how many parents in America know where <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their<\/span><\/em> 17-year-olds are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">24\/7<\/span><\/em>?\u00a0 We confess <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span><\/em> didn&#8217;t&#8230;nor did <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">our<\/span><\/em> parents back between November 7, 1972 and July 9, 1973&#8230;the dates marking our 17th birthday and Induction Day for the Class of &#8217;77 at the Naval Academy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For additional analysis, we offer as Exhibit &#8220;A&#8221;, this video by Colion Noir forwarded by James Nichols:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NSU9ZvnudFE\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Again, which confirms the object Rosenbaum threw at Rittenhouse was some sort of incendiary device&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NSU9ZvnudFE?start=387&amp;end=389&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;likely a Molotov cocktail.\u00a0 One thing&#8217;s for certain: owing to the fact plastic tends to melt when on fire, it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wasn&#8217;t<\/span><\/em> a plastic bag!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, Exhibit &#8220;B&#8221;, as in Brandon Tatum:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3aMwcb-k5Kw\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. FYI, according to both <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SLiiVQSN8Ro\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Brandon Tatum<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/orHQ6lHtXlQ\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hodge Twins<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span>, <em>Facebook<\/em>\u00a0&#8216;s Thought Police are threatening to close down their accounts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For a different perspective on the situation, Balls Cotton forwarded this entry from <em>Wilder, Wealthy and Wise<\/em>\u00a0you&#8217;ll likely find of interest, as the author wonders, in keeping with the subject of the video featured earlier from our mother-in-law&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wilderwealthywise.com\/have-the-kenosha-riots-given-the-right-our-rosa-parks\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Have The Kenosha Riots Given The Right Our Rosa Parks<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TREAD.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TREAD.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TREAD.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TREAD-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The goal of the Left, as amply illustrated by Yuri Bezmenov (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/wilderwealthywise.com\/yuri-bezmenovs-1980s-prediction-of-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yuri Bezmenov\u2019s 1980\u2019s Prediction of 2020<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>), is to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">demoralize the West<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Demoralization\u2019s goal<\/span><\/em> is to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">destroy the moral outlook of our nation<\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 The <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">goal of Demoralization<\/span><\/em> is to destroy\u00a0<em><u>your<\/u><\/em>\u00a0moral outlook.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If you\u2019re <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a Christian<\/span><\/em>, the goal of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Enemy<\/span><\/em> (you know who when I write the big E) is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to make you feel despair<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span> If you\u2019re <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> a Christian, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still on the Right<\/span><\/em>, the goal of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the enemy is the same<\/span><\/em> \u2013 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to make you feel despair<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">To make you feel <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you cannot win<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span> To make you feel that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">there is nothing you can do to stop the inevitable march of history<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> The Enemy (or enemy) wants you to believe that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the victory of the Left is<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">inevitable<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>That\u2019s why my Friday posts are, at least recently, focused on the opposite.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The victory of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Right is inevitable<\/span><\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0 And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that\u2019s<\/span><\/em> what scares the Left <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more than anything.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They will do <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">absolutely everything they can to make you feel powerless<\/span><\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0 They will do <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whatever they can to make you feel that nothing you do matters<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">You <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can\u2019t fight them<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>That\u2019s smart.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But a 17 year old in Kenosha <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">proved it was a lie<\/span><\/em>, and may very well be the Rosa Parks of the Right<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Less Rosa Parks, and more either Lexington &amp; Concord, or&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CgHWwYQ3XSg?start=57&amp;end=86&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<em>Magnum Force<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As always, <em>we report<\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you decide<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, two articles detailing similar Progressive themes, the first from <em>Red State<\/em> via The Boss&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redstate.com\/jenvanlaar\/2020\/08\/27\/soros-da-diana-becton-requires-officers-consider-whether-a-looter-needed-stolen-goods-before-charging\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Soros DA Diana Becton Requires Officers Consider Whether a Looter \u201cNeeded\u201d Stolen Goods Before Charging<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-6.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls1-6-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/guidelines.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/guidelines.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/guidelines.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/guidelines-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the second, not surprisingly, from <em>National Progressive Radio<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/codeswitch\/2020\/08\/27\/906642178\/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting?preview=\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">One Author&#8217;s Argument &#8216;In Defense Of Looting<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gettyimages-1216624765_custom-2d2512b1bdb91a9c6e0b6e9e32f44d202ac29819-s800-c85.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gettyimages-1216624765_custom-2d2512b1bdb91a9c6e0b6e9e32f44d202ac29819-s800-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gettyimages-1216624765_custom-2d2512b1bdb91a9c6e0b6e9e32f44d202ac29819-s800-c85.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gettyimages-1216624765_custom-2d2512b1bdb91a9c6e0b6e9e32f44d202ac29819-s800-c85-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Together, they add up to a political hot potato only The Donald could love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of election issues that have Republicans licking their chops, in the once-Golden State, a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/california-bill-to-form-reparations-task-force-advances-after-33-3-state-senate-vote\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">California bill to form reparations task force advances after 33-3 state Senate vote<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/california-bill-to-form-reparations-task-force-advances-after-33-3-state-senate-vote\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">The panel would study the effects slavery had on California\u00a0&#8212; and recommend compensation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9rc2FNrz4Zk?start=16&amp;end=32&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>States like Texas, New York\u00a0and Vermont\u00a0have done similar studies in the last two years, finding that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">along with cash<\/span><\/em>, reparations could mean <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">housing assistance, lower tuition, forgiving student loans, job training, community investments, etc<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cIf the 40-acres-and-a-mule that was promised to free slaves were delivered to the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">descendants<\/span><\/em> of those slaves <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">today<\/span><\/em>, we would <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all be billionaires<\/span><\/em>,\u201d state Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena,\u00a0said.<\/span> \u201cI hear far too many people say, \u2018Well, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I<\/span><\/em> didn\u2019t own slaves, that was so long ago.&#8217; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Well, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">inherit wealth<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you can inherit the debt that you owe to African-Americans<\/span><\/em>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Housing assistance, lower tuition, forgiving student loans (why does anyone need lower tuition if their student loans will be forgiven?!?), job training, community investments, etc.&#8221;, the &#8220;etc.&#8221; meaning <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cash<\/span><\/em> payments to men for not working and abandoning their wife\/girlfriend and kids, cash to women for having babies out of wedlock, food stamps, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseam, ad infinitum: We know California likes to be on the cutting edge of most anything, but Sacramento is seemingly oblivious to the fact (there&#8217;s that pesky word again!) such measures were enacted back in 1964 as part of LBJ&#8217;s effort to ensure Black loyalty at the ballot box&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ill-have-those-niggers-voting-democratic-for-the-next-200-years.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ill-have-those-niggers-voting-democratic-for-the-next-200-years.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ill-have-those-niggers-voting-democratic-for-the-next-200-years.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ill-have-those-niggers-voting-democratic-for-the-next-200-years-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;during which time taxpayers have forked over approximately $30 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TRILLION<\/span><\/em>!!!\u00a0 Shouldn&#8217;t\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THAT<\/span><\/em> be credited as reparations?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And what about individuals whose families never owned slaves nor inherited wealth, owing to their Union ancestors impoverishing their families by fighting <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and dying<\/span><\/em> to free the slaves during the Civil War?\u00a0 What about people who inherited little more than their parents&#8217; funeral expenses?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, can we assume, since Kamala Harris&#8217;s ancestors <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">actually owned slaves<\/span><\/em>, she&#8217;ll be on the giving rather than receiving end of your hare-brained plan for reparations?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Until Mr. Bradford can answer those questions&#8230;along with a multitude of others which render reparations unworkable&#8230;we&#8217;d disrespectfully offer him the same suggestion <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IoaWvExloVw?t=31\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spider gave Tommy<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/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\/pillosi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84824\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pillosi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pillosi.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pillosi-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls5-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/up-in-smoke.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84820\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/up-in-smoke.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/up-in-smoke.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/up-in-smoke-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dims-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84817\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dims-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dims-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dims-1-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dems.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dems.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dems.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dems-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/afb082820dAPR20200828084507.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84816\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden1-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/conspiracy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84818\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/conspiracy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/conspiracy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/conspiracy-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/If-At-First-You-Dont-Concede-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/If-At-First-You-Dont-Concede-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/If-At-First-You-Dont-Concede-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/If-At-First-You-Dont-Concede-1-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Pasted-Graphic-26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Pasted-Graphic-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Pasted-Graphic-26.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Pasted-Graphic-26-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Try-the-Crow-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Try-the-Crow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Try-the-Crow-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Try-the-Crow-1-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-28-20-at-8.22-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-28-20-at-8.22-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-28-20-at-8.22-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Image-8-28-20-at-8.22-AM-300x238.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/a-very-disturbing-movie.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/a-very-disturbing-movie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/a-very-disturbing-movie.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/a-very-disturbing-movie-256x300.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/duct-tape.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84796\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/duct-tape.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/duct-tape.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/duct-tape-300x205.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d3680-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84797\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d3680-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d3680-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4d3680-1-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-3-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls-281x300.jpeg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls2-300x297.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls3-296x300.jpeg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls4.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/balls4-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a few from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey1-1-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84809\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey2-1-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84810\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hickey3-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a couple more courtesy of James Nichols&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boob.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boob.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boob.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boob-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/boob-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image003.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image003-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image003-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with one from Breeze Gould&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gould.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gould.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gould.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gould-276x300.png 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Brendan Clark&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/foster-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/foster-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/foster-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/foster-2-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shannon1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shannon1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shannon1-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shannon1-1-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and our eldest son Jon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118602390_10106303831093935_5366261743761024362_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118602390_10106303831093935_5366261743761024362_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118602390_10106303831093935_5366261743761024362_o.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118602390_10106303831093935_5366261743761024362_o-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with two sordid stories straight from the pages of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, as we first learn of a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/gunfire-during-wild-brawl-involving-texas-hurricane-laura-evacuees-leaves-homeless-woman-dead-ho\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Wild Texas brawl involving Hurricane Laura evacuees leaves woman dead<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/canadian.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84838\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/canadian.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/canadian.png 325w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/canadian-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A homeless woman died in Texas after being struck by a stray bullet fired during a wild street brawl that involved some\u00a060\u00a0Hurricane Laura\u00a0evacuees.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Austin police\u00a0identified the victim as Amy Lynn Warner, 51.<\/span> They charged Linton Alexander, 21, on Friday with her death.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">It happened at 12:30 a.m. Thursday near the Driscoll Hotel in the city&#8217;s downtown.<\/span> \u201cThe information gathered thus far indicates that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two groups of hurricane evacuees<\/span><\/em>, one from <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Port Arthur<\/span><\/em> and one from <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Beaumont<\/span><\/em>, got into an argument and a large fight ensued,\u201d police said.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u201cIndividuals from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span> parties <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">produced handguns<\/span><\/em>,\u201d officials\u00a0said.<\/span> \u201cOne person fired and struck <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a woman experiencing homelessness<\/em><\/span> who happened to be nearby, but was not involved.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Truly<\/span><\/em>, no good deed goes unpunished&#8230;including evacuation from the path of a hurricane.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, further east in Alabama, the fruits of slavery and Jim Crow continue to plague the country, as an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alabama-pedestrian-shot-walking-too-slowly\" class=\"broken_link\">Alabama pedestrian killed for crossing street too slowly<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Penn-Allen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Penn-Allen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Penn-Allen.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Penn-Allen-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Johnarian Travez Allen was shot <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">eight times<\/span><\/em> on Thursday evening in Union Springs, a small town some 45 miles outside of Montgomery,\u00a0WSFA 12 reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Jeremiah Wesley Penn claimed he shot Allen because the 29-year-old was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">taking too long to cross the street<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Penn had supposedly gone to a store to purchase food.<\/span> On his way over, he stopped to let Allen cross the street, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at which point Penn felt that Allen was taking too long<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As Johnarian Travez Allen was Black&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em>\u00a0shot <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">eight times<\/span><\/em>&#8230;no doubt <em>Black Lies Matter<\/em> will, as in the case of Breonna Taylor, turn its full attention on Union Springs to demand justice for the fallen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edIi6hYpUoQ?start=374&amp;end=376&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;\" 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