{"id":85987,"date":"2020-10-08T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=85987"},"modified":"2020-10-08T16:48:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:48:22","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-september-30th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=85987","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, September 30th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, September 30th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, as this photo series from Balls Cotton confirms, there&#8217;s still justice in the world!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image001-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image001-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image001-2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image001-2-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s the first post-debate installment of <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, we won&#8217;t be tuning in for the festivities, &#8217;cause frankly we can&#8217;t stand to listen to any of the three individuals who&#8217;ll be involved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: we don&#8217;t need to tune in to know Chris Wallace will be solidly in Biden&#8217;s corner, every word Groper Joe utters will be a lie and Trump will be woefully unprepared to combat those lies with facts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>More importantly, we fear a poor performance by the President may jeopardize Amy Barrett&#8217;s chances of confirmation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Besides, nothing will be said which will change <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">our<\/span><\/em> vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But forget the debate: Given The Donald&#8217;s record in office, the state of disorder and disintegration Dimocrats have visited upon our country and the materially adverse impact Kamala Harris&#8217; proposed policies will inevitably visit upon it, we&#8217;ve a tough time believing there remain any <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> undecided voters, let alone &#8220;Republicans&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqmdn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85892\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqmdn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqmdn.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqmdn-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;of sound mind&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> clear conscience&#8230;who can <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">possibly<\/span><\/em> back her candidacy.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s be clear: Kamala Harris and the doddering figurehead atop her ticket&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85897\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/unnamed.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/unnamed-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;who evidently <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2020\/09\/29\/joe-bidens-break-request-rehashes-old-trump-attack-line-n2577136\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">needs a break every 30 minutes<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> to make it through a 90-minute debate&#8230;represent a political party <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">utterly infected<\/span><\/em> with a moral degeneracy at whose heart lies a slavish devotion to the murder of unborn infants so ghoulish it might have given the followers of Molech and\u00a0<b>Huitzilopochtli pause.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now consider the other whirlwinds America continues to reap from the wicked winds these Socialists have sown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit A: An unreasoned racial polarization which defies both fact and common sense:<\/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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/09\/ohio-state-professor-cancels-himself-for-praising-football\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-09-29&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #999999; text-decoration: underline;\">Ohio State Professor Cancels Himself for Praising Football<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/09\/ohio-state-professor-cancels-himself-for-praising-football\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-09-29&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Matthew J. Mayhew&#8217;s tale is one of grievous sin, of newfound scholarship, and, ultimately, of redemption<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/educated-idiot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85857\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/educated-idiot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/educated-idiot.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/educated-idiot-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on this video from Prager U&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fnkaoVzds00\" 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;we give Mayhew two weeks at most.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit B: A war on law enforcement and an exponential increase in lawlessness and violence:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"mar-top-0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/blm_organiser_plows_car_through_crowd_of_trump_supporters\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black Lives Matter organiser plows car through crowd of Trump supporters<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqm6p.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqm6p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqm6p.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqm6p-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit C: A dramatic decrease in the civility of our discourse which definitely predates The Donald:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Grin-and-Barrett-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Grin-and-Barrett-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Grin-and-Barrett-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Grin-and-Barrett-1-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqr7s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqr7s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqr7s.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqr7s-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stabenow&#8217;s statement constituting an assertion so asinine her Senate colleague John Kennedy of Louisiana suggested she\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8220;Sell crazy somewhere else; we&#8217;re all stocked up here.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit D: Counterproductive, indeed <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">harmful<\/span><\/em> policies predicated purely on Progressive identity politics and political correctness:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bronsonstocking\/2020\/09\/27\/newsom-signs-bill-assigning-prisoners-based-on-their-gender-identity-n2577027\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Newsom Signs Bill Assigning Inmates Based on Gender Identity<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqsfp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqsfp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqsfp.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4gqsfp-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit E: An inimicable contempt for free-market Capitalism and an infatuation with fairy tales:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"bfp__title--largest page__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/climate-plan\/#\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">The Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/greens.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/greens.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/greens.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/greens-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mix them all together, throw in a generous pinch of anti-Semitism, a dash of open borders, a sprinkle or two of anti-Christian bias and a cup of complete disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law, and you have the modern Progressivism, a movement which <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">epitomizes<\/span><\/em> the world Orwell predicted in <em>Animal Farm<\/em> and <em>1984<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;d love to hear Tom Ridge explain how anything Donald Trump has ever said, let alone done, presents as great a threat to the Founders&#8217; Republic as what we&#8217;ve just detailed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of threats to the Republic, writing at <em>Best of the Web<\/em>, Jim Freeman relates the sordid story of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-and-the-no-wrongdoing-mantra-11601409100?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden and the \u2018No Wrongdoing\u2019 Mantra<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-and-the-no-wrongdoing-mantra-11601409100?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">At least the Clintons pretended they were all about charity<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/download-1-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/download-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/download-1-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/download-1-3-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Just because the Biden family political fortune is not as large as the Clinton fortune <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn\u2019t make it right<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Clintons at least <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pretended<\/span><\/em> to be dedicating themselves to the betterment of humanity.<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"> The Bidens <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don\u2019t even bother<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Yet former Vice President Joe Biden\u2019s presidential campaign and various media folk <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">endlessly repeat<\/span><\/em> the line that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">there\u2019s no evidence<\/span><\/em> the Bidens have done <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anything wrong<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">But <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">of course it\u2019s wrong<\/span><\/em> for a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">powerful politician to allow a family member to accept millions of dollars for non-jobs<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also wrong<\/span><\/em> that Vice President Biden <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never even recused himself from issues related to the check-writers<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">What\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">new<\/span><\/em> is that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Bidens<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don\u2019t even feel any need to hide such schemes<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a class=\"icon none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/book-review-clinton-cash-by-peter-schweizer-1430952794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Back in 2005<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">when former President Bill Clinton was in Kazakhstan doing a solid for a wealthy financier who wanted a piece of the country\u2019s rich uranium deposits, at least Mr. Clinton <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">presented himself<\/span><\/em> as an ambassador for affordable HIV\/AIDS treatment.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The Biden model is to leverage the political power <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">without the pretense of a charitable foundation<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The family <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not even appear to have made an effort<\/span><\/em> to argue that son Hunter Biden\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really is<\/em><\/span>\u00a0an expert on<\/span><\/span>\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\/bondi-biden-and-corruption-11598464976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corporate governance<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">or Ukrainian geology or petroleum engineering or<\/span>\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\/the-bidens-concede-11571078740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese finance<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">or<\/span>\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\/hunter-biden-worldwide-11571946607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romanian real estate<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Last year the younger Biden <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">quit<\/span><\/em> such associations as they became public and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">promised not to engage in such activities if his father is elected president<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">As for the<\/span>\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\/hunter-biden-andrew-cuomo-and-the-russian-billionaire-11600890853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new disclosure<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">that a Russian billionaire named Elena Baturina wired $3.5 million to a company co-founded by Hunter Biden as part of a \u201cconsultancy agreement,\u201d the campaign <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has essentially dismissed the report as politically motivated<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reporters<\/span><\/em> in turn seem to have spent <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more time blindly asserting that there\u2019s no wrongdoing than attempting to answer the obvious question of why a Russian real estate magnate sent so much money to a Biden entity<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Bidens have <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">implicitly acknowledged<\/span><\/em> that a number of Hunter Biden\u2019s business arrangements <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were<\/span><\/em> wrong <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by ending them<\/span><\/em> and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">promising that they won\u2019t be repeated<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> And it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was wrong<\/span><\/em> of Joe Biden <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to tolerate and enable them<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Wrong&#8221; is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right<\/em><\/span>: Morally, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ethically<\/span><\/em> and in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any and every other way possible<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 And if such dirty dealings <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aren&#8217;t<\/span><\/em> criminal, they certainly <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span><\/em>\u00a0be, because they <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ccc-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ccc-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ccc-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ccc-4-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MC-tight-lid-web20200929052007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MC-tight-lid-web20200929052007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MC-tight-lid-web20200929052007.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MC-tight-lid-web20200929052007-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/afb092920dAPR20200929034505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/afb092920dAPR20200929034505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/afb092920dAPR20200929034505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/afb092920dAPR20200929034505-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cartoon-of-the-day.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85869\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cartoon-of-the-day.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cartoon-of-the-day.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cartoon-of-the-day-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/afb092820dAPR20200928044509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/afb092820dAPR20200928044509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/afb092820dAPR20200928044509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/afb092820dAPR20200928044509-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bbb-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bbb-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bbb-8.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bbb-8-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MC-ACB-extremist-web20200928012729.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MC-ACB-extremist-web20200928012729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MC-ACB-extremist-web20200928012729.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MC-ACB-extremist-web20200928012729-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cb092820dAPR20200929034509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cb092820dAPR20200929034509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cb092820dAPR20200929034509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cb092820dAPR20200929034509-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-9-29-20-at-8.08-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-9-29-20-at-8.08-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-9-29-20-at-8.08-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Image-9-29-20-at-8.08-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these instant classics from Fielding Cocke&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85866\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-300x289.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Brenda Berry&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/brenda-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/brenda-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/brenda-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/brenda-2-300x262.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with another from Speed Mach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/speed-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/speed-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/speed-4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/speed-4-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;this little bon mot from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hickey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85868\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hickey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hickey.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hickey-300x270.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and this string of Conservative consciousness from G. Trevor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Trevor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Trevor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Trevor.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Trevor-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor2-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85885\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85886\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trevor5-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>be sure to vote for who <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span><\/em> think won the debate at our new poll near the top of the page on the right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. Our nephew David is getting married on Friday, so we likely won&#8217;t be back on the air until Monday.\u00a0 So, &#8217;til then&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLUNypEfrFQ?start=86&amp;end=88&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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, September 30th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, as this photo series from Balls Cotton confirms, there&#8217;s still justice in the world! Now, here&#8217;s the first post-debate installment of The Gouge! First up, we won&#8217;t be tuning in for the festivities, &#8217;cause frankly we can&#8217;t stand to listen to any of the three individuals who&#8217;ll [&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-85987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85987","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=85987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85988,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85987\/revisions\/85988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}