{"id":86629,"date":"2020-10-25T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=86629"},"modified":"2020-10-25T16:36:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T20:36:37","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-october-23rd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=86629","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, October 23rd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, October 23rd, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, here&#8217;s a thought: Dimocrats are behind the revelations revealed by Hunter&#8217;s laptop and business partner.\u00a0 Like Hillary before him, they figure Joe&#8217;s a lock in the election, but far from the candidate they need or want to push their increasingly radical agenda.\u00a0 So with the cooperation and connivance of their MSM fellow travelers, they hide the story until after the election, at which point it suddenly becomes news, Biden is either resigns or is impeached, and Kamala Harris ascends to the Oval Office.\u00a0 And if Socialists sweep the Senate, it&#8217;s &#8220;Welcome to Amerika!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This may well have been agreed upon beforehand, with Biden being promised the top of the ticket in exchange for naming Harris as his Veep, with the understanding he steps down for health reasons once he&#8217;s inaugurated, and the evidence of family corruption is just insurance in case he reneges on the deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just sayin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. If we found RINOs distasteful as a species before&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1-9.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1-9-300x242.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;we now consider them as contemptible as their Socialist kin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. TLJ called us in for The Donald&#8217;s big chance to pin The Groper to Hunter&#8217;s wall, and he <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">completely blew<\/span><\/em> the opportunity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, in a forward from Jeff Foutch, the <em>New York Post<\/em>&#8216;s Michael Goodwin relates&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-16493023\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/22\/hunter-biz-partner-confirms-e-mail-details-joe-bidens-push-to-make-millions-from-china\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Hunter biz partner confirms email, details Joe Biden\u2019s push to make millions from China<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-18.png 377w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-18-269x300.png 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Wait until <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scranton<\/span><\/em> hears about <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">One of Joe Biden\u2019s ways of contrasting himself with President Trump has been to declare the election a battle of Park Avenue values vs. Scranton, Pa., values.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Now<\/span><\/em> we learn that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Biden has secretly been playing footsie with China<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The statement Wednesday night asserting that the former vice president was a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">willing and eager participant<\/span><\/em> in a family scheme to make millions of dollars by partnering with a shady Chinese Communist firm is a singular event in a presidential race already overflowing with drama and intrigue.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The dynamite assertion, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>believable because it aligns with earlier information we know to be true<\/em><\/span>, came in a statement by Tony Bobulinski, who describes himself as a former partner of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden and Joe\u2019s brother Jim in the China scheme. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Bobulinski unloads his bill of accusations in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blunt but precise language and detail<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>He confirms that he was one of the recipients of the May 13, 2017, email\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/15\/emails-reveal-how-hunter-biden-tried-to-cash-in-big-with-chinese-firm\/\">published by The Post eight days ago<\/a><\/span><\/em>.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> That email, from another partner in the group, laid out cash and equity positions and mysteriously included a 10 percent set-aside for \u201cthe big guy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Sources\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-china-email-source-verifies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">have said the \u201cbig guy\u201d was Joe Biden<\/a><\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">In a matter-of-fact manner, Bobulinski states that the \u201cemail is genuine\u201d and that the former vice president and the man leading in the 2020 race is indeed \u201cthe big guy.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>That claim <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">alone<\/span><\/em> rips out the heart of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nearly everything Joe Biden has ever said<\/span><\/em> about Hunter\u2019s many businesses <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and Joe\u2019s knowledge of them<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">His repeated insistence that the two never spoke of the son\u2019s global sources of money didn\u2019t pass the laugh test.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>After all, they traveled together to China on Air Force Two, where Hunter landed a $1.5 billion commitment from a government-controlled Chinese bank. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Then there was Hunter\u2019s $83,000-a-month gig on the board of a Ukrainian energy company \u2014 despite his lack of experience in Ukraine or knowledge of energy.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>It was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no coincidence<\/span><\/em> that the vice president was the Obama administration\u2019s point man in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both countries<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Wherever <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joe<\/span><\/em> went, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hunter<\/span><\/em> went along, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do good<\/span><\/em>, but to do <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">well<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Very<\/span><\/em> well.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>There were similarly lucrative deals in Russia, Romania and \u00adKazakhstan \u2014 that we <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">know of<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As usual, we won&#8217;t be watching the debate; we frankly cannot stomach listening to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span><\/em> of the three parties involved&#8230;four if Trump actually brings Tony Bobulinski to the debate and the former Naval officer ends up being a Trojan horse, which we believe is well within the realm of possibility, and reveals he made the whole story up on national television.\u00a0 In which case, the unforced error Trump already made by associating himself personally with Bobulinski in any way will have been compounded.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That being said, were <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span><\/em> The Donald, we&#8217;d walk out on the debate stage with the <em>Post<\/em>\u00a0cover under our coat and respond to the Biden shill&#8217;s first question, by saying, &#8220;We covered that subject in the first debate; let&#8217;s talk about something <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><\/em> important&#8221;, then pull out the headline, hold it up to the camera and say, &#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<\/span><\/em>!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He should then follow up by attacking <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not Joe Biden<\/span><\/em>, but <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Biden shill representing the Fourth Estate<\/span><\/em>, pointing out it&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more than curious<\/span><\/em> the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">same MSM<\/span><\/em> which refuses to cover confirmed claims of Biden family corruption had <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no such qualms<\/span><\/em> during the Kavanaugh confirmation, publishing every unconfirmed salacious claim it could.\u00a0 Likewise, for three years, this <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">same MSM<\/span><\/em> ran with the Russian collusion narrative based on a dossier <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they knew<\/span><\/em>&#8230;or certainly <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span><\/em> have known&#8230;was bought and paid for by the Clinton campaign and the DNC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ccc-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ccc-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ccc-5.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ccc-5-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It may well prove to be the only time many Americans <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ever hear<\/span><\/em> of Biden&#8217;s corruption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, <em>Best of the Web<\/em>&#8216;s Jim Freeman correctly concludes <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/now-corruption-story-is-about-joe-not-hunter-11603392288?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOW the corruption story is about JOE, NOT Hunter<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong>, finishing his column by observing&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>This column takes a back seat to no one in skepticism about the Beltway establishment. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">given the documented overseas riches collected by the Biden family<\/span><\/em>, it would be patently unfair to claim that the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">average<\/span><\/em> Washingtonian <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is as corrupt as the former vice president<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of corruption in high places, w<\/strong><strong>hen not otherwise occupied\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/10\/barack-obama-donald-trump-china-joe-biden-1234601499\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">spreading utterly unfounded claims about The Donald having a &#8220;secret Chinese bank account<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, the Dear Misleader has been busily engaged mangling his meaning in front of crowd numbering in the tens&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GeyTu35KDvQ?start=7&amp;end=22&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;while Nancy the Red refuses to consider questions on her candidate&#8217;s conduct:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aH1OhVZAwcQ\" 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>Meanwhile, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Brittany Bernstein informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/hunter-bidens-purported-laptop-connected-to-fbi-money-laundering-investigation\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=21862454\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Hunter Biden\u2019s Purported Laptop Connected to FBI Money Laundering Investigation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X1JOWFd3ySdT_640x360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X1JOWFd3ySdT_640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X1JOWFd3ySdT_640x360.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/X1JOWFd3ySdT_640x360-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The FBI subpoenaed a laptop and hard drive allegedly belonging to\u00a0Hunter Biden\u00a0in connection with a money laundering investigation, according to a new report. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Documents obtained by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/laptop-hunter-biden-linked-fbi-money-laundering-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">Fox News<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0show the subpoena was linked to a money laundering investigation in late 2019, though it is unknown whether the investigation is still open or if it directly involves Hunter Biden.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>\u201cThe FBI cannot open a case without predication, so they believed there was predication for criminal activity,\u201d a government official told Fox News. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cThis means there was sufficient evidence to believe that there was criminal conduct.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Given what we <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">know<\/span><\/em> of Hunter Biden, would such criminal conduct <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><\/em> come as a surprise?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>International News of Note<\/em><\/span>, writing at\u00a0<em>Foreign Policy<\/em>, Michael Beckley reminds us of one dire consequence of electing a President bought and paid for by Beijing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"hed\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/10\/19\/china-keeps-inching-closer-to-taiwan\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">China Keeps Inching Closer to Taiwan<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"dek-heading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/10\/19\/china-keeps-inching-closer-to-taiwan\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">The United States needs to get serious about defending the island nation\u2014here\u2019s how<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/https-_s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com_psh-ex-ftnikkei-3937bb4_images_1_4_1_1_16741141-1-eng-GB_20181120-Taiwan-conflict-600x338.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/https-_s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com_psh-ex-ftnikkei-3937bb4_images_1_4_1_1_16741141-1-eng-GB_20181120-Taiwan-conflict-600x338.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/https-_s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com_psh-ex-ftnikkei-3937bb4_images_1_4_1_1_16741141-1-eng-GB_20181120-Taiwan-conflict-600x338.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/https-_s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com_psh-ex-ftnikkei-3937bb4_images_1_4_1_1_16741141-1-eng-GB_20181120-Taiwan-conflict-600x338-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Were <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span><\/em> Taiwanese, we&#8217;d either be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">heavily<\/span><\/em> contributing to Trump&#8230;or have made plans to relocate in the event of a Biden victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, again courtesy of\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Brittany Bernstein, news has surfaced indicating another carnal camel has gotten its nose under the wall of the Vatican, as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/pope-francis-calls-for-civil-unions-for-same-sex-couples\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=21853149\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Pope Francis Calls for Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4jbu1x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4jbu1x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4jbu1x.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4jbu1x-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"endmarkEnabled\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cHomosexuals have a right to be part of the family,\u201d he said in\u00a0<em>Francesco<\/em>, a documentary about his life, according to the\u00a0<em>Catholic News Agency<\/em>.<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> \u201cThey\u2019re children of God and have a right to a family.<\/span> Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Francis\u2019 comments, which are likely to be seen by many Catholics as controversial, are reflective of his own views, and not an indication that the church will change its teachings on same-sex relationships<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, as long as they&#8217;re just <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his own<\/span><\/em> views; after all, it&#8217;s not like the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">personal beliefs<\/span><\/em> of the Bishop of Rome,\u00a0Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of Vatican City and Servant of the Servants of God <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">carry any more weight than the average member of his flock<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The last time we heard such a ridiculous statement come from the Vatican was 1978:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y-zMZnY76Qk?start=7&amp;end=19&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>We feel for &#8220;the faithful&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, courtesy of <em>FOX Business<\/em>&#8230;which once again failed to fact-check the claims in an article before publishing it&#8230;another &#8220;study&#8221; not worth the paper on which is was printed, as we&#8217;re falsely informed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/black-homeowners-paying-13464-more-mortgages\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Black homeowners paying $13,464 more on mortgages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/black-homeowners-paying-13464-more-mortgages\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Higher interest rates, property taxes and lack of refinancing opportunities are fueling the disparity, a new MIT study suggests<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-1187586084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-1187586084.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-1187586084.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-1187586084-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The authors of the study, released this month,\u00a0attributed higher interest rates, higher property taxes and a lack of refinancing opportunities for the disparity in mortgage buying for Black homeowners. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">As a result, Black homeowners can expect to pay up to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">$600 more a year<\/span><\/em>, or a whopping\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">$67,000 over the lifetime of a mortgage in lost retirement savings<\/span><\/em>, the study found.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cIn addition to the extra costs from <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">higher mortgage interest rates<\/span><\/em> and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mortgage insurance premiums<\/span><\/em>, recent research shows that Black homeowners <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pay more in property taxes than similarly situated white homeowners<\/span><\/em>,\u201d the authors wrote in the study. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black homeowners<\/span><\/em> face a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">13% higher property tax burden<\/span><\/em> compared to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White households<\/span><\/em> in the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">same jurisdiction<\/span><\/em>, according to the study.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>What&#8217;s more, Black homeowners are subject to paying <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">higher interest rates<\/span><\/em> as a result of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">allegedly<\/span><\/em> being <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">denied\u00a0refinancing opportunities<\/span><\/em>, the authors noted, explaining that when the Federal Reserve Board lowers interest rates,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black homeowners pay another $475 per year more than their White counterparts<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Really?\u00a0 We&#8217;re to believe\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">property taxes<\/span><\/em> are somehow effected by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>race<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 And since when is the term &#8220;allegedly&#8221; included in a fact-based study?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turns out the basis for the disparities featured in this &#8220;study&#8221; is set forth in the final paragraph of the article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>For <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">historical reasons<\/span><\/em>, Black homeowners on average have lower credit scores and lower down-payments and thus are disproportionately disadvantaged by risk-based pricing, and yet, that is the pricing system that predominates today,&#8221; the authors explained.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ahhh, thus does the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow and systemic racism rears its ugly head again, causing Black homeowners to pay more in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">property taxes<\/span><\/em> than their White neighbors!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But don&#8217;t take our word for it; check out the actual &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/gcfp.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Mortgage-Cost-for-Black-Homeowners-10.1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">study<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8221; for yourself.<\/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\/10\/afb102020dAPR20201020034504-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102020dAPR20201020034504-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102020dAPR20201020034504-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102020dAPR20201020034504-1-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cb102020dAPR20201020124507-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cb102020dAPR20201020124507-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cb102020dAPR20201020124507-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cb102020dAPR20201020124507-1-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hhh-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hhh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hhh-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hhh-1-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102120dAPR20201021044530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102120dAPR20201021044530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102120dAPR20201021044530.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102120dAPR20201021044530-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MC-for-sale_web20201020123058-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MC-for-sale_web20201020123058-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MC-for-sale_web20201020123058-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MC-for-sale_web20201020123058-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102220dAPR20201022054515.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86520\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102220dAPR20201022054515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102220dAPR20201022054515.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb102220dAPR20201022054515-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bbb-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bbb-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bbb-8.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bbb-8-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ddd-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86522\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ddd-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ddd-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ddd-3-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ggg-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86494\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ggg-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ggg-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ggg-2-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eee-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86519\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eee-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eee-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eee-2-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-21-20-at-8.05-AM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-21-20-at-8.05-AM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-21-20-at-8.05-AM-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-21-20-at-8.05-AM-1-300x176.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-22-20-at-8.35-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-22-20-at-8.35-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-22-20-at-8.35-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-22-20-at-8.35-AM-300x255.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then this from TLJ&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TLJ.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TLJ.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TLJ.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TLJ-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;three more from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000000-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86489\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000000-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000000-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000000-2-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000001-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image00110000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image00110000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image00110000.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image00110000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image00110000-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and another from Speed Mach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86504\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-17.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-17-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Crime Blotter<\/span><\/em>, courtesy today of <em>Penn Live<\/em> via <em>White House Dossier<\/em> and three Keystone State horndogs, as a&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline-basic headline-basic__article\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2020\/10\/pa-men-who-had-sex-with-horses-dogs-goats-and-a-cow-need-to-stay-caged-state-court-says.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State court say PA men who had sex with horses, dogs, goats and a cow need to stay caged<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/K4ZFKOLIXNDQNE3AMWJZZAGOLQ.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86502\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/K4ZFKOLIXNDQNE3AMWJZZAGOLQ.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/K4ZFKOLIXNDQNE3AMWJZZAGOLQ.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/K4ZFKOLIXNDQNE3AMWJZZAGOLQ-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All three men lived in rundown campers<\/span><\/em> on a farm near Munson <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and the animals they sexually abused were their own<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">That abuse occurred for four or five years, police said.<\/span> It was uncovered when the teen they had help them reported it to the authorities in 2018.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Investigators said the teen told them he would be summoned to retrieve the animals and take them to a specially designed chute where the men would have intercourse with them.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>On appeal, Measnikoff, 36, Brubaker, 32, and Wallace, 42, claimed <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they were sentenced too harshly<\/span><\/em> by county Judge Paul E. Cherry. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">They insisted Cherry only considered the nature and duration on their crimes and their involvement of the teen and not their needs for rehabilitation.<\/span>\u00a0[Judge] Bender agreed with Cherry that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the three are where they need to be to get treatment for the mental abnormalities that led to their crimes<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As Keith Koffler observed, any request from this trio for a therapy animal of any kind should be viewed with significant suspicion!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, October 23rd, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, here&#8217;s a thought: Dimocrats are behind the revelations revealed by Hunter&#8217;s laptop and business partner.\u00a0 Like Hillary before him, they figure Joe&#8217;s a lock in the election, but far from the candidate they need or want to push their increasingly radical agenda.\u00a0 So with the cooperation and [&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-86629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86629","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=86629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86630,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86629\/revisions\/86630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}