{"id":90625,"date":"2021-02-18T20:25:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T01:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=90625"},"modified":"2021-02-18T20:26:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T01:26:00","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-february-17th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=90625","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, February 17th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, February 17th, 2021&#8230;but before beginning, submitted for your perusal,\u00a0<em>Prager U<\/em>&#8216;s examination of what&#8217;s perhaps the single-most idiotic and indefensible policy Progressives promote, which is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SAYIN&#8217; SUMTHIN&#8217;<\/span><\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/navQkMFvmDc\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucker offers up the all-too predictable outcome:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ymqN9ESj-MM\" 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>Sorry, but it takes a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">truly twisted mindset<\/span><\/em> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>defend<\/em><\/span> such insanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/biden-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/biden-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/biden-2.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/biden-2-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We rest our case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off the mid-week edition with a follow-up to Monday&#8217;s item detailing the government-induced disaster residents of the Lone Star State, including our brother Rob, are now experiencing, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-tuesday\/our-backwards-government\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=TUE_20210216&amp;utm_term=Tuesday-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">these observations by\u00a0NRO&#8217;s Kevin Williamson<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Consider the electricity situation. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Texas produces a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whole lot<\/span><\/em> of natural gas, but the state <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not have a natural-gas infrastructure sufficient to deal with an unusual winter storm<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> We have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>plenty of fuel<\/em><\/span>, but we <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can\u2019t get it to where it is needed<\/span><\/em>, so it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may as well not be there<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>In the same way there are three useless things in aviation: runway behind you, altitude above you and fuel you left back on the ground.<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And Texas, which is as susceptible to richly subsidized greenie-weenie shenanigans as any other state, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">relies on wind turbines for a non-trivial share of its electricity, and many of those have frozen<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Which is to say: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It\u2019s too cold outside to operate the things that help to keep us warm inside<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>As forwarded by Jeff Foutch, &#8220;Oh, the&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/download-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/download-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/download-5.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/download-5-300x153.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>&#8230;irony!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hayek, the great liberal economist, argued in favor of certain kinds of government-run social-insurance schemes (libertarians weren\u2019t always so rigid) on the grounds that these offered protection against the \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">common hazards of life against which few can make adequate provision<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span> That is, really, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> government is there <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to do<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">convenience<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">when it is working<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Good government is like good technology: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If<\/span><\/em> everything is functioning as intended, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you never really notice it<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">You don\u2019t <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">think<\/span><\/em> much about it \u2014 it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just works<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Government is there to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plow the ***d*mned roads<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is there to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">secure the borders<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>defend against foreign invasion<\/em><\/span>, and to make sure that the stuff sold in bottles labeled \u201c<span class=\"small_caps\">aspirin<\/span>\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really is aspirin<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">None<\/span><\/em> of that is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">simple<\/span><\/em>, there is a large role for private action in most of it, and while Hayek was right about the social-insurance model, that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does not<\/em><\/span> mean that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>government can\u2019t screw it up<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Even <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">genuinely needful things<\/span><\/em>, like the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, end up getting done in a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/22955973.25368\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudXNhdG9kYXkuY29tL3N0b3J5L25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMS8wMi8xNS9jb3ZpZC12YWNjaW5lLWdvdnMtdGVsbC1iaWRlbi10aGV5LXdhbnQtZGlzdHJpYnV0aW9uLWNvb3JkaW5hdGlvbi82NzU2MjgzMDAyLw\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B83b65e11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backward and counterproductive manner<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The Biden administration can engage in all the moralistic huffery and puffery it likes, but <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it\u2019s still messing things up<\/span><\/em>, as a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/22955973.25368\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmdhLm9yZy9hZHZvY2FjeS1jb21tdW5pY2F0aW9ucy9sZXR0ZXJzLW5nYS9leGVjdXRpdmUtY29tbWl0dGVlL2V4ZWN1dGl2ZS1jb21taXR0ZWUtbGV0dGVyLXRvLXByZXNpZGVudC1yZWdhcmRpbmctdmFjY2luZS1kaXN0cmlidXRpb24tcHJvY2Vzcy8\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B9cd5ef48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bipartisan group of governors will be happy to tell you<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A theme emerges from the past 20 years of American government.<\/span> Meaning <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no disrespect<\/span><\/em> to the people who died on September 11, 2001, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>none<\/em><\/span> to the brave soldiers and others who responded, al-Qaeda was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>backward gang of pissant fanatics hiding under the skirts of the Taliban<\/em><\/span>, an <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even more<\/span><\/em> backward gang of slightly less pissant fanatics. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">They were savages with box-cutters<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> We were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lucky<\/em><\/span> that the worst enemy we had at the turn of the century was al-Qaeda. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Similarly, and meaning <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no callousness<\/span><\/em> to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have died of COVID-19, we are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>positively<\/em><\/span> lucky that we were not hit with a much nastier epidemic than this one.<\/span> September 11 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span> have been a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lot worse<\/em><\/span>, and COVID-19 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could <\/span><\/em>have been a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lot worse<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And this relatively minor winter storm that has shut down Texas <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span> have been a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hell of a lot worse<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>We\u2019re getting <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">beat silly<\/span><\/em> by the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>junior varsities of national crises<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Pray<\/em><\/span> we don\u2019t find ourselves facing a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>big-league opponent before we rediscover ourselves<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can say <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4ybbv6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4ybbv6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4ybbv6.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4ybbv6-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;again!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And though Texicans can&#8217;t for the moment <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">warm up<\/span><\/em>, they can at least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cheer up<\/em><\/span>, as this forward from Mark Foster relates:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Untitled-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Untitled-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Untitled-2.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Untitled-2-174x300.png 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, we hope you enjoy another series of stories tailored to the inquiring mind:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). In a precursor to his inevitable executive order,\u00a0<em>The Epoch Times<\/em>&#8216; Zach Steiber records\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-restrict-gun-ownership_3696206.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">46* is calling upon Congress to restrict gun ownership<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong>.\u00a0 Which would be the straw that broke the back of Joe Manchin&#8217;s political career for West Virginians, which means The Groper&#8217;s only hope to enact it means another in his never-ending stream of executive orders, which means the issue will ultimately be decided by the highest court in the land, which, thanks to The Donald, enjoys a solid constitutionalist majority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). In yet another striking example of life imitating art,\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/cuomo-accuses-ny-lawmakers-of-extortion-over-calls-to-investigate-nursing-home-deaths\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=22951563\"><em><strong>New York&#8217;s governor accuses New York lawmakers of \u2018extortion\u2019 after they called for an investigation of the state&#8217;s nursing home deaths and contemplated terminating his emergency powers<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><strong>: \u201cYou can\u2019t use a subpoena or the threat of investigation to leverage a person,\u201d Cuomo said in a briefing on Monday. \u201cThat\u2019s a crime, it\u2019s called abuse of process, it\u2019s called extortion.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>So says Sonny, the current don of the Cuomo crime family; did anyone else hear theme music from <em>The Godfather<\/em> playing in the background as they read Sonny&#8217;s statement?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Speaking of unindicted co-conspirators, courtesy of George Lawlor,\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Just the News<\/em>\u00a0revealed\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/accountability\/russia-and-ukraine-scandals\/comey-told-intel-chief-steele-dossier-was-not\">that in a January 2017 email to James Clapper, Jim Comey admitted the FBI was unable to &#8216;sufficiently corroborate&#8217; the Steele dossier, then signed the FISA warrant application anyway,\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/accountability\/russia-and-ukraine-scandals\/comey-told-intel-chief-steele-dossier-was-not\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">contradicting a sworn avowal Comey made to the FISA court the dossier was verified<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>.\u00a0 And yet Messrs. Clapper, who&#8217;s admitted lying under oath to Congress, and Comey remain free men.\u00a0 We&#8217;re rapidly changing our opinion of both Bill Barr and John Durham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Since we&#8217;re on the subject of opinions, in this case someone&#8217;s we neither requested nor value,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/bill-gates-rich-countries-should-eating-synthetic-beef\" class=\"broken_link\">Bill Gates says rich countries should be eating 100% synthetic beef<\/a><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 The college drop-out went on to assure the unwashed masses, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/bill-gates-rich-countries-should-eating-synthetic-beef\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You can get used to the taste difference<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>&#8220;.\u00a0 We never ceased to be amazed at the number of wealthy individuals who believe their knowledge in one, narrow field somehow bestows upon them unlimited wisdom beyond that of other mortals in areas outside their expertise.\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YO<\/span><\/em>, Bill, FYI: the rest of us can read just as well&#8230;if not better&#8230;than <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5).\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-V_LeUM9t3k\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trump&#8217;s attorney<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> was dead-on, balls accurate&#8230;right to the point he offered up PBS as a paragon of unbiased journalism, and then urged we meet The Left in the middle, which always means <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we give up<\/span><\/em> ground <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they then gain<\/span><\/em>&#8230;until the next &#8220;compromise&#8221;, when <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we cede MORE ground<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 This is a road we for one refuse to travel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). Writing at his <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim Geraghty wonders what&#8217;s happening after the\u00a0<\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/another-impeachment-failure\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210215&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CDC Director announced her organization is making changes to their guidance for reopening schools after meeting with parents and teachers and \u201ceducation partners<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>.\u00a0 So much for following science.\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">And<\/span><\/em>, given the results of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every single poll we&#8217;ve ever read<\/span><\/em>, with precisely <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which<\/span><\/em> parents did the CDC <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">meet<\/span><\/em>?!?\u00a0 Not to mention, WTF is an &#8220;education partner&#8221;?!?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). The Southern Baptist Convention sent an email questioning Kennesaw, Georgia&#8217;s Towne View Baptist Church&#8217;s decision\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ministrywatch.com\/southern-baptist-convention-puts-atlanta-church-on-notice-for-welcoming-lgbtq-members\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to extend membership to a gay couple and their three children<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ministrywatch.com\/southern-baptist-convention-puts-atlanta-church-on-notice-for-welcoming-lgbtq-members\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Senior Pastor Jim Conrad <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">said his church\u2019s membership has declined by as much as 30 percent, likely because of its stance on gay marriage<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>.\u00a0 No, Pastor: something tells us your membership has declined because, rather than <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">standing for<\/span><\/em> the Word of God,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span><\/em> stand for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOTHING<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(8). Another of those hopelessly hyperbolic headlines, as <em>FOX<\/em>\u00a0describes the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/maine-girl-plunges-nearly-25-feet-from-ski-lift\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>horror beyond horror&#8221; of a mother watching her daughter fall 25 feet from a chairlift<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;except it was from <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">20 feet<\/span><\/em>&#8230;and she <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">didn&#8217;t fall<\/span><\/em>, she <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dropped<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">into a catch net<\/span><\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LBXVKhCVHo?start=120&amp;end=142&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Other than <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/em>, the <em>FOX<\/em> story was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">100% accurate<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(9). Ya gotta love the response of <em>Tampa Bay<\/em> general manager Jason Licht to the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">histrionic reaction of the daughter of the guy who designed the Lombardi Trophy to Tom Brady tossing it to Gronk while afloat<\/span><\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-19.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-19-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: Sorry, but the lady&#8217;s claim &#8220;I didn\u2019t sleep the past two nights because of this, I was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/em> upset&#8221; tells you <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all you need to know<\/span><\/em> about her mental state <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prior<\/em><\/span> to one of Brady&#8217;s better passes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now to the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Carl Spackler Memorial Pool <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AND<\/span> a Pond<\/em><\/span> segment&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9tFNbncymjY?start=7&amp;end=12&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;and with no disrespect whatsoever intended towards the departed, we learn an unfortunate&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-man-83-drowns-in-golf-course-pond-police-say\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Florida man, 83, drowned in a golf course pond<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-man-83-drowns-in-golf-course-pond-police-say\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Investigators say he was trying to retrieve a hat<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UiIKA7ht5EQ\" 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>The Smails family asks, in lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the Bushwood Country Club&#8217;s <em>Caddy Scholarship Fund<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to <em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90631\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-18.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-18-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/afb021621dAPR20210216054520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/afb021621dAPR20210216054520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/afb021621dAPR20210216054520.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/afb021621dAPR20210216054520-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-16.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-16-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sk021421dAPR20210213124504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sk021421dAPR20210213124504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sk021421dAPR20210213124504.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sk021421dAPR20210213124504-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mle210214c20210214092800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mle210214c20210214092800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mle210214c20210214092800.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mle210214c20210214092800-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bbb-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bbb-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bbb-9.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bbb-9-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Right-Up-Your-Ally-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Right-Up-Your-Ally-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Right-Up-Your-Ally-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Right-Up-Your-Ally-1-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-Valentine-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-Valentine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-Valentine-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-Valentine-1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PhotoFunia-1613321225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PhotoFunia-1613321225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PhotoFunia-1613321225.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PhotoFunia-1613321225-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Image-2-15-21-at-8.24-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Image-2-15-21-at-8.24-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Image-2-15-21-at-8.24-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Image-2-15-21-at-8.24-AM-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Image-2-16-21-at-8.34-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Image-2-16-21-at-8.34-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Image-2-16-21-at-8.34-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Image-2-16-21-at-8.34-AM-300x234.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these\u00a0<\/strong><strong>three memes from Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-1-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90628\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-17.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/aaa-17-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with one from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/balls-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/balls-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/balls-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/balls-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;another from the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90630\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shannon-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last, but certainly never least, this special President&#8217;s Day remembrance courtesy of the incomparable Stilton Jarlsberg:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Try-the-Crow-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Try-the-Crow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Try-the-Crow-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Try-the-Crow-1-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Sports Section<\/em><\/span>, brought to us today by yet another incredibly questionable headline from <em>FOX<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title title-color-default\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/auto\/daniel-suarez-one-of-16-drivers-involved-in-crash-at-daytona-500\" intcmp=\"hp1bt4\" adv=\"hp1bt\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Horrific pileup involving 16 cars cuts Daytona 500 short, shocks viewers<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sle0KZW_BRs?start=9&amp;end=29&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><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seriously<\/span><\/em>?\u00a0\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NASCAR viewers<\/span><\/em> &#8220;shocked&#8221; by a massive pileup at Daytona?!?\u00a0 Yeah, just like NHL fans horrified by a bench-clearing brawl.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sonny Cuomo: Not exactly the contemporary equivalent of Bill Clinton feeling our pain. Has there ever BEEN a MORE obnoxious politician?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VTLhPU9AQQo?start=69&amp;end=108&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Tales of The Darkside<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The moment when the House impeachment managers KNEW they&#8217;d lost.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qaz_3RItkJ0?start=7&amp;end=36&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>BREAKING NEW: Cart girl gets contract extension.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MeBL1_mYBSs\" 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, February 17th, 2021&#8230;but before beginning, submitted for your perusal,\u00a0Prager U&#8216;s examination of what&#8217;s perhaps the single-most idiotic and indefensible policy Progressives promote, which is SAYIN&#8217; SUMTHIN&#8217;: \ufeff Tucker offers up the all-too predictable outcome: \ufeff Sorry, but it takes a truly twisted mindset to defend such insanity. We rest our case. Now, here&#8217;s [&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-90625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90625","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=90625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90714,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90625\/revisions\/90714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}