{"id":94700,"date":"2021-06-20T21:33:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T01:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=94700"},"modified":"2021-06-20T21:33:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T01:33:21","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-june-16th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=94700","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, June 16th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, June 16th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, Jon Stewart returns to The Late Show to school his successor on the origins of the Wuhan virus.\u00a0 You know, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Wuhan<\/em><\/span> virus&#8230;from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Wuhan<\/em><\/span>, China&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>CHINA<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSfejgwbDQ8?start=166&amp;end=474&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>In a related item, Jim Geraghty cites new evidence from Australia&#8217;s <em>Sky News<\/em> demonstrating,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/yup-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology-kept-live-bats-within-its-walls\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210614&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">despite the declarations of Dr. Faux Chi&#8217;s old friend Peter Daszak to the contrary, the Wuhan Institute of Virology DID INDEED have live bats within its walls<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ANRs4DojOek\" 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, Geraghty&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em> details the latest pronouncement of ChiCom-authorized propaganda from Daszak&#8217;s prot\u00e9g\u00e9:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"nr-heading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/another-facility-leak-in-china-this-time-with-the-threat-of-radiation\/\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We Never Did Research That Made Viruses More Dangerous<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5dezmh.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5dezmh.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5dezmh.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5dezmh-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Shi Zhengli, the top Chinese virologist nicknamed \u201cBat Woman,\u201d had a brief interview\u00a0<a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/14\/world\/asia\/china-covid-wuhan-lab-leak.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">with\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>reporters<\/a>\u00a0when they reached her cell phone, and responded to an emailed list of questions. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0article about her offers <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<\/span><\/em> curious detail:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>Dr. Shi, in an emailed response to questions, argued that her experiments differed from gain-of-function work because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she did not set out to make a virus more dangerous<\/span>, but to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">understand how it might jump across species<\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em><strong>\u201cMy lab has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never<\/span> conducted or cooperated in conducting GOF experiments that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enhance the virulence<\/span> of viruses,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>making<\/em><\/span> a bat virus <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more likely<\/em><\/span> to jump into human beings\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>IS<\/em><\/span>\u00a0making it more dangerous to human beings.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tut, tut: does the benighted Mr. Geraghty <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> understand<\/em> the all-knowing, great and powerful Dr. Faux Chi <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>himself<\/em><\/span> declared the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>potential benefits<\/em><\/span> of the research <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his own organization funded<\/em><\/span>&#8230;but which Dr. Shi <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>assures<\/em><\/span> us (wink, wink!)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OZez_l01Sf8?start=29&amp;end=30&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;was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>worth the risk<\/em><\/span> of a global pandemic and the lives of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>millions of people<\/em><\/span> who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>weren&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> the highest-paid, poorest-performing bureaucrat in America?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, Jim Geraghty is truly on a roll, as we once again turn to his\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0to learn of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"nr-heading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/yup-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology-kept-live-bats-within-its-walls\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The Most Inaccurate Op-Ed Dismissing the Lab-Leak Theory Yet<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ddj65.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ddj65.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ddj65.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ddj65-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Meanwhile, the public discussion about COVID-19\u2019s origins continues to get garbled and obscured by allegedly knowledgeable people repeating flatly wrong information.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Over on the\u00a0Guardian, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/jun\/13\/newly-respectable-wuhan-lab-theory-remains-fanciful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Robert Grimes writes that<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><em>Alternatively, there is hypothesis two: a lab leak. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For this to be viable, we are obliged to add additional assumptions. We\u2019d need to accept that the virus was engineered and subsequently released by accident or design.<\/span> More damning for this narrative are the implicit temporal conditions it imposes: Wuhan, a city with a population of more than 11 million, with thriving wet markets, has millions of human-animal interactions each day, occasions when a virus could jump to humans. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But the city has only a single virology lab where, accidentally or by design, everything would have to go wrong at once to yield the same result.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">First<\/span><\/em>, the city has\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>two<\/em><\/span>\u00a0labs researching novel coronaviruses in bats, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not\u00a0one<\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Wuhan Centers for Disease Control. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Second<\/em><\/span>, an accidentally released virus is not necessarily an engineered one.<\/span> Third, for \u201ceverything to go wrong at once\u201d requires a scratch or bite from a bat, an improperly sealed mask, improperly disposed waste, or other biological material.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/an-unnerving-review-of-accidents-in-high-level-labs-handling-viruses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lab accidents happen with unnerving regularity<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 \u201cneedle sticks and other through the skin exposures from sharp objects; <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">dropped containers or spills and splashes of liquids containing pathogens;<\/span> bites or scratches from infected animals; <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">pathogens manipulated outside of a biosafety cabinet or other equipment designed to protect exposures to infectious aerosols;<\/span> failure to follow safety procedures; <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">failure or problems with personal protective equipment;<\/span> mechanical or equipment failure; <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">and failure to properly inactivate pathogens before transferring them to a lower biosafety level lab for further research.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>We\u2019re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>18 months<\/em><\/span> into this pandemic; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how<\/em><\/span> are op-eds in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>major<\/em><\/span> publications <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> making these mistakes?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or, perhaps more accurately, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 We&#8217;re gonna go out on a limb and&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;hazard a guess.\u00a0 Follow the money, people, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always<\/em><\/span> follow the money.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Besides, it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOT<\/em><\/span> like the ChiComs would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>LIE<\/em><\/span> about something as important as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>incredibly dangerous leak which could threaten the lives of millions<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/another-facility-leak-in-china-this-time-with-the-threat-of-radiation\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210615&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Another<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0Facility Leak in China, This Time with the Threat of Radiation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-5.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-5-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>On Monday,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/14\/politics\/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN reported what could be an enormously consequential scoop<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><em>The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an \u201cimminent radiological threat<\/span>,\u201d according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province in order to avoid having to shut it down, according to a letter from the French company to the US Department of Energy obtained by CNN.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">While US officials have deemed the situation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not currently<\/span> pose a severe safety threat to workers at the plant or Chinese public, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it is unusual that a foreign company would unilaterally reach out to the American government for help when its Chinese state-owned partner is yet to acknowledge a problem exists<\/span>.<\/span> The scenario <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could<\/span> put the US in a complicated situation should the leak continue or become more severe without being fixed.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><em>However, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">concern was significant enough<\/span> that the National Security Council held multiple meetings last week as they monitored the situation, including two at the deputy level and another gathering at the assistant secretary level on Friday, which was led by NSC Senior Director for China Laura Rosenberger and Senior Director for Arms Control Mallory Stewart, according to US officials.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong Province is right next to Macau, which is right across the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The whole area is\u00a0effectively <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one sprawling mega-city<\/span><\/em>\u00a0that houses an\u00a0astounding <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>65 million people<\/em><\/span>, which makes it a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly terrible place<\/em><\/span> to have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> kind of nuclear accident or radiation leak.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--center ad-unit--inline\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__inner\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>probably not surprise you<\/em><\/span> to hear that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Chinese government insists everything is fine<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>This isn\u2019t picking on China. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">This is a problem for<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> any<\/em><\/span> regime that turns <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>acknowledging any problem<\/em><\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>admitting any mistake<\/em><\/span> into a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>major threat to careers<\/em><\/span>, which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>turns<\/em><\/span> those mistakes and problems into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>major threats to lives<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Authoritarian and totalitarian regimes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>realize<\/em><\/span> that their legitimacy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does not<\/em><\/span> stem from popular support, so they rely on an image of being <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all-knowing and all-powerful<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Any<\/em><\/span> screw-up <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>undermines that image<\/em><\/span> of supremacy and all-encompassing hyper-competence.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Reporting<\/em><\/span> a problem becomes a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dangerous move<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span> lead to damaging the reputation of everyone involved. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Thus, when something goes wrong in an authoritarian regime, the first instinct is always to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deny<\/em><\/span> the problem exists, then <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">downplay<\/span><\/em> how severe the consequences could be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and hope that somehow, people don\u2019t notice<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The Soviet Union\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/soviet-documents-reveal-cover-ups-at-chernobyl-nuclear-plant-before-1986-disaster-2422532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">covered up failed safety tests before the Chernobyl disaster<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0and then\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2201677-chernobyl-disaster-how-the-soviet-unions-cover-story-was-blown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downplayed the seriousness of the crisis for days<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rez ipsa loquitur, people, rez ipsa loquitur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the ChiComs and their worldwide network of paid promoters, former CDC director\u00a0Robert Redfield (who&#8217;s NOT on Xi&#8217;s payroll) told\u00a0<em>Fox News<\/em>\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/former-cdc-head-who-too-compromised-to-conduct-covid-origin-probe\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=24155909\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the World Health Organization was too compromised to conduct a thorough investigation of the origins of the coronavirus<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>I think they were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">highly<\/span> compromised.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Clearly<\/span>, they were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">incapable<\/span> of compelling China to adhere to the treaty agreements that they have on global health, because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they didn\u2019t do that<\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Clearly<\/span>, they allowed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">China<\/span> to define the group of scientists that could come and investigate.<\/em><\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <em>WHO<\/em>: about as useful as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/screendooronsubmarine-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/screendooronsubmarine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/screendooronsubmarine-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/screendooronsubmarine-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with the rest of the U.N.; not to mention every other Socialist on the planet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next,\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Charlie Cooke cautions&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/06\/this-is-your-brain-on-critical-race-theory\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-06-14&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This Is Your Brain on Critical Race Theory<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/06\/this-is-your-brain-on-critical-race-theory\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-06-14&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How an ideology leads to mental contortions \u2014 and to not-so-quasi-totalitarianism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-4-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Deggans complains that Hanks has often portrayed heroic white men on screen. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as<\/em><\/span> a white man, was he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposed to do the opposite<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> (And, if he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had<\/em><\/span>, what do we think would have been the response?) <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Deggans complains that, by promoting stories about the heroes of D-Day, the Apollo program, the\u00a0<em>Maersk Alabama<\/em>\u00a0hijacking, and other adventures, Hanks has spent a career \u201camplifying ideas of white American exceptionalism and heroism.\u201d<\/span> But the people Hanks has played really\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were<\/em><\/span>\u00a0heroes \u2014 which means that if Hanks were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> to \u201cdismantle and broaden the ideas [he] helped cement in the American mind,\u201d he would either have to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lie<\/em><\/span> about history, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ignore<\/em><\/span> it, or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>condemn<\/em><em> his entire life\u2019s work purely on the basis of his race<\/em><\/span> \u2014 thereby <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>committing the very sins<\/em><\/span> that, when they are sitting in their Motte, \u201canti-racists\u201d such as Deggans strenuously deny they are demanding. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Perhaps anticipating this objection, Deggans concludes his litany of complaints by submitting that Hanks has failed to use his position to tell\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other<\/em><\/span>\u00a0important stories.<\/span> But, even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> this were true, it would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> represent a trap. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Tom Hanks could announce tomorrow that he intends to spend the rest of his life making films of which Eric Deggans approves, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>within hours<\/em><\/span> he would be accused of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>taking up spaces that belong to black actors, writers, producers, and directors<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>within days<\/em><\/span>, it would be said that he was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>undermining important \u201cvoices of color<\/em><\/span>\u201d; and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>within a month<\/em><\/span>, he\u2019d be charged with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possession of a \u201cwhite savior complex<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In the grand scheme of things, Eric Deggans\u2019s view of Tom Hanks is not going to have a profound effect on the future of the United States. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>degree<\/em><\/span> to which the country <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>adopts<\/em><\/span> the ideology that motivated that view most certainly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Like Ibram X. Kendi, Deggans has adopted a Manichean worldview in which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>each and every person is placed on either the wrong or the right side of a set of inchoate and ever-shifting lines<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">That Tom Hanks, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>of all people<\/em><\/span>, has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>found wanting<\/em><\/span> should tell us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all we need to know<\/em><\/span> about the integrity, the efficacy, and the conceivable consequences of this most peculiar and destructive of ideas.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: Once you&#8217;ve run afoul of the forces of evil, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NOTHING<\/em><\/span> you&#8217;ll ever do will be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NEAR<\/em><\/span> enough to sate their bloodlust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of the forces of evil, courtesy of our bestest buddy Chink,\u00a0<em>Breitbart<\/em> has reported the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/15\/navy-chief-defends-putting-ibram-x-kendis-book-how-to-be-an-anti-racist-on-reading-list\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #333399;\">Navy Chief Dodged Questions on Ibram Kendi\u2019s Extremism After Recommending His Book to Sailors<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-1-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which fairly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>screams<\/em><\/span> the question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5df5lc.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5df5lc.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5df5lc.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5df5lc-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but Gilday&#8217;s comments bring to mind the thoughts of Obama sycophant and then-Army Chief-of-Staff George Casey on the occasion of the Fort Hood massacre:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O8EITu5ZYo8?start=8&amp;end=16&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>So here, in the words of Josey Wales, is to Michael Gilday, George Casey and the rest of their ilk who&#8217;ve put career and personal profit above country and patriotism:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tEPQqHCcfIs?start=224&amp;end=228&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>Moving on, <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Leah Barkoukis recounts how an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2021\/06\/14\/austin-media--identity-of-shooter-n2590939\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Austin Newspaper Explains Why It Wouldn&#8217;t Print Shooting Suspect&#8217;s Description<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94719\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-6.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-6-241x300.jpeg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Austin American-Statesman, the city\u2019s major daily newspaper, attached an editor\u2019s note to its story about a mass shooting over the weekend that injured at least 14 people and killed one, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">explaining why they couldn\u2019t release details about the suspect\u2019s identity<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cPolice have only released a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vague description<\/em><\/span> of the suspected shooter as of Saturday morning,\u201d the note\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/2021\/06\/12\/downtown-austin-shooting-least-13-shot-suspect-remains-large\/7666624002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201cThe American-Statesman is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not including<\/em><\/span> the description as it is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too vague at this time to be useful in identifying the shooter<\/em><\/span> and such publication <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could be harmful in perpetuating stereotypes<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">If <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more detailed<\/em><\/span> information is released, we will update our reporting.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>In its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>original<\/em><\/span> posting, the city of Austin\u2019s Police Department described one suspect(s) at-large as &#8220;a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>black male, with dread locks<\/em><\/span>, wearing a black shirt and a skinny build.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\">As <em>Townhall<\/em>&#8216;s sister site<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/paula-bolyard\/2021\/06\/12\/why-is-the-austin-media-refusing-to-release-description-of-at-large-austin-shooter-just-kidding-you-know-why-n1454212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PJ Media<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">pointed out, there was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing vague<\/em><\/span> about the police&#8217;s description of the suspect, which &#8220;in fact, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dramatically reduced the suspect pool<\/span><\/em> in the Austin area, narrowing it down to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>black males wearing dreadlocks<\/em><\/span>\u2014or 50% of the 15% black population in the city, if you\u2019re doing the math.&#8221;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">This would be helpful information to give the public considering <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the suspect was at-large<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>public safety<\/em><\/span> should take a backseat to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perpetuating harmful stereotypes<\/em><\/span> which are based on\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cold, hard FACTS<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this septet of specially selected items sure to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). In a forward from James Nichols, the <em>Catholic News Agency<\/em> informs us\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/247997\/breaking-morning-mass-nixed-from-june-15-pope-francis-biden-meeting\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>morning Mass was been nixed from 46*&#8217;s meeting with Pope Francis<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><strong>, likely over some minor issue&#8230;possibly the doddering old fool&#8217;s unswerving support for the unrestricted slaughter of the unborn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2).\u00a0<em>FOX News\u00a0<\/em>relates how a\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/north-korean-defector-ivy-league-nuts\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>an escapee from the gentle governance of Kim Jong Un says &#8220;even North Korea was not this nuts&#8221; after attending Columbia University<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Yeonmi Park, 27, who escaped North Korea when she was 13 and transferred to Columbia from a\u00a0South Korean\u00a0university in 2016, was deeply disturbed by what she found:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>&#8220;<em>I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy, to learn how to think. But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think. I realized, wow, this is insane. I thought America was different<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>America<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> different.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Amerika<\/em>?\u00a0 Not so much.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3).\u00a0<em>The Washington Times\u00a0<\/em>tells, breaking with established protocol, 46* bashed his predecessor and at least 74 million voters by telling <em>NATO<\/em>&#8216;s leadership the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/jun\/14\/biden-nato-republican-party-vastly-diminished-afte\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Republican Party is &#8220;vastly diminished&#8221; after January 6th<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>&#8220;<em>The\u00a0Republican Party\u00a0is vastly diminished in numbers, the leadership of the\u00a0Republican Party\u00a0is fractured, and the Trump wing of the\u00a0party\u00a0is the bulk of the\u00a0party, but it makes up a significant minority of the American people<\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). W<\/strong><strong>e offer a well-deserved BZ to Ivory Hecker for what contributor James Nichols <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2021\/06\/15\/project-veritas-drops-video-n2591042\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>correctly concluded was her last broadcast for the Houston FOX<\/em> affiliate<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yDWbfsf8XPA\" 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><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We can hardly wait for the <em>Project Veritas<\/em> video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Shame on John Cornyn for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/senate-passes-bill-making-juneteenth-a-national-holiday\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=24159529\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>sponsoring this pandering pronouncement in the first place<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 As if government bureaucrats needed another paid holiday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). As <em>Best of the Web<\/em> records, &#8220;to the extent that Mr. Biden is aware of where he is and what\u2019s just happened at the polls, he must be disappointed&#8221; with the news, immediately prior to his arrival in Geneva for his smackdown from Putin,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/swiss-nix-carbon-tax-just-before-biden-arrival-11623786757?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Swiss voters rejected the costly climate promises their politicians previously made<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 This seems to happen each and every time a country&#8217;s citizens actually see the checks Progressives are trying to write on their accounts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). If you need a laugh, we suggest reading Kurt Schlichter&#8217;s latest at\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Townhall.com<\/em>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/kurtschlichter\/2021\/06\/14\/the-coma-before-the-storm-n2590897\">The Coma Before the Storm<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong>.\u00a0 Consider this&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-7.21-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-7.21-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-7.21-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-7.21-AM-300x280.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;a spoiler alert.<\/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\/06\/eee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/eee.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/eee.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/eee-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fff-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fff-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fff-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fff-1-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb061421dAPR20210614054505.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb061421dAPR20210614054505.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb061421dAPR20210614054505.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb061421dAPR20210614054505-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/boris-and-biden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94679\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/boris-and-biden.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/boris-and-biden.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/boris-and-biden-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_TheWorst_web20210614120000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_TheWorst_web20210614120000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_TheWorst_web20210614120000.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_TheWorst_web20210614120000-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ddd-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94680\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ddd-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ddd-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ddd-1-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-7-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-5.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-5-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94669\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001-1-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-7.21-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-7.21-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-7.21-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-7.21-AM-300x280.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-14-21-at-7.28-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-14-21-at-7.28-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-14-21-at-7.28-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-14-21-at-7.28-AM-300x249.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls1-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls2-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls4-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls4-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls4-2-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls6-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls5-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.25-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.25-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.25-PM-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.25-PM-1-300x296.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.26-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.26-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.26-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.26-PM-300x262.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.25-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.25-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.25-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-15-21-at-10.25-PM-300x253.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Marcus Aurelius&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-6.39.49-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-6.39.49-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-6.39.49-PM.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-6.39.49-PM-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Speed:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_2302.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_2302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_2302.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_2302-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Educated Idiots<\/em><\/span> segment, courtesy today of a forward from James Nichols in which <em>The Daily Wire<\/em> recounts how a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-cmdiie e172hw750\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dem-tells-high-school-grads-theyre-entering-capitalism-white-supremacy-remember-jihad-reject-objectivity\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Fairfax County, VA School Board Member Tells High School Grads They\u2019re Entering A World Of \u201cCapitalism\u201d and \u201cWhite Supremacy,\u201d Encouraging Them To Remember \u201cJihad\u201d And Reject\u00a0Objectivity<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ddork.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ddork.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ddork.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5ddork-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And if you&#8217;re wondering why none of those assembled on stage walked off in protest, it&#8217;s likely because <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/report-40-percent-of-teachers-say-civics-education-should-focus-on-critical-race-theory\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most if not all of them agreed with much of what was said<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. We&#8217;ll be playing in a golf tournament starting Thursday, so odds are we&#8217;ll be radio silent until Monday.\u00a0 &#8216;Til then&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Courtesy of James Nichols, Tucker welcomes urban White Americans, in the words of Morpheus, to the desert of the REAL!!! Note the steps necessary to view the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xfXqbhsKfy8?start=0&amp;end=630&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>We report, YOU decide: But if 46* isn&#8217;t MORE than a little slow on the uptake, his successor isn&#8217;t a whore. That was a FULL 8-second pause to collect his scattered thoughts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcXUKBYH3aE?start=7\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>On the Lighter Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A funeral the &#8220;Palestinians&#8221; staged for MSM consumption is interrupted by an air raid siren. Feets don&#8217;t fail me now! Hat tip to Geoff Griffith.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/piS7Ww_iY24?start=6\" 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, June 16th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, Jon Stewart returns to The Late Show to school his successor on the origins of the Wuhan virus.\u00a0 You know, the Wuhan virus&#8230;from Wuhan, China&#8230;CHINA! \ufeff In a related item, Jim Geraghty cites new evidence from Australia&#8217;s Sky News demonstrating,\u00a0despite the declarations of Dr. Faux Chi&#8217;s old [&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-94700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94700","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=94700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94772,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94700\/revisions\/94772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}