{"id":97472,"date":"2021-10-21T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=97472"},"modified":"2021-10-21T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T17:14:28","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-october-20th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=97472","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, October 20th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, October 20th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, watch this Tucker Carlson clip&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7VOAkvtOtxI\" 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;then consider, in behavior mirroring that of D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser and other Progressive impotentates, the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bidens-caught-violating-dc-mask-mandate-at-posh-georgetown-restaurant\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Bidens were caught violating DC mask mandate at posh Georgetown restaurant<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Untitled-design-2021-10-17T173638.570-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Untitled-design-2021-10-17T173638.570-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Untitled-design-2021-10-17T173638.570-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Untitled-design-2021-10-17T173638.570-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rules for THEE, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em>\u00a0for <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WE<\/span><\/em>!\u00a0 After all&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8z8SpgmF0sA\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>But\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>kings<\/em><\/span><em> rule<\/em>;\u00a0<em>presidents <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">serve<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Problem is, no one ever <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>elected<\/em><\/span>\u00a0this aged, decrepit pervert <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>president<\/em><\/span>, let alone\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>king<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, in all seriousness, WTF is wrong with Trump?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FBmv7ycWQBM21sh.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FBmv7ycWQBM21sh.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FBmv7ycWQBM21sh.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FBmv7ycWQBM21sh-201x300.jpeg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>George Santayana might well have been describing The Donald when he penned his famous adage,\u00a0\u201cThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.\u201d\u00a0 Did the man learn NOTHING from his debacle in Georgia?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump received over 2.4 million votes in the general election, losing the Peach State by less than 12,000 votes\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even after<\/em><\/span> telling his supporters, in the midst of the scamdemic, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not to bother mailing in their ballots<\/em><\/span>, as they wouldn&#8217;t be counted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W_Sj8UNn0wQ?start=254\" 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><b>Then, in the run-up to the special Senate election, when the very fate of the Founders&#8217; Republic hung in the balance, Trump attorneys <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/528508-pro-trump-attorneys-tell-georgians-not-to-vote-in-runoff-until-votes-are\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Lin Wood and Sydney Powell inexplicably AGAIN<\/em>\u00a0<em>urged Georgians not vote<\/em><\/span><\/a>, effectively handing two critical seats to the Socialists.\u00a0 And now it appears The Donald wants to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>once more<\/em><\/span> run the same losing play.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Jim Geraghty noted:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;What constitutes \u201csolving\u201d the \u201cPresidential Election Fraud of 2020\u201d? Voter ID laws? Poll-watchers?\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/06\/maggie-haberman-is-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reinstating Trump as president, as he apparently fantasizes<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Monday, October 18th edition of <em>The Gouge<\/em>, we noted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/kurtschlichter\/2021\/10\/14\/be-glad-about-pompeos-doomed-primary-challenge-to-trump-n2597350\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Kurt Schlichter<\/em><\/span><\/a> conditioned his prediction Mike Pompeo&#8217;s presidential bid was already doomed on the fact Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would learn<\/em><\/span> from his prior, unforced errors, including continuing to claim the 2020 election was stolen.\u00a0 If Trump&#8217;s keep-down-the-vote strategy costs Republicans the House in 2022, Pompeo&#8217;s looking <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>better and better<\/em><\/span> in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, courtesy of\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>, Derek Hunter confesses&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/derekhunter\/2021\/10\/17\/democrats-make-it-impossible-to-have-empathy-n2597549\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Democrats Make It Impossible To Have Empathy<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WIR7XV6235BANB4GH6RUUDH2VA.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WIR7XV6235BANB4GH6RUUDH2VA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WIR7XV6235BANB4GH6RUUDH2VA.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WIR7XV6235BANB4GH6RUUDH2VA-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Empathy is an important human emotion, but sometimes people keep repeating the same stupid mistakes that make it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nearly impossible<\/em><\/span> to continue to give a damn about them. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Someone suffering severe headaches, for example, can cause a serious empathetic response from people, but that goes away quickly, and likely forever, if you discover that person continually hits themselves in the head with two-by-four.<\/span> There comes a certain point when any emotion \u2013 empathy, sympathy, whatever \u2013 becomes counterproductive. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">When it comes to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrat voter groups<\/em><\/span>, I\u2019m <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>long past<\/em><\/span> that point.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The odds of you knowing someone who is or was self-destructive are pretty high. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">I\u2019ve known plenty \u2013 people who drink too much, someone who smokes too much, steals, cheats, whatever \u2013 hell, I\u2019ve been many of those things when I was younger too.<\/span> People grow out of it or become consumed by it, very few maintain it throughout their lives. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sometimes<\/em><\/span>, it\u2019s a mentality <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>passed on from generation to generation<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> That\u2019s how I view people who vote for Democrats in major cities across the country.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In college, I lived in Dearborn, Michigan.<\/span> Where I lived was represented in Congress by John Dingell. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He represented the district <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>since the Earth cooled<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>First elected<\/em><\/span> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>1955<\/em><\/span>, he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>finally retired<\/em><\/span> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>2015<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Before him<\/em><\/span>, that district was represented by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>John Dingell Sr.<\/em><\/span>, from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>1933 till 1955<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Upon <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Dingell Jr.\u2019s retirement<\/em><\/span>, the district was represented by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Debbie Dingell<\/em><\/span>, John\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>widow<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">When John Jr. was contemplating retirement, all the talk was about who would replace him: his wife, or his son Christopher, because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all that matters is that last name<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> ability, character, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> So when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Debbie<\/em><\/span> leaves\u2026<i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\"><\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Some of the district isn\u2019t bad, some of it is.<\/span> But in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em> <\/span>of it you can see the remnants of what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>once was<\/em><\/span>, back when Detroit was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the economic engine of the country<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Democrats had power in the region <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that whole time<\/em><\/span>, having a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>monopoly<\/em><\/span> on the Mayor\u2019s office <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>starting in January 1962<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The shell of what remains <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span> serve as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reminder of the failures of unfettered liberal policies<\/em><\/span>, and maybe it does\u2026<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but it hasn\u2019t made a difference in anyone\u2019s voting habits<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No<\/em><\/span> level of crime, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no<\/em><\/span> spike in violence or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>depth<\/em><\/span> of economic depression <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has shaken the loyalties of Detroit voters from their Democrat masters<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The complete and generational failure of the education system <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hasn\u2019t done a damn thing either<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Nothing<\/em><\/span> will<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Hunter&#8217;s attitude, which we happen to share, reminds us of one of our favorite lines from <em>The Outlaw Josey Wales<\/em>:<\/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>Here&#8217;s the juice: If Republicans are the party of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stupid<\/em><\/span>, Dimocrats are the party\u00a0of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indentured servitude<\/em><\/span>\u00a0and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>moral degeneracy<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which is why <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Kevin Williamson, in an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>absolutely must-read commentary<\/em><\/span>, describes them as an unholy blend of\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Pillage Party and the Freakshow Party<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls2.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls2-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We could have featured it in full, but chose to give you a link.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trust us<\/em><\/span>, it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that good<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from the good to the bad, ugly and empty, in a forward from\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Frontpage Mag<\/em>\u00a0via Jeff Foutch, Robert Spencer relates how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2021\/10\/cnn-get-used-empty-supermarket-shelves-comrade-robert-spencer\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">CNN Says Get Used to Empty Supermarket Shelves, Comrade<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pj.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pj.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pj.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pj-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1447995094204825606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Tuesday<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0what has been obvious for quite some time: \u201cThe president wants to make fundamental change in our economy, and he feels coming out of the pandemic is exactly the time to do that.\u201d<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> CNN is already laying the groundwork for this, preparing Americans for one of the foremost hallmarks of socialist regimes the world over: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">empty supermarket shelves<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> On Sunday, the Leftist propaganda organ masquerading as a news source published\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2021\/10\/09\/business\/grocery-stores-food-supply-chain\/index.html?__twitter_impression=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a lengthy article<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0entitled \u201cGrocery store shelves <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>aren\u2019t going back to normal this year<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Or<\/em><\/span>, from the looks of things, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">after that<\/span><\/em>, unless the Leftists in the American government are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>thrown out<\/em><\/span> of office in 2022 and 2024 and decisively repudiated.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CNN was up front about disappointing Americans who are still optimistic that some day this will all end: \u201cIf you hoped grocery stores this fall and winter would look like they did in the Before Times, with\u00a0limitless options\u00a0stretching out before you in the snack, drink, candy and frozen foods aisles, get ready for some disappointing news.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Before Times \u2014 is that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">before the pandemic<\/span><\/em>, or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before socialist Democrats<\/em><\/span>\u00a0came to dominate\u00a0their party <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> the government?<\/span> Either way it\u2019s the same, and it means there will be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fewer groceries available<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to the Socialists&#8217; vision for Amerika.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dPCu8mQZWqU?start=84&amp;end=86&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>Speaking of the manifestly unqualified and ill-equipped ruining life for the rest of us, the <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0recently offered these thoughts on&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-7.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-7-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A closing thought on\u00a0the Pete Buttigieg paternity-leave issue, from\u00a0my other podcast co-host: Most women who reach any level of management in an institution, never mind the top level, are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>extremely sensitive<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any perception<\/em><\/span> that they\u2019re not pulling their weight, or taking too much time off, or not working hard enough.<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Yes, I\u2019m sure exceptions exist.<\/span> But there\u2019s a reason we don\u2019t hear much about women CEOs or heads of nonprofits <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>taking two months off while their organization is experiencing a crisis<\/em><\/span>; they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know<\/em><\/span> they would experience far too much reputational damage to make it worthwhile.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>As Dan McLaughlin observes, \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/pete-buttigieg-should-not-be-taking-two-months-off-during-a-supply-chain-crisis\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=homepage&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=featured-content-trending&amp;utm_term=first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When you ask<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<em>what amount of time it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span> reasonable for a senior executive to take during a crisis,\u00a0<\/em>it of course is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>relevant<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he didn\u2019t give birth<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might<\/em><\/span> even say that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the ability<\/em><\/span> to take two months off \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">during a crisis no less<\/span><\/em> \u2014 and not have to worry about reputational damage is a form of&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>privilege<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, <em>The Epoch Times<\/em> is reporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_breakingnews\/record-number-of-container-ships-waiting-off-ports-of-long-beach-los-angeles-executive_4057313.html?utm_source=newsnoe&amp;utm_medium=email2&amp;utm_campaign=breaking-2021-10-19-3&amp;mktids=2a45fd7fecc91910cfad3b3a35278b0a&amp;est=hDF3EDiSLbKvhCItmrtOYcWARQ0qddMsTpZU0WbBjVDr3amBMNN%2B9mOs42IwQd%2FhmQ%3D%3D\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the <\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>largest container port in the country now has a record backlog of ships and containers<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Tom Cotton said it best: Pete Buttgag couldn&#8217;t organize a one-car funeral.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, we offer a quintet of specially selected items certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/nebraska-department-of-education-excluded-religious-groups-from-sex-ed-curriculum-team\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">According to internal documents obtained by the\u00a0Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong>, the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) shut out religious groups from a controversial curriculum development process.\u00a0 Seems the original draft of the agency&#8217;s sex education standards included plans to teach <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>elementary school studen<\/em><em>ts<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gender identity\u00a0AND\u00a0transgender hormone therapy<\/em><\/span>. Internal emails obtained by a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/meet-the-nebraska-parents-who-exposed-sex-ed-activists\/\">concerned parent show<\/a><\/span> <\/em><\/span>the NDE <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>added<\/em><\/span> a Planned Parenthood ally to the 28-member advisory team for the standards, while it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">excluded<\/span><\/em> input from <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">religious education groups<\/span><\/em>, fearing they might object to the proposed curriculum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Courtesy of The Boss, <em>FOX News<\/em> informs us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/albany-pols-nypd-order-cops-nothing-drug-addicts-shoot-up\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>New York City\u2019s\u00a0war on\u00a0drugs\u00a0is over; the junkies won<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Acting on orders from Albany, the NYPD waved the white flag last week, directing officers to ignore drug addicts shooting up in public or sharing needles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Since we&#8217;re on the subject of abject surrender to lawlessness, <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Matt Vespa suggests\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2021\/10\/19\/theres-a-reason-why-most-dont-know-about-bidens-secret-flights-n2597649\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>there&#8217;s a reason most Americans don&#8217;t know about 46*&#8217;s secret illegal immigrant flights<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Also writing at\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>, Spencer Brown tells us, in the midst of a supply chain crisis,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2021\/10\/18\/bidens-nominates-maritime-administrator-with-zero-experience-because-of-course-he-did-n2597594\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>46* just nominated a Maritime Administrator with ZERO shipping experience<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Then again, it&#8217;s somehow appropriate, as the nominee&#8217;s only qualification for the position is her gender, and she&#8217;ll be working under a Secretary of Transportation whose only qualification for his job is his sexual preference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). <em>The Babylon Bee<\/em> offers a primer on <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/the-babylon-bee-presents-the-official-mainstream-media-translator\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>16 common phrases in the news and what they actually mean<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;at least to Socialists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to a somewhat extended edition of\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97498\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaaa-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb101921dAPR20211019034504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97497\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb101921dAPR20211019034504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb101921dAPR20211019034504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb101921dAPR20211019034504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ramirez.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ramirez.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ramirez.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ramirez-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ramirez2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ramirez2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ramirez2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ramirez2-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb101821dAPC20211018054504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb101821dAPC20211018054504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb101821dAPC20211018054504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb101821dAPC20211018054504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_SupplyChain_web20211018100100.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_SupplyChain_web20211018100100.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_SupplyChain_web20211018100100.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_SupplyChain_web20211018100100-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cb101921dAPR20211018084520.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97503\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cb101921dAPR20211018084520.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cb101921dAPR20211018084520.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cb101921dAPR20211018084520-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-2-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kelley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kelley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kelley.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kelley-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbb-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbb-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbb-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbb-4-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_Assad_web20211019120933.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97501\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_Assad_web20211019120933.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_Assad_web20211019120933.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_Assad_web20211019120933-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-18-21-at-8.46-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-18-21-at-8.46-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-18-21-at-8.46-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-18-21-at-8.46-AM-285x300.jpeg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5r2sbv.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5r2sbv.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5r2sbv.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5r2sbv-276x300.jpeg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls1-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls4-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls4-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls4-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls4-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls3-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls3-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls3-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls3-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls5-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97489\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls7.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls7-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image032.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image032-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image014.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image014-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image007.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image007-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5r2t4t.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97494\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5r2t4t.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5r2t4t.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5r2t4t-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with another titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, courtesy of a irate Illinois mother of three who just wanted a little sugar:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline headline--single\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/17\/mom-allegedly-shoots-man-dead-after-he-refused-to-kiss-her\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Illinois mom allegedly shoots man dead after he refused to kiss her<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jones.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jones.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jones-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>An Illinois mother of three <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>shot a man dead<\/em><\/span> after he \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> his girlfriend \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refused to kiss her<\/em><\/span>, authorities said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Claudia Resendiz-Florez, 28, had just moved in with James P. Jones, 29, and his girlfriend at the Preserve Woodfield apartment complex in Rolling Meadows when a love triangle fatally exploded,\u00a0the Chicago Sun-Times reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The three had been drinking together on Thursday night when Resendiz-Florez asked Jones for a kiss, which he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refused<\/em><\/span> \u2014 instead kissing his girlfriend.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resendiz-Florez then also asked Jones\u2019 girlfriend for a kiss, who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also declined<\/em><\/span>, prosecutors said at a bond hearing on Saturday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Resendiz-Flores demanded that he kiss her again, which he again refused, infuriating her, prosecutors said, according to the Sun-Times.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">She then grabbed Jones\u2019 gun, tucked beneath a couch cushion in the home, and pointed it at Jones. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Prosecutors said that Jones tried to lower the gun when he saw that she had pulled off the safety, but she was able to raise her arms and shoot him once in the chest<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good thing young Claudia likes kissing women, &#8217;cause something tells us that&#8217;s going to be the only flavor on her menu for some time to come.\u00a0 Pity&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pray for<\/em><\/span>&#8230;her poor children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Video of the Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like Rhah observed of Taylor in <em>Platoon<\/em>, Faux Chi ain&#8217;t just wrong, he ain&#8217;t never been RIGHT&#8230;NEVER!!! As for Joyless Reid, she&#8217;s simply a token imbecile.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/564460\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tales of The Darkside<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry Katie, but when even the dimmest of bulbs like Savannah Guthrie knows you went WAY over the line, you need to stop the self-justification and acknowledge you&#8217;re of a kind with Dan Rather, Brian Williams and the rest of the lowing, lying herd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/564524\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" 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>A classic Kommielaa compilation from Watters&#8217; World.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kGoWpcIdfds\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, October 20th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, watch this Tucker Carlson clip&#8230; \ufeff &#8230;then consider, in behavior mirroring that of D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser and other Progressive impotentates, the&#8230; Bidens were caught violating DC mask mandate at posh Georgetown restaurant &nbsp; Rules for THEE, not\u00a0for WE!\u00a0 After all&#8230; But\u00a0kings rule;\u00a0presidents serve.\u00a0 Problem is, no [&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-97472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97472","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=97472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97582,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97472\/revisions\/97582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}