The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts
Non Compos Mentis
“What the trans conversation is foisting upon us is the need to find ways to slice the athletic universe such that we still have interesting, fair matches. … Rather than saying no to it all, let’s be creative about this. It’s an unsolved problem, yes, but it’s not unsolvable given what we know about human physiology. So why not rise to that occasion and solve it rather than take your older view of the world and force modern emergent conduct of people to fit that?” —astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson
Friendly Fire
“I find the Left to be just annoying. They’re more than just not important; they’re just annoying. And the Western far-Left is habitually the most stupid, naïve people you can imagine. They come up with these really goofy constructs, and it’s all about feeling, feeling good about yourself.” —Democrat strategist James Carville
Open Borders
“Look at the 10,000-a-day flow of illegal crossers over the border. The president of the United States has the authority and means to protect the U.S. border. The only way a president would allow this to go on for years is if the president wanted this to happen. And it appears that Biden does, in fact, want this to happen. … If you ever hear an administration official say that President Biden is trying to get the border situation under control — don’t believe it.” —Byron York
“Today migrants are coming in with a sense of entitlement. They trash the hotel rooms we give them. They complain about the food we give them. They assault law enforcement officers who are there to protect them. And they have the audacity to plant the flags of the nations they are supposedly fleeing on our land.” —Gary Bauer
Political Futures
“The 2024 election may yet turn out to be the long-anticipated Trump/Biden rematch that both want — but maybe not. Neither candidate is showing any inclination to withdraw; each knows that his best shot at success would be to face the other guy and all his baggage. But the election is still a year away, and every day the lineup looks less certain.” —Jack DeVine
“The conditions leading to the widespread economic pessimism are likely to stay in place for much of the year to come. There is no rescue from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on the way. Biden’s just going to have to win this election on his own natural eloquence, vigor, boundless energy, and keen intellect.” —Jim Geraghty
“After years of being told that the 2020 presidential election was the most secure election in history, we’re now being told to fear Russian interference in the 2024 election. That sure is a convenient narrative to emerge now that polls show Donald Trump leading Biden, isn’t it?” —Matt Margolis
You Reap What You Sow
“Movies and shows are chock-full of bad language and bad behavior, setting bad examples for all of us, not just children. Objectifying women is the real art of Hollywood, which makes it darkly humorous when they’re somehow stunned to discover that Hollywood is full of men sexually harassing and assaulting women. The hypocrisy on violence is remarkable as well. Hollywood churns out endless content glorifying violence, often with guns, and then actors run around weeping about certain high-profile real-life violence that can be manipulated to advance the leftist goal of gun control. There’s an old saying that usually comes to mind with Hollywood: Garbage in, garbage out.” —Nate Jackson
“As a nation, we’ve pushed God to the outskirts of society. Instead of teaching our children that they are created in the image of God and therefore have value, we are telling them they come from animals, and then we are shocked when they act like animals.” —Tony Perkins