The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “It is not our task to secure the triumph of truth, but merely to fight on its behalf.” —French mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

Non Compos Mentis: “If you feel the need to mock Muhammad in a cartoon, just realize that Muslims may decide to exercise their [Second Amendment] rights on you.” —pro golfer Bob Estes

Dezinformatsia: “[W]e’re learning more about the gunmen who opened fire at an event where an anti-Islamic group held a contest on who could … draw the nastiest cartoon of Muhammad. Do you believe that people set that kind of a mousetrap? … I remember the old days when the Nazi Party and the Communist Party would sort of team up in a weird, sick, symbiotic way. One would have an event, and the other would attack it, you know? Well, I think [organizer Pamela Geller] caused this trouble."—MSNBC’s Chris Matthews

Demo-gogues: ”[T]here’s no shortage of people telling you who and what is to blame for the plight of these communities [like Baltimore]. But I’m not interested in blame. I’m interested in responsibility and I’m interested in results.“ —Barack Obama, who never misses a chance to blame Republicans

The BIG Lie: "There is no doubt in my mind that we have never done anything knowingly inappropriate in terms of taking money to influence any kind of American government policy. … [T]he idea that there’s one set of rules for us and another set for everybody else is true. The people who have attacked the [Clinton] Foundation have practiced selective nondisclosure.” —Bill Clinton

And last… “A new report shows that 181 Clinton Foundation donors also lobbied the State Department when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. No connection. I’m sure all those donations were strictly for email server maintenance.” –Fred Thompson