The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The Gipper: “Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let’s not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.”

Village Idiots: “It’s … scary to know that climate change is due to human activity, and we continue to ignore it, and the only voice that we really have is through voting. … You’re watching these hurricanes now, and it’s really hard … not to feel mother nature’s rage and wrath.” —actress Jennifer Lawrence

Blame Game, episode 423: “[NBC’s Matt Lauer] turned what should have been a serious discussion into a pointless ambush.” —Hillary Clinton grousing in her book about Lauer daring to ask her about her email scandal during the network’s “Commander-in-Chief Forum” about fitness for handling national security

Friendly fire: “Look, Secretary Clinton ran against the most unpopular candidate in the history of this country, and she lost. And she was upset about it. Now, I understand that. … [But] I think it’s a little bit silly to be keeping talking about 2016. We got too many problems.” —Bernie Sanders

Demo-gogues: “I just think the time has come [for single-payer health care]. Back in ‘09, we were not ready to address it. It would never have passed. Here we are nine years later, I think it’s time to hopefully have a very serious good faith look at it. … It’s [been] anathema for a long time, and then suddenly — acceptance.” —Sen. Max Baucus, who steadfastly opposed single-payer in 2009

Non Compos Mentis: “I don’t like broad brushes and I don’t know enough about [antifa] to say that they’re terrorists. … [The group] wasn’t really the issue in Charlottesville at all.” —Sen. Tim Kaine

Probably colluding with the Russians too: “What can we do to deal with the KKK, the white nationalists, the extremists, the alt-right? They’re on the Internet, they’re Breitbart. If you look at the YouTube, you see how much they want to kill me and others.” —Rep. Maxine Waters

Alpha Jackass: “I’m not wishing for it… but I’d be ok if #BetsyDevos was sexually assaulted.” —Texas attorney Rob Ranco

And last… “Berkeley hunkers down and seeks safe shelter from approaching one-in100-years storm of diversity of thought.” —Twitter satirist @hale_razor