November 2, 2017

Thursday Short Cuts

“I think we’re getting quite comfortable in our society limiting ideas and exposure to ideas.” —Justice Clarence Thomas

Insight: “The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.” —Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Observations: “I think we’re getting quite comfortable in our society limiting ideas and exposure to ideas.” —Justice Clarence Thomas

For the record: “The NFL has hurt us. We are disappointed the NFL and its leadership did not resolve [the anthem protests]. … Leadership starts at the top, and this is an example of poor leadership.” —Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter

Non Compos Mentis: “[The Manhattan Islamist] has been here since 2010. We saw the same problem that happened with the Tsarnaev brothers in Boston. These people self-radicalize and it could have been an American who was formerly Catholic two weeks ago just as easily as it was a person from South Asia.” —MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance

Dezinformatsiya: “Muslim Americans Again Brace for Backlash After New York Attack.” —NBC News

Braying Jackass: “Does this administration believe slavery is wrong?” —White House reporter April Ryan

Alpha Jackass: “Sometimes [inspector general officials] get a little carried away with their reports, but they’re important reports to have.” —outgoing IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who still thinks his agency’s Tea Party targeting was of little import

Memo to Hillary: Be careful what you wish for… “[Trump] has to know — we’ll find out what he knew and how involved he was — but he had to know that people were making outreach to Russians, to the highest levels of the Kremlin in order to help him, to hurt me, but more importantly to sow this divisiveness.” —Hillary Clinton

And last… “The Clintons are political syphilis, and they infected the DNC.” —Ben Shapiro

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