The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.” —Arthur Freed (1894-1973)

Non Compos Mentis: “This is what we can do and it’s a win-win: to have a fee on carbon. So if you are raising livestock and producing a lot of carbon dioxide with your farm equipment and the exhaust from the animals, then you would pay a fee on that and it would be reflected in the price of meat, reflected in the price of fish, reflected in the price of peanuts.” —Bill “The Science Lie” Nye (“We used to joke that they would raise taxes on cow farts, and now here a guy is proposing it.” —Rush Limbaugh)

Fake news: “Ivanka Trump is facing backlash for posting this photo of herself embracing her 2-year-old son amid reports of families being separated at the Mexican border.” —CNN

Opportunist: “Now, we have this odd system with the Electoral College, and … it’s a little troubling — but nevertheless, we’ve got it. I’ve been against it, by the way, since 2000 — not that you need to know that, but I have been because I just think it is absolutely contrary to one person, one vote.” —Hillary Clinton, who would be the Electoral College’s biggest advocate if Democrat candidates had come out on top

The BIG Lie: “Take a look at any NFL stadium and people are getting hot dogs, people are getting beers. They’re not standing and saluting the anthem for a large part. They’re not. They’re distracted.” —NBC’s Andrea Mitchell

And last… “NFL owners have done well by banning protests during the national anthem. They should now act to stop the harassment of their cheerleaders. And it shouldn’t take two years to do it.” —Cal Thomas