The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Observations

“To combat depression by a forced credit expansion is to attempt to cure the evil by the very means which brought it about; because we are suffering from a misdirection of production, we want to create further misdirection — a procedure which can only lead to a much more severe crisis as soon as the credit expansion comes to an end.” —Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992)

“You know, I have a couple of pretty simple rules in life. Don’t ever compare anything to slavery, don’t ever compare anything to the Holocaust, and if you’re a man, don’t compare anything to pregnancy. That’s rule number one. Rule number two: If you’re going to apologize, then just apologize. Don’t explain it. Don’t try to mitigate it. Apologize and ask for forgiveness. And number three: As a culture, we have got to do a better job of figuring out who is just famous and who actually knows what he or she is talking about, ‘cause sometimes we confuse the two.” —Trey Gowdy

For the Record

“Wokers believe that no one should have to accept responsibility. They believe that it’s always someone else’s fault. And their motto is, 'Hear no evil, see no evil, prosecute no evil.’ … Some of the wokers started the ‘defund and disrespect the police’ movement. They tolerated it. President Biden allowed it to happen. And you see the result. … What you allow is what will continue. And as long as we allow this, the criminals are not going to be unhappy with this. And they are going to keep committing crimes.” —Senator John Kennedy

“The obsession with COVID ‘disinformation’ on Joe Rogan’s podcast ignores one important fact: Rogan is not the reason people distrust public health directives. The blame for that falls on hypocritical politicians, two-faced bureaucrats, and the collection of policy failures that people have witnessed and had to endure during the pandemic. … If Rogan’s podcast was erased from everyone’s memories, people would still widely distrust health bureaucrats and lockdown-happy politicians and media figures. Their own actions, lies, misleading statements, and failed policies are responsible for that distrust. They torched their own credibility, and they won’t get it back by kicking Rogan off of Spotify or harassing his sponsors.” —Zachary Faria

“California and Washington — two deep blue states — have recently notified Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation to STOP soliciting donations in their state due to serious financial transparency issues. Media that propped up this org have an obligation to cover this.” —Andrew Kerr

“Living Constitution” Balderdash

“There’s always a renewed national debate every time … any president nominates a justice, because the Constitution is always evolving slightly in terms of additional rights or curtailing rights, et cetera.” —Joe Biden

And Last…

“CNN is a hive of womanizing, pedophilia, lying, corruption, masturbating weirdos. The whole place should be flushed down the toilet. Also, I don’t believe Zuck is being booted for his sexual ways. That’s normal CNN behavior. What did he actually do that’s even more evil?” —Melissa Mackenzie

“It’s looking increasingly like the only employee at CNN who keeps his hands to himself is Jeffrey Toobin.” —Congresswoman Claudia Tenney