The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight

“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” —Ernie Banks (1931-2015)

“There is no country like America. There is not. Not one. … She may not be what she’s supposed to be, but she ain’t what she used to be. … I like to look at life as being half-full. That is, the glass is half-full because you know what that means? We can keep filling and filling.” —Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears

“The other side of the political aisle, some of them, they like to keep people up in arms, always at each other’s throat, because it helps whatever agenda they have. So they use grievances that we, as black people, have historically faced to pit us against each other. Well, we’re not falling for that trick any longer. There are enough of us who are saying, ‘No more. We need a good education. We need it now because that’s what’s going to get us out of the woods.’” — Winsome Sears

“Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, ‘social justice.’” —Thomas Sowell

For the Record

“We’re having a hard time keeping our allies in line about what to do if Russia actually does invade Ukraine. This would be a good time for Biden to go to London, Paris or Berlin to get them all on the same page. The Ukrainian president reportedly suggested that Biden send a really powerful message by going to Kiev. But Biden evidently doesn’t want to get anywhere near the Black Sea. He spent the day Thursday near the Black River, which runs through Lorain, Ohio, where he promoted the infrastructure bill and pushed his Build Back Better agenda. Yes, that’s right. Just as we’re on the brink of war with Russia, Biden’s campaigning in Ohio to make us more socialist, just like Russia.” —Gary Bauer

Leftmedia

“When John H. Durham, the Trump-era special counsel investigating the inquiry into Russia’s 2016 election interference, filed a pretrial motion on Friday night, he slipped in a few extra sentences that set off a furor among right-wing outlets about purported spying on former President Donald J. Trump. … Upon close inspection, these narratives are often based on a misleading presentation of the facts or outright misinformation. They also tend to involve dense and obscure issues, so dissecting them requires asking readers to expend significant mental energy and time — raising the question of whether news outlets should even cover such claims.” —NY Times (“The New York Times … skipped the news story and went straight to the analysis. … Directing attention to ‘right-wing’ coverage of the Durham filing allows some media outlets to ignore the substance of Durham’s filing. But it does not change the substance of Durham’s filing. And in the future, the special counsel will undoubtedly reveal more about what really happened.” —Byron York)

Race Bait

“In recent weeks, a convoy of truck drivers from across Canada began arriving en masse in Ottawa. … While the convoy’s supporters have characterized the protest as a peaceful movement … many supporters have been associated with or expressed racist, Islamophobic and white-supremacist views. … The convoy represents the extension of a strain of Canadian history that has long masked itself behind ‘peacefulness’ or ‘unity’: settler colonialism. It is not incidental that this latest expression of white supremacy is emerging amid a public health crisis. … The notion of ‘freedom’ was historically and remains intertwined with Whiteness, as historian Tyler Stovall has argued. The belief that one’s entitlement to freedom is a key component of White supremacy. This explains why the Freedom Convoy members see themselves as entitled to freedom, no matter the public health consequences to those around them.” —University of Pennsylvania PhD candidate Taylor Dysart in The Washington Post

The Demos’ ChiCom Virus Pandemic Pivot

“The world and the United States, and particularly certain parts of the United States, are just up to here with COVID. They just really need to somehow get their life back. You don’t want to be reckless and throw everything aside, but you’ve got to start inching toward that.” —Dr. Anthony Fauci

The BIG Lie

“Never been a supporter of vaccine mandates or bans. I have said that publicly.” —Florida gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, February 17, 2022

“I’ll say this until I’m blue in the face — our prosperity depends on public health. If businesses, especially those relying on group events, want to protect customers by requiring COVID vaccines, [Ron DeSantis] & the legislature shouldn’t be stopping them.” —Nikki Fried, April 29, 2021

And Last…

“The truth is, people want sensible government by sensible people who listen to their constituents. That’s not rocket science, but it seems to be a stretch for today’s Democrats. May the defeats continue until they learn.” —Glenn Reynolds