The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Insight

“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist. But at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” —Nobel Prize-winning physicist Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)

Upright

“Our work is at its best when it’s focused on what people care about. Let me tell you what people care about. They don’t care as much about buying solar panels and electric cars as they do not having to live in a community where violent crime is rampant and you’ve got some crazy prosecutor that refuses to put people in jail, that refuses to prosecute entire categories of crime. People are worried about that and rightfully so. We have these beautiful cities that were once world-class cities that have become unlivable all over this country because we have these lunatic prosecutors that have decided they’re not going to — entire categories of crime they will not prosecute. That’s the kind of stuff we should be working on here tonight. … Don’t waste time on stuff that doesn’t matter to real people working every single day who are not going to be driving an electric car next year or the year after that. But they might get mugged. But they might be a victim of a violent crime.” —Senator Marco Rubio

For the Record

“I still think we have a very serious inflation problem in this country. I don’t think that inflation problem is going to go away of its own volition. And so I think we’re likely to have some quite turbulent times ahead.” —former Obama economic adviser Larry Summers

“Producer prices spiked 9.8% from last year, marking the 16th straight month the index has been above 5%. That is astronomically high. Meanwhile, real disposable income is LOWER than when Biden took office. That’s not an economic plan that’s ‘working.’” —Tommy Pigott

“If Democrats didn’t want to audit middle class Americans with Biden’s 87,000 new IRS enforcers, they could’ve voted for a Republican amendment to ensure just that. But they refused. Why? Because sending the government after you is the whole point.” —Tommy Pigott

“Joe Biden fired 11,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers and is hiring 87,000 new IRS agents. That is everything you need to know about this administration.” —JR Majewski

Belly Laugh of the Week

“Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy. Upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly without fear or favor. Under my watch, that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing.” —Attorney General Merrick Garland

Famous Last Words

“I direct that any additional resources — including any new personnel or auditors that are hired — shall not be used to increase the share of small business or households below the $400,000 threshold that are audited relative to historical levels. This means that, contrary to the misinformation from opponents of [the Inflation Reduction Act], small business or households earning $400,000 per year or less will not see an increase in the chances that they are audited.” —Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Non Compos Mentis Awards

“We cut child poverty in America by 40% in the first year.” —Vice President Kamala Harris

“There’s no reason why you have to pay $4 or $5 a gallon for gasoline when you can have an all-electric vehicle that averages $0.75 … to be able to move you anywhere you want.” —Senator Ed Markey (“REMINDER: The average cost of an electric vehicle is $67,000.” —Republican National Committee)

Potomac Fever

“What I symbolize in an era of the normalization of untruths and lies and all the things you’re seeing going on in society, from January 6 to everything else that goes on — people are craving for consistency, for integrity, for truth.” —National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci

“When you tell people they need to mask in an indoor congregate setting … that is looked upon by a lot of people, not everybody, as an encroachment on your freedom. … It’s almost inexplicable.” —Anthony Fauci

And Last…

“Friendly reminder that no matter how ‘existentially threatening’ the allegedly stored ‘nuclear secrets’ at Mar-a-Lago were, Garland and Wray still sat on that information for nearly 19 months without doing anything about it. Curious, that.” —Josh Hammer

“How corrupt is the FBI? Two days after they raid Donald Trump’s private residence, Hunter Biden, whose laptop proving multiple felonies the FBI has had for years, hops on Air Force 1 for a family vacation.” —Clay Travis