The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

For the Record

“Since the U.S. fully withdrew from Afghanistan a year ago, Americans are still left behind terrorist lines, our allies are being hunted, the Taliban have rearmed themselves with billions of dollars worth of U.S. military equipment, Al Qaeda & ISIS have reconstituted their ranks as foreign fighters flow into the country, Afghan women and girls have seen their rights stripped away, and famine has inflicted the country. Despite all this, not one senior Biden Administration official nor military officer has resigned or been fired as a result of the withdrawal. That is a disgrace to our country.” —Congressman Mike Waltz

Observations

“I have come to realize that while society was right about males, it was wrong about females. Whether spoken or unspoken, most people thought that girls just didn’t need to be raised to control their natures nearly as much as boys did. But they do. It’s true that females are not inclined to violence or predatory sexual behavior as men are. But this hardly means that girls and women don’t have to learn to control their natures. … Specifically, girls have to learn to control their emotions. Just as the male sexual drive and violent impulses can overwhelm their conscience and their ability to think and act rationally, emotions can do the same thing in girls and women: overwhelm their conscience and their ability to think and act rationally. However, it should be obvious that at least two generations of parents — especially among the well-educated — did not teach many of their daughters to control their emotions and think rationally. The result is that women are disproportionately active in doing damage to our society.” —Dennis Prager

“As high as the monetary costs of college are, the hidden cost of ‘forgiving’ student loans is much higher. Colleges and universities claim to have as part of their purpose producing responsible, accountable, contributing citizens who are able to think critically and help improve the quality of life in their communities. Allowing students to take irresponsible loans they cannot pay back to pay for WOKE degrees that have no value and then failing to hold them accountable turns college graduates into dependent wards of the state who expect the government to take care of them. Further, worthless WOKE degrees like Fat Studies, Queer Studies and Women’s Studies — to name just a few — exist only because the federal government keeps them alive through student loans. These kinds of programs would die tomorrow if not for student loans.” —Oliver North & David Goetsch

Dumb and Dumber

“I’m determined to ban assault weapons in this country. … It’s not about taking away anybody’s guns.” —President Joe Biden

“How many deer or bear are wearing Kevlar vests, huh? Not a joke!” —Joe Biden

“For those brave, right-wing Americans who say it’s all about keeping America — keeping America as independent and safe: If you want to fight against a country, you need an F-15. You need something a little more than a gun.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lies

“Do you realize the bullet out of an AR-15 travels five times as rapidly as a bullet shot out of any other gun?” —Joe Biden

“Imagine … if you turned on the television in Washington, DC, and saw a mob of a thousand people storming down the hallways of the Parliament, breaking down the doors, trying to overturn an outcome of election, and killing several police officers.” —Joe Biden

Non Compos Mentis Awards

“That’s not how it works. … It’s not like somebody walks over.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre when asked, “Somebody unvaccinated comes over on a plane. You say that’s not OK. Somebody walks into Texas or Arizona unvaccinated, they’re allowed to stay. Why?”

“It is no surprise … that the economy is doing some slowing down, as you know, ‘cooling off,’ as you’ve heard us talk about, because it’s going through a transition. That’s how we see it.” —Karine Jean-Pierre

Veep Thoughts With Kamala

“We have people who have been working for decades to do the work that has been about America’s leadership in terms of space exploration. And today is very much on that path about showing the great work that happens here with these exceptional public servants, these exceptional skilled professionals who have the ability to see what is possible and what has never been done before. How exciting is that?” —Vice President Kamala Harris

And Last…

“[Mark] Zuckerberg’s admission … that Big Tech throttled the [Hunter Biden] story at the behest of the FBI reveals a deeper scandal: It was the FBI and not social media that stole the election from Donald Trump.” —Margot Cleveland