The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts
The BIG Lies
“Almost everything [scientists have] predicted for 30-plus years now is coming true.” —"climate czar" John Kerry
“There is a full-throated purge effort going on here by the far-right that we have not seen for decades. They are on a boycott binge and cancel crusade, trying to eliminate the existence of minority communities. Burning Flags. Banning Books. We have seen this before. And it’s happening everywhere, all across the country. Woke has become just another … dog whistle.” —California Governor Gavin Newsom
Non Compos Mentis
“When it comes to your abortion, any reason is the right reason.” —Planned Parenthood
Belly Laugh of the Week
“It should come as no surprise to anybody that Mr. Putin would show an interest in making it hard for President Biden to win election and to try to interfere in his ability to govern as president of the United States.” —National Security Council spokesman John Kirby
Upright
“People like baseball for its entertainment value and competition. The fans do not want propaganda or politics forced on them. The debacle with Bud Light and Target should be a warning to companies and professional sports to stay true to their brand and leave the propaganda and politics off the field.” —Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen
Re: The Left
“What’s terrible for Bud Light sales is now good for America. With every viral anti-Bud Light video and 12-pack moldering on a store shelf or in a warehouse, the message is being sent to other corporations that they may come to regret their gratuitous forays into the culture war. … What’s transpired is more than a boycott; Bud Light has become a national joke. It’s signature blue-and-white cans and bottles now stand for ineptitude and out-of-touch marketing. Picking up a six-pack shows that you aren’t in on the joke.” —Rich Lowry
“The woke Left still enjoys enormous advantages over the Right. The bicoastal elite has far more money, controls all the major American institutions, and dominates the dissemination of knowledge through the media and Silicon Valley. But the Left does not enjoy majority public support. And now it has managed the impossible — to goad the normally comatose conservative dragon to awaken. And it is just starting to breathe fire.” —Victor Davis Hanson
Observations
“The essence of a lot of comedy is a reveal of truth. Like a hidden truth that people understand intuitively or explicitly, and there’s that sort of moment of … often unacknowledged truth. And in that unacknowledged truth is the humor. If you’re premised on a lie, you can no longer be funny, because there’s no revealed truth. And this is why a lot of people on the Left have no sense of humor. They’re not funny. And if there [are] so many no-fly zones that you have to avoid all the time then there’s nothing left to make fun about." —Elon Musk
For the Record
"Using the latest figures, in 2021, a grand total of eight unarmed blacks were killed by cops. That same year, an estimated 29 police officers were killed by black suspects. Of course, there are a lot more black people (47 million) than police officers (700,000). Thus, the apples-to-apples comparison works out to: For every 100,000 blacks, 1/100th of one unarmed black is killed by a cop; for every 100,000 cops, four are killed by black men.” —Ann Coulter
And Last…
“It is literally the dumbest, most offensive thing I’ve ever witnessed on TV to hear these millionaire TV personalities telling me how to live my life as a black man, but, more importantly, suggesting to every child: ‘Stay in your place, follow my lead, or you, too, will reap the same harvest of Tim Scott or Clarence Thomas or any other conservative who dares — dares — to think for themselves.’” —Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)
“We hope and wish Joe Biden a swift recovery from any injuries he may have sustained, but we also wish the United States of America a swift recovery from the injuries it has sustained because of Joe Biden and his policies.” —Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Biden’s fall in front of the Air Force Academy graduation