The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Village Idiots

“The original [‘Snow White’] cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. … So we didn’t do that this time.” —actress Rachel Zegler

“If you have lived a life of otherness in any way, we really have to be allies and advocates for each other because we share a common adversary. … Showing up for pride events if you’re a person of color who doesn’t identify on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum … is an essential part of your obligation.” —author Caroline Randall Williams

Spin Doctor

“I think all the evidence that I’ve seen so far in this case is that Hunter Biden … is being treated worse than anyone else would be. … Normally this would just be misdemeanor stuff that would be done with. Instead, he’s endlessly investigated because of politics.” —MSNBC’s Joy Reid

For the Record

“Either Merrick Garland is showing a hitherto unknown wicked sense of humor in naming Weiss, or — more likely — it’s another instance of the plodding partisan hackery that has characterized his tenure as attorney general. If a special counsel is necessary now, it was necessary two and half years ago, and the regulations stipulate that it should be someone outside of government, not the very prosecutor who has become a symbol of the government’s conflicted conduct of the investigation. The old Soviet joke was that you pretend to work, and we’ll pretend to pay you. In this case, the Biden administration was pretending to investigate, and now it’s pretending to be independent.” —National Review

Observations

“‘Bidenomics’ encompass anything and everything that’s convenient for Democrats. And in this moment, it’s convenient for them to take credit for merely letting people go back to work.” —David Harsanyi

“Presidents who oversee strong economies, often benefitting from the luck of history or existing policies, will see fewer jobs ‘created’ during their terms because space for growth is limited. Biden was given more economic headroom than any president in history — and blew it. That’s the real legacy of ‘Bidenomics.’” —David Harsanyi

“ESG strikes me as being not too far from the fascist approach to economics. Businesses are still in private hands, but they dance to an ideological tune dictated by a powerful political elite.” —Hunter Baker

Food for Thought

“If your faith has not pulled you away from your political party in multiple ways, your politics might be shaping your faith more than your faith is shaping your politics.” —Erick Erickson