SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 7:58 P.M. ET: 

FEARLESS JOURNALISM AT WORK – From Fox:  "Producers behind a CNN documentary series on Rahm Emanuel -- a series billed as unscripted -- coordinated closely with the Chicago mayor's staff on everything from camera shots to storylines, according to a new report based on hundreds of internal emails.  The Chicago Tribune reviewed more than 700 emails pertaining to the making and filming of 'Chicagoland,' an eight-part series which finished airing last week."  CNN does some good work, and has some very good people, but its ratings continue to sag.  I believe that one reason is the feeling that CNN is a liberal network that gives us the news through a liberal filter.  This new revelation won't help erase that image. 

DANGEROUS WINSTON – From London's Daily Mail:  "A candidate in the European elections was arrested on suspicion of racial harassment after quoting a passage about Islam, written by Winston Churchill, during a campaign speech.  Paul Weston, chairman of the party Liberty GB, made the address on the steps of Winchester Guildhall, in Hampshire on Saturday.  A member of the public took offence at the quote, taken from Churchill's The River War and called police.   The passage from the book, written by the wartime Prime Minister and first published in 1899, focuses on Churchill's observations about Islam while serving during the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan."  That is truly chilling.  I suspect we'll be seeing it here before too long.  We see colleges restricting free speech all the time, preparing our young generation to live in the kind of totalitarian state that too many "intellectuals" favor.

ANOTHER WIN FOR TEXAS –  At a time when Texas Governor Rick Perry is considering another run for the presidency, he can chalk up one more economic victory for his state.  From the Dallas News:  "Toyota plans to start moving people to its new U.S. headquarters in Plano starting this summer.  The headquarters relocation – confirmed Monday afternoon – will bring about 4,000 jobs from California, Kentucky and New York.  The worldwide automaker said it will consolidate its three separate North American headquarters for manufacturing, sales and marketing, and corporate operations to a state-of-the-art campus to be built in Plano.
Toyota will also move its finance division headquarters to the new operation, which Dallas real estate brokers say will be located in the Legacy business park near the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121."  Another economic loss for my state of New York, which now is propped up largely by Wall Street deals.

GLOBAL WARMING WATCH – From Real Science:  "US temperatures through April 26 are third coldest on record, just barely behind 1899 and 1912. This week is forecast to be cold, and will likely push 2014 into the #1 spot."  Incredible.  And yet the mainstream media will not challenge the "consensus" on global warming.  Watch.  Al Gore will request a recall of all thermometers used to establish 2014 as potentially the coldest year on record.

April 28, 2014