SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:53 P.M. ET: 

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE – From the Local (Norway):  "Statistics Norway (Statistisk Sentralbyrå - SSB) has counted the population of Oslo and found that Mohammed is the most common male name in Oslo for the first time ever.  Altogether 4,801 boys and men are named Mohammed or variations of Mohammed as their first name, and Mohammed has thereby passed both Jan (4,667) and Per (4,155).  The name has spent four years in a row at the top of the list of baby names in Oslo, but this is the first time that Mohammed tops the men's name list for Oslo."  I'm sure the multiculturalists in Norway are thrilled to death.  As we all know, all Mohammeds are blond.

WEIRD – Obama's press conference today, during which he wore a tan summer suit that made him look like a local hustler, was weird.  Obama informed us that the Russian invasion of Ukraine doesn't much change things, and also admitted that he doesn't yet have a strategy for dealing with the Islamic State.  It's just so thrilling to see leadership at work.  A real Caesar, this one.  That's Freddie Caesar, a community organizer in Camden, New Jersey.

THAT DATE – From the Washington Times:  "The U.S. intelligence community has observed a 'significant increase' in chatter among terrorist organizations as the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks nears.  'We’ve noticed a significant increase in chatter among Islamic terrorist organizations overseas both on the Internet and phone lines,' a U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Blaze.   While the intelligence community can not pinpoint whether or not an attack is planned, the official said that agencies 'did see this kind of increase in chatter before the September 11 attacks.'"  Eternal vigilance, my friends.

OBAMA RAPPED IN POLLS – From Gallup:  "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans are more than twice as likely to say they 'strongly disapprove' (39%) of President Barack Obama's job performance as they are to say they 'strongly approve' (17%). The percentage of Americans who strongly disapprove of Obama has increased over time, while the percentage who strongly approve has dropped by almost half."  And we still have more than two years with this guy.

August 28, 2014