SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:31 P.M. ET: 

DISGRACE – From Fox:  "A government-contracted security force threatened to arrest doctors and nurses if they divulged any information about the contagion threat at a refugee camp housing illegal alien children at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, sources say.  In spite of the threat, several former camp workers broke their confidentiality agreements and shared exclusive details with me about the dangerous conditions at the camp. They said taxpayers deserve to know about the contagious diseases and the risks the children pose to Americans. I have agreed to not to disclose their identities because they fear retaliation and prosecution."  Your tax dollars at work.

AFTER ALL, THINGS ARE GOING SO WELL – from The Hill:  "The White House is not planning to reassess its strategy for handling thousands of unaccompanied minors streaming across the border amid mass protests.  White House press secretary Josh Earnest said he had not spoken to President Obama about protests in California that blocked buses full of immigrant detainees from reaching a processing station. But Earnest said there was no expectation of changing strategies to deal with the flood of minors 'at this point.'" Obama does not seem at all concerned about this new flood of undocumented immigrants, including thousands of children.  I mean, why keep out potential Democrats?

TARGET ON TARGET – From The Wall Street Journal:  "Target Corp. on Wednesday said it would 'respectfully' ask customers to not bring guns into its stores, 'even in communities where it is permitted by law,' responding to a month-long campaign from a gun-control group.  The retailer was pushed into the national debate after Texas gun-rights groups posted photographs of their members carrying rifles through the aisles of stores near Dallas."  Target is reasonable on this point.  I'm a gun owner, as readers know, but the safe and courteous display of arms is part of the legitimate gun owner's creed.  A group of gun guys barreling through a department store with AR-15s strapped around them will do nothing to advance the cause of responsible gun rights.  It's just rude.

GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS – NOT – From Fox:  "U.S. Army soldiers who were serving with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl when he left his post and wound up in the hands of the Taliban say no one has contacted them, even though military brass are currently conducting a new investigation into the case.  Several soldiers who immediately came forward after Bergdahl was released on May 31, in a swap for five Guantanamo Bay detainees, have accused the 28-year-old Idaho native of deserting. But even though the Army is probing that very charge, investigators have not reached out to at least two former Army sergeants — including the platoon’s leader — who served alongside Bergdahl on June 30, 2009, when he disappeared from his post in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province."  Does the term "cover-up" come to mind?

July 2, 2014