SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:12 P.M. ET: 

JUSTICE? – The "Central Park Jogger" case was one of the most publicized crimes in America in the last 50 years.  A young woman jogging in Central Park was raped and beaten senseless.  Five black men were convicted of the crime, but were later "exonerated" when DNA matched someone else.  From The New York Times:  "The five men whose convictions in the brutal 1989 beating and rape of a female jogger in Central Park were later overturned have agreed to a settlement of about $40 million from New York City to resolve a bitterly fought civil rights lawsuit over their arrests and imprisonment in the sensational crime."  Many connected with the case feel a sense of uneasiness, still believing that these five men were involved in the attack in some way.  The Mike Bloomberg administration fought a settlement tooth-and-nail, but the new, "progressive" regime of Bill DeBlasio settled quickly and easily.  We may never know the full truth.

OBAMA DOWN AGAIN – From Gallup:  "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' approval of President Barack Obama's handling of immigration has dropped to 31%, one of the lowest readings since 2010, when Gallup began polling on his handling of the issue. Meanwhile, two in three Americans (65%) disapprove of his handling of immigration."  Chuck Todd of NBC says that Obama is "over."  I'm not sure, but I can't see how he can rebuild his popularity.  What could rebuilding be based on?

OH MY, MY, SHE'S CAUGHT ONCE MORE – Earlier today I ran a post reporting on Hillary Clinton's ridiculous interview with The New York Times Book Review, in which Ms. Inevitability announced the names of her favorite authors.  I then received, from a sharp reader who wishes to remain anonymous, this reply:

Note the listing in Hillary's responses

Alex Berenson
Linda Fairstein
Sue Grafton
Donna Leon
Katherine Hall Page
Louise Penny
Daniel Silva
Alexander McCall Smith
Charles Todd
Jacqueline Winspear

Into:

Berenson
Fairstein
Grafton
Leon
Page
Penny
Silva
Smith
Todd
Winspear

Alphabetical order... on her lists.

No one thinks let alone speaks that way.

Have a good laugh.  She's done it again.  I wonder which staff aide actually provided Ms. Hillary's reading list, and what alphabetical list he or she chose from.

June 20, 2014