SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:50 P.M. ET: 

GOOD FOR THESE GUYS – From CBS:  "Film director Judd Apatow and actor Seth Rogen both blasted Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday’s op-ed in which she suggests that Elliot Rodger’s mass killing in Isla Vista, Calif., is tied to white men in Hollywood promoting 'escapist fantasies' that 'revolve around vigilantism and sexual wish-fulfillment.'  Hornaday argued throughout the Sunday op-ed that the California killer’s rampage and YouTube videos expressing his 'loneliness' and 'rejection' resemble movies made in a Hollywood culture that inflates misogynistic delusions – as channeled through 'male studio executives.'"  How did a shallow adolescent like Ann Hornaday get a job at a major paper?  She should certainly know that Hollywood today is filled with female executives.  I'm no defender of Hollywood in its current form, but I wish people would wait for facts before blaming any industry for a mass killing, including the gun industry.  I note that news people keep referring to the killer as a "gunman," even though he killed half his victims with a knife. I guess it's habit, soaked in political correctness.

DISGRACE – The Council on Islamic-American Relations is a pretty disgraceful organization to begin with, a kind of excuse machine for terrorism.  But some of their leaders outdid themselves this weekend by raising questions as to whether American soldiers deserved any honor on Memorial Day.  CAIR believes Muslims are victims of American "occupation" and "colonialism."  The insult is covered here by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit.

LIBYA DESCENDING – From Fox:  "The State Department Tuesday urged all U.S. citizens to immediately leave Libya due to security concerns.  The evacuation warning came shortly after the USS Bataan, with about 1,000 Marines aboard, sailed into the Mediterranean Sea to assist Americans in leaving if necessary, according to U.S. military officials. The officials made clear the ship has received no formal orders to conduct a new mission."  There's a place in Libya called Benghazi, which gave us a preview of what is happening to the country.  The place is falling apart.

OH DEAR – Some people never stop being embarrassing.  From The Politico:  "Wendy Davis’s forthcoming memoir is one step closer to its debut: 'Forgetting to Be Afraid' will be released Sept. 2, about two months before Davis faces the Lone Star State’s voters in the gubernatorial race, the publisher said Tuesday.
The book will likely draw intense attention from supporters and critics of Davis, who frequently talks on the trail about her rise from single motherhood to Harvard Law to the Texas legislature and has come under fire for disputed details in the story. Blue Rider Press described the book as 'deeply personal' in a post on its website."  I can't wait.  Aside from fudging facts on her personal history, Davis has proved a weak campaigner who has little idea of how a state like Texas is managed.  Most of her support is coming from the fashionistas of politics in the coastal states.  She will lose.

May 27, 2014