SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET: 

I'M SHOCKED, SHOCKED – FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER:   Confidence in newspapers has hit an all time low in the latest Gallup survey, and TV news is also at a new low, the latest proof that Americans are losing faith in the media.  Gallup found that just 20 percent have confidence in newspapers, a 10-point drop in 10 years. TV news saw an identical 10-point drop, from 31 percent to 21 percent.  Gee, I wonder why.  You don't think it has anything to do with liberal bias, do you?  No, impossible.

ANOTHER PROBABLE ISIS ATTACK – FROM FOX:    A police officer has been stabbed to death near Paris in an attack reportedly linked to the Islamic State.  The officer was stabbed nine times in the abdomen at about 8.30 p.m. local time outside his home.  Armed police stormed the building, in the Yvelines area near Versailles, shots were fired and at least two explosions were heard at the scene.  Inside, police found the body of a woman, believed to be the officer's wife, and a three-year-old boy believed to be their son.  The little boy was in shock but is now safe.  The alleged knifeman, reportedly a neighbour of the police officer, was also found dead.  Islamic State's Amaq news agency cited an unnamed source as saying that an "ISIS fighter" had carried out the attack.  "Source to Amaq agency: Islamic State fighter kills deputy chief of the police station in the city of Les Mureaux and his wife," Amaq said on its news website.  Nothing to see, nothing to see.  We await President Obama's scholarly explanation of the event.

THIS JUST IN – FROM DAILY CALLER:   Sadiq Khan, London’s first Muslim mayor, announced Monday that “body shaming” advertisements will no longer be allowed in London’s public transport.  “As the father of two teenage girls, I am extremely concerned about this kind of advertising which can demean people, particularly women, and make them ashamed of their bodies. It is high time it came to an end,” Khan said.  The mayor added, “Nobody should feel pressurised, while they travel on the Tube or bus, into unrealistic expectations surrounding their bodies and I want to send a clear message to the advertising industry about this.”  The nanny state has officially arrived. 

June 13, 2016