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

LONDON LATEST – FROM THE TELEGRAPH:  Six people have been killed and almost 50 people were injured in a "rampage" in central London, the third terrorist attack to hit the UK in less than three months. Three attackers were shot dead by police in the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market. Police said they believed there were no more than three attackers.  A white transit van ploughed into a crowd of people on the bridge at speed shortly after 10pm. The three men then stabbed people with 12-inch knives at nearby Borough Market, with a transport police officer among those injured.  It is reported by multiple witnesses that the attackers shouted, "This is for Allah."  Britain's national election is only four days away.  We can't say with any certainty how this latest attack will affect the vote.

SICK CELEBRATIONS – FROM DAILY CALLER:  Islamic State sympathizers are reportedly celebrating the latest attacks to shake the United Kingdom online.  Attackers slammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge late Saturday evening. The incident was immediately followed by a string of stabbings at Borough Market nearby. Pro-ISIS channels are heralding the attacks as “the black days we’ve promised” and are anticipating an ISIS claim, reports the SITE Intel Group, which monitors jihadi activity worldwide.  ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombing in Manchester that killed almost two dozen people and injured numerous others. In the wake of the attack, ISIS warned that “what comes next will be more severe on the worshipers of the Cross and their allies,” and in this month’s magazine, ISIS said that another terrorist attack in Britain was inevitable.  How many hours do you think it will take the leftists to caution that we must understand the pain of the attackers and not hurt their self-esteem?

HELP FROM THE NORTH – FROM DAILY CALLER:  They might not achieve one million participants, but the numbers were already building towards 5,000 Saturday morning. As one organizer, Mike Wain put it: “I was hoping for a million but I guess this will do.”  They had come to protest the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in general but they weren’t without specific grievances against a regime that they say overtaxes, overspends and is a clear and present danger to free speech. They began their march on Parliament Hill in Canada’s capital of Ottawa and they will proceed throughout the city today.  Wain is passionate about the Million Deplorables March. He says he was inspired to lead this weekend’s event because he felt Trudeau was getting a free ride from the media and a pass from too many voters...Unlike most of the Canadian media, Wain is exultant over President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the United States from the Paris Climate Accord  “Donald Trump’s a smart man; he knows a con when he sees one.”  I think Trump's support domestically, and to a degree internationally, is importantly underestimated. 

June 3, 2017