SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:54 P.M. ET: 

THE P.C. MADNESS CONTINUES – FROM THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON:  A group of Native American and indigenous activists are lobbying the United Nations to outlaw "cultural appropriation" across the globe.  Critics of "cultural appropriation" believe that people should not adopt ideas, art, food, clothing, or other elements of cultures they do not belong to. Most recently, pop star Katy Perry apologized for appropriating African-American culture by wearing cornrows and eating watermelon in a music video.  A specialized committee within the U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization has been considering several draft documents on indigenous appropriation for the past two decades, CBC News reported Tuesday. If passed, international intellectual property regulations would expand to protect "indigenous designs, dances, words, and traditional medicines." This is madness.  Don't we already have patent and copyright laws that protect against improper use?  Who determines when "cultural appropriation" occurs?  This looks like a major-league shakedown?

HOW MUCH SHOCK CAN WE TAKE? – FROM THE DAILY MAIL:   Sasha Obama turned sixteen on Saturday, a day before Twitter was shocked to discover (again) that the former First Daughter's real first name isn't Sasha, but Natasha.  'Today is the one year anniversary of me finding out Sasha Obama's actual first name is Natasha,' wrote Refinery29 writer Ashley C. Ford on Twitter on Sunday, unleashing a firestorm of stunned tweets from people who were just hearing the news for the first time.   'Sasha Obama's real first name is Natasha??' replied an astonished Willmarie Samarez. 'We've been living a lie!'   I'm afraid it's true.  The nation has been deceived.  I don't know how we explain this to our children.

NO, KAMMY, YOU WON'T BE PRESIDENT – FROM DAILY CALLER:   Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris was silenced during the testimony of Attorney General Jeff Sessions when she refused to let him fully answer her questions.  The California senator tried to lock Sessions in a rapid fire question-and-answer style that didn’t allow Sessions to give full answers to her line of questioning.  “Did you consult [Department of Justice policy] before you came before this committee knowing we would ask you questions about it?” Harris asked of Sessions’ assertion that he wouldn’t discuss private conversations with the president.  Sessions tried to answer before Harris cut him off, asking, “Did you ask that it would be shown to you?”  Sessions was clearly becoming frustrated with her inability to let him finish his thoughts, but Harris kept going.  “Did you not ask your staff to show you the policy that would be the basis for your refusing to answer the majority of questions that have been asked of you?”  “Chairman, the witness should be allowed to answer the question,” one senator can be heard in the background.  Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr took the reigns, saying, “Senators will allow the chair to control the hearing. Senator Harris, let him answer.”   She's considered a potential Dem presidential candidate for 2020.   But in the last few weeks she's been shut down twice at Senate committee meetings and caught dropping the F-word in public comments.  Not ready for prime time, or the White House.

June 13, 2017