SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 10:46 P.M. ET: 

LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER – FROM THE DAILY MAIL:   A time traveller who believes he is from the year 6491 but got stuck in 2018 when his time machine broke down, has allegedly passed a lie detector test.  James Oliver's story was doubted but paranormal experts say they were blown away when they put it to the test, because the results showed he was telling the truth.  Mr Oliver claims he lives more than centuries in the future but was sent back in time...‘Your years are different to mine,' he says in an anonymous video which blurs out his face.  'Where I'm from, the years are longer.  'My planet is further away from the sun than yours is, so it takes longer to get around.  'But we have gifted mathematicians who work to calculate our years from those from other civilisations.'   It's being reported that the Democrats want him to run for president as a marginalized minority.  Time travellers have had a tough time in America.

REALITY CREEPS IN – FROM REUTERS:  LONDON (Reuters) - The threat posed by Islamist militants to Britain is expected to remain high for the next two years and could even rise, the interior ministry said on Sunday, on the first anniversary of an attack that killed eight people in central London.  The current threat level to Britain is assessed as severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. The government said it had foiled 25 Islamist militant plots since June 2013 - 12 of those since March 2017 - and was currently handling over 500 live operations.  Britain will publish a revised counter-terrorism strategy on Monday designed to cope with what it said was a shift in the threats the country faces as militants of all ideologies adopt new tactics.  "In summary we expect the threat from Islamist terrorism to remain at its current, heightened level for at least the next two years, and that it may increase further," the ministry said in a statement.  The threat level was raised to "critical", its highest, twice in 2017.  I sometimes feel that the Brits, under Conservative leadership, are taking terrorism more seriously than we are.  But their Labour Party is decidedly pro-Islamic, and, if it should ever gain power, can cripple Britain's defenses.

A WIN – FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER:  More than a month after a statue of Thomas Jefferson was vandalized at Hofstra University and an extensive campaign to remove it from campus, the school’s president has announced that the founding father’s visage will remain.  In April, Hofstra students on either side of the issue held dueling protests, with some students holding up the American flag, and others hoisting signs reading “RAPIST” and “SLAVER.” Tensions peaked later that month, and anti-Jefferson activists ultimately resorted to vandalizing the Jefferson statue with spray paint.  Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz apparently put the issue to bed on May 30, releasing a message announcing that the statue would remain on campus.  “After consultation with students, faculty, administration, alumni, trustees, and other friends of the University, I have decided that the Thomas Jefferson statue will remain where it is at the entrance of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center,” Rabinowitz wrote.  Jefferson was a flawed man, but a great man, whose vision was critical to making the end of slavery possible.  His flaws should be noted and studied, but not judged entirely from the perspective of almost two centuries after he lived.

June 3, 2018