SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:53 P.M. ET:

SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT – FROM GATEWAY PUNDIT:  Are you a guilty, rich white liberal with a kush government job getting paid to shuffle around papers in some useless bureau for $90,000 a year and harbors internalized racism? Well now you can absolve your white guilt with the new Reparations Happy Hour. That’s right, the aforementioned guilty white liberals can show up to a bar in Portland, Oregon and give away free money to black folks so they can booze it up. I’m sure these white liberals feel a lot better about themselves with that burden of whiteness off their shoulders now.   I'm flying out tonight.  I'm tired of feeling privileged.

THE FANTASY CORNER – FROM BREITBART:   Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) would not rule out challenging President Donald Trump in a 2020 Republican presidential primary.  Flake took the same position on a potential presidential bid back in December when asked.  Flake said, “It’s not in my plans, but I have not ruled anything out. I do hope that somebody runs on the Republican side other than the president — if nothing else than simply to remind Republicans what conservatism is and what Republicans have traditionally stood for.”  The man has the right last name. 

WHOSE LIVES MATTER? – FROM BREITBART:   Chicago’s Memorial Day weekend got a brutal start with 23 people shot and four killed from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening. And there are still two more days of the long holiday weekend to go.  Officials hastened to note that the numbers for the first hours of the three-day holiday weekend are on par with last year’s bloodletting, Chicago’s WGN TV reported.  Note the deep interest on the political left and at the major news outlets.  The victims of this horror don't seem to rate very highly among the fashionable commentators.

May 27, 2018