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

ACTION AT LaGUARDIA – FROM AP:   NEW YORK (AP) — A 70-year-old passenger was arrested Saturday at LaGuardia Airport after authorities say he became irate over a $50 fee to check his bag and told an airline worker there was a bomb in the bag.  John Park of Farmington, Michigan, was arrested on a charge of making a terrorist threat after Saturday morning’s incident at the Spirit Airlines ticket counter.  The perceived threat prompted a partial evacuation of the terminal and the summoning of explosives experts.  It was the proper response, and not an overreaction, as some are claiming.  Some boasts turn out to be accurate.

OH PLEASE GO AWAY – FROM BLEACHERREPORT:   After remaining unsigned through six weeks of the 2017 NFL season, Colin Kaepernick claims the league is participating in collusion.  As first reported by Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback has filed a grievance against the owners for collusion under the latest collective bargaining agreement.  I think this man should be sent to a good finishing school.

CLINTON FINANCE – FROM FOX:  The Clinton Foundation will not return as much as $250,000 in donations from disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein following the accusations of sexual harassment and rape.  The foundation said Sunday that donations, ranging from $100,000 to $250,000, have already been spent on projects, The Daily Mail reported.  The move to keep the money was expected following tweets from the foundation’s spokesman Craig Minassian. “Suggesting @ClintonFdn return funds from our 330,000+ donors ignores the fact that donations have been used to help people across the world,” Minassian wrote on Twitter.  Hillary could make that up in a couple of speeches.  The foundation should return the amounts donated, but the Clintons have their own moral rules.

October 15, 2017