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

MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC NEWS – FROM TOWNHALL.COM:   The University of California Berkeley is making counseling and other services available to students who may be upset or "threatened" by conservative writer Ben Shapiro's upcoming appearance on campus. In a memo published on Friday ahead of the event, the University reminded students that support services would be available if they were to need them.   I'm glad to know that.  I'll pass it on to liberal friends who may be on the brink at Berkeley.  We must understand their fear of an unfriendly idea.

PEACEFUL PROTEST – FROM FOX:   Antifa demonstrators hurled smoke and projectiles at police officers during rallies in downtown Portland on Sunday, injuring at least two, according to police.  The Rally and March Against White Nationalism, which was organized by the Portland Stands United Against Hate group, started off at a park on the waterfront with speakers leading demonstrators in song and prayers, Fox 12 reported.   After police changed the planned route of the march to avoid violence, tensions built up between the demonstrators and an opposing group, Patriot Prayer, also scheduled to hold a rally.  Police said demonstrators threw projectiles and smoke bomb — and knocked down a fence that police had put up. They also said seven suspects were in custody.  There are some Democrats and liberals who still refuse to condemn Antifa.  Just misunderstood moralists, I guess.

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS? – FROM THE HILL:   Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in an interview broadcast Sunday that while she is "done" being a candidate, she is not leaving politics.   "Is your political career over?" Jane Pauley asked Clinton on "CBS Sunday Morning."  "Yes," Clinton responded. "As an active politician, it's over.  "I am done with being a candidate," she added. "But I am not done with politics, because I literally believe that our country's future is at stake."  Dearie, the country's future is always at stake.  That's what elections are about.  I suspect she could be persuaded to run, if anyone of influence wants her to. 

September 10,  2017