SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:40 P.M. ET: 

THE CLOWNS ARE AT IT AGAIN – FROM FOX:    The social studies curriculum for seventh graders in Texas learning about the Alamo could reportedly face some new changes, at least one of which has drawn the ire of the governor.  Removing the word “heroic” to describe those who protected the Alamo was among the items included in a report penned by an advisory panel to the State Board of Education on how to structure the curriculum, Dallas News reported on Friday.  As it stands now, curriculum phrasing of the topic is the “siege of the Alamo and all of the heroic defenders who gave their lives there,” according to the outlet.
However, the word in question was reportedly described as being “value-charged” and the panel has suggested doing away with everything except the “siege of the Alamo.”  Republican Gov. Greg Abbott took a firm stance on the proposition, arguing that the “political correctness in our schools” needed to “stop.”
“Stop political correctness in our schools. Of course Texas schoolchildren should be taught that Alamo defenders were ‘Heroic’!” Abbott said in a tweet.  The left has infiltrated everywhere. 

A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE – FROM DAILY CALLER:   Democratic Senator Kamala Harris referred to SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s pocket Constitution as “that book you carry” on Thursday.
Harris was listing what she believes to be unenumerated rights that are not explicitly listed in the U.S. Constitution and asked Kavanaugh which ones he would get rid of.  “I’m gonna ask you about unenumerated rights,” Harris said. “‘Unenumerated rights’ is a phrase that lawyers use but I wanna make clear what we’re talking about. It means rights that are protected by the Constitution even though they’re not specifically mentioned by the Constitution.” “So they’re not in that book that you carry,” she said derisively.
Kavanaugh replied to Harris’s assertion with a smile.  “The Constitution — it is in the book that I carry,” Kavanaugh retorted.  Kamala wants to be president.  If she gets there, she'll take an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."  She won't mean it.

WHAT A MOVIE! – FROM DAILY MAIL:  The Trump administration has trimmed the list of White House officials who could have possibly penned the blistering New York Times op-ed published this week, an insider has revealed.   A source close to the White House told CNN Friday that the hunt for the op-ed's anonymous author is now zeroing in on 'a few' individuals, with counselor Kellyanne Conway revealing that President Donald Trump believes the writer is from the national security sector of the government. The insider said Trump remains 'obsessed' with nailing the 'sick person' responsible - while his chief of staff John Kelly tries to talk the president into letting it go, fearing that Trump's repeated calls to reveal the author have drawn more attention to the unfavorable editorial itself.  Why doesn't the president just consult the real experts at sniffing out stool pigeons – organized crime?  I know a guy named Johnny Three Fingers who'd have this creep nailed in ten seconds.

September 7,  2018