SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:42 P.M. ET: 

GROSS IRRESPONSIBILITY – From Gateway Pundit:  "CNN broadcast a report Friday that showed the house, including the street number, of the Ferguson police officer who police say shot Mike Brown. The officer has been in hiding due to death threats since the shooting last Saturday. His name, Darren Wilson, was just released Friday morning.  Another news outlet apologized for broadcasting video of Wilson’s home while others have virtually drawn a map to Wilson’s house for those bent on vengeance."   I've just about given up on CNN.  I'd thought they were making an attempt to clean up their act and play it straight with news stories, but their reporting from Gaza, and now their clear bias in Ferguson, convince me that they're the same old leftish outfit.  Too bad.  That's the source of their low ratings.  They lose half their audience before they go on the air.

NEWS OTHER THAN FERGUSON – From NBC:  "Five people have been killed and at least 27 others wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago.  Police said a 16-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound to the head around 1:15 a.m. Sunday in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.  Police were responding to a report of a person shot in the 900 block of North Karlov Avenue and found the teen on the sidewalk. He was transported in critical condition where he was later pronounced dead."  At last report neither Police Commissioner Barack Obama nor Chief of Detectives Eric Holder had shown any interest.

MAJOR COMMON-SENSE NEWS – From AP:  "MADISON, Wis. – Police say a California woman was cited after climbing into the giraffe exhibit at a Madison zoo and getting kicked in the face.  A police report says 24-year-old Amada Hall, of San Luis Obispo, California, climbed over one fence and almost got over the second fence encircling the giraffe enclosure at the Henry Vilas Zoo about 5:30 p.m. Saturday. A 2-year-old, 12-foot-tall giraffe named Wally gave Hall a lick, then turned and kicked her in the face.  Zoo staff told police that giraffes are capable of killing lions, so the woman was fortunate that her injuries were not life threatening."  She'll probably sue the zoo for admitting a buffoon like her.

August 17, 2014