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

SOCIAL NEWS – Please write this down.  I don't want to have to repeat it:  From Breitbart:  "President Obama has a busy Labor Day weekend planned as he leaves on Air Force One for New York later this afternoon.  Once in New York, President Obama is scheduled to attend two Democratic National Committee fundraisers in the area at private homes.  One of the fundraisers will be a Labor Day Barbecue, hosted by ex-UBS CEO Robert Wolf, who also golfed with the president on Martha's Vineyard during their vacation.
He will then travel abroad Air Force One to Newport, Rhode Island for a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.  The Rhode Island fundraiser will be held at the home of former Nortek CEO Richard Bready and Betty Easton. Obama is scheduled to be in Rhode Island for less than three hours, before returning to Westchester where he will spend the night.
Saturday, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are expected to attend the wedding of MSNBC’s Alex Wagner to his personal White House Chef Sam Kass."  All this while defeating the Islamic State.  What a guy!

MAJOR JOURNALISM NEWS – From People:  "Chelsea Clinton says she's stepping out of her correspondent job as she looks forward to taking on mom duties  After not quite three years as a special correspondent for NBC News – and with just a little while until she and husband Marc Mezvinsky are expected to become parents – the former first daughter is now leaving that position, she tells PEOPLE in a statement, 'to continue focusing on my work at the Clinton Foundation and as Marc and I look forward to welcoming our first child.'  Having specialized in feel-good stories of 'remarkable people and organizations making a profound difference,' Clinton, 34, says the highlights of her job included meeting people like Annette Dove, whose TOPPS program in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 'continues to fill the hunger, education and safety gaps for kids of all ages in her community.'"  This is the end of our hopes for a new, elevated journalism.

SILLY – The amateurs at the White House, beginning with the top guy, can't even get their fibs straight.  From Business Insider:  "The White House is insisting the U.S. is not at war with the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, despite an aggressive air campaign and previously labeling the jihadist group an 'imminent threat to every interest we have.'  'Before getting into the strategy, though, there seems [to be] a fundamental, existential question: Is the United States presently at war with ISIS — yes or no?' MSNBC host Chris Hayes asked President Barack Obama's top spokesman, White House press secretary Josh Earnest, on Thursday.  Earnest went with 'no.'"  Must not upset the far left.  Problem is, the Islamic State is at war with us.

August 29, 2014