SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:45 P.M. ET: 

NEW AIRPORT SECURITY – From CBS:  "Enhanced measures that have come in the thick of the busy summer travel season mean that passengers flying to the U.S. will have to show screeners their cell phones and other electronic devices actually work.  Just days ago the Department of Homeland Security ordered stepped up security at certain airports overseas. The electronic devices of some U.S. bound passengers will now be checked...The increased scrutiny came amid concerns that terrorist groups in Syria and Yemen might try to sneak undetectable, non-metallic bombs onto U.S. bound flights."  Remember when Obama took office that he tried to relabel terrorist attacks "manmade disasters"?  Didn't last long.

PARTY EVERY NIGHT – From the Daily Caller:  "The Obamas have spent over 44 million dollars in taxpayer money on travel and vacations. Some are even calling him the 'most well-traveled, expensive' president in our nation’s history...Our president vacations a lot — we’re talking $44,351,777.12 worth of 'a lot,' with most expenses charged to the American taxpayer.  As of March 2014, Obama has spent more time traveling internationally than any other president, taking 31 trips since assuming office in 2009. The 119 days spent overseas have cost taxpayers millions of dollars."  But just look at the gains in our foreign policy!  Well, better not.

NORTH DAKOTA BOOMING – From AP:  "WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) -- Foreign investors more familiar with projects in the emerging markets of Eastern Europe and tropical escapes of Southeast Asia are finding a new destination for their dollars and francs: Western North Dakota's oil patch that's home to booming towns, low unemployment rates and high incomes.  SelectUSA, a government foreign investment initiative, said the state has drawn at least 31 publicly announced foreign investment projects since 2003 worth a total of $1.04 billion."  This will enrage the environmental religionists, who'll see it as sin.

July 6,  2014