SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

YOU TRULY CANNOT MAKE THIS UP – FROM BREITBART:  Portland ran a pricey full-page Sunday ad in the New York Times promoting tourism after the Portland police riot squad quit Thursday.  “Some of what you’ve heard about Portland is true. Some is not. What matters most is that we’re true to ourselves,” Travel Portland wrote in the ad that could have cost up to $250,000.  “You’ve heard a lot about us lately. It’s been a while since you heard from us,” it continues.  “After a year of encouraging visitors and locals to support small businesses here and from a distance, it’s time to issue an invitation to come back to Portland,” the ad states. “Two sides to the same coin that keeps landing right on its edge. Anything can happen. We like it this way.”  The ad also says “new ideas are welcome” in the city, a place where “you can be yourself.”  “This is the kind of place where new ideas are welcome — whether they’re creative, cutting-edge or curious at first glance. You can speak up here. You can be yourself here,” it continues.  The ad comes after Portland’s voluntary rapid response team of 50 resigned Thursday to protest charges against a police officer who allegedly hit an independent journalist in the Black Lives Matter riots that lit a federal building ablaze in August 2020.  I can see the new cocktail-party crowd rushing to buy their first-class air tickets to Portland, just to show that they're truly woke, and committed, and feeling, and understanding.  Add a couple of other words, will you?

HYPOCRISY, THY NAME IS WHITEHOUSE – FROM BIZPACREVIEW.COM:   Liberal Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island is defending his decision to remain a member of an all-white exclusive club in his state, explaining that it’s one of many “traditions” and pledging that the club is working to expand to minorities.  “I think the people who are running the place are still working on that and I’m sorry it hasn’t happened yet,” he said in response to a question from a reporter at GoLocalProv.com.  Pressed for further explanation, Whitehouse added before being rushed away by a staffer, “It’s a long tradition in Rhode Island and there are many of them and I think we just need to work our way through the issues.”  It isn’t clear what issues he’s referring to, or what, specifically, the establishment — Bailey’s Beach Club — is doing to attract minorities.  The local outlet reported that Whitehouse pledged in 2006 to quit the elitist club after he won his first U.S. Senate term. He also pledged to leave the all-male, all-white Bellevue Avenue Reading Room.  Oh, don't worry, Shelly.  Nobody really cares.  They only pretend to care.  The whole thing will blow over in a few days, as long as you vote right. 

June 21, 2021