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

AT LEAST HE'S TRYING – FROM DAILY MAIL:   A 69-year-old Dutch businessman is battling legally to reduce his age by 20 years so he can get more work and attract more women on Tinder.
Emile Ratelband argues that if transgender people are allowed to change sex, he should be allowed to change his date of birth because doctors said he has the body of a 45-year-old.  The positivity guru, a media personality in the Netherlands, is suing his local authority after they refused the amend his age on official documents.  Mr Ratelband's case has now gone to a court in the city of Arnhmen in the eastern Dutch province of Gelderland.   This can lead to an entirely new global movement – the right to an individual age.  I'd imagine American liberals would choose twelve.

WHITE HOUSE PUNISHES CNN – FROM THE HILL:   The White House on Wednesday pulled press credentials from CNN's Jim Acosta after he engaged in a heated back-and-forth with President Trump.  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders cited Acosta's refusal to give up the microphone from a young staffer who tried to take it during a press conference on orders from Trump.  Sanders said in a statement the White House will “never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern. This conduct is absolutely unacceptable.”  “As a result of today’s incident, the White House is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice,” Sanders said.  I'm lukewarm on this.  The best way to deal with a bully like Acosta is to expose him to the public...as a bully.  Punishing him makes him a martyr, which is what he wants.

ANOTHER GREAT MOMENT IN EDUCATION – FROM COLLEGE FIX:  Ohio University leaders are reportedly considering the creation of a workout room that would be designated for minority students.
It’s one of at least three ideas proposed by a campus diversity leader as she and student leaders brainstorm plans to redevelop a portion of largely unused racquetball courts at the private institution.  Gigi Secuban, who took the helm over the summer as the university’s first-ever vice president of diversity and inclusion, reportedly made the suggestion at a recent student senate meeting.  “Secuban mentioned a plan to turn one of the racquetball courts at Ping Recreation Center into a private workout room for minorities, sexual assault survivors, or people with special religious accommodations,” The New Political student news outlet reported.  Enough already.

November 7, 2018