SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:22 P.M. ET:

THE PRESIDENT'S HOME TOWN – President Obama was quick to comment on the Trayvon Martin case, but seems little interested in the regular, day-by-day carnage that goes on in his own home town.   Reader Sam Indorante reminds us that, this weekend alone, six people have been killed and 15 wounded in shootings across Chicago.  And the weekend isn't over.  This is not an aberration.  These numbers are routine.  We have yet to hear from the president or his wife, who recently informed us that the values of south Chicago guide the upbringing of her children.  I certainly hope not.

A BIT OF BOTHER IN BRITAIN – Britain's first Muslim life member of the House of Lords, Lord Ahmed, has been suspended by the Labour Party after reportedly offering a bounty of ten million pounds for the capture of President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama.  Given the kind of campaign contributions Obama often receives, he'll probably read the story and ask out loud, "That's all I'm worth?"  (Recently, the Black Panthers offered a bounty for the capture of George Zimmerman, but the president's Justice Department did nothing.  At least the Brits are on top of these things.)

BAN THESE APOSTATES! – If you know Al Gore, make sure he never sees this.  The man suffers so much already.  It turns out that photos taken by a French satellite show that glaciers in a mountain range near the Himalayas have grown in the past decade. This has baffled scientists because glaciers in other parts of the world are reported to be shrinking.  We emphasize reported.   Frankly, we're starting to doubt many of these "reports" related to "global warming." 

April 15, 2011