SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:57 P.M. ET: 

SPORTSMANSHIP – FROM BREITBART:   As the New England Patriots performed a miraculous come-from-behind win to clinch another Super Bowl title, giving quarterback Tom Brady an historic fifth Super Bowl ring, liberals from coast to coast lapsed into despair that anyone close to President Donald Trump could become winners.  As soon as Patriots running back James White stretched over into the end zone to slam the pigskin down for that game-winning touch down, liberals took to Twitter to vent their outrage.  Immediately the hash tag #notmysuperbowlchampion started trending with many slamming Brady and Trump.  The word "crisis" is overused.  But, if we have a true crisis in America, it's a maturity crisis.  We are becoming a nation of perpetual adolescents.

MAJOR DIETING NEWS – FROM ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:   Most people turn to diets and exercise to lose extra pounds, but Girls star Lena Dunham is sharing a new weight-loss trick you may not want to try at home.  Dunham stopped by Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show Monday morning and revealed that she has none other than Donald Trump to thank for her slim figure.  “Donald Trump became president and I stopped being able to eat food,” she told Stern after he complimented her look. “Everyone’s been asking like, ‘What have you been doing?’ And I’m like, ‘Try soul-crushing pain and devastation and hopelessness and you, too, will lose weight.'”  The actress, who was on hand to promote the upcoming sixth and final season of Girls, has not been shy about her dislike for the President, and apparently, the feeling is mutual.  I watch videos of Elizabeth Warren.  It has the same effect.

GREAT MOMENTS IN SCHOLARSHIP – FROM THE COLLEGE FIX:   Santa Clara University’s student government recently voted to deny a pro-capitalism campus club official recognition, citing the possibility that the group may invite conservative speakers, and that allowing it would be a stand against “humanity.”  Santa Clara University’s student senate voted 16-10 on Feb. 2 to deny the conservative club Turning Point USA official status. That decision severely hampers the group’s ability to spread its free market message on campus, as the group cannot use campus funds to invite speakers without official recognition, and must recruit a staff member to book space for its activities.  At the Senate meeting, debate erupted after representatives from the Jesuit university’s multicultural center criticized Turning Point, according to eyewitness accounts and a video obtained by The College Fix.  This is insane, and an insult to free speech and inquiry.  We must develop a mechanism to cut off federal aid to colleges that restrict free speech, and commitment to basic American freedoms should be required for accreditation.

February 6, 2017