SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:18 P.M. ET: 

OH, THE BOTHER – From Hollywood Reporter:  "Beverly Hills High School was evacuated at 11 am on Monday after the school received a bomb threat that was called by telephone.  'The Beverly Hills High School campus has been cleared by officers and determined to be safe,' a police alert from the Beverly Hills Police Department read. 'The Beverly Hills High School Administration, as a precaution, has chosen to close the school for today and is in the process of reuniting students with their parents.'  Earlier in the day, police were on the location and investigating the incident, Beverly Hills Police Department Sgt. Max Subin told THR.  The police department also had stated in an earlier alert that 'No suspicious package or device has been located.'"  The evacuation was carried out in a string of white Rolls Royces driven by out-of-work actors.  Students signed autographs as they left the campus.  Movie rights are being negotiated.

TORTURE NEWS – From Britain's Telegraph:  "A small bowl of porridge each day could be the key to a long and healthy life, after a major study by Harvard University found that whole grains reduce the risk of dying from heart disease.  Although whole grains are widely believed to be beneficial for health it is the first research to look at whether they have a long-term impact on lifespan.  Researchers followed more than 100,000 people for more than 14 years monitoring their diets and health outcomes.  Everyone involved in the study was healthy in 1984 when they enrolled, but when they were followed up in 2010 more than 26,000 had died.  However those who ate the most whole grains, such as porridge, brown rice, corn and quinoa seemed protected from many illnesses and particularly heart disease."  YUCH!  DOUBLE YUCH!  I only regret that I have but one life to give for Edy's chocolate chip.

SUFFER! – From Newsmax:  "Harvard professors are up in arms after learning they will have to pay more towards their healthcare costs under Obamacare, which many of them have championed, The New York Times reports.  The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the center of the venerable institution, has voted overwhelmingly to fight changes that would force them, along with thousands of other Harvard employees, to pay more for their health benefits.  'Harvard is a microcosm of what’s happening in healthcare in the country,' said David Cutler, a health economist at the university who was an adviser during President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign."  Maybe now they'll understand what "real world" means.

LONG OVERDUE – From Fox:  "A lawyer for victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting and their families says the combat-related benefits that come with the Purple Heart -- now being considered thanks to new legislation -- will be a lifeline for many of his clients, who are still so damaged physically and mentally they are unable to work five years after the massacre.  'No one will be the same,' Neal Sher told Fox News. 'The people who have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) -- both those who were hit by bullets and others who were in that area -- that is a very, very debilitating condition. And they're suffering on a daily basis. And as I said, families have been broken apart.'  The legislation that funds the Defense Department in 2015, known as the NDAA or National Defense Authorization Act, includes new language that requires the Pentagon to reconsider whether the victims of the Fort Hood massacre qualify for the Purple Heart -- one of the department's highest honors."  Disgracefully, the Obama appeasers still classify Fort Hood as "workplace violence," a lie.  It was a terrorist act committed by a perpetrator with deep ties to radical Islam. 

January 5, 2015