SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:56 P.M. ET: 

TUFFY SPEAKS – From AFP:  "The United States is keeping an eye on Iran’s 'destabilizing' acts even as the two nations try to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.  'Even as we engage in these discussions with Iran around this program, we will not take our eye off Iran’s destabilizing actions in the region,' he told reporters in Saudi Arabia, mentioning Syria and Yemen."  WOW!  If I were an Iranian leader I'd be quaking in my boots.  Barack Obama and John Kerry are keeping an eye on me!  I didn't think the Americans would take off their gloves, or their mittens, or something.

HILLARY THE SILENT – From Business Insider:  "Hillary Clinton reportedly will not be taking any questions at an event honoring excellence in journalism.  Organizers of the March 23 Toner Prize Celebration, which is named after the late New York Times reporter Robin Toner, told the Center for Public Integrity the event would be open to reporters. However, the keynote speaker, Clinton, does not plan to take their inquiries."  Problem is, a lot of the reporters present want to do Obama all over again, and won't have any tough questions for the queen.

THE CLINTON GRAVY TRAIN –  The stories are now coming out almost daily.  From Breitbart: "Hillary Rodham Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham, sat on the board of a self-described mining company that in 2012 received one of only two 'gold exploitation permits' from the Haitian government—the first issued in over 50 years.  The tiny North Carolina company, VCS Mining, also included on its board Bill Clinton’s co-chair of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), former Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.  The Rodham gold mine revelation is just one of dozens featured in a forthcoming bombshell investigative book by three-time New York Times bestselling author Peter Schweizer, according to a Thursday statement from publishing giant HarperCollins. The publisher says the book, 'Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,' is the culmination of an exhaustive one-year deep dive investigation into the nexus between the Clintons’ $100+ million personal wealth, the Clinton Foundation, and the decisions Hillary made as secretary of state that benefited foreign donors, governments, and companies."  Oh juicy, juicy, juicy, I can't wait.  I do think this can reach the point where the Clinton candidacy begins under a deep shadow.  But remember, Nixon won in 1968 with many questions hanging over him.  He got elected, but it didn't end well. 

DISCOVERY – From Britain's Guardian:  "A massive ancient ocean once covered nearly half of the northern hemisphere of Mars, making the planet a more promising place for alien life to have gained a foothold, NASA scientists say.  The huge body of water spread over a fifth of the planet’s surface, as great a portion as the Atlantic covers the Earth, and was a mile deep in places. In total, the ocean held 20 million cubic kilometres of water, or more than is found in the Arctic Ocean, the researchers found."  And in that ocean they found Hillary's e-mails and Obama's academic records.

March 5,  2015