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

MYSTERY – The mystery of yesterday's plane crash in the French Alps, which killed 150 people, continues to deepen.  We now learn that one of the plane's two pilots was actually outside the cockpit as the plane began its fatal descent, and could not get back in.  Reports say that the cockpit voice recorder picked up sounds of this pilot trying to knock the door down to re-enter the cockpit.  This development has forced investigators to consider the possibility that foul play of some kind was at fault.

SAUDI MILITARY ACTION – When was the last time we saw the Saudi military in action?  From Fox:  "Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen early Friday, one day after the U.S.-backed Yemeni president was driven out of the country.  President Obama has authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to the military operations, National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said late Wednesday night. She added that while U.S. forces were not taking direct military action in Yemen, Washington was establishing a Joint Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia to coordinate U.S. military and intelligence support."  Looks like the usual half-hearted Obama effort.  You can't win battles entirely from the air.  Notice, however, how many Mideast countries are in flames on Obama's watch, and we're not doing well in any of them.

RICE CAKES – Today's announcement that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released by the Taliban in exchange for five of the most dangerous prisoners we held at Guantanamo, will be tried for desertion, brings to mind events surrounding his release.  Field Marshal Obama held a photo op on the White House lawn, with Bergdahl's rather weird mother and father.  Daddy spoke in Pashto, the Taliban language.  And serial liar Susan Rice was sent out to tell TV interviewers that Bergdahl "served the United States with honor and distinction."  You'll recall that Rice was also shipped to TV studios after Benghazi to assure us that the whole episode was caused by a YouTube video.  It is rumored that Rice chopped down a cherry tree last week and said, "I cannot tell a lie.  Bush did it."

CRIMINAL JUSTICE NEWS – From The Smoking Gun:  "A jury today found a Michigan woman guilty of firing a shot into a McDonald’s drive-thru window after employees failed to put bacon on a cheeseburger she ordered.  Shaneka Monique Torres, 30, was convicted of a felony firearms charge after only an hour of deliberations by the panel. Torres faces a minimum of two years in state prison when she is sentenced next month."  From what I hear, prison cheeseburgers are very good, especially if you order them cooked.

March 25, 2015