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

MARCH TO OBLIVION – And now even Fox has joined in.  From Breitbart: In the name of racial diversity, another major TV network has announced that it will exclude white actors from participating in the casting process of a major series reboot.  Entertainment Weekly reports Fox network is developing a spinoff of the hit show 24, and producers have ruled out replacing former leading man Kiefer Sutherland with another white actor, according to Fox Television Group co-CEO Dana Walden.  Speaking to reporters Friday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Los Angeles, Walden confirmed the network has ordered a pilot for 24: Legacy in an attempt to revive the hit show, which previously starred Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer.  This kind of thing is ugly, insulting to minorities, and contemptuous of the audience.  Casting should be based on the character, not political correctness or a desire to be invited to A-list Hollywood parties.

HIDING? – From Fox:   Once again, a Democratic debate is being held on the weekend, and this one could have a slimmer audience than usual -- coming on the same day as two NFL playoff games, not to mention "Downton Abbey."  The Sunday night debate in South Carolina, hosted by NBC News, is the latest in a series of weekend Democratic bouts. The timing has fueled allegations from Hillary Clinton's rivals that party leaders are working behind the scenes to minimize her exposure.  This Sunday's debate is in a particularly rough slot -- forcing NFL fans and period drama lovers to choose between politics and pastimes.  Rumor has it that the next Dem debate will be held in the Witness Protection Program.  Hillary will be seen only in silhouette, and her voice will be electronically distorted. 

REALITY – From AP:   BERLIN (AP) — A town in western Germany has banned male refugees from a swimming pool after complaints of harassment from female bathers and staff — news that comes as a national poll Friday showed that Germans are becoming increasingly concerned about the country’s ability to integrate the huge numbers of asylum-seekers who arrived last year.  Markus Schnapka, who heads the social affairs department in Bornheim, said other visitors had complained of sexual harassment by men living in a nearby shelter for asylum seekers. He said none of the complaints were on the criminal level, and the pool had agreed the ban would end once social workers confirmed the men “got the message.” The price of blind multiculturalism.  Immigration has to be pursued intelligently, not according to the leftist agenda.

January 15, 2016