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

COMEY OUT – The president has fired James B. Comey from his post as director of the FBI.  I watched with amusement tonight as so-called "journalists" and "experts" gave us their profound analysis of the dismissal.  One journalist called it a dark day.  We were warned that this is a Constitutional crisis, maybe greater than the Civil War, surely on a par with Watergate.  I suggest you ignore everything you see and read.  Go rest.  Sleep for a while.  Watch old Ronald Reagan movies.  Nobody knows anything about this.  If it's the first attempt by TRUMP (!!!!) to destroy American democracy, we'll know soon enough.  I don't really think it is.

MAJOR ROMANCE NEWS – FROM MARKETWATCH.COM:  Some people inquire about a potential mate’s age or how many previous partners they’ve had. Others are more interested in another number.  Some 42% of adults say knowing someone’s credit score would affect their willingness to date that person, according to a survey released on Wednesday of 1,000 adults by personal finance website Bankrate.com. That’s up from nearly 40% last year. Women were nearly three times as likely to consider credit score a major influence on a potential partner compared to men (20% versus 7%). Younger daters are not as concerned about these three digits: 45% of older millennials, defined here as those aged 27 to 36, said that knowing someone’s credit score would only have a minor impact on their desire to date.   So, pay your credit-card bills.  It's good romantic advice.

THIS JUST IN – FROM BREITBART:   Former President Barack Obama warned the world that more people on the planet were eating meat, causing a dramatic rise in climate emissions.  “As people want to increase meat consumption, that in turn is spiking the growth of greenhouse emissions coming out of the agricultural sector,” Obama said, pointing to countries that were consuming more meat.  The former president shared his views about the growing threat during a conversation about food with his former chef Sam Kass at a food innovation summit in Milan.  “People aren’t as familiar with the impact of cows and methane,” Obama said, adding that “as people want to increase more meat consumption, that in turn is spiking the growth of greenhouse emissions coming out of the agricultural sectors.”  Killer hamburgers!  Killer steaks!  And to think that we worry about North Korea.

May 9, 2017