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

STILL ONE MORE CAUSE – FROM FOX:   A self-proclaimed "fat activist" gave college kids in Minnesota yet another issue to angrily protest: Thin privilege.  To mark “International No Diet Day,” the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health invited Virgie Tovar, a Cal-Berkeley lecturer and “fat activist,” to instruct America’s future nutritionists, dietitians and social workers on the finer points of “fat oppression.”  I'm so glad I've been sensitized.  Pass the hot fudge.

GREAT MOMENTS IN ROMANCE – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:   A Saudi Arabian bride spent her wedding night texting her pals instead of consummating her marriage — so her husband filed for a divorce just hours after they were hitched.  The couple was sitting in a hotel room following their ceremony in Jeddah when the bride got busy with her phone, responding to congratulatory messages from her friends rather than paying attention to her new mate, Saudi media reported.  “The groom tried to get closer with her and more intimate, but he was shocked when she ignored him, not responding to his words or action,” a relative told Al Watan, a daily newspaper in Saudi. “When he asked her if her friends were more important than he was, the bride answered that they were.”  Her response infuriated her husband, who walked out on his wife and said he was ending their short union.  An honest, independent woman.  Put her into the refugee stream and send her here.

CLINTON SQUEAKS BY IN KENTUCKY – FROM BBC:  US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has declared victory in the Kentucky primary as she moves nearer the presidential nomination.  With most of the votes counted in the state and less than 0.5% ahead, Mrs Clinton was declared the unofficial winner by one state official.  In the night's other primary contest Senator Bernie Sanders won in Oregon.  Front-runner Mrs Clinton is almost certain to secure the nomination in July, with a significant delegate lead.  But she's obviously a weak candidate, having trouble in her own party. 

May 17, 2016