SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:04 P.M. ET:

MORRIS – Dick Morris is trying to make a comeback after his catastrophically wrong predictions in 2012 and his involuntary departure from Fox News as a result.  Do we trust him?  I don't know.  But you might be interested in his latest Senate prediction.  From Newsmax:  "Republican Senate candidates now lead their rivals in seven contests, including three involving Democratic incumbents. Republicans need to win six seats to gain control of the Senate.  For an eighth seat, the Republican is tied with a Democratic incumbent. And, in a ninth contest, the GOP candidate trails the Democratic incumbent by only two points."  Good, optimistic prediction.  But we'll see in November whether Dick is out of the doghouse.

RELIGIOUS CONFLICT NEWS – From Fox:  "Muslim moms and dads in Dearborn, Mich. are upset after students received flyers promoting an Easter Egg hunt at a local Presbyterian church. The parents say the egg hunt violates the U.S. Constitution.  The Muslims told the Detroit Free-Press that they were concerned about the religious implications of Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church’s 'Eggstravaganza!'  They were also troubled by images of a bunny rabbit."  I will carefully investigate the bunny rabbit threat.  I know you can't wait.  Geez.

AIRLINER LATEST – Australian authorities have just announced that the Chinese ship that detected what may have been a brief signal from a black box in the missing Malaysian airliner has now heard the same signal again.  Australian ships are on their way to the scene to try to verify the Chinese reports and determine whether the "pings" are indeed coming from the black box, deep in the sea.  There may be some news on this tomorrow.

April 5, 2014