SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:46 P.M. ET:

A THING FOR HILLARY – From Vocativ.com:  "Hillary Clinton’s Facebook pages have an unexpected fan base. At least 7 percent of Clinton’s Facebook fans list their hometown as Baghdad, way more than any other city in the world, including in the United States."  This could be big.  The Baghdad vote is expected to be decisive in the 2016 presidential election, along with the vote of the dearly departed in Chicago.

OVER – Marco Rubio had a great campaign launch in Miami, electrifying his followers with this line:  "Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for President by promising to take us back to yesterday.  But yesterday is over, and we are never going back."  I love it.  Marco was sharp.  Hillary, cancel the call to the moving company. 

WARNING – Terror groups are targeting American soldiers.  From the Washington Times:  "The military command in charge of protecting the U.S. homeland has sent a message to troops, warning them to hide family information from terrorist groups that are trying to frighten them.  The memo warns against using 'military slang' in public and decorating a home in military items — social conduct that might make troops a target for the Islamic State, the terrorist group also known as ISIL and ISIS.  U.S. Northern Command sent the 'official use only' message as a reaction to the Islamic State posting the names of 100 American service members as targets for attacks."  Of course, the White House has told us that the war on terror is over.

WORLD-CLASS MOTHER – This is great, from Fox:  "When an Alabama mother learned that her teenage kids were loud and disruptive in a movie theater, she took to Facebook to apologize for their behavior and make amends in a post that has gone viral.

"Kyesha Smith Wood, of Birmingham, Alabama, dropped off her teenage son, daughter and step-daughter at the movies Friday night to see a showing of the Disney film 'Cinderella.'  When Wood picked the kids up after, her son informed her that the girls were rude during the movie. He revealed that a woman had approached them after to let them know that, because her husband recently lost his job, this was the last movie her family would be seeing for a long time. The woman said that the girls' behavior had ruined the experience for them.

"Wood hit the roof and issued a public Facebook apology.   When the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office shared the Facebook post, it went viral, getting thousands of shares.  Eventually, it reached Rebecca Boyd of Adger, Alabama, who responded that she was the woman from the theater.  Boyd reached out to Wood, and the mom is having the girls write personal notes of apology and contribute their allowance money to pay for the Boyd family’s next movie night."  Now that is parenting.

April 13, 2015