SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:52 P.M. ET: 

REVENGE – From Fox:  "Jordan said it had executed two prisoners early Wednesday after a new video surfaced on the Internet Tuesday showing ISIS burning alive a Jordanian pilot the terror group had held since December.  Government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani said that prisoners Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli were executed. Al-Rishawi has been on death row for her role in a triple hotel bombing in the Jordanian capital Amman in 2005 that killed dozens. Over the past week, Jordan had twice offered to swap her for the pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh. However, officials have said his captors did not deliver proof he was still alive, and the swap never moved forward."

THE UN IS SHOCKED, SHOCKED – From AP:  "Beirut (AP) – The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is 'extremely concerned' about images circulating on social media showing Islamic State labels affixed to its food aid boxes in Syria.  It said in a statement Monday that it was still trying to verify the photos, but that they appear to have been taken in the northern Syrian village of Deir Hafer, which was last reached by the WFP on Aug. 5, when a convoy delivered 1,700 food rations, enough to feed 8,500 people for a month."  We're sure the UN is extremely concerned.  Just like it was extremely concerned about Hamas missiles stored in its facilities in Gaza.  Real concerned.

JERK – A perfect label for a particular sports journalist.  From Daily Caller:  "The Nation’s Dave Zirin (the same journalist who brought us the genius idea that not cheering for the Seattle Seahawks is racist) wrote a post-Super Bowl column attributing the Seattle Seahawks’ horrible decision to throw a pass on the one-yard line in the final seconds of the game to “the politics of race” and an anti-Marshawn Lynch conspiracy. The theory, as relayed by Zirin, is that Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll called a pass because he wanted the young, clean-cut quarterback Russell Wilson to be seen as the game-winner, not the renegade running back Marshawn Lynch. The only source for this theory is a disgruntled anonymous figure in the Seahawks locker room."  Tacky, just tacky.

AND WE LET THEM VOTE? – According to a new poll, 77% of 18-34-year-olds cannot name either senator from their own state.  I remember when the vote was given to 18-year-olds.  I thought it was a mistake, that we should go in the other direction and not let people vote for president until they were at least 25.  Actually, I'd prefer 55, but maybe that's a tad undemocratic.  How about 35?

February 3, 2015