May 3, 2024 — Scott Johnson
President Biden read a perfunctory statement yesterday addressing “recent events on college campuses.” That’s how the statement referred to the calls for intifada revolution and the occupation of university quads by mobs supporting Hamas. The brief statement ran to fewer than 500 words. It would have been better if it had been zero. This is how it began, according to the White House transcript: Before I head to North Carolina,
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May 3, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll is not among those CHOOSING “VICTIMHOOD” FOR FUN AND PROFIT. She writes: Let us assume for the moment that a woman who has 20 years of experience as an executive secretary, types 100 wpm, can take shorthand like a tape recorder, and is smart as a whip, discreet, well-groomed, and pleasant to all is also a few pounds north of what is an acceptable weight for a woman
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May 2, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The gentlemen of Pi Kappa Phi at UNC Chapel Hill have given us a morale booster by protecting the American flag from the kill-the-Jews crowd on campus. They join the Columbia night-shift custodian fighting off the Hamilton Hall Hamasniks in an early bid for man-of-the-year recognition. See the photo below depicting them standing guard. One of the best photos of 2024 so far: Fraternity brothers are pelted by anti-Israel protesters
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May 2, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The documentary Rather made its appearance yesterday on Netflix. Directed by Frank Marshall, the film premiered last year at the Tribeca Film Festival. It now becomes generally available via the streaming service. I watched the documentary twice in order to comment on it here. As it turns out, Star Tribune media critic Neal Justin fairly describes it and nails its shortcomings in 114 words, but there is more to be
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May 1, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Cliff May is founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and a columnist for the Washington Times. He is a veteran reporter, foreign correspondent, and editor for the New York Times and other publications. Cliff’s current column is “The ideological cocktail poisoning American campuses” (at FDD, where it is posted with its many links). Cliff has kindly given us his permission to post his columns on
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May 1, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The police were finally requested to enter Columbia and begin to restore order last night. The Washington Free Beacon’s Jessica Costescu was on the scene and has filed this story that was updated at 7:20 (EDT) this morning. It is difficult to absorb the ant-Semitic enormity of what has transpired at Columbia and elsewhere in support of Hamas over the past weeks. Where is the FBI?? We need to know
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May 1, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The documentary Rather airs on Netflix this evening. It celebrates the career of the disgraced former CBS News anchor. I have been warming up for the big show this evening by reviewing the historical record of Rathergate here and here. After the 12 days of Rathergate I joked to John that if they ever made a movie about it, Robert Redford should play John and Dustin Hoffman should play me.
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May 1, 2024 — Scott Johnson
When the Dakota announced a few months ago that Judy Collins would be appearing on April 30, I jumped on the tickets to get a table up against the front of the stage. Tickets for the first show sold out quickly. The Dakota then arranged for a second show, this one on April 29. Tickets again sold out quickly. We bought tickets for the April 29 show as well, up
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April 30, 2024 — Scott Johnson
I went to federal court in downtown Minneapolis yesterday morning for the opening statements in tbe first Feeding Our Future fraud trial. When it comes to Covid fraud, we’re number 1. The case features a cast of “diverse” defendants without much diversity. They are almost all Somali, I am sorry to say. By the same token, I believe that one of my Somali friends helped expose the fraud and assist
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April 30, 2024 — Scott Johnson
I am warming up to watch the documentary Rather, celebrating the career of the disgraced former CBS News anchor. It is to be aired this coming Wednesday on Netflix. Apparently having access to a screener for media critics, the Star Tribune’s Neal Justin found the documentary to be wanting (“when it comes to the stumbles, like walking off the set when a tennis match went long, the legendary broadcaster goes
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April 29, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The Columbia Spectator brings us up to date on the state of play in “Columbia does not plan to call NYPD to campus, according to community email.” The Spectator story draws on the email from the president, provost, and co-chairs of the board of trustees that is included in the tweet below. The tweet provides an executive summary that can also be translated into the words of the old song
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April 29, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Who is Sasha Stone and why is she saying these things about Joe Biden? You can look her up online to try to get a handle on her. She is saying these things because she has seen President Biden’s public performances in recent days. Stone doesn’t invoke Weekend At Bernie’s as a metaphor, as I do in “Dead man walking,” but she assesses his recent recent public performances to arrive
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April 28, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The Daily Beast’s John Fiallo reports that Dan Rather returns to CBS News today 18 years after his involuntary departure. Fiallo writes (emphasis added): The former CBS News anchor Dan Rather will make a brief return to the network Sunday, appearing in a live interview 18 years after his controversial exit. Rather, 92, is slated to be profiled on CBS News Sunday Morning through an interview with correspondent Lee Cowan,
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April 28, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Sheryl Sandberg has fronted the documentary Screams Before Silence that was posted to YouTube on April 26. The documentary highlights the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas during and after its October 7 massacre. The trailer is below. Click on “Watch on YouTube” to be taken to the 56-minute documentary. Last year I saw more than a glimpse of the crazed sexual violence in the atrocity video compiled by the IDF
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April 27, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Hugh Gallagher explored what he called FDR’s Splendid Deception in his 1985 book of that title. In the title Gallagher was referring to FDR’s concealment of the polio-related paralysis that struck him in 1921. Gallagher was also a polio victim who understood the pain underlying Roosevelt’s efforts. Researching the book, Gallagher found that among the 35,000 photographs of Roosevelt at his presidential library, only two featured him in his wheelchair.
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April 26, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Well, they may be ignorant or stupid, they may be evil, but they may also need help. Take, for example, Columbia undergrad Khymani James — please. James may be in need of help, but he appears to be busy negotiating with the authorities at Columbia to stand down. One of the Columbia students leading the “protest” posted this video stating that “Zionists do not deserve to live” Some in the
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April 26, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has expressed his support for the removal of the pro-Hamas kill the Jews crowd from their nascent “occupation” of the University of Texas at Austin. In the tweet below Governor Abbott reported: “Arrests being made right now and will continue until the crowd disperses. These protesters belong in jail.” Shut up, he explained: “Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period.” Arrests being made right now
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