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March 1, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll is not CLOTHING THE EMPEROR. She writes: In the middle of an unhinged hateful rant about Donald J. Trump AND especially about us, his “cult-like” wretched, stupid followers, Bob Costas let slip on the CNN ‘s Smerconish show that Biden is too old and needs to step aside to avoid losing to President Trump. He actually invoked the Emperor and His New Clothes image in reference to Biden.
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February 19, 2024 — John Hinderaker
In 1962, there was a Senate race in South Dakota between Republican Joseph Bottum and Democrat George McGovern. The seat was open due to the death of Republican Francis Case. I was just a kid, but I remember that election well. Bottum was the favorite, but in the closing days of the race the Democrats spread a rumor that he was an alcoholic. That ploy may have been crude, but
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February 19, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
Hereditary, recurring governor Jerry Brown, 85, wants California’s supreme court to remove from the November ballot a measure that would give the people final say on tax hikes. That invites a look at Brown’s past dealings with the state’s high court. In 1977, Brown’s choice for chief justice was Rose Bird, 40 years old and without judicial experience. In 10 years as California’s chief justice, Bird heard 64 capital cases
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February 16, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Alexei Navalny has reportedly died in a Russian prison, a victim of Vladimir Putin’s murderous tyranny. He was 47 years old. Navalny’s death in prison represents one of Putin’s genuine achievements. I don’t believe Tucker Carlson thought to bring up Navalny’s incarceration during his recent interview with Putin. It certainly provides a timely contrast with Carlson’s celebration of life in Putin’s Russia. As Bob Dylan put it, take the rag
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February 16, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll fires off PART 3: LIES WE ARE FORCED TO BELIEVE – AND TO REPEAT. She writes: There is no way that we can possibly cover ALL the Orwellian lies and woke absurdities that we are forced to swallow daily AND repeat if we want to sit with the Cool Kids in the Lunchroom. Or have a job or a bank account. Most lies have been addressed by others,
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February 15, 2024 — Scott Johnson
President Biden hastily called a press event this past Thursday evening to proclaim his mental competence in the teeth of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. Having investigated Biden’s retention and disclosure of such documents, Hur recommended no charges. Hur predicated his recommendation on Biden’s incompetence, concluding either that the mental element of potential charges was lacking and/or that a jury would excuse his misconduct
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January 26, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll sees EVERYDAY MIRACLES IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. She writes: Before we begin today, let me just say that EVERY SINGLE TEAM I developed the slightest rooting interest in during the playoffs – LOST! Hoping to monetize this skill, I am offering to root FOR the opponents of your pet team for a price. Say, $100? A girl has to use what meager skills she has.
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January 17, 2024 — John Hinderaker
Many people don’t realize that electric cars have been around for more than 100 years. One might think that the fact they have never caught on is more than a coincidence. Yesterday, Robert Bryce provided testimony on electric vehicles to the Senate’s Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. His testimony is reproduced at his Substack site. It is all worth reading; here is an excerpt: The history of the EV
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January 15, 2024 — Scott Johnson
When Martin Luther King, Jr., brought his nonviolent campaign against segregation to Bull Connor’s Birmingham, he laid siege to the bastion of Jim Crow. In Birmingham between 1957 and 1962, black homes and churches had been subjected to a series of horrific bombings intended to terrorize the community. In April 1963 King answered the call to bring his campaign to Birmingham. When King landed in jail on Good Friday for
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January 14, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Norman Podhoretz observed in one of his Commentary essays that the name of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) appeared to be “the invaluable MEMRI,” because that is how he and other consumers of its information unfailingly referred to it. In a footnote to one of those essays, Podhoretz explained: I am indebted to the invaluable work of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Under the leadership of
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January 14, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Pro-Hamas protesters sought to rip down a reinforced fence outside the White House Saturday night. The assault on the White House constituted the culmination of their march. It looks something like what Democrats call an “insurrection” (video below). The New York Post reports: Non-essential personnel were evacuated from the area as a precaution as the aggressive demonstration ramped up, the Secret Service confirmed. Video shows the crowd shaking the fence
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January 11, 2024 — Steven Hayward
With the Civil War back in the news—both the first one in 1861 (one of the items that will be a major focus of this week’s Three Whisky Happy Hour podcast coming Saturday morning) and the prospective one today because of Trump’s supposed “Threat to DemocracyTM” (let’s start calling it Civil War 2, or Civil War2), it seems to me worth re-upping the column I published in the New York Post
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December 29, 2023 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll looks back to count A FEW THINGS I HAVE LEARNED THIS YEAR and throws in some good advice to boot. We look back with gratitude for her weekly contributions over the past 10 years. The grrrll thinks funny. She writes: In past years that have drawn to a close, I have felt compelled to offer a few New Year’s Resolutions. I will forego that this year for a
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December 24, 2023 — John Hinderaker
Harvard University has circled the wagons around President Claudine Gay, reportedly encouraged to do so by no less than Barack Obama. This despite the fact that Gay not only embarrassed the university with her inept and tone-deaf Congressional testimony, but has also been exposed as a serial plagiarist. And not only does the university seem unworried by Gay’s plagiarism, it has emerged that Harvard exonerated Gay before conducting a secret
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December 22, 2023 — Scott Johnson
In the spirit of the season Ammo Grrrll reflects on VALUES AND HOW WE GET THEM. She writes: I remember the scene in Annie Hall where Woody Allen meets Annie’s parents, who are ridiculous parodies of Jew-hating uptight gentiles, though to the best of my recollection neither of them was a college president. The Woody character imagines their viewing him with payess (sidecurls) and big Ultra-Orthodox headwear. Before the visit,
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December 19, 2023 — John Hinderaker
In a shocking decision, the Colorado Supreme Court held today, in a Per Curiam opinion, with three justices dissenting, that Donald Trump is an “insurrectionist” who is barred by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment from running for the presidency. So, absent some action by the U.S. Supreme Court, which is extremely unlikely, Trump will not be on the Republican primary ballot or, if it comes to that, the general
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December 18, 2023 — Scott Johnson
One might understand the true meaning of resistance from observing the ordeal of Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai. He resists the tyranny of the CCP regime and goes on trial for it today. Among the accessible stories reporting on the commencement of trial is the BBC’s here. The Wall Street Journal has a highly sympathetic story by Austin Ranzy and Elaine Wu here (behind the WSJ paywall) as well as the
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