Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

OPEN THREAD: It’s all for you.

IT’S A “BOOMER DRUG” AND HENCE NOT COOL ANYMORE: Cannabis Use Is Rising Across The US – Except in One Key Group. “Recent estimates based on survey results suggest use of the drug had risen steadily across a range of demographics, with one curious exception – teenagers.”

GARLAND IS REALLY AN EXECRABLE HACK EVEN BY THE STANDARDS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION:

SOON, SKINNINESS WILL BE PLEBEIAN AGAIN: GLP-1 hybrid drug being tested as weight-loss aid. “People who took the drug amycretin lost up to 13% of their body weight over three months, according to early clinical trial results presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting in Madrid.”

BILL BARR: Mob Rule and Moral Bankruptcy at Columbia. “Antisemitism isn’t borne of ignorance at my alma mater. Antisemitism is taught there.”

Plus:

One instructor kicked off a class in the Master of Public Health program with a discussion of the Jewish “capitalists” who “laundered” their “dirty money” and “blood money” through donations to the university. Others silenced Jewish students in class discussions of the Holocaust and Israel. Still others moved class sessions and office hours to Columbia’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” where Jewish students were routinely threatened and physically attacked.
For their part, campus demonstrators made no attempt to conceal their hatred of Jews. In fact, they made a public spectacle of it. A video cited by the report shows demonstrators stealing an Israeli flag from a Jewish student and assaulting him as he tried to stop them from setting it on fire. It shows demonstrators repeatedly shouting “Go back to Poland” at Jewish students as they walked across campus. One leader of the encampment proudly boasted, “Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists. . . I feel very comfortable calling for those people to die.” Still, the same university that offers hours of training on “microaggressions” refused to acknowledge decidedly macro-aggressive attacks on Jews.

While all this was happening, administrators either minimized or denied the problem. One member of the Office of Diversity told a student that if the antisemitic incidents she observed made her feel unsafe, she should leave campus. Another administrator told individual students that they were the “only student” who had complained about antisemitism before referring each for mental health counseling.

The gaslighting is astonishing.

Not anymore, it isn’t. But it needs to be made expensive enough that it won’t keep happening.

POLICE: NYPD Cop Wins Lawsuit over Police ‘Courtesy Cards.’ “This concept may be unfamiliar to some readers who don’t have relatives or close friends serving on the police force but it happens all over the United States. Police Unions, including those representing the officers in the NYP, issue what are known as ‘courtesy cards’ to officers. They are emblazoned with a police officer’s badge and display the name of the union that issued them. The officers can then distribute them to friends, family members, or even people they are seeking favors from. If the recipient gets pulled over or detained for a relatively minor infraction, they can present the card to the officer who nabbed them and typically be let off with a ‘warning’ rather than receiving a ticket or a fine. One NYPD officer found this practice to carry the stench of corruption and refused to honor the cards. He was then the subject of significant backlash and wound up suing the city. This week, he prevailed in his lawsuit and was awarded a $175,000 settlement for his trouble.”

#JOURNALISM:

OPEN THREAD: Here we go again.