SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET: 

BACK TO 1968 – Donald Trump canceled a major campaign speech in Chicago tonight after a large mob of protesters appeared on the University of Illinois campus, where the speech was to be delivered, apparently to shut Trump down before he began.  Trump canceled his speech, citing safety concerns.  This is the first time during the campaign that Trump has had to withdraw.  Some TV journalists tried to twist things around, claiming that Trump brought this on himself with his "inflammatory" rhetoric.  I doubt that.  I think it was the left doing what the left does best – shutting down anyone who disagrees.  The scene reminded me of the rioting outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968.

LIFE IN THE SOCIALIST PARADISE – From London's Daily Mail:  The streets are deserted after dark in a sleepy Swedish town which is a now no-go zone for women after eight sex attacks in three weeks.  Women have been warned by police not to walk alone at night after the once peaceful town of Östersund was shaken to its core by a string of vicious attacks on females and even children by groups of young men of 'foreign origin'.  First, two 10-year-old girls were groped at a bus stop by a gang of men who threatened to rape them.  The following day, a woman told police she was punched in the face, splitting her eyebrow, by a man who threatened to kill her after he made a rude comment to her.  Just five days later a woman walking on her own was attacked by three men, beaten and pushed to the ground.  Notice the deep interest of "feminist" groups.  They take their orders from their leftist masters, and will say nothing that will diminish the left's drive for multiculturalism.  Women's rights are far behind. 

A HOLLYWOOD STORY – From the Daily Beast:  After California’s Girl Scout Troop 5215 sold an alleged $65,000 worth of cookies at the 2016 Academy Awards, that money is reportedly nowhere to be found, the local organization says. Celebrities in the audience bought a variety of cookies, but TMZ reports that the local chapter—which would only get about $1,000 of the money—hasn’t seen a cent. The National Girl Scout Council told the troop that the Academy would donate the money to the Greater L.A. Council, but that allegedly hasn’t happened. A representative for Girl Scouts of America told reporters: “The donation process is determined by local councils.”  Even the Girl Scouts get ripped off in Hollywood.  But at least it's not Sweden. 

March 11, 2016