News: August 2021 Archives
Many conservatives are upset by President Obama's 60th birthday party, even calling it the "height of elite hypocrisy".
Here was our climate czar, John Kerry, flying in private. His mode of travel was preferred by a host of left-leaning eco-warrior celebs, all Obama's "close friends," of course, descending on an already understaffed and emotionally depleted Vineyard."His birthday party is insane," one of Obama's caterers told The Post last week. "What is he thinking?" ...
"This outdoor event was planned months ago in accordance with all public health guidelines and with COVID safeguards in place," Obama spokesperson Hannah Hankins told the press last week. "Due to the new spread of the delta variant over the past week, the President and Mrs. Obama have decided to significantly scale back the event to include only family and close friends."
That, we now know, was a lie.
The Obamas hosted hundreds of guests, all free to go unmasked, while their 200 servers were reportedly forced to mask up. The tiny island's residents, meanwhile, endured "a s--t-show" of traffic and sudden road closures enforced by the Secret Service.
Is there a more disgusting display of elitist "Rules for thee, not for me" than this?
As is said, hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue. Obama and his guests were simply acting on what they and I believe: we should all be free to make our own choices about risk, whether that's pandemic risk or climate risk.
I, for one, am grateful to Obama for setting this example of individual liberty and responsibility.
"A fourth law enforcement officer who responded to the Capitol on Jan. 6 has died by suicide" according to The Hill.
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention the annual suicide rate in America is 13.93 per 100,000. The Metropolitan Police Department has "over 4,000 sworn and civilian members". So, doing some rough math, since January 6th the MPD has had an annualized suicide rate of over 170 per 100,000 -- over 12 times the national average.
According to the AFSP, men have a suicide rate of 3.63 times the rate of women, and all four MPD suicides were by men. All else being equal, and assuming that MPD is all-male (certainly not true) we'd expect approximately 0.25 suicides over the past seven months, not four.
We pray for the health and safety of our law enforcement personnel and all our leaders in government.
(HT: Vodkapundit.)
