Good morning, kids. Evidently some psycho went on a shooting spree in at least two locations up in Maine that has left 22 people dead. He's also still at large. Insofar as it is a tragedy, given the loss of life (and that's not meant to diminish any incident where there is even one victim), I offer prayers and condolences for the victims and their loved ones. Each life is precious, but at the risk of offense, there are much more urgent stories still unfolding that need the time and space to fully cover. Unfortunately, given the times we live in, the Left is sure to use this as a convenient distraction from their ideologically-driven incompetence that has given rise to a wave of Jew-hatred in this country never before seen and edging ever closer to becoming a pogrom, and a foreign policy in under three years has put the possibility of a third world war into view just on the horizon.

If I were a conspiracy nutter, I'd say the shooting was not just convenient but a little bit too convenient. Not long ago I'd have myself committed for even thinking that, yet with everything we've witnessed, to even suggest it is tragically well within the realms of possibility and sanity.

Two salient points: