The New Hip - Now With A Picture!

I'm officially part titanium and part ceramic, now with pictorial proof.

The doctor took off the dressing, examined the incision, and was happy with what he saw. 

The incision looks good, no signs of infection or other issues.  He covered it with a steri-strip and gave some more instructions for caring for it.

The area around the incision is rather raw and has razor burn from them shaving the area.Also still rather swollen, which is to be expected.

X-rays taken shows everything is in the right spot and the surgery was a great success.

The spike into the leg bone is titanium and was press-fit into the bone during the surgery. It has a rough-textured matrix on the outside designed for the bone to grow and attach to the spike, further securing it and cementing the two parts together.

The ball is ceramic.

The cup at the hip bone is titanium with a slippery smooth plastic insert.   The cup, like the spike, has a rough-textured matrix on the outside. It also will have the bone grow and attach itself to the cup and, like the spike, the cup will be cemented to the bone and the screw will become a backup rather than primary attachment point.

Yes, that is a titanium screw at the top securing the cup to my hip bone.

I can now honestly and 100% accurately say I've been screwed.

The titanium is actually stronger than the bones it now holds together.  The worry from falling is dislocating it as everything settles in, or breaking the bones around it. So falling is highly undesirable and contra-indicated at this point.

Theoretically, I can have a normal and full range of movement in all directions as the leg will no longer be impinged by the arthritic hip.  Pretty impressive what modern medicine can do.

Looking forward to making that full range of motion happen.

Got discharged from at-home physio and had my first out-patient PT session today.

Started with a warm up and then we got right to it.  I had walked in with a cane.

They put a belt around my waist for safety, with the therapist holding an end and then had me walk unsupported for the first time since January 13.  

A very strange feeling. I walked essentially unsupported: forward, tip-toe, heel-toe, sideways, and backward and then marching in place.  

Then onto a balance board which was fun.  Then lying down doing all sorts of exercises.  Finally the exercises were done and I got a heat-wrap around the hip, and then a special ultra-sound machine designed to relax the muscles and break up some of the swelling and scar tissue.

A rather intense hour and I'm definitely feeling it now. This is going to be a lot of effort but it's going to be good.

IRS Mileage Increase For 2022 Doesn't Quite Keep Up With Inflation

The IRS has announced an increase in the standard deductible mileage calculation.

Instead of .56 per mile, you can now use 58.5 cents for your standard deductible mileage calculation.

Nice of them to recognise the increase in costs, but that's an increase of all of 4.5 percent.

Meanwhile, in reality, gasoline is up on average 57%, diesel is up 44%, and car maintenance and repair costs are also up.

Hip Status Report - Two Weeks After Surgery

Your weekly status report on your newest right hip fellow.

 

I’ve been doing much better quicker than I expected.

 

This is thanks to the excellent home care by the lovely wife, supported by my kids - when they’re not busy saying that I’m now really old because I have a hip replacement (they’re very caring like that).

 

Pain is down to a 3 or less, and is less than pre-surgery. Still taking pain meds, and the icing machine is still the greatest thing ever,  and still rather tired on a daily basis, but that’s getting better too.

 

Physio is going well, now using a cane for 50% of the time moving around with the other 50% using the walker. That was very quick progress.

 

The cane is much more maneuverable, but less support and took a bit of getting used to.

 

Have a lot more mobility this week and the swelling around the hip is lessened, which is nice, but quite a bit is still there.   

 

Can now actually lift the leg to get into bed, which is great so another thing I can do by myself, except for putting on the compression sleeves. 

 

Still under a lot of restrictions movement wise.   

 

Physio Therapists were impressed with the progress I’ve been making, but have warned me not to overdo it.  My right ankle swelled up to the size of a softball due to a bit too much effort, so lesson learned.

 

I can now easily get around the house, minus the basement and I’m really feeling the improvement daily.

 

Post-Op visit with the Doc is set for tomorrow and the bandage will come off, and then we’ll see if chicks really do dig scars.

If You Want To Play With The Sharks Part 3

In which our self-representing pro per dynamic duo catch yet another break from the Court.

Our pro-per Third Party Defendant, per the Court's Order after she filed her ridiculous motion for Summary Disposition  was required to file both a Notice of Hearing for the motion and a E-Praecipe.

Of Course she did neither.   Penalty for not filing those is the motion is an automatic dismissal of the motion, says so right in the motion.

But since they're pro-per the court is yet again bending over backwards.

Court Clerk just emailed, them copying me, asking if they were proceeding with the motion as scheduled on February 2 as they hadn't filed the notice as they should have done a long time ago and they're now technically past the due date to even file it.

They replied yes and the Court instead of telling them they screwed up and the motion is dismissed, replied "Well, ok then on we go".

No attorney would get such a break, not a chance.

On the upside, I now get to argue against this hilarious and frivolous motion.

How Soon Neil Young Forgets

So Neil Young is delivering an ultimatum to Spotify that it's either Joe Rogan or him.  I think there was a song already written some time ago that summed up how this is likely to go:

Well I heard Mr. Young give an ultimatum
Well I heard old Neil put Joe Rogan down
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
Spotify don't need him around anyhow

And verily, his ultimatum, as a last ditch gasp for attention, to which many youngsters and Joe Rogan podcast subscribers alike will say "Neil who?",  will likely fall flat.

To no one's surprise, except perhaps to Mr. Young, this has indeed gone pretty much as expected:

Wall Street Journal:  Spotify to Take Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum

Hip Replacement Update

It's been only a week and a half since surgery. 

Need to keep reminding myself of that, as it feels like it's been much longer. 

Possibly getting a little stir crazy, but it is nice and warm in here compared to the outside, and since we got 5-7 inches of snow all day and night yesterday I don't have much motivation to go anywhere right now and not much need to do so anyways.

Apparently, I overdid the PT exercises a tad and have been up and out of bed too much. For some reason my right ankle swelled up to the size of a softball yesterday.  Probably due to overuse as I didn't hit it on anything or twist it or anything like that.  Ankle is better today but it was a good reminder to not overdo things and I should be lying down and elevating the legs more.

Just completed today’s PT session and the therapist says I’m doing great and she now wants me to start using the cane 50% of the time, and the walker the other 50%. All in a week and half since the surgery!

Therapist was also "Don't even think about trying to cut down on your pain meds right now."  Outpatient PT will apparently offer some new and different exercises and she warned that I'm  going to be very sore the first few times plus the stress of going outside to boot.

I will be converting to out-patient physio therapy starting next week.

Supposed to still use the walker anytime I go outside for doctor's appointments, etc due to risk of falling in snow and ice.  Falling needs to be avoided at all costs.

Still on serious restrictions as to no bending forward at the waist, no reaching downward below the waist either, no crossing feet or legs, no sudden turns or hip rotations, and still no going up/down a lot of stairs. 

May soon get cleared to drive which is pretty wild.

Overall, I've improved a ton since surgery in terms of range of movement.  A lot stronger and more stable.   Less pain than when I had the arthritis too. Down to about a 3 or 3-2 even.

Still need a lot of work though, as some movements still simply still don't move. 

I still, for example, can't get up from a chair without using my arms to help, and lifting the whole leg higher than an inch when it is straight out from the hip when lying down only works about 50% of the time, but it's getting there.

Doctor follow-up appointment has been moved from tomorrow to Friday due to a scheduling conflict on their end, so we will have to wait a bit for the official medical status update.

You Can Count On The Biden Admin To Make Things Worse - Supply Chain Edition

Let's theorize for a moment.

You're having a supply chain crisis.  

Goods are not getting to where they need to be quickly enough.  You have pent-up demand, store shelves going empty, and cars and trucks and other vital machinery not being built due to a shortage of parts and the inability to quickly deliver those parts when avaialble to where they need to go.

Do you: 

A. Facilitate doing everything possible to unclog the system and make it easier for deliveries to happen; or

B.  Add new regulations that are going to further mess up the supply chain by limiting the truck drivers and other delivery operators that can cross the border in a futile fixation on mandatory 100% vaccination, when it's already a known fact that the vaccinated can catch the virus and still carry and infect others even while vaccinated?

Yep, the Biden Administration, in yet another stroke of brilliance chose B.

PJMedia: If You Thought the Supply Chain Crisis Was Bad Enough, DHS Could Make It Worse

“Starting on January 22, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security will require that non-U.S. individuals entering the United States via land ports of entry or ferry terminals along our Northern and Southern borders be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and be prepared to show related proof of vaccination,” said Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas. “These updated travel requirements reflect the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to protecting public health while safely facilitating the cross-border trade and travel that is critical to our economy.”

This has not been a requirement for all the years now that goods have been shipped during this pandemic. Why demand it now and further interfere with cross-border trade when if anything we need to facilitate people crossing with goods as much as possible?

Even Canada stopped this idiotic policy of requiring delivery drivers to be vaccinated before crossing the border when truck drivers rebelled against it, but here we have the Biden admin doubling down and pushing a failed and rather nonsensical policy that is only going to further slow down the delivery of goods to where they are needed most and which will not improve public health. 

Seriously, Biden is about to implement a stupid and useless policy that even Canada has pulled back from implementing due to its both uselessness and lousy effects on the supply chain.

Oh, and meanwhile, Illegals are still pouring in not being either tested nor vaccinated for Covid, and being welcomed and then shipped by the Biden administration around the US.

You really can't make this up.  

Expect more shortages and delays in receiving goods near you due to yet another inane Biden policy.

The Democrats Attack On The Fillibuster Is Highly Situational

The filibuster is, per the Democrats,  a racist,  anti-Democracy "archaic legislative norm"  and a terrible impediment to their agenda.

It sis uch a bad, terrible no good thing - that the Senate Democrats themselves just used it few days ago to defeat a bill they didn't like: Fox News: Democrats slammed for blocking Russia sanctions bill using filibuster they've decried as racist

The Democrats sure lack self-awareness now don't they?  Either that or they count on people not paying attention and rthe media not reporting their ever-shifting stances.

Using the very thing they are decrying and going as far as censuring one of their own for advocating keeping it in place when it blocks their initiatives, when at the same time they have no problem using the same tool themselves when it suits them contemporaneously with them decrying the existence of such a tool and claiming using it is racist and anti-democratic - as they use it.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds and all that I suppose.

No worries though, should the Republicans take back the Senate in the November 2022 elections, I expect the Democrats as a party will do an about-face regarding the filibuster with it to be publicly depicted as the greatest, most patriotic, and anti-racist invention ever, so fast that anyone looking for logical consistency from them will get whiplash.

Only Took 18 Years, But Better Late Than Never I Suppose

For 18 years now, a bunch of Antisemitic and anti-Israel protestors, including such lovely people as Holocaust deniers, have been getting their jollies by protesting and harassing congregants of a synagogue during Shabbat morning services in Ann Arbor.

It only took 18 years of this going on for the Ann Arbor City Council to formally condemn the activity because anti-Semitic and anti-Israel activities tend not to upset lefties all that much:

JTA: After 18 years, Ann Arbor condemns weekly synagogue protesters as antisemitic 

The protestors’ stated purpose is to critique Israel policy, but members of the group frequently bring antisemitic signs and chant antisemitic slogans. The group’s de facto leader, Henry Herskovitz, identifies himself as a former Jew and has spread Holocaust denial and praised neo-Nazis in blog posts.

Scratch an anti-Israel protestor, you'll generally find an anti-Semite hiding behind it, as is the case here.

Courts have upheld their right to be assholes and harass people from the sidewalk near the synagogue, and have their protests, but it's nice the city finally got around to condemning it.

If Biden Was Putin's Stooge, What Would He Be Doing Differently, Exactly?

After all these years of the lefties and Dems claiming Trump was Putin's puppet, along comes Biden who appears to be more than over the top in doing Putin's bidding, undoing most moves Trump made against Russia in record time:

1.  Removing sanctions Trump had put in place on the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline;

2. Withdrawing support for the Israel-Europe Gas Pipeline, that would have relieved Europe from having Russia as their sole supplier of natural gas; 

3.  Reducing US pipelines, oil and gas production increasing the price of gas to benefit Russia and harming the US economy.

3. Giving a green light for Russia to do a "minor incursion" into Ukraine; and

4. Ordering the evacuation of US Embassy non-essential persannel from Kiev.

Let's see if the lefties can be honest now about their false labeling of Trump and their drumbeat of the "Russia, Russia, Russia" hoax, hmm?  As Mr. B notes,  Democrats doth project too much.

Hip Replacement Day 9 - A Cane Break

Between doing work and then passing out when I'm not doing work, I've been kind busy today. This was everybody wants something immediately day.

Had a great PT session. Heckuva workout and it kicked my tail nicely.

Did have a notable first today.  Got to take a break from using the walker.

It was my first time using the cane rather than the walker to walk around.  Never used a cane before and there is a definite technique to it. Interestingly, its used on the left side even as its my right hip that was replaced.  Cane moves first, then right leg, then left leg.

Did good, but I'm supposed to stick to the walker for now except for short practice sessions with the cane, as I don't quite have the balance and support down yet.

Overall getting stronger but a long way still to go and that session tired me out but good.

Sadly, I really wanted to have a sword-cane but Michigan law prohibits such in public.  A sword-cane would have been rather snazzy and stylish. Instead, I'm stuck with a plain-jane black metal cane. It'll do.

Hip Replacement Update - One Week Post Surgery

It’s now a whole week since the surgery. The new titanium and ceramic parts seem to be making themselves right at home.

Overall, the pain is down and remains at a 3-4, although I am taking some painkillers, but I’ve been able to avoid the really heavy painkillers throughout the process, which is good. Compared to pain regularly being 7+ on a daily basis with the hip arthritis pre-surgery, this is a very welcome improvement.

Amazingly, it has not been hurting nearly as much as I imagined it would. Even though the leg by the hip itself is all sorts of stiff, sore, and swollen, with some really impressive bruises.

Even with all that, I’m managing to get around much better than I imagined I would this early in the process.

I’m walking pretty smoothly on flat surfaces with the assistance of a walker. I can get up and down 2 steps rather easily, get in the shower, get into and out of bed, get into and out of a chair, etc. Pretty neat and I’m a lot more mobile than I figured I would be one-week post-surgery. Physio-therapy and regular icing of the hip is definitely helping.

The only surprise so far is I’m a heckuva lot more tired than I imagine I’d be, passing out at the drop of a hat and sleeping for hours lots of the time. Forget about lying in bed and catching up on reading or a movie, I just zonk right out.

Still got a long way to recover, range of motion is still pretty limited, but it feels like it’s moving in the right direction so far.

Hip Replacement Day 7

Almost a week has now passed since the surgery.

The visiting nurse came, took my vitals and checked the bandage. So far, no signs of anything problematic.  Just a lot of bruising and swelling around the incision site.  Bandage is staying in place. I'm apparently recovering as expected, she's happy with my vitals, and that's the second and last at home nursing visit as part of the process.

Next was PT.

PT is indeed a workout. And my visiting physio therapist is good at making sure I make the most of it.

The leg raise while lying down is going much better and I do have better range of movement and can easily get the heel to the level of the knee on the opposite leg now. Much easier to get in and out of bed, too.

Some things still get me completely though.

For example, go sit on a chair with your butt parallel to the floor and your feet flat on the floor. Without using your arms for support or leverage, stand up.  You probably just did, no problem right?

Welp, I cannot get up from that position -- at all -- without using my arms for support, I get totally stuck and can't elevate from there at all. Hip is not ready for that yet.

Raising the leg as if marching in place is also rather hard.

Something to keep working towards.

Walking is very good though, and I'm able to get around pretty good walking- wise, and other exercises are no issue.  No problem making it up and down the two stairs and moving around the floor of the house.

PT therapist suggested I start elevating the leg to deal with the swelling in addition to the icing I'm doing, which I shall start doing immediately. She can see it is rather swollen which is part of the mobility problem and the muscle tightness.  To be expected, but if we can start getting the swelling down quicker the recovery will also be hopefully quicker.

Impressively, I'm not limping around now when I walk, whereas I was pretty much limping on a daily basis, with some days much worse than others before the surgery. A good sign.

Pain is around a 3-4 which is tolerable.  About to take a pain pill and have a nap as doing PT wears me out pretty good.  Overall, I  have a lot less energy right now and get tired a lot, and much more easily, but that's part of the process and apparently totally normal and they want me to sleep it off and recharge, whenever I'm not doing PT or getting up to walk around a bit.

So far, so good.

Why Are Leftist Institutions Of Higher Education Such Hives Of Sexual Harrasment And Assault?

Possibly it is because they have access to lots of victims on a University campus, and will be abetted by the University in doing so.

As has finally come to light, Dr. Anderson while he was at the University of Michigan in sports medicine abused over 1,000 boys during his time at University of Michigan athletics. Over 1,000 acts of sexual assault over decades.

Interesting how it has gained far less attention than the Larry Nassar case over at Michigan State University.  Just like in the Larry Nassar case, the powers that be at the University hushed it up for quite some time but this one involves the sexual assault of boys as compared to girls in the Nassar case.

The Detroit News: UM reaches $490 million settlement with Anderson accusers

Quite a sum, though the now men will receive smaller amounts of compensation than the women did in the Nassar case.

It is rather interesting isn't it, how the Universities talk a great deal about feminism, women's rights,ending sexual harassment, #metoo etc, and that society is to blame and it's all America's fault, but they end up being some of the largest perpetrators and facilitators of such outrageous abuse?

Bad enough that even one sexual assault is tolerated.  Permitting thousands to occur and keeping a blind eye to a pattern of abuse by powerful and connected individuals at the Universities shouldn't have been permitted. Yet it rather clearly was, by the same folks mouthing platitudes against such abuse.

But Anderson wasn't the only serial abuser kept in place at UofM.

In addition to the Doctor Anderson scandal, the Provost of University of Michigan Martin Philbert was only now just sacked for a decades-long history of sexual harassment at the University.  Note well that the University had been alerted to this early on, but it was apparently ignored or hushed up.

There's quite a pattern of hushing up sexual harassment and assaults at University of Michigan.

On top of that, the current President of University of Michigan was just very publicly fired for having an inappropriate (though apparently consensual) sexual relationship with a subordinate.  It's too early to tell if this was just an excuse to push him out the door, or a righteous firing for being rather cavalier with University resources, but it certainly doesn't look good, and his having such relations with a subordinate in light of the above reflects pretty lousy judgment in any case.

Hellavua way to piss away a million-dollar-a-year salary for an affair.

They certainly need to sweep out the Big House at U of M.

A Nice Attempt At Dipping In

Have some clients I'm representing who are cleaning up a mess left behind by a recently deceased relative.  He was real property rich, cash poor, and has a trust that is rather cumbersome for what really needs to be done. A bit too one-size-fits-all from a big firm versus really being tailored to his needs.

Well, we start to fix things up and get administering.

Since he's real property rich, we need to sell some properties to meet the very real cash flow needs to the trust and the beneficiaries, especially as at the time he died the gentleman was late with payments for things like property taxes which is not a good thing as losing valuable properties to tax foreclosure is a rather bad way to kick off your trust.

So we contact one of his renters about paying rent and also about showing the premises to potential buyers as the trust should be doing a lot less landholding and more land selling at this point to get everything balanced.

Starts out friendly but they then make a ridiculous lowball offer to buy the place way below market value and then get hostile when the lowball is rejected. 

They then want to deny any access to inspect the premises or let people in to see it as it is offered for sale.   Unfortunately they have a crappy lease that doesn't spell out Landlord's rights of access very well but does allow the Landlord to inspect the premises.

We send over a nice letter that we'll work hard to reduce any disruption and will give 24 hour notice of any inspection.

We get a letter back from an attorney from out of state. Most likely the tenant's relative.  I can't find him in the bar directory, but tenant claims he's licensed in Michigan. Not unless he's changed his name he's not.  

He then states he's not admitted in Michigan but hes in a firm with "national reach". 

Well, yipee for that. But yet he still makes demands for stuff and wants to be provided stuff as their attorney.

Not how this works, sport. You can't practice law in a state in which you are not admitted to practice and I'm rather sure he knows that.

I send back a nice letter "Please confirm if your named attorney wants to commit the unauthorized practice of law in Michigan by continuing to represent you in this matter, and we will then communicate with him accordingly."

No response yet.

Hip Replacement Day 6 - Tired And Sore But With More Movement Plus A Mistake

Got up a little sore today but I think I slept almost all the way through the night which was good.

Did manage to shower, etc which was nice and got some PT in. Could shower all by my own self and am moving about pretty good.

Did some walking around, going up and down the two stairs, and sat in a chair doing some work and catching up on matters for a few hours.

Then I decided to try and skip the 12 pm light pain med and try replacing it with just regular Tylenol.

Big mistake that, huge actually. 

It turns out I'm really not ready to step down to just Tylenol yet

Ended up doing a catch-up dose to knock down the impressive amount of pain that resulted, and then passing out accordingly.

Back up now to get some more things done, but we're going to take it a little slower.

Hip Replacement Day 5 - Full Speed Ahead On The PT

Pain remains controlled at about a 3-4 or so. Still not quite sleeping through the night but a little better.

Took my first shower yesterday which was rather nice.  The shower chair I had assembled remained assembled for the entire shower, which was happy-making. Did make me a bit light-headed but had been warned it might so was ready for that.

Pretty good line of bruises/redness near the incision site which is under a waterproof bandage that I'm not to remove. Not a lot of swelling, so the regular icing and anti-inflammatories are doing their stuff.

Had my first serious PT session today.  PT therapist was very detail oriented and wanted to see what I had been doing so far.

First thing she did after that was put tennis balls on the back legs of the walker and it caused me to walk with a much more normal stride as it now glides instead of halting on the rubber stoppers. Such a small fix and it's rather brilliant.

Next we conquered the 2 stairs between the bedroom and the kitchen and I can now handle those with pretty much ease. Another big small victory.

Then on to more exercises that she added to my current repertoire that proceeded to kick my tail nicely.  Need to run through them all again later today/tonight.

Still spending majority of the time sleeping as this is really tuckering me out and going to pass out again shortly.

Perhaps The Stupidest Thing President Biden Has Said To Date.

Biden on the Texas Synagogue Attack:

"I don't think there is sufficient information to know why he targeted that synagogue why he insisted on the release of someone who's been in prison for over 10 years... why he was using anti-Semitic & anti-Israeli comments."

Unbelievable.  

This ridiculous political correctness and dancing around avoiding any mention of the motivations of  Islamic terrorism and ideology is an absolute farce. 

Biden has no hesitation making unsubstantiated allegations in other situations, even when he's shown to be wrong later. But, when there's plenty of evidence and its a Muslim attack on Jews he doesn't want to make any conclusions and suddenly lacks sufficient information.

Yes, it's an actual quote from Biden and the President can be watched saying it on Twitter.

Interesting Reactions To Events, Aren't They?

Mr. B of In The Middle Of The Right sent me a link in the comments to the Daily Mail a newspaper with some very good coverage of the Texas Synagogue attack and the reaction among the terrorist's fellow adherents back in Ol' Blighty, who while many are now British subjects, are no exactly what you'd first think of when the stereotypical British subject come to mind.

Of course it's blamed on the attackers "mental health" and his family are condemning the crime but of course throwing some nice and false moral relativism in:

'Obviously our priority will be to get him back to the UK for his funeral prayers although we have been warned it could take weeks.

'We would also like to add that any attack on any human being be it a Jew, Christian or Muslim etc is wrong and should always be condemned.

'It is absolutely inexcusable for a Muslim to attack a Jew or for any Jew to attack a Muslim, Christian, Hindu vice versa etc.'

Nice relativism and cute deflection there.

Interestingly, and while given coverage what is rather unremarked upon is the reaction of the Blackburn, England Muslim communityfrom whence the attacker came to the event and his death:

 

One doesn't typically comment that a terrorist has "sadly departed from this temporary world" and one typically does not welcome a criminal to the "highest ranks of Paradise" now does one? Highest ranks of Paradise in Islam are reserved for those fighting Jihad, aren't they? Interesting reaction from the Blackburn Muslim community, that.

Dear AG Nessel: Better To Remain Silent And Be Thought A Fool Than To Speak And Remove All Doubt, And Remiove All Doubt You Did

But with Nessel there is no doubt that she is indeed a fool.  A politically useful one for mouthing Democrat talking points mind you, but a fool all the same.

An hour after it had already been announced that the terrorist in the Hostage situation at the Texas synagogue was demanding the release of a convicted Islamic terrorist, AG Nessel was busy publicly worrying the attack was a possible hate crime caused by a white supremacist.

Washington Free Beacon: Michigan’s Dana Nessel Speculates ‘White Supremacy’ to Blame for Texas Synagogue Terrorist Attack

Why exactly is our state's AG going into a hypothetical contrary to existing evidence during an actual hostage situation in another state?  Why is she (and Psaki, the media (attacker is a British citizen" - way to bury the lede, wot?), and the FBI for that matter) so quick to try to distract attention from a clearly Islamic act of terrorism?

I will note she has yet to make any correction to her inane statement nor to specifically condemn Islamic Terrorism.