2021-02-16

Three mistakes Mark Steyn made on Rush this morning

Today Mark Steyn guest-hosted for Rush Limbaugh.

There were three errors he made during the broadcast. Did you spot them?

  1. Steyn was discussing the ridiculous objection Biden had to notions of contacting the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia because "he's a head of state and he only talks with heads of state". Steyn contrasted with Camel-a Harris calling the Shiny Pony and other world leaders. However if you read the article Biden also talks about a future call with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Biden also has phoned British PM Boris Johnston and indeed Shiny Pony Justin Trudeau. Neither are heads of state either. The Israeli head of state is President Reuven Rivlin. The British head of state is Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Canadian head of state is also her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the Governor General currently unfilled due to Justin's personally selected candidate being a bitch. (the functional requirements of the role fall to Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner). Surely Mark Steyn, subject of The Queen, should remember that.
  2. Also discussed on the show, which he has mentioned on his Mark Steyn Show as well, is that it's ridiculous that we don't yet have a cause of death for Brian Sickwick, who was falsely accused of being killed during the January 6th Capitol Hill protests. While early reports are that no blunt force trauma has been reported, it's also important to note that isn't quite as unheard of as Steyn claims. After all, one of the big Netflix shows right now is the Elisa Lam documentary, which also featured a 4-month delay before the official cause of death was published.
  3. Late in the show (afternoon in Edmonton), Steyn took a call from a Biden supporter excited about vaccine distribution, and likewise failed to challenge him on how when Donald Trump left office America was the 4th best country on the planet for vaccine distribution. And while the rate of the curve has slightly upticked for the U.S. since January 20th, the change in the curve isn't any different than other nations (unless to say that it hasn't bent upwards as fast as the UK, UAE, or Israel). I've posted a shot of where the Presidential switch fits into the cumulative vaccination curves. For those wondering where Canada, now 54th overall in the world, fits on the chart, the scale doesn't go nearly that small.