How terrible and tragic is the news from Overland Park, Kansas. Passover is a holiday rooted in horror, when you think about it, but this holiday will never be the same for the many families that knew or included the victims.

The Czar is uncomfortable to take the conversation in this direction, but knows in his heart that the mainstream media will largely drop this story after two or three days. Coverage will continue with the odd update, but most of the serious journalism will be performed by local sources.

Perhaps our cynicism is shaded by other factors, but let us be realistic:

• The shooter was a member of the KKK with a fascination with Nazism. You can well bet that the media types checked in to see if he was a registered Republican voter or participated in a Tea Party event: of course, his political leanings will almost certainly land him solidly in the other direction, if he voted at all.
• He used a shotgun. Of course he had a handgun and something called an assault rifle, but he never used them. He did not even, it appears, have the rifle on him. This will not play well into the gun control argument at all. Sure, shotguns are dangerous and deadly weapons, but unfortunately they are Joe Biden’s weapons of choice, so this story will not serve the Left in any meaningful way.
• Even though two of the victims may have been Methodist, this was intended to be an attack on Jews. Not Muslims, not Democrats (Johnson County, Kansas, is heavily Republican), not gays, not illegal immigrants. Hell, one of the victims was a Boy Scout: these are not victims the media cares about for very long.

This is ugly analysis, and the Czar admits it. However, when the story disappears off the big name pages by Thursday or Friday, you will know that it was right.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.