Audubon Zoo Feeds The Police To The Lions

The New Orleans zoo was once an embarrassment to the city, but with Audubon redevelopment it came to become a source of civic pride. But now it seems the folks at Audubon have decided to return to the business of embarrassing themselves again – as the zookeepers have gone woke.

Responding to persons from “members of our community and from persons outside of our community” the Audubon Institute abruptly cancelled their scheduled “Blue at the Zoo” event, which was intended to “promote and foster positive experiences” with the NOPD. Their press statement smells worse than anything that dropped out the backside of a pachyderm.

“The New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation and Audubon Nature Institute partnered to host “Blue at the Zoo” in an effort to promote and foster positive interactive experiences with our New Orleans Police Department. Audubon facilities have long been welcoming and safe spaces for the children, families and citizens of our community.

“Audubon Nature Institute heard feedback regarding the event from members of our community and from persons outside of our community, who feel this event could be unintentionally divisive rather than inclusive. Though that was never the intent, Audubon Nature Institute made the decision to cancel the event. Audubon will continue to work with the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation to find ways to support the New Orleans Police Department. 

“The Audubon Nature Institute understands and appreciates that the issue of ethical policing is at the forefront of our nation and our local community and that NOPD is a nationally recognized leader in law enforcement reform. Audubon stands firm in its support for holding law enforcement accountable for any and all unethical and unlawful behavior. Audubon also supports efforts that promote healing between law enforcement and the community. As such, working with the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, Audubon will be considering alternative ways to promote meaningful and impactful community engagement with the New Orleans Police Department.”

So Audubon just fed the NOPD to the lions.

Let’s evaluate and translate into plain language this media release worthy of the reptile house.

Paragraph #1: Audubon said they want to play a role in making nice with the police. Fine.

Paragraph #2: But they heard feedback (mean tweets) from locals (many Tulane students aren’t local, and the professional protest crowd represents virtually no one) and from people not from here (AKA Twitter hyenas) and thus don’t go to the zoo or give to the zoo but these leftist netizen jackals decided to make their voice heard. And unfortunately Audubon listened and amazingly enough bought what they were selling by conceding that an event being held to promote trust and engagement would somehow be divisive. 

Paragraph #3: The zoo embraced and promoted a one sided ACAB narrative without mentioning the dangers men and women in blue face every day trying to keep civilians safe in a city enduring spikes in violent crime.

And in an eel-like slippery move the Audubon Institute waited until after GiveNolaDay ended to release this statement. The Audubon Nature Institute raised almost $23,474 from 236 donors on Tuesday.

The Audubon Institute needs to immediately issue an apology to not just law enforcement for this unmistakable indictment of those who wear the badge but every victim of violent crime in Orleans Parish for having their suffering trivialized. That the Audubon Institute has the temerity to pretend that the only outrages being perpetrated in society are by law enforcement is a denial of reality. For there were no sentences of compassion in their weasel worded press release reserved for the victims of carjackings that have traumatized grandmothers and drive-by shootings that have claimed the lives of the very children their missive says they serve.

While their facility is a safe place for the aforementioned, the world outside their gates is anything but. In fact the safest mammals in Orleans Parish reside in either Audubon Place or Audubon Zoo.

(NOLA)
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University Hires Famous Failure to Hand Out Graduate Diplomas

I can't help but see the irony in this news. She failed at health care reform. She failed at diplomacy. She failed at keeping track of her law firm billing records. She failed to make any noticeable impact as a U.S. senator. She failed as a wife. She failed as a presidential candidate. And she even managed to fail as a presidential loser, going completely off the rails and proving herself to be a conspiratorial kook in the aftermath of her loss. But that didn't stop Belfast's Queens University from hiring Hillary Clinton as the new Chancellor.

I know Ireland is an island unto itself, but don't they realize they just hired a crime moll whose proudest accomplishment is the fact that she’s managed to avoid prison in spite of all the corruption and dirty dealings she’s been at the center of.

It will probably be Hillary who hands them their diplomas at commencement, which will probably make them think long and hard about whether they actually want to graduate.  But the BBC seems to think this is some sort of score for Queens:

While the role of chancellor is mainly a ceremonial one, securing Mrs Clinton will be seen as a coup for Queen’s.

The chancellor often presides at graduation ceremonies and is also an ambassador for the university abroad. Mrs Clinton will also act as an advisor to the vice-chancellor Prof Ian Greer and senior management.

The only value in receiving advice for Hillary Clinton is so you can find out what not to do. But you don’t need to be in the same room with her to glean that. All you have to do is study her abject failure of a life.

In the off chance you’re enrolled at Queens University and you’re reading this, I highly recommend you transfer somewhere else. A toxic poison has entered your midst, and we Americans can tell you that once it settles in, it will never go away.  The only silver lining here will be the look on Hillary’s face when someone explains to her that this doesn’t actually make her the queen of anything.

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