Air Force One lands at Palm Springs International Airport, USAF fighter in foreground.

Rome burns.

The rest of the world burns.

There are more critical issues to address than can be nominally delineated.  There isn’t enough room nor sufficient time to document same here.  If you are actually aware (and isn’t that the rub) you already recognize the peril that exists for the United States of America on domestic and foreign fronts.

That said — yet — Mr Obama takes time to golf this past weekend in Palm Springs, at Sunnylands.

Update (2:43 p.m.): Malia, the Obama’s 15-year-old daughter, joined her parents in the desert Friday evening after arriving in the area by car, a source with the White House said.

Update (2:40 p.m.): The president returned to Palm Springs shortly after 2 p.m. Unlike Friday evening, no local dignitaries greeted Obama at Palm Springs International Airport. He exited Air Force Once and quickly got into a black SUV. The motorcade then headed south out of the airport.

Update (2:06 p.m.): Air Force One landed at Palm Springs International Airport.

The minutae?  The details?

Whilst Rome burns within and without, Air Force One costs the American Taxpayer roughly $228,288 per hour to operate.

Whilst the world falls apart, the alleged “most powerful man in the world” spends profligately on himself for personal whims and entertainments.  Bread and sweetmeats.

Weekend golf.

Sure.

Your tax dollars be damned.

That is certainly a priority over weekend events.

BZ