Duck and Cover

“Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s son, who is considered as his successor, has fled to Britain along with his family, a US-based Arabic website reported.” [Times of India]

“The Library of Congress has blocked access to the Wikileaks site on its staff computers and on the wireless network that visitors use, two sources tell TPM.”

Honestly, if we knew that Florida’s Allen West would be this fun, we wouldn’t have ignored him the past six months:

Right-wing radio talker Joyce Kaufman — whose July 4 call for “bullets” in favor of ballots has been linked to yesterday’s threat that led to the countywide lockdown on all Broward County schools — is on the air now and promising a statement of explanation.

​She led off her explanation by announcing that she wouldn’t be taking the chief of staff job for Congressman-Elect Allen West after all. “Last night I called Congressman Allen West and told him I could not accept his” job offer, she said, adding later, “I will not be used in an electronic lynching by proxy.”

Kaufman is white. West is black. We’re not sure what “electronic lynching by proxy” means, but if history serves as a guide, it involves pubes and a Coke can.

Joyce Kaufman Quits Allen West Job [Broward New Times, via The Hill]

“A policeman guarding Mr Obama’s Mumbai hotel set off a major security alert after accidentally shooting himself in the leg last night.” [Daily Mail UK]

RedState is hawking a new video showing what happened prior to the Jackbootless Thug mistaking a MoveOn supporter for a cigarette stub:

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“Harry Whittington is too gracious to say it out loud, but he doesn’t dispute the notion, either. Nearly five years on, he’s still waiting for Dick Cheney to say he’s sorry.” [WaPo]

Our afternoon guest columnist is WND publisher and mustache-wax hoarder Joseph Farah.

The Boy Scouts’ motto says it all: “Be Prepared!”

But in an era in which the threats to your safety include mass acts of terror, suicide bombers and potential nuclear and biological attacks, it’s easy to feel that in some situations, no amount of preparation will make the slightest bit of difference.

Actually, even amid such catastrophic circumstances, the smallest act of preparation could make all the difference for you and your loved ones. Through a tiny but powerful technological device, you can accurately and instantly measure if you’ve been exposed to radiation and know whether you need to seek medical treatment.

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