The American Mind

If you’re living in a cardboard box or you’re waiting to snag an iPhone and your cell phone batteries died (you’ll really hate the iPhone’s power sucking) you might not know that U.K. authorities stumbled upon a car bomb. It’s now multiplied to two car bombs:

As authorities were investigating an explosives-packed car discovered outside a nightclub near Piccadilly Circus on Friday, a second vehicle was found in London that had similar explosive material inside, security sources said.

Both cars were laden with large amounts of fuel, gas canisters and “a substantial quantity of nails,” British police anti-terror chief Peter Clarke said.

“These vehicles are clearly linked,” he said.

ABC News’ Brian Ross reports the main suspect is an Islamist:

British police have a “crystal clear” picture of the man who drove the bomb-rigged silver Mercedes outside a London nightclub, and officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com he bears “a close resemblance” to a man arrested by police in connection with another bomb plot but released for lack of evidence.

Officials say the suspect had been taken into custody in connection with the case of al Qaeda operative Dhiren Barot, who was convicted of orchestrating a vehicle bomb plot involving targets in London, New York, Newark, N.J. and Washington, D.C.

Officials say a surveillance camera caught the suspect “staggering from the Mercedes” shortly after parking it outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub.

Hot Air and Pajamas Media have multiple updates.

If this news is too realistic and opposing your vision of reality there’s Greg Gutfeld to the rescue. He’s “learned” something for everyone.

Here’s something for those who poked their own eyes out Sep. 11, 2001:

There is no proof that this was terrorism. With Blair gone, there IS no more terrorism in the UK. This was obviously just someone’s car, probably belonging to a nail salesman, who kept a lot of samples in his car. He was on his way to a barbecue, of course, which explains the propane. And he needed the extra gas, too, because - hello! - he was driving a gas-guzzler (instead of a hybrid, which is really mean-spirited).

Something for the socialized medicine crowd, that’s you Wisconsin State Senators:

Admirably, the alleged bombers chose England - so anyone injured would receive free health care. If a bomb would have gone off in, say, New York City, imagine all the performance artists and stand up comics who might have been injured. Surely, as Michael Moore would attest, they’d be turned away from the ER.

There’s even something for Rep. Ron Paul fanboys:*

Clearly these people responsible are angry at us and I am proposing a minute’s silence and formation of steering committee for us all to consider what we as individuals can do to make these people less angry.

“Two Explosive-Laden Cars in London Linked” [via memeorandum]

*Do female Paul supporters even exist?