But, of course, I am thankful no one was hurt

YOU ARE VISITING THE OLD MALKIN(S)WATCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW MALKIN(S)WATCH WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

It has happened. Again.

That's right, Michelle Malkin has made a mountain. Out of a molehill. Again.

Just to clarify, I don't know or claim to know if it was al Qaeda or a nut or an al Qaeda nut. Whoever it was, though, clearly meant to terrorize or worse. And we can't ignore the very real possibility that it was a dry run.

Speaking, of course, about the (certainly disconcerting and somewhat dangerous) exploding toy grenades at the British consulate in New York this morning, at about the time the polls opened in the UK. As for the "very real" possibility that it was a dry run, I'm thinking that it should go without saying that a real dry run would probably not make headlines. Pretty much defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

But for the most breathtaking overreaction (and textbook Malkinism) on display, we go to this post, headlined "U.N. EMPLOYEE QUESTIONED IN NYC BLAST:

The detainee works at the world body's weapons inspection agency as an analyst, the official said. Another U.N. source said the man is a satellite imagery analyst.

The FBI is not calling the man a suspect, said spokesman Jim Margolin.

...Will be interesting to see how that U.N. employee fits into all of this.

By "interesting", of course, Malkin means "Ha! See, I told you that everyone involved in the United Nations is a child molestor and terrorist!" Unfortunately, she is later forced to update:

"The New York police and the FBI said the man was not a suspect. Police said he was detained only because he was asked not to cross a police tape and did so anyway. A police official said the man may have been drinking."

At 3:30 in the morning - on hump day - a man on the street in New York City has been drinking. What a degenerate.