Alert Level: Ludicrous

Via Atrios; from The Register.

A mother making an inquiry at a Massachusetts Staple store about MS Flight Simulator for her son is visited in the night by a State Trooper who was alerted by store management.

So alarmed was the Staples clerk at the prospect of the ten year old learning to fly, that he informed the police, the Greenfield Recorder reports. The authorities moved into action, leaving nothing to chance. A few days later, Olearcek was alarmed to discover a state trooper flashing a torch into to her home through a sliding glass door at 8:30 pm on a rainy night.

This, of course, on the heels of the story about officials being alerted to be on the watch for people carrying maps and almanacs.

We might as well just invite the Taliban to Washington.

My head is sore from pounding on my desk.

Somebody make it stop.