The news is a couple days old, but this snarky quote was too much to pass up.
SourceWonkette wrote:Yes, this plot would have killed millions of diabetic, salad-loving Americans. Every motel lobby would have been littered with obese corpses, their mouth holes stuffed with tainted croutons and cyanide tomatoes. (This silly terrorist attack would have killed one or two bulimic vegans, and maybe a yoga instructor or something, tops.) Officials say this Threat is “months old, and that it was more in the nature of a discussion of ‘tactics’ than an actual plot,” but you should definitely still be suspicious of salad and vegetables in general.
What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
-- Lin Yutang