Fox News’ in-house eugenicist Brian Kilmeade had a provocative suggestion this morning, on his network’s A.M. comedy show: “KILMEADE: Do you think it’s time for the military to have special debriefings of Muslim Army officers — anybody enlisted?…Because if I’m going to be deployed in a foxhole, if I’m going to be sticking in an outpost, I got to know the guy next to me is not going to want to kill me.” Got to know it, man, Brian’s just got to know it. MORE »

• JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT: The news out of Fort Hood keeps getting worse: 12 people have now been confirmed dead, with 31 injured. The two gunmen were soldiers stationed at Fort Hood and “the shootings took place at a readiness facility, which is where soldiers go before deploying overseas.” It started just before a 2 p.m. graduation ceremony. UPDATE: Uh oh: “The suspected gunman was identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan.” The Internet will give this one another 45 minutes or so, out of respect, before a veritable World War II of furious accusatory typing begins. We’re getting out now. [NYT]

• TODAY’S WACKY POLITICAL NEWS STORY: 89-year-old white supremacist shoots one security guard at Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. In other words, “person shoots person.” Everyone is telling us to post this for some reason. It happens all the time, every day! Enjoy your “political reaction,” vulgarians. [Washington Post]

One great thing about America is we employ our poorest, dumbest and most monstrously oversized men as heavily armed security guards who stand around our government facilities for eight hours at a time just looking for a reason to use that gun. MORE »