Independent Sources received the email below from Tim Worstall, a noted UK blogger and California ex-pat. We believe it is the perfect note for us to end our coverage of the London bombing story and return to our more regularly scheduled tracking the loopiness of people like Barbara Boxer & Ward Churchill, gadflying the Los Angeles Times, trying to hire Richard Scrushy, and outing great sounding ideas that violate basic economic principles.

Tim Worstall wrote:

From our side, the UK side, I have to admit that the story is over. Thugs killed our countrymen. No, that’s not OK, but it is in a sense. We’ll find the people who did this and kill them.

But there will always be people who want to blow up London. It’s part of what London is, that people will be jealous, want to change it. And our best, only, defense is simply the deuce.

You can try and change us but believe me, believe us, we’ll get you before you can.

My fellow countrymen and I thank you for your thoughts and your concern. The people to pity are those who did this. For they didn’t quite realise who they did it to.

Before we go, we thought we’d include one last roundup of posts culled from various Bear Flag League members. Much more than this was written, but the links below will give you a taste of what BFL members were saying and thinking. This is not a comprehensive roundup so please check the Bear Flag League links on the right side of this blog.

Aarons.cc straightened us out (in a nice way) on how we should have summarized their position in the previous roundup. True to form, Aarons.cc lays it on the line: “When there is a choice between bad and worse, it is morally reprehensible to allow worse by not choosing bad.” Check out it out.(Hat tip for pointing out our miss of Moxie’s post, sorry!).

The Jawa Report has their typically detailed reporting showing why they are the first and last place to check on a story like this.

Absinthe & Cookies had two follow-up pieces addressing the problematic issues of radical Islam. While you are there, look at her posting on terror sites in California. (Hint: during elevated terror alerts don’t play Putt-Putt golf unless you like to live on the edge.)

Captain’s Quarter noted that the Islamic lunatics who bombed London learned that it was a mistake to expect the Brits to react as the Spaniards did after Madrid.

Calmafia brought the message home that it could happen here by way of his many posts on the suspected Lodi terrorists.

Daily Pundit has its typically excellent coverage over multiple postings the most important of which is that Britain needs to mind the gap between the strategy one uses to catch the perpetrators of this attack and the strategy you need to stop the next bunch.

Indepundit has several good posts and updates on what is happening in London (as well as the violence a little closer to home in San Francisco) 

and Body Parts has 15 (and counting) postings on the topic.

As a sign that things are returning somewhat to normal, postings from the lighter side of the BFL:

Caltech girl had a terrorist-level trackback spam scare fortunately thwarted by selfless passersby, while we at Independent Sources reported that Gov. Arnold’s spokesman is getting just a little bit too much mileage out of his Tom Cruise joke and on why FNC’s Bill O’Reilly is calling LA Times music writer Robert Hilburn a “liar” (update: prompted by coverage in the blogosphere the Times just issued a correction). 

Coffee with Cranky Beach outed a troll (we’ve got a few that could use the same treatment). Da Goddess hit 400k (odd, don’t look a day over 350k). GayPatriot is having too much fun on his boat trip as evidenced by this satirical post. Lex Communis provides a great link to the 125 questions that science does not yet have an answer for (#126 is why are people paying to see “Fantastic Four?”).

Real estate bubble? Check out Presto Pundit. Think you know which political party is richer? Check out SoCalPundit. Want to know the hot/not of LA politics? Check out Mayor Sam. Want to know why they don’t round up Swedes after a terrorist attack? Check out Q and O.

Finally, big props to Tan Horizon for shield law/MSM interplay, Window Manager for the graphic that will be familiar to anyone who has ever done a business deal, and Baldilocks for reminding the left what the words “supporting our troops” means. (Let’s put it is way, there are quite a few people out there sporting “support” bumper stickers that shouldn’t be).

Apologies to all those missed. Please leave your link in the comments section if I did and go easy on the hate mail.

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