Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader reads that at least 15 are dead (and possibly as many as 40 dead) in a hotel collaspe in Mecca. The hotel was full of pilgrims gathered in the Muslim holy city in anticipation of the beginning of the Haj.

Hardly a year goes by when there isn’t some disaster occuring in Mecca around the time of the Haj. One would think that the Saudi government would do its best to inspect buildings and insure civil order during this time. Isn’t the Saudi Royal Family personally responsible for the safety and security of pilgrims to Mecca? Hummm….

If your Maximum Leader were Muslim (which he is not) and going to Mecca (which he doesn’t ever plan on doing) he would be wary about his lodgings. He might even opt for a tent in the desert. At least that wouldn’t collapse on him.

Carry on.