BAD IDEA OF THE WEEK: Threatening shopping malls

The NYPD is on alert following a threat against the United States purportedly by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab. A video released over the weekend urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain, and other Western countries. The threat came in the final minutes of a more than hour-long video in which the extremists also warned Kenya of more attacks like the September 2013 assault on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in which 67 people were killed. The masked narrator concluded by calling on Muslims to attack shopping malls, specifically naming the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis, as well as the West Edmonton Mall in Canada and the Westfield mall in Stratford, England. It's not going to stop the capitalist machine, though. The threats towards The Interview weren't enough to completely stop its release. Charlie Hebdo bounced back from the shootings last month. Likewise, threatening shopping malls won't keep us away.