UNSAFE AT ANY EID: “The number of people killed by Volkswagen’s diesel trickery: zero. The number of people killed at this year’s Hajj pilgrimage: more than 700,” notes Tim Blair, along with a brilliant headline.

Meanwhile, Kevin Williamson notes that the implications of the VW scandal should serve as a wake-up call for the gullible left — but of course, won’t — far beyond the emissions of the diesel Passat. “Executives cheat. Politicians cheat. Ayatollahs, too, for that matter, if you’re concerned about emissions a few orders of magnitude more worrisome than the stuff that comes out of your nose.”