We'll see about 'pain et eau,' but the 'Ben Ali non' part seems to have taken

Things on the ground are changing rapidly.

* AJE & MoJo reporting that Ben Ali has fled the country. No other confirmation of this, but the social media sources are absolutely melting down with this info. Previously reliable Twitter feeds claim Khaddafi arranged for Ben Ali's exit to Malta, on a couple of military transports that went wheels-up around 12:30 p.m. ET.
* Tunisian airspace has been indefinitely closed, and Carthage-Tunis Airport is under military lockdown.
* The nationwide state of emergency declared this evening by Ben Ali is reverberating through the FB & Twitter communities. Soldiers have orders to shoot anyone who doesn't immediately obey police/military orders.
* VERY circumstantial claim, but supposedly some of the Trabelsis have been arrested as they tried to flee through the C-T airport.