DATELINE, LONDON:

AND THE PENALTY FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER WITH A TRAFFIC-CONE IS...?

-- OR --

HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST A MAN ARMED WITH A POINTED STICK



Apparently England still swings like a pendulum do, and if the bobbies had bicycles they'd be fleeing two by two. Make your trips to Europe while you still can, culture fans, because at some point you're going to land there and find a smoking rubble with less of it left intact than if the Vikings had raided again.


[hat-tip/Gateway Pundit]


MEANWHILE BACK IN DISNEYLAND, D.C.:

They're gonna party like it's 1861 -- except for the slavery part, of course.

Jammie-Wearing Fool brings us up-to-date on plans for the Most Fabulous Inaugural Bash of the Entire 21st Century so far -- and you can quote me on that.

Let the Abe-apalooza for Obamaham begin!