War-loving Bill Kristol — in his terrifying “Quick take from The Post’s opinion writers” — thinks that it is so hilarious for Barack Obama to receive and accept the Nobel Peace Prize that he need not even write about how hilarious it is, it is just that hilarious. He has a better suggestion for a recipient, though, and that would be the person who loves war most of all: “We could note that, if the Swedes Norwegians wanted to give the Nobel Peace Prize to an American, it would have been been better to give it to Sen. John McCain for having the guts to push through the surge in Iraq, which has brought relative peace to that country. But that would be overkill. The choice is so self-evidently Not a Parody that no explanation is required or possible.” Oh, pardon moi — “ha and/or ha.” Now he will have his afternoon tea. MORE »

• Despite no threats or evidence that there might be any threats in the near future, the FBI still needs DCers to feel threatened during Inauguration Week. [DC Examiner]
• The tickets to the Inauguration Parade, during which Barry will hijack a car and drive off with Mandy Pepperidge forever, sold out in a minute flat. [WTOP]
• Tonight marks “Journopalooza”, during which Spencer Ackerman and whoever else compete for most ironic acoustic cover of “Paper Planes” or whatever. [DCist]
• Remember two weeks ago when it was impossible to rent some Georgetown student’s Dorito-stained futon for under a half-mil? Now it is different, and Inauguration landlords are begging for out-of-towners to sleep in their apartments. [Washington Post]
• Wolf Blitzer and his staff of sexy space holograms are quite popular amongst Kids These Days. [Fishbowl DC]

Ace national security journo Spencer Ackerman quit his editing gig at The New Republic this week, announcing it officially with a tiny little note on his brand new, aptly titled blog. Considering that we’d been told it would happen a month ago, the lack of shock echoing throughout the DC mediasphere is hardly surprising. Why’d Spencer leave? MORE »