Inauguration for Boy George. Shrubco has decided that it would be a grand gesture to stick DC with the bill for some of the security that will be had at the inauguration next Thursday. Punishment for DC voting 90% for Kerry, no doubt. And speaking of security, it will be supermax. Street closings, snipers, bomb sniffing dogs, helicopter eye-in-the-sky, undercover officers, etc. And the Secret Service announced a list of items that will be prohibited inside the secure zone:

The list of items prohibited from all event sites includes weapons of any kind, aerosols, supports for signs and placards, packages, coolers, thermal or glass containers, backpacks, laser pointers, bags larger than 8 inches by 6 inches by 4 inches and "any other items determined to be a potential safety hazard," the Secret Service said.

Definitely no room for smuggling in those rotten eggs. I wonder if my middle finger will be determined to be a safety hazard.