As we run to the store for a six-pack prepare for tonight’s Oval Office speech, comes news from across the pond that their goalie still sucks one of their Great Leaders has been airbrushed:

In the well-known original image, Churchill makes a “V” shaped symbol with his fingers — while gripping a cigar in the corner of his mouth.

But in a reproduction of the picture, hanging over the main entrance to a London museum celebrating the wartime leader, he has been made into a non-smoker through the use of image-altering techniques.

It is unclear who is responsible for doctoring the photograph, with the museum — The Winston Churchill’s Britain at War Experience — claiming not to have noticed the cigar was missing.

We suspect Smokin’ Barry of swiping the stogy.

Winston Churchill’s cigar airbrushed from picture [Telegraph UK]

Newsweek has the breaking story:

The undead have risen from their graves and invaded large portions of the east coast. Driven only by an unsatiable desire for brains, there seems to be no stopping their ruthless push forward. Residents are advised to barricade themselves in their houses and wait for further instructions. Under no circumstances should the walking dead be allowed in your house.

If you haven’t yet bought your Zombie Attack Survival Kit, now’s a good time before Walmart is overru—

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“Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, has joined the advisory council of GOProud, the gay Republican group that recently — and unfortunately — drew attention when it was alternately derided and defended from the stage of CPAC.” [Weigel]

Er, “By Popular Demand” means it’s been mentioned in two threads and an email:

Monroe fire officials set damage at $700,000 after lighting struck and burned down a 62-foot-high Jesus Christ statue and an adjacent amphitheater at Solid Rock Church late Monday.

Church leaders are vowing to rebuild the iconic “King of Kings” statue — also dubbed “Touchdown Jesus” — which alone was valued at $300,000.

We don’t know about you, but we kinda like the result. Gives it that Terminator look.

‘Touchdown Jesus’ statue at Solid Rock Church on I-75 destroyed by lightning, fire [Cincinnati.com]

The President of These United States will be delivering a speech from the Oval Office tonight, which we’re told is Really Serious — tantamount to Dad turning the car around — because The President of These United States never delivers a speech from the Oval Office, unless he’s telling us about a quagmire he’s about to launch in the Mideast, or consoling us about a nice schoolteacher who just got blown to bits on live television, or diagnosing the Republic with a serious case of ennui.

Or quits. But that was a Happy Moment.

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So Indiana’s Steve King is chatting on Gordon Liddy’s radio program this morning, and—

Wait. Steve King and Gordon Liddy? Don’t get ahead of us.

Anyway, Steve’s talking to America’s Felon, and this spills out:

When you look at this administration, I’m offended by Eric Holder and the President also, their posture.

No, he’s not talking about bowing this time. Stop interrupting.

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Ladies and gentlemen, your candidate for the Alabama GOP second-district runoff. Spoiler alert: He’s dead too.