BOMBS EXPLODE AT THE UK CONSULATE IN NEW YORK CITY: A rather lame effort to affect the British elections, I imagine. Emphasis on the lame part: “After piecing together the shrapnel, police determined the devices were toy grenades that had been filled with gunpowder.” As noted below, Al Qaeda isn’t exactly flourishing these days.

UPDATE: A reader emails: “I would note that today is the anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands as well.” Good point, and there have been bombings to mark that anniversary in the past — though if this is one of those, it merely underscores that the IRA isn’t exactly flourishing, either.