(Clockwise from top left) Captain Richard Phillips, who was recaptured after a failed attempt to escape from his Somali pirate kidnappers; Florent Lemacon, who was killed when French commandos stormed his yacht Tanit, which had been seized by pirates; and an armed pirate aboard the Tanit off Somalia. Photo: AP/AFP/Reuters

Not only did the Obama-to-Abdullah bow not occur, Somali pirates aren't holding the US Navy to a standoff. How else to interpret the White House decision to jet in a St Louis pizzamaker 860 miles from to whip up a "casual" dinner of 140 this week? According to the Daily Mail (via Mark Steyn at The Corner), the chef "had apparently been handpicked after the President had tasted his pizzas on the campaign trail last autumn."

Glad O's got his priorities straight.