The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is by any reasonable measure a total mess and has been for years. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is suggesting that ATF be eliminated and folded into the FBI. (It’s actually the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives now, a name change designed to protect its jurisdiction and turf, but ATFE doesn’t have the same ring to it.) Everyone who matters seems to agree on this point except ATF itself — and the NRA.

You might think that Islamist insurgency and the interim Somali government and free-form terrorist activities were enough to keep the notorious Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab busy. But apparently not. At a recent conclave, Al-Shabaab bigwigs voted to undergo a major rebranding and possibly marketing campaign.

They’re changing their name from al-Shabaab to Imaarah Islamiyah (Islamic Authority).

Shabaab leader Mukhtaar Robow explained the name change with local media after the announcement was made. “Al-Shabaab means ‘youth’ but many of us, including the leaders, are very old so we want to change the name to Imaarah Islamiya,” said Robow, according to SomaliaReport.com.