Hyper Hill
Schultz vs. Beck [crowd wars]
Mark Zuckerberg [Caesar]
At your desk [Standing]
Travel [grounded]
Closing Bell: Spencer’s Cat
Double Rainbow Guy Goes Corporate
What Does This Mean?
So who is the last person in the world you would expect to work for an “evil” corporation like Microsoft?
Yep, of course, it’s the “Double Rainbow Guy” (aka Paul “Bear” Vasquez). He has apparently turned corporate. [So Intense]
Washingtonians of the Year
Washingtonian is taking nominations for the best of the beltway.
Leslie Milk: Help Us Find Washingtonians of the Year
For more than 30 years, the Washingtonian of the Year awards have been the highest honor our community bestows on the people who make this a better place. The Washingtonian is looking for the 2010 Washingtonians of the Year. If you know of someone who is helping to build a better city and region, help us recognize his or her contribution. Please send us any information you think might be helpful, and include your name and phone number or e-mail address. Winners will be featured in the January 2011 issue of The Washingtonian and honored at a luncheon at the Willard InterContinental hotel.
Send or e-mail letters of nomination by September 30 to:
Washingtonians of the Year, The Washingtonian, 1828 L Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20046
Or email woy@washingtonian.com
Today is 9.02.10
Today is 9.02.10. We should celebrate by all wearing the same dress & glaring at each other. Happy 90210 Day!
Travel Tip of the Day
How to get through airport security quickly.
Note: This is not recommended by TSA, but should be.
Happy Thursday Morning
Are you gearing up for your 2012 run? [Barbour]
Are you still on probation and got arrested with your wife? [T.I.]
Are you still trying to plug an oil well? [BP]
Whatever you’re doing today, do it well. We’ve got a hurricane coming this weekend.
Closing Bell: SHARKS
And now for the scariest thing that you’ll read today.
NBC Washington: 8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River
Famously Tweeted: Diva Treatment
Safe to say she’s not talking about Rep Patrick McHenry.
@karenhanretty I knew a politician who insisted his staff visit hotels in advance to determine the height of the showerhead. Politicians are divas. Period.
We do the Twitter. Check us out.
Tea Party T-Shirts For the “Grossly Misinformed”
A new internet website just popped up and they’re selling t-shirts just in time for fall.
The Tea Party might have a quasi-mainstream official platform, but it also seems to be a magnet for far right loonies, angry racists, borderline psychotics and those that are simply grossly misinformed.
These shirts are for those fringe nutjobs that make the Tea Party rallies so much fun to read about.
Check out the shirts here.
h/t Lazy Hazy’s Wife
Hostage Situation at Discovery Communications Building
Welcome to the wired world: Hostage Taking 2.0
Here’s a link to the gunman’s manifesto. That link is farked, try this one.
Live streaming [Fox 5 News]
And here’s a picture snapped by an employee:
UPDATE: The photo is a picture of a plainclothes officer – not the gunman.
U
PDATE: Follow the Washingtonian’s Twitter feed for breaking news on this.
Meghan McCain Explains the Difference Between Being Fired and Being “Asked to Leave”
Meghan McCain recently sat down with GMA’s George Stephanopoulos, where she was asked about being fired by her father’s presidential campaign.
Meghan quickly clarifies: “I wasn’t fired, I was asked to leave and not come back.”
Ah. Totally different.
Pregnant Demons Having Tea with Glenn Beck
…perhaps that should be the name of our next rock band. [byt]
big h/t to Brightest Young Things
If I Ruled The World #NAS
I’d eat at Ben’s Chili Bowl everyday.
Campaign Season is Upon Us #KeepYourShirtOn
This ain’t right. This ain’t right at all.
FamousDC Jim Billimoria
Roll Call’s photographer superstar Tom Williams snapped Jim Billimoria at the top of the Rotunda.
FamousDC September
George Alafoginis
Carly Baker
Freddy Barnes
Brendan Buck
Catalina Cabal
Liam Donovan
Natalie Grantham
Bettina Inclan
Alexa Marrero
Jesse Thomas
When Fantasy Football and the Iraq War Collide
will be drafting fantasy FB while Tweeting Obama Iraq speech. if I draft David Petraeus, please excuse me in advance.
Brian Montopoli vs. Glenn Beck #CrowdWars
The CBS News vs. Fox News battle heats up as Brian Montopoli explains the science behind their Glenn Beck rally crowd calculations.
CBS News: Glenn Beck “Restoring Honor” Rally Crowd Estimate Explained
Knock, Knock. Who’s There? Roy Blunt’s Talented Intern
Senate hopeful Roy Blunt has a very talented intern. So talented in fact, that he’s one viral video away from headlining his own show in Branson, MO. [pay raise]
Continued proof that interning on a campaign isn’t just about licking stamps and stuffing envelopes.
Famously Tweeted: Extreme House Makeover
Straight out of the Ramn Emanuel playbook:
It takes a great man to build a barn. Any jackass can kick it down. Campaign ‘10: You with the builders or the asses?
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) uses Twitter Monday to describe the November midterms.
h/t TwitterRoom
