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Famously Quoteworthy: The Gloves Are Off

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by nolongerfamous.

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First Lady Michelle talking tough: "It’s a battle — we’re going to win — take no prisoners…" [gold medal beat down] FLOTUS talking crime Olympics.

Hyper Hill

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by fdc.

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Dating Video [1987] Lady GaGa [DC] Seat hog [Metro] Hilarity [photo]

Political Mash-Up: Mike Gundy and Meg Whitman

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by fdc.

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Coach Mike Gundy Outraged By Meg Whitman’s 28 Years Of Not Voting H/T – The Fix

Bonus Points For Creativity

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by nolongerfamous.

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Strange ads are the new black [coffee]. Starbucks is rolling out its own brand of instant coffee this week, and they’re employing a very topical, if slightly risky, ad campaign to do it. First aired during the premiere of Saturday Night Live, this ad for “Via” gambles heavily that the “angry mob” will either have [...]

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Sarah Palin Wrote a Book

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by nolongerfamous.

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That’s not a punch line – it’s the truth. Sarah Palin’s publisher plans to announce Tuesday that the title of her eagerly awaited memoir will be “Going Rogue: An American Life. [picture book?] We admire the former quitter Governor of Alaska for writing a book, we just feel the title is a little weak. Why [...]

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We Can’t Stop Watching

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by nolongerfamous.

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Last night on Dancing With the Stars , the Muppets made a guest appearance during Aaron Carter’s performance. Tom DeLay, who only manged to score 18 out of 30, could’ve used the Muppet contingent. Unfortunately for DeLay, he repeatedly tried to ice those Muppets from getting funding while in Congress. Last night they got their [...]

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Famously Reviewed: H Street Country Club

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by Redneck Genius.

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The H Street Country Club Famous Drink Off The good folks over at the H Street Country Club were nice enough to extend an invitation to a couple of our FamousDC tipsters. Here is their first hand account of the festivities: We were asked to come hang over a few cocktails with H Street’s Master Mixoligist [...]

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New Poll Suggests Twitter Is Worthless

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by nolongerfamous.

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Twitter, at least on Capitol Hill, may be more popular than the wrap line in Longworth, but according to a Vanity Fair poll , the American public at large is not yet sold on the microblogging site. [via the Twiter Room] Only 15 percent of Americans believe that Twitter is an important new tool for [...]

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Hyper Hill

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by fdc.

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YouTube Madness [Georgetown ] Capitol Hill Bars [William Tunnicliff ] Blogtoberfest [Capital Spice ] Ford Bronco [love letter ] CityShopGirl [scavenger hunt madness]

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Spare Change We Can Believe In

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by nolongerfamous.

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We’re fairly certain we’ve seen [or not seen] this guy in Georgetown. [Jim Zorn is jealous]

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Jim Zorn Has a Hangover Today Because the Skins Suck

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by nolongerfamous.

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Ever wake up after a late night of drinking and realize that you parked your car in your neighbor’s yard, slept in your clothes [on the floor] and your cell phone is sitting in a blender filled with beer? Yeah, well Jim Zorn feels worse than that this morning. Now Washingtonians can cheer for copy [...]

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Victoria McGrane and Lisa Lerer Channel Lil Wayne

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by fdc.

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These never get old. POLITICO: Wall Street money rains on Chuck Schumer Wall Street has showered nearly $11 million on the Senate since the beginning of the year, and more than 15 percent of it has gone to a single senator: Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. Visualize mentally. You’re welcome. RELATED: Lil Frates Makes It Rain

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This Will Surprise No One

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by nolongerfamous.

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Three out of the four DC teams lost yesterday. [taxing]

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Famous Friday [Round Up]

Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by fdc.

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Chris Frates and the cool kids read Jezebel, Randy Barrett doesn’t like the DC who’s-who blather, Daniel de Vise is unimpressed by lawmakers’ Tweets, Christina Bellantoni left the Washington Times to join Josh Marshall at TalkingPointsMemo, Texas Republic celebrated winning the House Softball league, thankfully Christopher Columbus did not share the same drive as Chris Paulitz and Mark Pfeifle, [...]