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April 2010

POLITICO’s Erika Lovley: Green vending machines on the Hill A fleet of 35 climate-friendly vending machines will be unveiled tomorrow throughout House, Senate and Capitol Visitors Center buildings with the help of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), according to the Chief Administrative Officer Dan Beard.

Dueling Web Videos DNC RNC h/t Mike Allen’s Playbook RELATED: Full time line

Vice President Joe Biden appeared at the West Virginia mining funeral the other day, and decided it was appropriate to take shot at departed coach Rich Rodriguez. [around 2:20] At a funeral? h/t Lazy Hazy via Deadspin’s Tommy Craggs UPDATE: We’ll see your Biden video and raise you one. Politico: …

This will make you smile. h/t Shira Toeplitz

Is C-SPAN 3 R-rated? Does Senator Levin need some of this?

Monopoly game [gone wrong] Donovan McNabb [Redskin] Twilight [CQ – Roll Call] Baby’s first [cubicle] Examiner [disses] Metro [signage]

If your kid is destined for middle management, this gift is a great idea. Otherwise, it’s not.  [WTF?] It’s all about expectation management, you see. If you make your kid think he can be president, he will grow up disappointed. Tell him he’s headed for a life as an office …

From the front page of today’s The Hill: Emily Goodin: Party-crasher crackdown for this weekend’s correspondents’ gala

Have you ever met a Powerpoint presentation that didn’t put fire to sleep? Apparently some in the US Military agree with us.  [a new kind of bullet point] “PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, the Joint Forces commander, said this month at a military …

You better be quick, because we’re sending resumes in 3…2… Employer: World Beer Pong Tour Date: Monday, April 26, 2010 Job Type: Communications/P.R. Description: Beer Pong Marketing Reps Needed World Beer Pong Tour is looking for Local marketing reps to promote the 2010 Road To Atlantic City Tour coming to …

This outta get real stupid, real quick: [can’t wait] Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan President, has announced that he will start using Twitter, the microblogging site which will test his ability to deliver a concise message. Concise, huh? Mr Chavez speaks to the nation for hours every Sunday on his radio …