Post Archive
July 2009
Dear Sheila: Dead People Don’t Vote
We hate to pile on after the whistle, but this is slightly outrageous: With the audience "groaning" during her "rambling" speech at Michael Jackson’s memorial service, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) teleprompter reportedly flashed: "Please end your comments" ("Yeas & Nays"). And surprisingly, it gets worse. The Queen of the …
Obama Throws for the Endzone … Touchdown
NBC Sports: Obama says he’ll push for eight-team playoff [11/15/08] "I’m going to throw my weight around. I think it’s the right thing to do," said President-Elect Barack Obama US News: BCS Coordinator: Sorry President-Elect Obama, No College Football Playoffs Here [11/19/08] "For now, our constituencies—and I know he understands …
Twitter Just Did What the #Cubs Can’t … Beat La Russa
No real reason why we wrote this post, other than the fact that we love the word "cybersquatting." [Twitter wins, again]
Famously Facebooked: Around the Corner and to the Left
Facebook Status Awesomeness: Was just asked by two guys how to get to the building in which we were all standing. If this ever happens again, tell them that the building they’re looking for is two doors down. Then when they return, after figuring out that you were wrong – …
The Hill: 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill [Teaser]
Knowing how popular their "50 Most Beautiful" list is, the Hill newspaper has decided to milk the celebrated contest with a teaser edition. [we’ll take what we can get] They’re calling it the "Readers’ Choice" award or something clever like that. In Congress, the power is in the vote. This …
Jackson Memorial Service Cripples House Internet
For those constituents waiting on a response from your member of Congress – it might be a few days. The staff is busy right now. Internet Degraded Just as an fyi the internet is slow as a result of the MJ Memorial Service. A notice will soon be posted on …
Hyper Hill
Artomatic Festival [HalogenLife ] Lindsey wins [bobble head ] Taxi Cab Crash [booze ] The LC [wine pics ] River [Tubing ]
But Did They Ring the Doorbell First?
Movement: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, finally moved into their new home in the upper Haight over the weekend – only to have someone promptly defecate and urinate on their doorstep. [welcome to the neighborhood!]
FamousDC Public Service Advisory
Starting around 12/ 1 p.m. today every single cable news outlet will be blinded by the glitter of the sequined gloves at the Staple’s Center as Michael Jackson’s fans wave goodbye to the man who invented the moonwalk. **** Note to politicians who are contemplating the announcement of any extra …
Famously Spotted: Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas @ West End Bistro last night…eating sliders…she shunned the bun.
Famously Quoteworthy: Michael Jackson More Popular Than Nuclear Weapons
Obama on the Michael Jackson madness: "You know, this is part of American culture. Michael Jackson, like Elvis, like Sinatra, when somebody whose captivated the imagination of the country for that long passes away, people pay attention. And I assume at some point people will start focusing again on things …
The Full Ginsburg: How to Talk Like a Politician
The Full Ginsburg teaches us all how to Talk Like a Politician. Our favorite: The Rahm Bomb
Marion Barry: The Most Interesting Man in the World
Stay thirsty my friends. Jarrett-Carter: Marion Barry: The Most Interesting Man in the World