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Agent Zero in Playoff Mode
Gilbert Arenas heads back to his blog to congratulate his team, Final Boss, on a Halo 3 tournament win before talking trash to Lebron and the Cavs. Now that we’re playing those guys again, I think everybody is going to have their eyes on it. Especially since the media is …
DC Flash Mob Gone Bad [Jefferson Memorial edition]
Note to self: Do NOT go dancing at Jefferson Memorial with 20 of your closest friends…at midnight. J.D. Talley: Free the Jefferson 1 Fark: Apparently getting a couple of friends together and dancing quietly to your iPod at midnight at the Jefferson Memorial gets you a face plant in the …
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Official Masters Leader Board [Immelman!] Would you let Lenny Dykstra invest your money? [Player’s Club] Girls Night Out DC [Sheckys] Proctor & Gamble plans hip-hop music foray [Pringles Poppin’] Mark Penn Never Went to Class [Harvard Crimson] Stomp the Yard producer making movie about drug dealer [Clinton pardoned]
Ovechkin Hits the Sunday Show Circuit
Ovechkin wins game 1 for the Caps and spends Sunday talking with Fox News. Not too shabby! “Fox News Sunday” — Former Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D.; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Hadley; Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek; Alex Ovechkin, left wing player for the Washington Capitals hockey team. Give the Face the …
We’ve all been there
Mara Lee: A Tough Initiation to D.C. Renting a place on a limited budget in the Washington area is already hard enough. Most young college grads can’t afford more than $1,000 a month, and even most basement apartments and studios cost more than that in the neighborhoods young people are …
Lott and Breaux the Reality Show
Mary Ann Akers: Trent Lott: Man of the People, Fledgling Lobbyist “I took the Metro for the first time,” Lott told the Sleuth Thursday afternoon in the makeup room of MSNBC, where he and his new lobbying partner, former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.), were fixin (as Lott says) to do …
$450 Million Newseum to Open April 11
Howard Kurtz: At Sparkly Newseum, The Glory Of the Story Goes Above the Fold The new incarnation of the Newseum is dazzling, innovative and absorbing, a first-class addition to the capital’s cultural institutions. … It is also, in some respects, an overpriced monument to journalistic self-glorification. Not that there’s anything …
Never Become the Story
Tough weekend for Mark Penn – lost a client for Burson and off the Clinton campaign Chris Cillizza: Penn Is Out As Chief Strategist Matthew Yglesias: Mark Penn Gone Marc Ambinder: Penn Is Run Out Beth Fouhy: Penn Out As Clinton Senior Strategist K-Lo: Penn, Out (with statement from Maggie …
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Up in the club [doing the bear rub] Posted DMV bribing hours [mad cabbie] People’s Choice for McCain’s VP [the fix] Memphis vs. Kansas [FINALS!] The Colbert Bump [h/t Yglesias] Mark Kilmer’s Sunday Show Review [1 man, 5 shows]
Bandwagon Alert!
Caps snare final playoff berth Long before the final horn sounded, the sea of red-clad fans turned the arena into an earsplitting din of cheers for their team, “M-V-P!” chants for Alex Ovechkin, a chorus of “Bruuuuuuce” for their coach. Even “Hip, hip, Hu-et!” for the goaltender. … The owner …
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What am I in charge of? [Oddly enough] Clintons made $109 million since 2000 [damn] Sidewalk Style in DC [project beltway] Hawk attacks ‘A-Rod’ on school tour of Fenway [google hawk sound]
Get off the computer [GET OUTSIDE!]
Wow – Adam Caskey blew the weather forecast this weekend. Saturday was supposed to be rainy, but was spectacular! Enjoy the weather, but watch out for kamikaze flies flying into your margaritas!
Colombia ends contract with Burson-Marsteller
Senator Clinton’s top aide, Mark Penn, puts on his lobbying hat to meet with Colombian officials and help usher through a trade deal with United States. WHOOPS! Too bad Senator Clinton opposes the deal [You Got Penn-ed] An angry Colombia said on Saturday it ended a contract with a lobbying …
Birthday Shout Out
Happy Birthday to…. Politico’s Jonathan Martin Hot Air’s Captain Ed
New Must-Read for Congressional News
Politico introduces THE HUDDLE From the inaugural edition (Tuesday): Welcome to the first edition of THE HUDDLE – a BlackBerry-friendly, early-morning timesaver distilling what Hulse and David Rogers have filed, what Daly and Stewie are cooking up, and what Roll Call and Politico are breaking. Also today, Politico is launching …