California Democrat Xavier Becerra learned a valuable lesson yesterday. “I understand I have tire tracks on my back because Xavier threw me under the bus,” witnesses quoted Pelosi as saying. [my bad] Don’t ever cross Nancy Pelosi.

Try over there – in fiction… h/t NotNotGindy UPDATE: Looks like Kim Rogers is the mystery photographer and the picture was taken at BWI this morning.

You two gentlemen represent America’s unhealthiest state.  [Mississippi]

We just got our hands on a press release making its rounds on Capitol Hill. SEN. LEGHORN ANNOUNCES $14.7 MILLION FOR TEXAS; ‘YEE, HAW!’ HE ADDS WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Foghorn J. Leghorn, D-State, announced Tuesday that he had won an extra $14.7 million in stimulating funds from the solicitous …

Every year the New Oxford American Dictionary prepares for the holidays by releasing its "word of the year." Without further ado, the 2009 Word of the Year is: unfriend. As in … "His status updates were starting to creep me out, so I had to unfriend him." "Unfriend" is the …

Words that work:  Twitter, funny, commentary, appropriate … Mindy Finn: Frank Luntz on the Today show talking about "What parents really need to know?" He’s not a parent! Jon Gosselin was booked.

CNN’s Ed Henry proved he’s no slouch when it comes to flexing his math skills. From Twitter: President Obama has a 71-car motorcade from the Beijing airport, including Chinese greeting vehicles ! In our opinion 65 seems reasonable, 71 is a little over the top.

In four years, colleges will give out scholarships for this kind of thing — until then, we’re not calling this a sport.  [impressive though]

Lou Dobbs had eight million reasons to leave CNN. CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave. [how many holograms does that buy?] In other words, if you combine the salaries of 50 members of Congress, that’s what CNN forked over. …

If you bought into the hype like we did, you too were under the impression that the Obama campaign invented Twitter. President Barack Obama, the source of one of the world’s most-followed Twitter account, said Monday he’s never used the microblogging service. [say it ain’t so] What’s next: The Easter …

Breaking news from the WaPo: Supreme Court declines to take Redskins’ naming case Native American activists had claimed that team’s nickname is so offensive that it does not deserve trademark protection. We also enjoyed this headline courtesy of the WaPo: Are the Redskins back? Unlikely, but thanks for asking.

This is sad. The place rocks. We hope something cool moves in there.

Last month, Stephen Colbert tore apart Miracle Whip’s new ad campaign aimed at hipsters. Yesterday, our favorite condiment responded by running this full page ad in several newspapers. It’s pretty much brilliant.

In case you’re wondering if Facebook could ever keep you out of jail, it can: WHERE MY IHOP? A 19-year-old New York City man arrested on robbery charges has been exonerated thanks to his Facebook page — and a request for pancakes. True story. Read the rest.

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