OUT OF OFFICE REPLY: FamousDC will be out of the office until November 3.  If you need anything, please look for us in Vermont. h/t @SuperDelicious

FamousDC is sponsoring the “Dog Days of Summer,” so in the spirit of record-breaking summer temperatures, send us your favorite summer pic and enter to win a FamousDC mug.  [no, the photos do not need to feature dogs] Our last contest, which took place during Snowmageddon, enjoyed tons of entries …

Next to wrestling, polling has always been our second favorite make-believe pastime: Finally the gold fringed flag and traffic stops may live to die another day in American society. Voters nationwide aren’t any more inclined to let Basil Marceaux do his issues than the ones in Tennessee were last week- …

Turns out Slater’s a d-bag [Jet Who?] Health benefits of bacon [infographic] Being qualified to run for Congress was so 1988 [dear dad] Entries for the photo contest continue to roll in [win a free FDC mug]

Just when you think that the wastefulness of the U.S. government couldn’t get any worse, according to this video, the US spent $2.6 million training American Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly.

Never post commentary on a website called the Dirty Scottsdale using Brock Landers as your alias. [Boogie Nights] [Ben Quayle] The son of former Vice President Dan Quayle and an Arizona Republican candidate for Congress admitted Tuesday night that he did, in fact, post comments on DirtyScottsdale.com, a website devoted …

Here’s to hoping you had a well-balanced Wednesday afternoon.

There are always two people in every picture:  the photographer and the viewer.  ~Ansel Adams FamousDC loves a good contest, so in the spirit of record-breaking summer temperatures, we’ve decided to sponsor another photo contest. Our last contest, which took place during Snowmageddon, enjoyed tons of entries and thousands of …

Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives reconvened so Congressman Charlie Rangel could take to the House floor and defend the charges placed against him by the House Ethics Committee. Today we were lucky enough to get a real-time look inside the Harlem Congressman’s Gmail inbox. FamousDC Presents … Inside the …

Today’s most notable Facebook status update: h/t MS

The likelihood of this being real is very low, but in the off-chance that it is, we present to you: Reason #345 why Farmville is awful. From theChive.com: We received the following photos last night from a person who works with this girl. Her name is Jenny (not confirmed) – …

Rep. Charlie Rangel [D-Taxes] was just on the House floor speaking under a point of personal privilege.  [Note: That’s fancy talk for “say whatever the f*ck you want to.”] Apparently Chuck went at it for several minutes, all the while stating his innocence. If I can’t get my dignity back …

We were a little spooked when we heard about the Department of Homeland security issuing a warning to Metro regarding a potential threat.  However, we felt a ton better when we read that some guy named “David Webb” was on the case for Metro. “The information that we have has …

Levi Johnston might get his very own reality teevee show.  [who’s surprised?] Johnston will run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — yes, the same job that propelled Sarah Palin to governor of that state (and later, the vice presidential nomination) — in a new reality project being pitched by Stone …

Dick Armey on John Boehner: …[he’s] “the Dean Martin of American politics. He’s so cool, every man should hate him.” h/t Paul Bedard