Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) "never learned to ride a bike," which is "a source of great embarrassment" to her kids [97% positive there’s a Facebook group for people like her] h/t Wake Up Call

Meet Chuck.  [primary time] State Senator Chuck Purgason told the KY3 Political Notebook Monday night that he’ll officially launch his campaign for U.S. Senate this Thursday, setting up a GOP primary match-up against Congressman Roy Blunt. Although we’re huge fans, one issue that Mr. Purgason has working against him [besides …

Clean-up on Aisle C St… Paging anyone with an industrial size bucket of bleach. [code of silence = you didn’t see her here]

"Would the last sane person in Washington please turn out the lights when you leave?" Who said this?  [click to find out]

Why does this keep happening? We are getting entirely too many referrals from these search terms? Does this have anything to do with the new Ron Paul dating site?  [which is beyond awesome]

In an effort to put paper phone books completely out of business, National Journal – in collaboration with Jive – JESS3 and New Media Strategies has launched an interactive professional online network called 3121. [3121 is the phone extension of the Capitol switchboard] In a nutshell, 3121 is a dynamic …

We understand the process of slicing ham is really complicated and dangerous, but for the record, we would’ve done this $900,000.  [oh wait, it was frozen]

Facebook Status Abuse Jim is just twittering to let you know I am very sick and will not be twittering. Jimmy, because you’re playing the virtual sympathy card, we’ve included this link . Get well. [contact-form 3 "Facebook Alerts"]

UPDATE: CNN producers loved this story so much, they lined up an interview with Max Motor owner Mark Muller. Some of our favorite lines from the interview: “The only 9-11 call I need is chambering a round.” “You don’t have a problem with God do you?” When asked, “what would …

So long as members of his party continue to take trips to Argentina, some experts believe that Republican Rep. Eric Cantor might just have a chance in 2012. Cantor, who boasts one of the most seasoned staffs on Capitol Hill, recently shelled out some cash money for a few speech …

If there’s a juicy news story, Politico seems to be all over it these days. The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused …

From Last Call: Gov. Sanford is headed out of town this weekend with his wife for a short vacation. In related news, his mistress has announced she will be hiking the Appalachian Trail. Well played.

We get our health care via a Swedish witch doctor, so we don’t have a dog in this fight – but we do enjoy passing along good viral videos that don’t suck.

Black Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO Harry Alford accused Senator Boxer (D-CA) of playing race politics during an EPW Committee hearing on green jobs.

Trust us, after the pictures are posted via some sort of interactive photo gallery, you’ll know exactly what we mean… For those of you unfamiliar with the Capital Club’s annual ode to Frank Sinatra, you’re missing out. The soiree, that bares the legendary musician’s name, is best known for being …