Politico named their Top 50 Party People in DC, Sally Albright is actually Social Capitol, Ben Smith doesn’t agree with Jonathan Weisman’s Drudge take, Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim told everyone Cramdown is back, Brian Patrick got a Drudge flash with his Whip Count update, is this a Drudge only Friday round-up?, …

Gillian Reagan wonders: has Matt Drudge lost his edge? New York Observer: Are the Days of Drudge Over? Jonathan Weisman, who covers the Obama administration for The Wall Street Journal, seemed to back up that idea. “Matt Drudge has no influence whatsoever,” he said. “When Drudge picks up one of our …

If we owned a Major League Baseball team, we’d do the same thing. Nationals Pride : Washington Nationals owner Mark Lerner shagged fly balls with Nationals players during batting practice before Friday’s game against the Brewers.

Ever wondered … How to Be Awesome … How to Kick Ass (fave) We don’t know what is happening here either:

Patrick O’Connor ties the knot with Katie Lindsey on Saturday, Brad Dayspring fired up the Whip-Up, the Heritage Foundation knocked out the Center for American Progress (CAP) from the D.C. Think Tank League softball tournament, then Erick Erickson told Heritage that he wasn’t pleased with them, Chris Paulitz ain’t even …

How to social climb [AskMissA ] Tail from the Crypt [oddly enough ] eHarmony [not compatible ] Cloture Club [August Blues ] Open Letter [Brett Favre ] GPS [fail ]

Paul Singer crashed Roll Call’s site with a story about Congressional airplanes, Amy Wren is keeping folks abreast of her beach plans, Chris Cillizza and Dana Milbank pulled a Palin and quit, CBS made Jen Psaki FamousDC, Rahm Emanuel warned liberal groups to stop ads against Democrats, Erick Erickson got …

There is no reason to freak out. Twitter isn’t working and you still have six and a half hours left at work. Here are a few sites to help you kill time until you’re back up and tweeting again: Deadspin Vanity Fair’s write-up of Mad Men FishbowlDC U Do the …

What will Jay-Z have to say about this? Check out DJ Lungren about two minutes in.

Remember to watch out for gas prices while you’re driving around this weekend. Hutchy – Gas Prices

Our famous arm-breaking post earlier this week ended up linked on Deadspin – our second favorite sports site (don’t worry Lauren, you’re still #1) . This is actually our second third Deadspin link and we always appreciate Dashiell Bennett and the rest of the Deadspin crew taking time out between …

NPR Politics and Foreign Policy (yes, NPR and FP) explain today’s rap battles as compared to world politics. Jay-Z is the United States The Game is North Korea You can’t make this up folks. Marc Lynch drops it like it’s hot … NPR Politics: Foreign Policy: Jay-Z Schools Us In …

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs explains that he has not been briefed on whether or not there are the existence of UFOs.

John Pappas doubled down on Politico Playbook, Roll Call Group bought CQ, Jonathan Weisman cut his way off the White House Christmas Card list,  John Hawkins is the hardest working man on the internet, Secretary Chu launched DOE 2.0, Emily Miller hearts SJL, the House Energy and Commerce Committee got …