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How many articles per day mention Facebook or Twitter? Peggy Orenstein : Growing Up On Facebook RELATED: FamousDC Facebook Accountability Venture

Mark Liebovich of the New York Times interviewed the media regarding the media’s puff pieces about the famous DC White House Administration. US government bails out AIG for about $173 Billion; AIG spends $450 million in bonuses. Here’s something refreshing to enjoy with your morning coffee: “In Washington, D.C., there …

We hear Brad Dayspring celebrated his birthday with the awful bartenders at Bobby Van’s, Vogel re-took the reigns over at the DCCC, Jennifer Crider gave beltway gardening advice to Patrick O’Connor, Camille Paglia fell off the White House Christmas card list, Senator Murkowksi decided she needs a break from the …

Being a hill rat makes it hard to be a baller [take down ] Twitter [madness ]

What kind of tailor? [wonkette ]

Big Love [on with the show ] Whip It [new album ]

Good luck getting into the office today. The roads are terrible, plow trucks are slow and DC drivers are still jerks. If you do make it in, grab some coffee and jam to Bob Marley on Pandora and think of warmer times. Just to make us all feel better, here’s …

Stimulus madness is still prevalent all over Capitol Hill. John and Joon at the Corner Market near Eastern Market on are doing their best to cash in on the stimulus madness. Spotted yesterday: Did you notice that The Corner Market has a myspace page ? It is only a matter …

Caps! Caps! Caps! [on frozen blog ] Twitter [The_Real_Shaq ] Hilarity [fishbowlDC ] Just Wrong [PETA ]

A tipster sent us this miracle website for people with crappy facial hair. It’s really worth checking out to see what they’re doing for people who need beards to compete in today’s society.  The same people who were dealt the short end of the stick when it came to beard …

Did Twitter just cruise by the Lincoln Memorial, run down the mall, skip past the White House, and then jump the shark? NY Times: The Week in Washington on Twitter Howard Kurtz: Anchors Twittering Their Lives Away

Ambinder’s outrageous post [outrageously funny] JoMa’s Favorite [designer] NASCAR [crime] Facebook [rant]

How to get fired in no time flat [steamer] How to plan a DC happy hour without looking like an a-hole [Arjewtino] Best job ever [wingman]

Was there anything in the stimulus bill that would make it illegal for people to tag old high school pictures of you on Facebook? If not, there should be. That sh*t just ain’t right. Seriously.

Great read with your morning coffee from Longworth [basketball] Your mail may be delayed, but the Postmaster still gets paid [800K] GOP iPod makes national news [Aerosmith] Superman hearts Obama [motorcade] Bad News Burris [ethics inquiry]