Rep. Eric Massa, the newest elected member from NY, decided to play Leo DiCaprio for a day and insist he drive a hydrogen fuel cell car from NY to DC before his congressional swearing in.  One problem:  The trip to DC is just under 300 miles and the fuel cell …

AP: Obama renews plea for college football playoffs WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama says he still thinks there needs to be a playoff system for determining the country’s college football champion. … Obama, asked what he thought about Florida’s 24-14 victory Thursday night over Oklahoma in the BCS championship game, …

The Awakening

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so we’ll take the NY Times introducing their own media cabinet [released Wednesday] as a compliment. Our favorite cabinet member: Health and Human Services: Jared (from Subway ads) Although, the tipster who sent us this link assures us that our media …

It looks like there were some pissed off Deaniacs yesterday. JoMa: Lei-off: Obama Snubs Dean “The snub today was no accident,” said one Dean ally. “I guarantee you he would have rescheduled his trip if asked to attend. It’s easy to [screw] over people when you are riding high in …

Until then, she won’t be throwing any lavish parties. [wink, wink]   And even if she did, they certainly wouldn’t be at TenPenh.  [nothing to see here]

Coming back? [WASHWORDS] Bailout Boondoggles [Top 10] U Do the Dishes…[hilarity] Snuggie [fever]

If we used Google’s AdSense network, continual posts about the porn industry bailout would be problematic, but we don’t, so we’ll continue to play along with Larry Flynt’s PR stunt. With that said, welcome to the show the #dontgo Revolution, who is requesting you submit your favorite porn industry bailout …

Andrew Noyes tackles the hard assignments [Vegas]

It looks like we missed one (thanks J!). Washington City Paper: DC Inauguration Guide Check it out. They even have a COUNTDOWN TO OBAMA CLOCK (1,263, 122 seconds at time of posting) PREVIOUS POST: Alright so we know 3-4 million people are heading to D.C. for Obama’s Inauguration. There will …

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Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis, have requested that the porn industry be bailed out. Even though they’re likely one administration too late with their request, we’re wondering if perhaps this will lead to the appointment of a Porn Czar? True story. CNN says so.

After making a living in DC’s fishbowl for the past three years, our good friend Patrick Gavin is moving on.  His next stop: You guessed it, Politico.  And even though some folks joke that Gavin is already on the Politico payroll, we can’t think of anybody better to tackle DC’s …

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