Post Archive

2009

YouTube: Submit Your Question for President Obama President Obama is taking your questions this Wednesday in a special online health care townhall event. With healthcare at the top of the President’s agenda, he is opening up the White House to questions via YouTube. Create a 20- or 30-second video question …

Not a Good Sign [Wizards ] Best Wedding [Red Sox ] Flip Cup [princess ] Climate Bill [poo ] Enough [already ] Godzilla [scary ]

Study: DC folks read and eat well; have low level of emotional support. First Brain Health lndex Ranks America’s “Brain Smarts” Based on 21 Indicators: D.C. Ranks No. 1 Life’s DHA Index of Brain HealthSM Asks and Answers: Does Your State Have the Healthiest Brains? COLUMBIA, Md. – The first …

Facebook Status Abuse: [posted by a lawyer] Today a few jurors asked me, "What do you do?" I responded, "I run this court." After working a 12-hour day, the judge told me, "Thank you." There are some people in the world who mind their own business and work hard, all …

The Famous line of the week in a political story award goes to Jonathan Martin for this forbidden gem. JoMa: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair turns political The intra-party machinations highlight a part of the Sanford soap opera that goes past the governor’s lust for forbidden flesh.

Last week was one of the most bizarre news weeks in recent history, but the weirdness continues… American pitchman and advertiser Billy Mays has died at the age of 50. Mays was probably most known for his catch phrase ‘Billy Mays here’ and the pitching of the multipurpose cleaning product …

Eastern Market is back open. DC on a Dime cruised by and put up a few pics .

Andrew Mirsky and friends talked Twitter and Redskins, Kyle Nevins and family are Playbook Royalty, Team Obama announced he’ll throw out the first pitch at the All-Star game — which set the Nationals into a tailspin, Patrick O’Connor celebrated a birthday, Ana Marie Cox explained Famous for DC to the …

Smooth Criminal [MJ ] Don’t Stop [MJ ] Billie Jean [MJ ] Thriller [MJ ] Beat It [MJ ] PYT [MJ ]

Has This Ever Happened Before? NPR turns the cameras on the lobbyists and calls out how much their firms make. Spot the lobbyists? Spot the Gucci? Where’s Waldo [and his lobbying disclosures] ? If they keep this up, we bet they’ll lose a few corporate donations next year. UPDATE: A …

Politico begs the question: Why so few women in infidelity club? When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to an extramarital affair on Wednesday, he presented an all-too-familiar tableau: the pained expressions, contrite words and teary gaze of a male politician confessing sexual indiscretion. Coming close on the heels of …

Folks, you can’t make this up … Last night on the House floor, David Obey battled Maxine Waters and her quest for the "Maxine Waters School for Kids Who Can’t Read Good." Roll Call: Obey, Waters Fight on House Floor House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) and Rep. Maxine Waters …

How pumped is Mark Sanford right now? RIP MJ

We enjoy stories about ManBearPig as much as the next person, but why did Politico’s latest piece include so many question marks? [we counted at least 17]

This will be the funniest thing you read all day – so just click it.  ["okay, I sold weed in college"]