Post Archive

2009

Barry Bostwick as Sen. John Ensign in Lifetime Movie Of The Week: "Senatorial Courtesy" UPDATE: A reader thinks this one might be better.

Erik Brady:‘The American way’: Sports hire lobbyists for Capitol Hill clout "That is what it is," Watts says. "I don’t think you’ll find any government affairs shop that believes they’re overpaid."

We understand that being a staffer on Capitol Hill means that you’re more important than everyone else, and while we hate to pile on after the whistle, what you’re about to read is the definition of terrible bedside manner … If you want to score a meeting with Rep. Jim …

The Roll Call Congressional baseball game is tonight, which only means one thing — attendance at Nat’s stadium is set to double. The Congressional Baseball Game — the 48th annual Roll Call game is set to be played tonight at Nationals Park — was born in 1909 with Rep. John …

Why are we buying companies losing money by the minute? We want these. Diatribes by Joah President Obama: 5 Companies US Taxpayers Would Like to Own President Obama, We wanted to write you and see if you would consider buying into some American companies that we think would be sounder …

Watching TV can be good for your health.  [dodges falling tree] Robert Monsarrat, 86, said he might be dead if not for the switch from analog to digital TV. Because the TV in his bedroom didn’t work, he was in the kitchen when a tree fell through his bedroom. He …

Who knew Al Roker was so talented.  [via TMZ] Heidi Pratt wants to warn any woman who comes on the "Today " show that Al Roker may have it in for them! "Heidi, who claims Roker viciously attacked her and hubby Spencer Pratt on the air this morning, tells us …

M Slash 1, the Man [ZERO ] Lil Wayne [blind ]

***FREE BOOK*** The first 3 people at Saturday’s book party who say FamousDC sent them get a free copy. You’ve read the Ryan Grim Famous 5 interview . You’ll (hopefully) buy the book . Now you can attend the book launch: When: Saturday, June 20th at 8:00 p.m. Where: American …

These pictures are very telling.  [Iran]

We’ve long said Twitter is a bullhorn for all things narcissistic . But rarely does anyone agree with us – until now. Howie Kurtz recently penned [another] a column about Twitter.  The article was in reference to how Twitter is used to disseminate news quickly – although not everyone is …

CNN isn’t the only news station that can’t seem to get it right lately. Fox News Fail – Watch more Funny Videos

Rainbows [14th Street ] We’re out of here [DC ] Girl fight [DC Alex ] Metro [suicides ] Shoe [crisis ]

Running an NFL franchise or managing an amusement park? DCist: File Under Duh: Six Flags is Bankrupt It’s reported that Snyder and his Redskins buddies who went in on the company lost over $130 million on their initial investment.