Post Archive
April 2010
Green Coke
POLITICO’s Erika Lovley: Green vending machines on the Hill A fleet of 35 climate-friendly vending machines will be unveiled tomorrow throughout House, Senate and Capitol Visitors Center buildings with the help of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), according to the Chief Administrative Officer Dan Beard.
The Timing of Political Points
Dueling Web Videos DNC RNC h/t Mike Allen’s Playbook RELATED: Full time line
Say it Ain’t Joe
Vice President Joe Biden appeared at the West Virginia mining funeral the other day, and decided it was appropriate to take shot at departed coach Rich Rodriguez. [around 2:20] At a funeral? h/t Lazy Hazy via Deadspin’s Tommy Craggs UPDATE: We’ll see your Biden video and raise you one. Politico: …
Sh*tty Afternoon Post
Is C-SPAN 3 R-rated? Does Senator Levin need some of this?
Hyper Hill
Monopoly game [gone wrong] Donovan McNabb [Redskin] Twilight [CQ – Roll Call] Baby’s first [cubicle] Examiner [disses] Metro [signage]
A Lesson in Managing Expectations
If your kid is destined for middle management, this gift is a great idea. Otherwise, it’s not. [WTF?] It’s all about expectation management, you see. If you make your kid think he can be president, he will grow up disappointed. Tell him he’s headed for a life as an office …
Salahi Free Weekend
From the front page of today’s The Hill: Emily Goodin: Party-crasher crackdown for this weekend’s correspondents’ gala
Powerpoint Makes Us Stupid
Have you ever met a Powerpoint presentation that didn’t put fire to sleep? Apparently some in the US Military agree with us. [a new kind of bullet point] “PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, the Joint Forces commander, said this month at a military …
If You Are Looking for a Career Move…
You better be quick, because we’re sending resumes in 3…2… Employer: World Beer Pong Tour Date: Monday, April 26, 2010 Job Type: Communications/P.R. Description: Beer Pong Marketing Reps Needed World Beer Pong Tour is looking for Local marketing reps to promote the 2010 Road To Atlantic City Tour coming to …
Comandante Chavez to Join Twitter [Unsure About Foursquare]
This outta get real stupid, real quick: [can’t wait] Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan President, has announced that he will start using Twitter, the microblogging site which will test his ability to deliver a concise message. Concise, huh? Mr Chavez speaks to the nation for hours every Sunday on his radio …