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Between the coronation of the so-far very deserving Stephen Strasburg [SI jinx!! Nooo!!], the Caps impressive playoff run, and the Skins’ hiring of Mike Shanahan and Jedi-mind-trick pick-up of Donovan McNabb, we were starting to think that this town’s sports franchises might finally be turning a corner. Enter Albert Haynesworth. …

Now, we aren’t ad geniuses or anything, but this part of the new American Crossroads ad caught our eye. Apparently, there are a lot of unemployed people in Nevada. And they seem to all be white…and carrying designer handbags. Call us crazy, but that bag that lady is holding looks …

Stephen Strasburg, on the cover of Sports Illustrated – which all but guarantees a three strike out performance his next outing.

Two points for the staffer who set up this priceless photo op. Florida governor Charlie Crist held a meeting on a Miami beach on Monday in an attempt to show the media that his shoreline is oil-free and looking beautiful. h/t HuffPo

Tommy McFly recently ran into Sec. of State Hillary Clinton.  As their conversation came to an end, Madam Secretary went in for a high five.  McFly nearly left her hanging… I actually left her hangin’ for a second on said high five because it took me a minute to compute …

Note: The vuvuzela is a stadium blowing horn up to approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length. It is commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa The vuvuzela is as annoying as …Market Research

We have no idea who Richard Urban is, but because he uses strange condom clip art and emails us all the time, we’ve decided to link to his website. [Richard Urban for DC City Council]

Wiener spearing happened yesterday, Strasburg took over the city, another Gore split, we had a few visitors this week, we love all our tipsters, Mike Allen rolls old school, we just hired Alvin Greene to run our website – he doesn’t know that yet, Nancy O’Dell is now following us …

Apparently you don’t need money, a website or name recognition to win a Senate primary in South Carolina. [sh*t is easy] Meet Alvin Greene, the Democratic nominee for Senate in South Carolina. Alvin won on Tuesday, but has no idea how.  Nor does anyone else… Greene, an unemployed 32-year-old who …

We’re that close… The 2010 World Cup starts on June 11th, and one of the best ways to keep up on the soccer will be to watching it streaming live. Here’s where you can find the World Cup soccer matches streaming online. [h/t offzen] ESPN 3 is the online streaming …

“John McCain” recently tweeted this: @Sn00ki u r right, I would never tax your tanning bed! Pres Obama’s tax/spend policy is quite The Situation. but I do rec wearing sunscreen! If McCain plans on running again, this will play well in New Jersey. h/t Wonkette

Carly Fiorina, unaware  that she’s on an open mic, makes fun of Barbara Boxer’s hair and suggests that going on Hannity would be a bad decision. [how does this continue to happen?] I think it’s a very bad choice actually. You know how he is. Perhaps she’s afraid Hannity will …

Al Gore’s daughter is also getting a divorce. [following in dad’s carbon foot steps prints] And even though the announcement happened approximately 13 seconds ago, her Wikipedia page has already been updated. Now, that’s one fast internet, Al.

We missed them because it was Stras–mas here in DC. Here’s a recap: Everyone who claimed to be a “political expert” said Blanche Lincoln would lose.  They were all wrong. [Bill Clinton still has it] We learned that Demon Sheep make great Senate campaign volunteers. [who knew?] Nikki Haley had …

Was Barack Obama In the 1993 Music Video For ‘Whoomp (There It Is)’? Video here. [note the 1:01 mark] Gawker says: Finally, a Barack Obama conspiracy theory for the rest of us! Everyone from Tea Partiers to hip hop message boards thinks Obama was an extra in the music video …