Next to wrestling, polling has always been our second favorite make-believe pastime: Finally the gold fringed flag and traffic stops may live to die another day in American society. Voters nationwide aren’t any more inclined to let Basil Marceaux do his issues than the ones in Tennessee were last week- …

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If you were affected by the MASSIVE thunderstorm yesterday, otherwise know as #demonWeather you were not alone! The safest (and quickest) way to get to your destination was to run, walk, crawl or row your way there. In fact you may have needed a flashlight it was so dark! I …

Turns out Slater’s a d-bag [Jet Who?] Health benefits of bacon [infographic] Being qualified to run for Congress was so 1988 [dear dad] Entries for the photo contest continue to roll in [win a free FDC mug]

Just when you think that the wastefulness of the U.S. government couldn’t get any worse, according to this video, the US spent $2.6 million training American Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly.

We report. You decide. We thought about not posting this awful graph, but then figured it would make good afternoon conversation Andrew Sullivan: Support For Marriage Equality Accelerating?

JoMa loves the designer fast food. DCist’s Aaron Morrissey: D.C. Chick-fil-A Reportedly in the Works The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Chick-fil-A has plans to open an urban “in-line” store in Washington, part of a strategy to grab a bigger slice of the urban fast-food market. As part of the strategy, …

DC storm pictures [DCist] Rex Ryan [show] Embargo [dead]

Never post commentary on a website called the Dirty Scottsdale using Brock Landers as your alias. [Boogie Nights] [Ben Quayle] The son of former Vice President Dan Quayle and an Arizona Republican candidate for Congress admitted Tuesday night that he did, in fact, post comments on DirtyScottsdale.com, a website devoted …

It feels awkward … buttons are in different places. Are my Contacts my Inbox now? Why must everything always change? We would compare the new Gmail to: Driving a stick shift for the first time Hooking up with your special friend sober … after your last five hook-ups have been …

That was quite the thunderstorm this morning. And we’ll all talk about it all day. Does DC get some sort of epic weather phenomenon each week? Thundersnow, snOMG, Snowpocalypse, flash flooding, 100+ degree heat, earthquakes, Albert Haynesworth Stay dry! UPDATE: Photo taken this morning Aterkel: Yep — Rhode Island and …

Here’s to hoping you had a well-balanced Wednesday afternoon.

There are always two people in every picture:  the photographer and the viewer.  ~Ansel Adams FamousDC loves a good contest, so in the spirit of record-breaking summer temperatures, we’ve decided to sponsor another photo contest. Our last contest, which took place during Snowmageddon, enjoyed tons of entries and thousands of …

Pete’s Diner [TheHillisHome] Rangel’s Inbox [POLITICO] Runoff Limbo [Georgia] Jackpot [FishbowlDC] 78 – 4 [Vitter]

Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives reconvened so Congressman Charlie Rangel could take to the House floor and defend the charges placed against him by the House Ethics Committee. Today we were lucky enough to get a real-time look inside the Harlem Congressman’s Gmail inbox. FamousDC Presents … Inside the …