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Farm Bill, Facing Veto, Goes to Bush
Farm Bill, Facing Veto, Goes to Bush The President has promised to veto the bill because he says it would not do enough to limit subsidies at a time of record grain prices. Posted in Farm Bill (US), Vetoes (US), House of Representatives, Washington (DC), Bush, George W | No Comments »
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What Lies Beneath
I know there’s a market crunch and all, but it seems to me like quite often, decisions to do things either on the cheap, haphazardly, with substandard labor or with some combination thereof will always come back to bite you in the end. They will end up costing somebody more, if not the…
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IRS Forgets To Mail 350,000 Checks For Families With Kids Worth $300 A Household
IRS Forgets To Mail 350,000 Checks For Families With Kids Worth $300 A Household By newsroom | May 15, 2008 - 9:29 pm - Posted in Alerts, Business News, Financial News, Government Reports, US News Now, Washington DC If you got a $300.00 direct deposit and said that’s not much, you were…
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Passport to Africa - No Visa or Plane Ticket Required!!
Do you want to travel to Africa this summer, but can’t afford the plane ticket? Well, here’s your passport……….. No visa required. Join MiMi, Boutique Mix and other fabulous African Designers and Vendors for the May 20th Fashion Trunk Show portion of the Passport to Africa Event in…
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Red Cross Seeks $7 Million in Federal Money for Staffing
Red Cross Seeks $7 Million in Federal Money for Staffing The Red Cross has avoided asking for federal money, concerned about confusing donors, many of whom already think incorrectly that it is a federally financed organization. Posted in American Red Cross, Federal Aid (US), Washington (DC),…
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Bush Wacks Mr. Peanut And Osama Obama In The Face With Reality
Bush Wacks Mr. Peanut And Osama Obama In The Face With Reality By newsroom | - 7:00 pm - Posted in Political News, US News Now, Washington DC We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if I could only have…
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Aunt Bob & Uncle Mary Get Anti-Biblical Go Ahead In California
A California Supreme Court decision clearing the way for gay marriages in the state injects an element of uncertainty into a presidential race in which the Iraq war and the sputtering economy have largely overshadowed social issues. McCain is against gay marriage, Obama just says we can, but…
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Thinking...
Jonathan and I are thinking about living together near Washington DC. Does anyone know about any job openings there, that is education and/or library related? Also where would be a good place to live that is close to public transportation? Thanks!! :)
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Washington Auto Show video: Jim Press talks about the difference between US and Japan
Filed under: Hybrid, Chrysler, Dodge, Toyota, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy, Japan, USA, Washington DC Auto Show At the Washington Auto Show, Jim Press (the guy who famously left Toyota for Chrysler) said the Japanese government worked closely with corporations, like Toyota,…
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No more wiffleball Sundays? (Feds shut us down AGAIN)
Fort Reno Park, the site of this season's wiffleball Sundays, has been shutdown by the Feds due to high levels of arsenic found in the soil: Research geographer Dr. Terry Slonecker said he was doing follow-up work on the clean up of World War I-era munitions and chemicals discovered in 1993 in…
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Go Home Already: Just Ducky
Photo by cowbellemoo >> Screech the Eagle and the Nationals' racing presidents went to Baltimore's Inner Harbor today, carrying signs like, "Old Bay Stinks!" and "I'll Race the Orioles Bird and Beat Him!" and "Honestly, the Nats will Sweep Baltimore, Hun!" The Oriole Bird was not amused.…
DC Reflections…Advocating for Internet Safety
While in DC, out of the 16 meetings I attended, 3 were ones that I set up. I was advocating for Internet safety education, which is currently in several bills (S. 1965, S 2344, H.R. 3461, H.R. 4134 - of which the last two have been passed by the House and is currently in a Senate committee). One…
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Ceremony honors the late Barry Lee Bush in Washington, D.C.
AP PhotoKaren Bush, center, wife of F.B.I. agent Barry Lee Bush, is escorted after receiving a medal in his honor this afternoon during the 27th Annual National Peace Officer's Memorial Service in Washington. Bush was killed in the line of...
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Why Don't All Construction Sites Have Covered Walkways By Now?
Photo by Sommer Mathis Last fall we reported that builders in the District would be required to construct covered pedestrian walkways beginning in October. Since then, we've definitely seen a few of the new, safer passages around town, but we've also run into more than a handful of others,…
Marc Dann Finally Resigns [Exits]
Jesus, this clown. Our favorite sexually-harassing lover of women and Hawaiian pizza, Democratic Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, resigned yesterday after the Democratic legislature introduced nine counts of impeachment. Quitter. [New York Times]
Do You Own A US Oil Company?
I spent this past weekend sightseeing in Washington DC. Had a blast, but let me spare you the tourism and skip right to something interesting. Being in marketing, one thing I always notice when I travel is the advertising, and how it changes from location to location, and gathering place to…
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DCist Studio Visit: Michael Janis @ Washington Glass School
Last week, when DCist met with Michael Janis at the Washington Glass School, the studio was abuzz with artists working. Janis’ colleagues Tim Tate and Erwin Timmers were there working on their own projects, and the team was preparing for several upcoming events: this Saturday’s Gateway…
John McCain Does Not Know Anything About Life [So Old, So Stupid]
Here's how our boy WALNUTS! (yes, we called him "boy" so we are racist) explained to his loving reporters why Obama is a fairy: "I believe that it's not an accident that our hostages came home from Iran when President Reagan was president of the United States. He didn't sit down in a negotiation…
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Conyers hunts Rove
despite the fact that it occurs to me that Mr.Rove likes to shoot Mr.Conyers in the head, its obviously very true what Mr.Conyers is doing right now. There has a staple of questions building up. 1 of the biggest chunk is obviously the "ever-reemerging" non existing e-mails in the white house.…
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Gavin Newsom, Edward Norton shake hands [Caption Contest] Hollywood star Edward Norton gleefully shakes hands with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom at a hearing on green building practices today before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global… [[ This is a content summary only.…
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Gavin Newsom, Edward Norton shake hands [Caption Contest] Hollywood star Edward Norton gleefully shakes hands with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom at a hearing on green building practices today before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global… [[ This is a content summary only.…
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SmartBike DC to Debut in Early June
Photo by Sommer Mathis We just ran into District Department of Transportation's Manager for Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Transportation Demand Management Programs, Jim Sebastian, at the corner of R Street and Rhode Island Ave. NW, on his way to a meeting on one of the new SmartBikes we've been…
Migrating Birds and Their 'Sixth Sense' -- No Wobble in These Warblers
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth And stretcheth her wings toward the south? Job 39:29 Last Saturday while looking at Golden-winged, Blackburnian, Hooded and Blackpoll warblers at Missouri's Weston Bend State Park, just across the Missouri River from Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., I couldn't help…
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WASHINGTON D.C. ... sous la pluie.
Dernière escale en date: WASHINGTON D.C. et devinez qui est venu avec moi? (un diner offert à la maison pour la première personne qui trouve...) Malheureusement, le temps n'était pas avec nous et il a plu quasiment tout le temps, à grosses gouttes. Je crois que ça se voit un peu sur…
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Obama Adds 4 Superdelegates Today
By the way, I’m adding “Total Delegates Needed To Clinch” to the totals below because Obama is getting within 100. First, Rep. Henry Waxman and Rep. Howard Berman of California… Senator Obama’s vision for change has inspired tens of millions of Americans,” Chairman Waxman said.…
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Dumb Old Dana Perino Calls Obama Self-Centered Ninny [Ego Trippin' At The Gates Of Hell]
After this morning's speech where George W. Bush called Barack Obama a terrorist/Hitler, Barack Obama responded that this was false, and a Smear. How did "Icy Hot" White House Press Secretary Dana Perino respond then? By telling Barry that they weren't talking about him, although it makes sense…
Arts Agenda
>> Artomatic continues this week. Join them tonight for an art collecting discussion sponsored by Pink Line at 7 p.m., or on Friday for Meet the Artists Night, from 7 to 10 p.m., or perhaps feel more at home during Blogger's Night in the 12th floor lounge on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. Read…
UPDATE: The Harry Reid Party's Mystery Girl!
(Earlier: "Party Photos: Harry Reid's Book Party") A reader sends in another photo. I mean, really, who wears such things?!? New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
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Bob Gates Speaks His Mind, Loves The Terrorists [Traitors]
What the hell's wrong with Bob Gates, the Defense Secretary no one ever talks about? Recently he's been running his yap with all sorts of liberal Democrat treasonspeak — just like Barack Obama, a known member of Hamas and Hezbollah and the Weather Underground. Apparently he *doesn't* want to…
Fenty and Rhee Announce Big Changes for 27 D.C. Schools
This morning at Coolidge Senior High School, Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced reform plans for the 27 DCPS schools that require restructuring under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for failing to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for five years in a row. As…
John McCain Has A Wish List From The Future [Amazon Wish Lists]
He hasn't even beat Mitt Romney (or Ron Paul) for the nomination, yet, but John McCain is still making plans — plans for the end of his "first term" as president of the Senior Center. He just sent us an email filled with all the wonderful things he will bring to America, like a super-old…
About Tonight
Photo by Pianoman75 MUSIC: Didn't manage to score a ticket to tonight's sold-out Cut Copy show at the Black Cat? Head over here to RSVP for the official afterparty at edgy clothing boutique Redeem across the street. The party starts at 10 p.m. and goes until 3, with local DJs Will Eastman…
Leiby, Squires Take the Buyout
The Washington Post's Rich Leiby and Sally Squires are taking the paper's buyout, we hear. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
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