A Friday extravaganza, in which we present our top blog posts from the past week.
Gay T-Shirts In Windows A Problem For American Apparel
Real World D.C. House [Possibly] Identified
Doggie Style: A Sex Toy for Dogs
“He Could Have Sex With Anybody He Wanted.”
Library Conference Secret Twitter Proves Librarians Sexy, Stern
Could Condom Shame Be Good for Pharmacies?
Banita Jacks [...]
On Wednesday, a federal judge weighed in on the Office of the Attorney General's conduct in a Pershing Park civil suit. Plaintiffs attorneys alleged that critical pieces of evidence had been destroyed, doctored and lost as a result of the AG's incompetence or worse. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan's ruling was clear: he called the evidence [...]
On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan slammed the District's lawyers for how it has severely mishandled evidence in a civil case brought by plantiffs who were arrested in Pershing Park in September 2002.
Sullivan focused particularly on AG Peter Nickles. The Post writes:
"Sullivan ordered D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles to submit a sworn [...]
Seven hundred and eighteen years ago tomorrow, Switzerland became independent of the British Empire, which until that point governed the territory, known as "Sweden," using fearsome galloglass mercenaries (rösti, the Swiss national dish, is named for technique the Swiss used to humiliate the galloglasses after they were deposed—the soldiers were dragged in front of a [...]
We know Loose Lips wishes he were here, and not on his way to the beach, so he could report: The D.C. Council has passed its new, leaner budget!
Instead, we bring you the news care of the Washington Post's Tim Craig, who writes:
The D.C. Council unanimously agreed Friday to slash spending and raise sales, gas [...]
Rhys Gerholdt decided it was time for a makeover. But he wasn't thinking about liposuction and face lifts. For the CarbonfreeDC founder, it's all about low-flow shower heads and insulation blankets. The local nonprofit has bested the competition to win a $20,000 grant from National Geographic and SunChips. The project: to "green up" 20 homes [...]
The older I got, the surer I was that we're all pretty much alike.
Then Stephon Marbury turned on his webcam. And, man, is my theory all shot to hell!
Only read about and watch Marbury's new videos if you want to feel real, real bad for him, and real, real good about your own state of [...]
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) has asked the U.S. Justice Department for clarification on the investigation into the fatal shooting by U.S. Park Police of Trey Joyner in D.C.'s Trinidad neighborhood on June 8.
Norton, after talking with Park Police Chief Salvatore Lauro, had been under the impression that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division would [...]
Redskins training camp opened yesterday without Stephen Strasburg Brian Orakpo or Michael Vick. There was, however, a group of fans calling for the team to bring Vick in. Spurned ex-Redskin LaVar Arrington wondered on his WJFK radio show whether the Vick clique was hired by Dan Snyder as a "guerilla marketing campaign" to prepare the [...]
To hear Theresa Sule tell it, the year-long campaign against illegal billboards in D.C. has finally paid off.
Originally authorized in 1931 for a period of three years, the boards on New Jersey Avenue and P Street NW have remained in place illegally for an impressive 75 years. But Sule, ANC 2C commissioner, says a few [...]
The general manager of the D.C. Metro, John Catoe, says riders on the Red Line should expect delays for at least a year because of the ongoing investigation into last month's deadly crash and repairs connected to it, the Washington Times reports.
"If this is an issue dealing with the safety of the system, I'm not [...]
Kudos to CNN for leading its Obama Beer Summit story with who drank what instead of who said what. There's a special place in hell for people who pander. Also, did you know Obama had another meeting yesterday, with Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo? Of course not.
While we're on the topic of elevating abusive cops above [...]
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"Where Congress Will Let D.C. Do Needle Exchange"
Morning all. Today, the D.C. Council will meet to do battle with the Budget Shortfall of the Beast—$666 [...]
Listen up, everyone: It's not a beer summit!
So said Barack Obama himself in the Oval Office today, according to the pool report provided by David Jackson of USA Today.
Good luck with that, Mr. President.
"Weighing in on the White House 'Beer Summit,'" the Washington Post offered in a video blog.
"Historian: beer summit unprecedented," said the Boston [...]
