Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Eliminating The Kinks: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"No Last Call For SoberRide, After All," "Not Guilty! Judge Exonerates Defendants In Robert Wone Case," "Watch Fenty Dance To Go-Go," "World Cup Roundup," "Community [...]

Watch Adrian Fenty Dance to Go-Go

You read about Mayor Adrian Fenty's campaign go-go event; now, thanks to Take Me Out To The Go-Go, watch video of Fenty getting down on Sunday afternoon with the Junkyard Band. (What politician wouldn't want to be introduced like this: "He the only mayor I know that don't ride with no Secret Service or nothing [...]

Phil Mendelson Moves To Reform DYRS: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"Linda Greene Resigns From Orange Campaign," "Summer Jobs Program Begins With Knives, Thefts"
Good Morning. Finally, someone has stepped up on one of the city's biggest [...]

Amanda Bynes Gets the Minor League Tribute She Deserves

The minor league baseball promotion has become cliche. It's almost all been done by now.
But the fun folks with the Bowie Baysox still manage to come up with events that'll get some giggles. Tonight, ripped straight from the headlines, the team is hosting an "Amanda Bynes Retirement Party" at Bowie Stadium.
Part of the party announcement:
Bynes, [...]

Vincent Gray’s Background Check: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"Bryan Weaver Snags Latino Caucus Endorsement," "Adrian Fenty Is Bustin' Loose"
Good Morning. LL has tons of mayoral campaign items. But first, WaPo's editorial board drops [...]

Adrian Fenty Is Bustin’ Loose

Eight years ago, during a campaign rally in Kalorama Park, I asked then-Mayor Anthony Williams how he intended to woo the District's all-important go-go demographic. At the time, Kevin "Kato" Hammond of Take Me Out to the Go-Go magazine had been lobbying local leaders about the plight of the District's indigenous music scene and planned to endorse candidates in the upcoming [...]

A Vote For Fenty May Mean A Vote For Peter Nickles: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"Closing Arguments In Wone Case," "World Cup Roundup," "Photos: Terry Huff"
Morning All. You better enjoy Metro today and Saturday. Those big fare increases are set [...]

Calling In The Feds: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"Defendants Won't Testify In Wone Case," "Metro's Worst Year Ever," "World Cup Roundup," "Defense Seeks Maureen Bunyan Mimic In Wone Case," "Dancing? On [...]

Fenty Is Late To Metro Memorial: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"Would-Be Burglars Ruin Vincent Gray's Ice Cream Interview," "Council Showdown This Afternoon On Overhead Wires," "Is Metro Safer? Reporters disagree."
Morning All. Your fence jokes are [...]

FOXSports Gets It Wrong Saying Dan Snyder Gets It Right

FoxSports just ran the 2010 version of the annual Dan Snyder Finally Gets It Right story.
Snyder does almost no interviews, just one big sitdown per preseason sometimes. And dang if whomever gets granted that audience doesn't write crap. This year, it's Alex Marvez's turn.
Marvez, identified here as "the former president of the Pro Football [...]

Would-Be Burglars Ruin Vincent Gray’s Ice Cream Interview

City Desk was scheduled to meet up with D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray for an interview Tuesday afternoon. The venue? The Thomas Sweet ice cream parlor in Georgetown, a place the chairman's mayoral campaign picked. In the process, City Desk–with photographer Darrow Montgomery in tow–may have ruined an ice cream outing for President Obama's daughters, [...]

One Year After Crash, Metro Still Lacks ‘Safety Culture’: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"City FC Builds Hearts, Minds, and Soccer Fields," "Another Blaze Scorches Joe Englert's Boozy Empire," "Was Robert Wone Killed By Martial Arts Expert?," "World Cup [...]

Cocaine Blues: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"World Cup Roundup," "Another O.J. Simpson Expert to Appear At Wone Trial," "District Unemployment Rate Drops," "Kojo: 'What's With The Hatred of [...]

We Want Two States, North And South: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: "Tampering Charges Tossed, But Conspiracy Case Goes Forward," "Outcast Psychic Eyes Bethesda Comeback," "World Cup Roundup," "Defense Expert Disputes Knife Evidence In Wone [...]

Virginia Is For Meddlers: Loose Lips Daily

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"Media Seats Up For Grabs At Wone Trial," "Jim Graham On Developer Donations: 'Ain't No Corruption In Me'," "ABC Board Lifts Georgetown Liquor Limit," "Argument [...]