Wizardry Woes: Wizards' star John Wall's left patella injury is still so bad that he can't practice with the team, and the Wizards don't know when he'll return to the court. -3
Grimace: So, this happened. -5
The D.C. Council’s last meeting of its 19th legislative session will take place on Dec. 18, bringing to an end what longtime Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans once called “the worst council I’ve ever served on in my 20 years on the council.”
The session, which saw the resignation of two councilmembers, probably won’t be remembered [...]
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He's still got it! Marion Barry proved yesterday that you don't get to be mayor-for-life without [...]
Marion S. Barry Jr. , 1200 Block W Street, SE. Nov. 20th. © 2012 Matt Dunn
With Thanksgiving a little more than a week away, it's time for a Washington tradition: Councilmember Marion Barry's occasionally troubled Thanksgiving turkey giveaway in Ward 8. But can Barry's free birds tell us something, somehow, about Democratic opposition to voter ID laws?
The Web operation of conservative ragebot Michelle Malkin thinks so. After Barry tweeted information [...]
Voting Delays: Lines to vote in D.C. are so bad that Councilmember Marion Barry wants an investigation to find out why. -2
Party With City Paper: The election fun doesn't stop when the polls close. Come by the Black Squirrel in Adams Morgan tonight for City Paper's election watch. +6
Pigskin Memories: Want to remember the Pigskins' [...]
VICE Editor-in-Chief Rocco Castoro and the Daily Beast's Michael Moynihan (who really should know better) came down to D.C. last week to ask Marion Barry some questions about the third presidential debate. Along the way, they went to Nellie's and DC9, too.
But when they asked Barry whether Mitt Romney had better hair than Barack Obama [...]
The Good News: After yesterday's win over the Vikings, Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III has achieved messianic status to teammate Fred Davis. "He's black Jesus right now," Davis said in an interview. +2
Bathroom Bad News: With Georgetown's Mie N Yu abruptly closed, pour one out for its enthralling bathroom. -5
LivingSocially Transmitted Metro: The long debate over who will pay for late-night Metro service for Nationals fans is over, and a benefactor has been found: daily deals giant LivingSocial. Since LivingSocial recently got a $32.5 million tax break from the District, it's sort of our money anyway, but who's counting? -3
Must Read: Once and future [...]
From the Examiner comes video of Marion Barry using a backhoe to help knock down a building on the future site of the Skyland Town Center development in Ward 7. Check out the arc at 0:18, in which Barry uses gravity to bring the shovel down even harder. That's natural talent.
Mayor Vince Gray also took [...]
Inspired by a victory-drunk Marion Barry promising to boot "dirty shops" run by Asian-Americans out of his ward in April, H Street bar The Pug has been serving a "Dirty Asian Summer Punch." Until now.
After Post reporter Mike DeBonis tweeted a picture of the sign advertising the drink, the District's Office of Human Rights sent [...]
Alakazam: A consistently crummy record has left the Wizards with the worst fan relations in American pro sports. Not just basketball, not just Washington teams, but all pro sports. -4
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The weather didn't waste any time getting autumnal, did it? On to the news:
LEADING THE [...]
Mara at the Convention: In his convention dispatches to DCist, State Board of Education member Pat Mara is barely able to conceal the distaste he feels for most of his GOP fellow travelers (see: his reluctance to take a photo with Stephen Baldwin). But he's delighted to run into actor Jon Voight, who is [...]
