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Sportscaster George Michael Dies at 70; Known For TV ‘Sports Ma…
News And Idea | 18 hours ago by Rina Tina
George Michael, a veteran Washington sportscaster, died early Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 70. He was known nationally for “The George Michael Sports Machine,” a syndicated TV show that ran nationwide for 27 year read more
Mission: ANC
Photography by John Michael | December 23rd 2009 by John Michael
For those who have followed me on Facebook, you have seen how from Saturday morning in the frenzy of the snowstorm, I attempted daily to get into Arlington National Cemetery. The mission was to capture some of the beauty of this hallowed place in read more
Read This And Then Stab Your Eyeballs Out With a Pick Axe
The Reformed Broker | December 23rd 2009 by Joshua Morgan Brown
As the average US citizen drags his wounded semi-corpse of a body across 2009's finish line, it is heartwarming and life-affirming to know that the bloodsucking lobbyists are raking it in like never before down in Washington D.C. From Politico via t read more
Swan Song: The End of the Jim Zorn Era in Washington, D.C.
period forcing atmosphere retreat concerns | December 23rd 2009 by scaffeldfa
The Washington Redskins haven't experienced much success this past decade, and last Monday night was an ode to the pain and suffering this once-proud franchise has undergone. With the Redskins losing 45-12 to the rival New York Giants in the waning read more
Please Help the Crow Creek Sioux Fight Washington and the IRS
Chicago News Bench | December 22nd 2009 by Tom Mannis
Please help the Crow Creek Sioux in their struggle against an unusual land grab by Washington D.C. Have a look at the petition below, and please sign it. The Sioux made a video that explains their desperate situation, with the long but appropriate t read more
Review of my 2009 goals
optimistic & life | December 22nd 2009 by Josh Seo
Beginning of this year, I have set handful resolutions/goals for this 2009. I wanted to really engage in all of my goals, but I lost my job not too long after the New Year’s and had some really depressed time until another job came around in Ap read more
The New Home of the Montreal Expos
Sports Stadium Reviews | December 22nd 2009
NATIONALS PARKQUICK FACTSVenue Name: Nationals ParkLocation: South of our nation's Capitol in our nation's capitalCapacity: 41,888Event(s) Seen: MLB baseballYear(s): 2008REVIEWNationals Park is a modern albeit generic ballpark with no real outstandin read more
Transportation Links
Make It Better | December 22nd 2009 by Mike Nelson
New Lane Opens on I-95 Commuters and holiday shoppers on a 3-mile stretch of I-95 from the Occoquan River to the Springfield Interchange have another lane to travel as the first phase of the widening of the interstate has been completed, according to read more
To the People: THE INTERNET IS OUTRAGED!!!
kath.A.rine | December 21st 2009
To the People: THE INTERNET IS OUTRAGED!!!: So I saw the quick take on the incident and like anyone... read more
Congenital Heart Futures Act REBORN!
Adventures of a Funky Heart! | December 21st 2009 by Steve Catoe
Ch-ch-changes…. – David Bowie, Changes (1972) A version of the Congenital Heart Futures Act was inserted into the Senate healthcare bill last night by primary sponsor Senator Richard Durbin! The new version was “stripped down” read more
A ‘beautiful’ abomination?: pimpdom Act II
Gay Christian Movement Watch | December 21st 2009 by DL Foster
If homosexuality is biblically an abomination, wouldn’t that make homosexual marriage an abomination also? Unless God has deleted over 25 passages of scripture which condemn homosexual relationships in every context, it is. But dont tell that t read more
Box-office mondial: Avatar engrange 232,2 millions
LeBuzz.info | December 21st 2009 by Isabelle Hontebeyrie
Avatar, film de James Cameron avec Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver et Michelle Rodriguez a rapporté 73 millions de dollars au box-office américain. De plus, à l’international, le film a rapporté 159,2 millions. Voici tous les read more
Project Spotlight: Eclectic kitchen
Gepetto Millworks Richmond VA custom woodworking | December 20th 2009 by Matthew Wiley
Here a SimpleViewer Flash gallery should be displayed. Click here to open the post in your browser to see the gallery. This project spotlight features the dark chocolaty stain for a rich kitchen experience. read more
Twitter Snowball Fight Leads to Cop Brandishing Gun [VIDEO]
Mashable - All That's New on the Web | December 20th 2009 by Mashable
A D.C. snowball fight promoted on Twitter resulted in a cop pulling his gun out of its holster on Saturday, according to reports. The undercover cop was attempting to drive his Hummer down a snow-covered street when revellers pummelled the vehicle read more
Who Threw the Snowball at the D.C. Cop?
Chicago News Bench | December 20th 2009 by Tom Mannis
Chicago News Bench wonders: Was the guy who hit a cop in Washinton D.C. with a well-placed snowball on Saturday, December 19 and was he ever arrested? We analyzed a video from the massive snowball fight that happened during the weekend blizzard in W read more
Note to D.C. Cops: Don't Bring a Gun to a Snowball Fight (Updated…
Chicago News Bench | December 20th 2009 by Tom Mannis
An innocent snowball fight in Washington D.C. on Dec. 19 turned weird when a cop started waving his pistol. He did not appear to actually point it at anybody, however. Early in the video, at 0:43, we see a man throw a snowball at the cop, and hits h read more
How health lobbyists influenced reform bill
luckyrooster | December 20th 2009 by David
From Chicago Tribune Former staffers of lawmakers from Harry Reid to Mitch McConnell push clients’ agenda By Andrew Zajac David Nexon had a big problem. An early version of national health care legislation contained a $40 billion tax aimed sq read more
Bad Cops, Lying Media, and Anarchist Scapegoats
Broadsnark | December 20th 2009
I’m having a really hard time deciding who are worse – police or media. As you may have already heard. There was a giant snowball fight at the corner of U and 14th in Washington, DC. I was there from about 2:30 to 3:00 and it was fun read more
Congress Removing DC Medical Marijuana Ban - ABC 7 Washington
MikeCann.net | December 20th 2009 by Mike Cann
MPP's Aaron Houston on Congress Removing DC Medical Marijuana Ban - ABC 7 Washington read more
Let it snow … let it snow
Photography by John Michael | December 20th 2009 by John Michael
OH NO! Arlington National Cemetery is Closed! I had plans on Saturday morning to capture the first major snowfall in Arlington National Cemetery. A week before, the Wreaths Across America annual event added 16,000 wreaths in Sections near the Tomb read more
December Rambling
Ramblin' with Roger | December 20th 2009 by Roger Green
I've become fascinated with the fascination over Joe Lieberman re: the health care debate. This example from a New York Times colummnist is a perfectly good example: Let us contemplate the badness of Joe Lieberman.Who would have thought that this hol read more
Why Two Black D.C. Pastors Support Gay Marriage
Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life | December 20th 2009 by Michael Hamar
In this area of Virginia one typically sees black pastors being cynically being manipulated to carry water for the Christianists at The Family Foundation and similar "pro-family" organizations that dislike blacks and Hispanics almost as much as they read more
Proibido para menores: Burlesque show!
Ambiente Vistoriado | December 20th 2009 by Manu
Esse final de semana fui a um show de “Burlesque”, ou “Burlesco” em português, aqui em Washington DC. Para quem não nunca ouviu falar, Burlesco é um gênero teatral que surgiu no século 19 em Nova Iorque, nos Estados Unidos 17 na Itália read more
Saturday Evening Snow Accumulation
Man Running With Blue Sponge | December 19th 2009 by Man Running With Blue Sponge (Mark)
This was taken at dusk and you can see the foot and half of snow higher on the fence (compare to the photo below taken this morning). I did some shoveling, so some of the snow on the left side of the fence is from piling of shoveled snow. It was read more
DC Cop Pulls His Gun On Kids During Snowball Fight
BlackPoliticalBuzz | December 19th 2009
D.C. Cop Freaks Out Over Snowball Fight–Brandishes GunAccording to an eyewitness, a D.C. Police detective (pictured above w/ gun) went nuts after kids pelted his Hummer with snowballs at 14th and U Streets NW.The veteran detective got out of his c read more
10 Ways to Screw Over the Corporate Jackals Who’ve Been Screwin…
luckyrooster | December 19th 2009 by David
From Alternet By Scott Thill The New Year is nearly here, and so much has happened. Wait, what’s that? Nothing major at all has happened, you say? Oh right, we’ve been stuck in neutral since dumping the toxic trash of the Republican Bush read more
A Washington DC Christmas
Little Merry Sunshine | December 19th 2009 by Jessica
Some of my favorite Christmases as an adult have been spent in Washington DC. I have so many wonderful memories of Christmas parties, baking for friends, touring Mt. Vernon at night all decorated for Christmas as they did in the 1700s, the lighting read more
Winter Storm '09!
carnet de correspondance | December 19th 2009
Last night it started snowing in Washington. We woke up to 7 inches of snow, and by the afternoon we were up to 13. We went on a little excursion to a nearby bakery (I'd bought lots of cold weather food - fondue, raclette - but no baguette to go wi read more
That Gollum-like Feeling on Health Care
luckyrooster | December 19th 2009 by David
From Open Left by: Mike Lux Sat Dec 19, 2009 at 11:00 I find myself gripped in a bitter argument- with myself- about the fate of health care reform. It’s sort of like watching the schizophrenic Gollum in the Lord Of The Rings saga fight angrily read more
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