Look, I’m no hockey fan, but it’s a pretty sloppy job by Matt Taibbi to pretend as if the Caps dont’ exist in a piece taking down The Danny and the DC sports scene.
D.C. News
Dan Snyder Accomplishes The Impossible
October 26th, 2009
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Redskins fans abandoning the team. For many of you not familiar with this region and the Skins, this is unprecedented.
There are other signs that as some Washingtonians stand by their floundering team, which is 2-4 in regular-season play, others are standing a little farther downwind. Nielsen ratings show that the average TV viewership of game [...]
WJFK Shows CBS Radio Is Brilliant
October 8th, 2009
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WJFK is essentially exactly where it was when they flipped from guy talk to sports talk. This region surely needed another outlet to discuss how Dan Snyder mismanages the Redskins.
Not.
Duke Ellington First Solo Black On U.S. Coin In Circulation
February 24th, 2009
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Woot.
The United States Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington, making him the first African-American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin.
Ellington, the composer of classics including ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing’ appears on the ‘tails’ side of the new D.C. quarter. George [...]
Recognize The District
February 23rd, 2009
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Washington D.C. may get a good step forward from its current state of taxation without representation.
Supporters of D.C. voting rights believe that they are on the verge of their biggest victory in at least 30 years as the Senate prepares to take up a bill this week creating a full House seat for the District.
Two [...]
Dear God:
June 25th, 2008
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I have seen David Brooks on the streets of DC four times now. In the future, should you choose to make me see famous tv news people in real life, please substitute new DC resident Lara Logan of CBS in lieu of any more Brooks.
Thanks,
Oliver
Enclosed is a photo of Lara Logan. You are omnipotent, but [...]
Purple Line: Please, God, Make It Happen
May 29th, 2008
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Our subway system here is pretty good, but one of the problems is that if I want to go from my part of Maryland – Takoma Park/Silver Spring to somewhere like Bethesda, I have to go through Washington D.C. to do it. This makes no sense. By auto that’s about 15 minutes drive, but because [...]
The Destruction Of 1000 Connecticut Ave NW
May 27th, 2008
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I took this picture almost two weeks ago. I don’t know much about construction, but I think it’s amazing you can destroy then build a new building in a major city like this and not have the entire block fall over. Science!
DC Metro Pope Ad
April 9th, 2008
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Some killjoys nixed this ad saying it wasn’t apparently slavish enough towards the pontiff.
