Go Home Already: Shouts and Murmurs
Man Stops Traffic at 17th and K to Demand $200 Million
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Fire at 17th and L NW Forces Evacuations
Good morning, Washington. Did you take advantage of D.C.'s sales tax holiday this weekend? We definitely saw a lot of people out on the sidewalks with shopping bags, especially on Sunday, when the weather became inexplicably perfect. The Post also noticed and went out and talked to shoppers looking for bargains. It's pretty nice out there again today, but don't expect it to last, obviously. This is D.C. in August, after all. The sales tax holiday, however, lasts through midnight next Sunday, Aug. 10.
Father Arrested in Slaying of 12-year-old Daughter: It looks like police were looking for Felipe Antonio Caceres for more than just questioning: Caceres was arrested and jailed for her killing over the weekend. The judge who ordered him held without bond called the circumstances surrounding the death of Marisol Caceres, which include that she was found with a plastic bag over her head and with her clothing partially removed, "extremely disturbing." Caceres, who went missing immediately after his daughter's death, turned himself in to police after learning that police wanted to question him from a television news report.
Man Arrested for Trinidad Triple Homicide: Residents of D.C. Trinidad neighborhood who have been enduring a particularly violent summer have some cause for relief: a man was arrested on murder charges over the weekend in the killings of three men on May 31. Seven people in total died within nine hours in Trinidad that night, eventually prompting the MPD to set up its first controversial "neighborhood safety zone" checkpoint about a week later.
Briefly Noted: D.C. police start another 'All Hands on Deck' today ... Officials take disciplinary action against medics for evading calls ... Man shot behind Ballou High School ... Chlorine leak at White House prompts Haz Mat response.
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So, let's see. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of three murders out of a total of seven. Which leaves...uh...one, hold on...[takes off pants]...FOUR murders not accounted for. See if the cops were smart, they'd pin the other four on this guy, and all those cold cases they have on the books, as well as the Mckinley assassination. Or they could just pull a Ronnie White and have the guy mysteriously strangle himself while in police custody and then hide the rope. There, every open case is now closed.
Notice I said "if" they were smart.
Man shot behind Balou High School..
Perhaps he was caught trying to steal one of their l's?
No boondoggle, that guy clearly got away...
so in summary, people continue to shoot and kill each other, the summer weather is hot, and the economy sucks? this makes me want to procreate.
that ballou story was on fox 5 news last night, and they showed all of these pictures of the school, talked about it's proximity to ballou, and hyped it to the point where i was waiting for the payoff—
then they said it had nothing to do with ballou.
point is, the news orgs in this city know they can say ballou and it'll scare the bejeesus out of the white folk in NW.
The cops would have a decent turnout for the "All Hands on Deck," except all the officers volunteered for the "All Hands on Dick" prostitution crackdown.
In the struggle between dodging bullets and shaking down hookers, Dolemite beats Shaft any day.
"Point is, the news orgs in this city know they can say ballou and it'll scare the bejeesus out of the white folk in NW."
Don't buy it, scaring the bejeesus out of white people is local news' beard and butter. I blame lazy sunday night news cast...thats why it is usually 15 min of news, 15 of sports.
Waiting patiently for monkey's riff on "beard and butter"...
I have to agree. It might not be their "beard and butter" but news outlets live for scare quotes. And it's not just white folk. Fox News have elevated this practice to high art. "Water...cool...refreshing....BUT IS IT RAPING AND EATING YOUR CHILDREN? Tonight on Fox News we uncover a deadly secret behind dihydrogen monoxide poisoning. A silent killer LURKING IN YOUR CHILD'S INFLATABLE SPONGEBOB WADING POOL."
Did you see last night's program on how beard butter gives you throat cancer? Scary business. I stopped buttering my beard and switched to Crisco. My therapist couldn't be happier. He's doubled my electroshock dosage!
Anyone know what was going on with the police at 7th NW between F and H last night? Got out of the Metro at Chinablock to try and grab dinner and most of the southern part of the block was closed off to both vehicle and pedestrian traffic, with a slew of police cars in the middle of the street.
Moose, I was about to ask the same thing. I was walking out of Fado back home at about 7ish, 7:30 and everyone was crowded at each corner of the intersection. Some folks said there was an abandoned package found in an alley possibly.
Pqliving covered this yesterday. My guess is that it's another "suspicious package" which is exactly what Mrs. Monkey calls it when I put a fake nose/moustache/eyeglass combo on my junk and start talking like Boris Badanoff.
connie dobbs: please, do not repond to mr. monkey's last comment, for all our sakes.
If you're going to use butter on your beard, make sure it isn't salted butter.
The More You Know.
Monkeyrotica heartily endorses Craig's Beard and Moustache Butter. Unscented, if you please. Accept no substitutes!
I'm looking at you, "I Can't Believe It's Not Beard Butter."®
I'm too busy avoiding a deadline on a work project to comment. Must get back to procrastinating now, after I get over my laughter-cramps.