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Former Blade Staffers Launch 'DC Agenda'
D.C. Insurance Dept. Denies Birth Control Coverage Meddling
Controversy Over Rhee Now to Include Sex, Congress
Good morning, Washington, and happy Friday before a holiday weekend! At least, for some of you. Most of us seem to have to work on Monday anyway, solidifying Columbus Day's place as the least useful and most offensive of federal holidays. On the bright side, it looks like we'll have some decent weather for the most part. On the dark side, getting around the city via Metrorail is going to be totally effed. We'll have more reminders on that for you later.
Protest Against Teacher Layoffs: The Washington Teachers Union managed to get more than 1,000 people to come out on Thursday afternoon for a protest against the most recent round of DCPS layoffs, the Examiner reports. We'll have some photos of the protest, which seems to be evidence of mounting distrust of the Fenty administration having reached new heights, for you later this morning.
Taxi Bribery Tapes Played in Court: The Post and City Paper both have reports from U.S. District Court yesterday, when federal prosecutors played some of the surreptitious recordings from the ongoing taxicab industry bribery case. They played the tapes with the hope of keeping Yitbarek Syume, who has lately also been accused of threatening to murder FBI informant Abdulaziz Kamus, in jail until his trial. Judge Deborah A. Robinson is expected to make a ruling on that matter today.
Briefly Noted: Teenage girl caught in crossfire gets shot in the head in Northeast ... Man shot in his Bethesda garage ... Firefighters catch fire during sprinkler demo ... Family of girl who died at Rumsey Aquatic Center upset with Fenty administration response ... Oh yeah, and Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.
This Day in DCist: In 2008, we interviewed Sarah Vowell, and in 2007, we wondered if we should rename the Navy Yard Metro stop.
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Taxi murder plots? Teenage crossfire? Combusting firefighters? There's only one man who can fix this. He's the hero DC deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A Hobo With a Shotgun. (NSFW)
In other news, Kool-Aid sales are way, way up in Sweden.
Norway? Or is something afoot in Sweden as well?
Aw, crap. You're right.
Champagne, actually. Not only does Noway get to thumb it's nose at the GOP, but it gets the smug satisfaction of knowing it discovered 'merica 500 years before Columbus!
Always get a kick out of snooty European honkies getting into a pissing match over who discovered what, conveniently ignoring the fact that a bunch of insane nomads WALKED across the Bering Straits and found this third-rate Isengard wannabe $h!thole country centuries before Doug and Linda Grok crawled out of their poop filled Eurocaves. But by all means, do go back to throwing fake blood on the Columbus statue in front of Union Station.
No competition from me. By definition those "insane nomads" were Eurasian, too. :)
And, anyway, who doesn't like insane nomads? Aside from the whole mammoth-extinction thing, I mean.
That's too bad. I was sorta hoping that you were mocking Andy Murray and the St. Louis Blues for some reason. I mean, sure, it was great that they took two from the Wings last week in Stockholm, but good teams don't lose at home to Atlanta.
I'm off on Monday and love Columbus Day. It's funny how that works.
Me too! I hate my government contract job, but I love getting those federal holidays.
Contractors are to the government as Former President Bush was to the Democrats.
That being said, I'll enjoy my day off and refuse to get caught up in the politics and meaning of the holiday. It works for Columbus Day, and it works for Christmas. They could create a Let Your Boss Take Care of That Pesky Abortion Day and I wouldn't give two shits as long as I got the day off.
"as long as I got the day off" ... spoken like a true govie
Every day is a day off when you have a gun.
and police brought in helicopters, extra patrols and even bloodhounds to try and find him.
Should've just brought in Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimley.
Columbus sucks. Ok, now I feel better!
That was never the problem. It was the swallowing that pissed people off.
More useless than President's Day? I think not!
I'm more of a Magellan man, anyway
de Soto FTW. So great they named a car after him.
not just a car, an entire make!
I'll be celebrating Columbus Day by converting all my neighbors to Catholicism, giving everyone in on my block smallpox, and desperately searching for a eastern route to Cathay.
Rockin and a rollin, splishin and a splashin, over the horizon, where can it be?
Look like it's goin to be...a free countrY!
The veneration of Columbus has always been problematic. While I admire his pioneering spirit, I found the premise behind 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York' just completely implausible.
It's the right idea:
http://www.mitchclem.com/nothingnice/122/
I'll be celebrating Columbus Day by getting drunk and spending the day in my underwear. Of course, I'll be doing it at work, while all my government worker friends actually have the day off. Lazy bastards.
Working for a contractor ain't easy, but it's necessary.
~EEE~
Thoughts and prayers to the shooting victims. Strangely enough, I work with the guy that got shot in his garage...
I yearn to be free.