Marion Barry just can’t catch a break—today he was featured in a Flying Dog beer ad alongside the text, “Crack One Open D.C.”

Ramping up from the previous efforts of…a poster, Mayor Vince Gray’s office announced this afternoon that all Gray cabinet members would sign an “ethics pledge,” confirming their “commitment to the highest ethical standards by avoiding conflicts of interest, use of public resources for personal benefit and other violations of the public trust.”

The first in what will hopefully be a series of posts highlighting odd or interesting pieces of pop culture we find popping up around Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to D.C. and New York this week. Did you love Shepard Fairey’s Obama posters? Artist Michael Ian Weinfeld has created this limited edition copycat “POPE” print of Benedict XVI in honor of the pontiff’s visit to the United States this week. It’s available for purchase for $99….