Archive for June, 2008
What could be more patriotic?
In preparation for Friday’s Fourth of July celebrations, I give you: the All American Porta-pot.
For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud to go pee.
DSC_9739, courtesy of Me
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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Well, that didn’t take long…
Remember my analysis and prediction, yesterday? Which made me feel kinda dumb, since I said I figured we’d see some licensing movement in two months, but then Fenty made statements about 21 days. I wasn’t quite as wrong as I thought – the 21 days aren’t necessarily when they’ll start, but is when the [...]
More »Five Line Flush
First off, if you’re a Nats fan headed to the game with the Orioles on Sunday, good luck. You’re hosed.
Heads up to everyone travelling across the District this weekend: every single Metro line is seeing major track work and rail testing from Friday night through early Monday morning.
Blue Line
Sad to say, this one’s been hit [...]
More from The Pilot
A few weeks ago the Washington Post ran an editorial by Patrick Smith, a pilot and writer whose work I have been enjoying on Salon for several years now. I missed it at the time, but caught some of the letters to the editor in response, and honestly was kind of surprised by the vitrol. [...]
Mayor Fenty Speaks
Mayor Fenty, Interim Attorney General Nickles and Chief of Police Lanier are starting their press conference momentarily on the steps of the Wilson Building downtown. WTOP Radio (103.5FM/1500AM) will be broadcasting the event live, and we’ll have a liveblog going here.
Mayor Fenty is speaking now: He’s welcoming everyone, including Chief Lanier and [...]
You’ll still need a license
If you’re sitting there pondering what you’ll purchase for your arsenal at home – or stewing in dread over an influx of weaponry – you should take note of one section from the court’s opinion.
Before this Court petitioners have stated that “if the handgun ban is struck down and respondent registers a handgun, he could [...]
AG Nickles Speaks
DC Interim Attorney General Peter Nickles was interviewed by the Post’s DC Wire blog before the opinion was delivered, and warned people against bringing firearms to the District en masse, as they still have to be registered with the city. DC Wire believes these to be the likely regulations:
Among the likely regulations: Gun owners [...]
Supreme Court Strikes Down Handgun Ban
The Supreme Court has upheld the opinion of the DC Circuit Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruling that DC’s ban on handguns is unconstitutional. Specifically, it is the opinion of the court that there is an individual right accorded by the 2nd amendment, not to be infringed upon by any act of the [...]
More »Live Heller coverage
SCOTUSBlog has a snazzy liveblog thing going on that updates quickly and doesn’t require you to repeatedly refresh your browser. C’mon over, it’s less annoying than the tv talking heads.
Update: Tom Goldstein is a funny guy. “Tom Goldstein – The Morgan Stanley opinion holds that FERC was required to apply the Mobile Sierra presumption. [...]
Dupont Metro: Den of Iniquity
Who’d have guessed that anywhere on the list of places people would want to pay to have sex would be the Dupont Metro Station. Yeah, that’s what I thought. No one. However, that’s what recently arrested Metro employees were hoping for. Interestingly enough, it was the station manager and one [...]
More »Thursday is Heller Day. So?
At the close of today’s public session, Chief Justice John Roberts indicated that all the court’s remaining opinions will be issued tomorrow at 10am. That includes District of Columbia v. Heller, which is going to start us off on what will no doubt be a long and loud road towards what new gun regulation will [...]
More »Gun Ruling Today? Looks Like No.
Last we’d heard, the only justice waiting to weigh in on District of Columbia v. Heller was Justice Antonin Scalia (and chances, he’s all for the guns, is my guess) which means that we have to be close to a verdict in the case. The Supreme Court in a special sessions released four [...]
More »Twain Prize Winner Carlin Dies at 71
George Carlin died last night at the age of 71 from heart failure. He’s this year’s recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and probably one of the best satirists of the last 50 years. Tickets for the Award Presentation show go on sale on August 11th.
So, without further ado, please enjoy some [...]
The Hill in One Word or Less
If you want to check out what’s going on at the Capitol, but can’t be bothered to read all of the Congressional Record and even the Post’s Politics section is far too detailed, check out Capitol Words, which will give you the word of the day on The Hill:
The word of the day last Wednesday [...]
More »Wear a Shirt at Nats Park or Leave
Well. The best you can say is that the double standard’s gone.
But, if you are planning on going to a Nats game and bearing your hairy man chest for the crowd to see, be prepared for the ushers to descend on you and request you get dressed or leave. I mean, I [...]
Smithsonian on Flickr
The Smithsonian has joined The Commons on Flickr, which started as a pilot between the Library of Congress and Flickr to increase access to publicly-held photo collections and allow the public to contribute knowledge and information (such as tags) to those collections.
The Smithsonian’s photostream contains some fantastic gems, including portraits of scientists, cyanotypes cataloging [...]
George Carlin awarded Mark Twain Prize
Speaking of the Kennedy Center, it has announced that this year’s Mark Twain Prize will be awarded to George Carlin. A worthy recipient indeed, as Carlin is one of the defining luminaries of stand-up comedy, and American comedy in general.
But I can’t help but note the irony of the Kennedy Center awarding its prestigious [...]
Tim Russert’s funeral service at the Kennedy Center
If, like our Mr Bridge, you’re a fan of the late Mr Russert, you might be interested in WAMU’s live coverage of his funeral service today at the Kennedy Center. If you’re one of the 8 people in the country with an HD radio you can turn into HD-3 on 88.5 FM. If you’re one [...]
More »Jesus loves you, and dispenses aspirin along the way
I actually took this picture a few weeks ago when out in Chantilly to have dinner with a friend, but the Washington Post got around to writing about the pro-life pharmacy before I did. [and let me assure you, we were at a nice little Indian place a few doors over, not at any of [...]
More »Passport Lost and Hope to Find
Lets say a friend of mine lost their passport somewhere in Washington DC. The current best guest is in the back of a DC taxi cab.
Where should my friend look for it? Is there a global taxi lost and found? Or should there be a call-a-thon to each taxi company? Or [...]
