Archive for the ‘WTF?!’ Category
Metro to close Federal Triangle, Smithsonian metro stations for President’s Day weekend
‘29 Jan 2011 – No 064: Me This Week’courtesy of ‘B Jones Jr’
Another Federal Holiday weekend, another set of closed stations on a day that not everyone gets off. Metro announced this afternoon that they will be closing Federal Triangle and Smithsonian for the weekend to comply with NTSB recommendations and make safety and reliability [...]
About that vacant DC property…
‘Pima County Assessor & Board of Equalization Cheat Raquel’courtesy of ‘666isMONEY â�® â�¥ & â� ’
There’s a possibility that you got a letter in the last week from the DC Office of Taxation and Revenue about your property taxes, and you opened it, like me, to discover “Oh shit! They’re gonna raise my property tax because [...]
Dispatches from Ward 5
‘DSC_0940′
courtesy of ‘mediaslave’
The Ward 5 lists were active this week, with several things going on to talk about.
Numerous discussions ensued across both the Eckington and Ward 5 lists after the Truxton Circle murder of Billy Mitchell, who was on his way home from the theater when he was shot at the corner of North Capitol [...]
WMATA responds to 23 Dec incident
‘Steppin’ Out, WMATA Style’courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
Metro has released a statement regarding the incident first reported on Unsuck DC Metro that has horrified many: six armed men reportedly boarded an Orange Line train on December 23rd, and allegedly robbed and beat passengers aboard that train, and according to some accounts, the Metro operator did not [...]
Weekend Metro Work to split Blue & Orange lines, close Foggy Bottom
‘Metro Fail’courtesy of ‘Karon’
Get ready for an ugly weekend of transportation. Starting at 10pm on Friday night, Metro will stop all Blue and Orange trains at Rosslyn and Farragut West and turn them around, meaning the only line across the Potomac this weekend is the Yellow line. Hanging at Metro Center and going to Court [...]
Light Snow Expected Tomorrow
‘big step’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Expect the grocery stores to be packed to the gills tonight and the dairy and bread cases empty. Why? Well, the powers that be in the Weather world are predicting 1-4″ of snow. While those of us who’ve been here more than just a couple minutes know this isn’t the end of [...]
A difficult morning on Capitol Hill
‘good morning’
courtesy of ‘volcanojw’
If you can avoid Capitol Hill for the next few hours, you probably should.
A woman was found dead inside a burning car on the 800 block of A Street SE in the 5:00 hour this morning. The car was fully engulfed when DC Fire & EMS arrived, and it was only after [...]
WMATA issues statement in wake of beating video
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Metro Emergency Button by Mr. T in DC
By now, I am certain that you have seen the video, or heard about the incident that took place at L’Enfant Metro this past weekend, where a man was beaten by a group of teenagers while they took video of the incident. Metro has now issued a [...]
Increased Food Truck Enforcement?
‘Vacation in a Cup!’courtesy of ‘Phaesia2011′
The word spread over Twitter in yesterday’s lunch hour that MPD was spotted talking with two food trucks at L’Enfant Plaza, and that perhaps one of them had received a ticket. This morning, we’re hearing that one of the Sauca vehicles was forced to move yesterday. We talked with one [...]
Why is Maryland still requiring Phone Books to be delivered?
”courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
If you’ve not yet seen the great 70s comedy The Jerk with Steve Martin, perhaps this snippet should inspire you? This moment, where Navin Johnson notes that because he’s in the phone book, something good will happen to him now, is the height of irony, even in 1979. Here [...]
Heavyweight DC lawyer vs. the DC judicial system
‘Nacho #19′
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Via Legal Times comes this story about a DC lawyer who was arrested for “disorderly conduct” (after insulting a police officer), was asked to pay $35 at the station and forfeit the right to a hearing or be taken to the District’s central cellblock. He did so in [...]
Light week here on We Love DC
‘Reg 220 after the rapture’courtesy of ‘quinn.anya’
We’re hoping that everyone is having a great post-Christmas pre-New Year’s Monday. As you may have noticed, we’re running a bit light this week as we all prepare for 2011. Posting will be fairly light as all our people come back from their holiday breaks, but you can count [...]
Pressed into service as a Metrobus navigator
‘taking the bus’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Or, One More Thing an iPad is Good For
There I was, waiting at the bus stop after work, staring at my phone while waiting for Nextbus to load. Nextbus said the H1 bus would arrive in 2 minutes, though the H1 tends to run on Inception time, so I figured that [...]
WMATA to start searching (some) bags at (some) stations
‘Barbcue!’
courtesy of ‘Dan Dan The Binary Man’
In response to recent threats to the system, WMATA has decided that the negative press that the TSA is getting is the sort of thing that they would like to have also, and today announced enhanced searching of individuals, including bag searches at random stations. One small problem with [...]
Reports: Gray to retain Lanier, hire back old Fire Chief
‘DC’s Police Chief Cathy Lanier’courtesy of ‘intothelens4149′
The announcement came late last night: Mayor Elect Gray will this afternoon introduce “key appointments in the public safety cluster of his administration,” at the Reeves Center at 1:30pm. The reports we’re hearing jibe with something we’d heard discussed by sources inside the Gray Transition team: Police Chief Cathy Lanier [...]
Blinking ornament in bomb-proof trashcan causes 90 minute fustercluck at Pentagon
‘Christmas 2008 – My Tree – 12-21-08′courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
I understand being cautious in a world where new plots to assault Metro riders are announced daily (and that’s just by WMATA! *badum ching*) that you have to be cautious in a situation where you figure out that you might well have something a bit hazardous on [...]
DC continues second-class status in Statuary Hall
‘National Statuary Hall’courtesy of ‘MNesterpics’
Tomorrow, the House will debate a bill that would allow DC to display a single statue in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall, instead of the two that were proposed in a bill earlier in the legislative year that Congress did not pass. Norton said in a release this morning, “Its federal taxpaying [...]
A priceless moment between Gray & Fenty
‘IMG_4593′courtesy of ‘dbking’
Sadly, I was not able to attend the presentation of a new design for Dunbar High School, but Intrepid Post Report Mike Debonis was there and catalogued this epic exchange between Mayor Fenty and Mayor-Elect Gray:
“The Redskins beat themselves,” Fenty added.
“That happens often. Doesn’t it, Mr. Mayor?” said Gray to Fenty
I believe the [...]
Hot Start To Your Commute Today: Fire At Metro Center Ravages Blue/Orange Lines
‘light‘
courtesy of ‘futraprime‘
Lucky for me I didn’t have to go to work today, which would entail riding the Orange Line to Rosslyn.
If I did I’m sure I would of been one of the many angry tweets about this morning’s commute.
If you haven’t heard (of if you haven’t arrived into the office yet), a report of smoke/fire at [...]
