Archive for the ‘WTF?!’ Category
Grandmother at Tysons hurls toddler off walkway
‘IMG_8072′courtesy of ‘bankbryan’
The story is absolutely horrifying. Late yesterday, a grandmother is alleged to have hurled her toddler off the fourth-story exterior walkway onto the pavement below. She’s charged with malicious wounding, but charges are expected to be elevated now that the girl has died.
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A strange change: “Pedestrian, bus is turning”
‘Super Cool New 64 Fort Totten Bus’courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’
“Pedestrian, bus is turning,” is the new warcry of the average DC Metrobus. Starting this Fall, you might have heard this on a few of Metro’s test buses, but now they’re rolling it out across the city in a pilot program. As soon as the operator [...]
Turkeys Missing at Barry’s Giveaway
‘Jive Turkeys’
courtesy of ‘F1RSTBORN’
Early this morning, a throng of people showed up at Union Temple Baptist Church in Ward 8 to collect on their Marion Barry-sponsored turkey. And walked away empty-handed.
According to a press release from Barry’s office, the 2,000 promised turkeys were delayed in arriving this morning due to “Giant Grocery Store’s corporate inflexibility.” [...]
Fred Fiske done lost his mind
‘My Radio is Tuned to…’courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
It’s time for 90-year old coot commentator Fred Fiske to pack up his general sense of misplaced frustration and outrage and head on home for good. Last night’s commentary rant (available in Real Media and Windows Media Player, since WAMU is so very much “with the [...]
TBD does Escalator Census
‘Escalators sure are pretty’courtesy of ‘Karon’
TBD this week sent their intrepid community people through a grand tour of the Metro, charting each and every station’s escalator status. All told, Metro is missing about 13% of their total escalator fleet right now due to mechanical failures of one sort or another, which is both more than [...]
Faux Metro Ads
‘Vacation’courtesy of ‘futuraprime’
I love this series of fake Metro ads from Evan Hensleigh on Flickr. As bad as it’s been, it’s good that we cans top and laugh a bit at what we’re experiencing out there with Metro’s collapse over the last three years. My personal favorite is the one with the ad, but the [...]
Arlington County Police To Ticket Jaywalkers This Morning In Rosslyn
‘Rosslyn’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
If you live in the DC Metro Area, or if you have been a pedestrian any time of your life, then you probably have crossed the street when you weren’t supposed to. Maybe you were impatient for the lights to change and there weren’t any cars in the street. Perhaps you enjoy living a [...]
What’s it take to get appointed to Kwame Brown’s seat?
‘Brown for Council Chair’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
With the results of the election now pretty clear, Kwame Brown’s At-Large council seat will need to be filled by special election. Of course, in the meantime, someone will need to be the At-Large councilman in his seat, and that’s where the DC Democratic Party comes in. They’ll be handling [...]
Do we have to treat every abandoned package like it’s a bomb?
‘matt’s suspicious package returns from lunch’courtesy of ‘wetwebwork’
As I write this, 14th street is FUBAR between Rhode Island Ave NW and Q St NW because someone forgot to take their backpack, or their box of paper napkins, or threw out a small sealed box. Have we gone too far with our treatment of these abandoned [...]
Haven’t You Heard Of Method Acting?
‘disturbing’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
According to the Washington Examiner, a middle aged man was arrested on Halloween night for wearing a diaper and shouting profanities at children while they were trick-or-treating in Ocean City, MD. Maryland State Police report that assailant was cursing at adults and children and trying to get them to give him candy.
Epic.
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Conflicting stories and new revelations at DC9’s ABRA hearing
‘DC9 Memorial Ali, The Morning After’courtesy of ‘Chris DiGiamo’
The death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed two weeks ago at Howard University Hospital unleashed a chain of events that have shuttered rock club DC 9, caused protests from the Amharic-speaking community on U Street, and lead to a lot of hang-wringing concerning bar security personnel throughout the [...]
Wait, Shamrockfest planning is already happening?!
‘Dropkick Murphys – Do Or Die LP’courtesy of ‘mtarvainen’
Two weeks ago, we thought it was too early to be planning for New Year’s, and I know a bunch of my friends wanted to punch various retail and online outlets for reminding us that Christmas is 54 days away today, but there was the email, right [...]
A new act of security theater coming to a Metro near you?
‘Barbcue!’courtesy of ‘Dan Dan The Binary Man’
According to WTOP via Slate, this week’s foiled terrorist plot (though how much of a plot is some video and a diagram you could get from any metro station?) may have Metro Police starting random bag searches of riders on the system. I’m not sure how random searches [...]
MPD Shutters DC9 for up to four days
‘Police Line Do Not Cross’courtesy of ‘jayneandd’
Using her emergency powers, Chief Cathy Lanier today announced a shutdown of DC9 for up to 4 days, while DC ABRA reviews their liquor license in the wake of the alleged violence outside the club last night. 5 employees of DC9 were arrested today in connection with the incident [...]
Move That Gigantic Handbag!
Ladies, ladies, ladies. I realize we have a lot of necessary things we need to take with us to work. Makeup, laptops, mobile devices, gym clothes, chapstick, tampons, pens, epically large wallets filled with receipts and old college IDs…but just because society has leadened us with this burden, doesn’t mean our ridiculously large handbags are [...]
More »Man beaten to death outside DC9
‘DSCN3278.JPG’
courtesy of ‘::FiZ::’
This is a deeply saddening story. A man who threw a brick through the window at DC9 was beaten to death by several patrons from inside the bar. The 2000 block of 9th St NW has been blocked off by Police for search during the daylight hours. DCist’s Aaron Morrissey reports that crusader [...]
Bathroom you’d best steer clear of: McDonald’s in Adams Morgan
‘IMG_8493′
courtesy of ‘pterjan’
We’ve all been there, out on the town when the urge strikes. You can hold it, you can hope for a bathroom nearby, or you can run along home. Today, we bring you the story of Chele, who tried to used the ladies’ room at McDonald’s in Adams Morgan in the case of [...]
Lesbians can’t keep their hands off the Ravens’ cups
‘Go Long’
courtesy of ‘Mylar Bono’
The Huffington Post and Washington Blade are reporting that during the Ravens’ September 26th game, a lesbian couple was unfairly thrown out of M&T Bank Stadium. There are mixed reports as to why the couple was ejected from the stadium. The Ravens claim that the couple was asked to leave because [...]
AU Student gets probation for faking diplomatic license & decal
”courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Nicholas Marino did something brave, but deeply, deeply stupid. He paid a Georgia novelty company to make him fake State Department license plates, and he faked a license decal for his drivers’ license. This didn’t go over too well during a recent traffic stop, and the cops hauled him [...]
