Wonkette

• George Washington: Distiller, patriot, capitalist running dog: He was “one of the country’s first successful entrepreneurs, building a whiskey distillery that made the equivalent of $300,000 in two years.” Mt. Vernon is reopening the still in 2007. [WT]
• American University president Benjamin Ladner asked for five mil to “maintain my current living level.” Suggestion from the peanut gallery: “Maybe Ladner can run FEMA!” [WP, DCeiver]
• DC evangelical festival organizers sign up commercial sponsors: “When people see names of companies they know and recognize, it gives them a comfort level.” True — I don’t know about God, but I believe in Coke. (Pepsi is actual sponsor. Heathens.) [WP]
• More MSM attention to the Butterstick controversy! and a suggestion: Naiyou Bao—or “milk-oil dumpling.” Ew. [Washingtonian via BBBS]