- “Justin’s Café opened last year, just a few blocks from Nationals Park. They opened up shop at 1025 First Street SE with a fine line of beer, wine, and meals oh so divine. Pardon, my rhyme but I feel the selection was worth the cute play on words.” [We Love DC]
- “Hey, It’s Ford’s Theater. That is where Jefferson was stabbed.” [Eavesdrop DC]
- “I was surprised yesterday when I saw that there was an announcement that the Metblogs network will close down at the end of the month.” [Metroblogging DC]
- Jesus Christ, THIS was the worst feature. Just awful. When did Wonkette get good? Maybe Retro Day was a bad idea.
METRO SECTION 2:31 pm May 19, 2011
Metro Section: Great Assassinations
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Indeed. Retro Day was played out in a retro hour. How about something like this to help build righteous indignation and snark?
http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/la…
Thank you Kansas, for taking the ball from AZ for a while.
Glad to help out. I have no doubt you'll find a way to take it back – maybe something that tops our legislator's proposal to shoot illegals from helicopters..
But, would the abortion in case of rape health insurance waiver cover abortion for any pregnancy conceived by rape, or would it have to be rape-rape?
As an Oklahoman, the home of Spooky Doktor Tom, ace negotiator on behalf of sleazy Republitards, I know I'm always grateful when another state seizes the crazy stick.
What do you think the odds are that a women who buys a rider for insurance coverage will then have this used as evidence she was asking to be raped?
Or wanted to thrill-kill a fetus.
Either way, it will further evidence the complete disdain–and in fact open hatred–of women.
As for you, Gopherit, mission accomplished, as I am feeling mightily and righteously indignant. I am sick to fucking death of the right wing cultural warriors attacks on women. How a woman can be a republican completely escapes me.
I'm thinking Jack must have been 16 or 17 when Wonkette launched — assuming he's 24 now, but that's prolly wrong — so I can see how he missed out. 16, 17, he was getting his licence, tooling around Michigan Dutch Country listening to D12 World & Oh, Inverted World!, smoking doob & trying to get to second base with someone, anyone. Not a lot of time to think about DC gossip, then.
16 or 17 and reading wonkette instead of porn. How weird would that be?
"Maybe"?!
heeee by 'good' he means when did it stop being about dc gossip and starting being about nearly incomprehensible Marxist wordvomit by Ken Layne…
Poopeyhead.
Is the entire Republican party really a giant prank put on by the YesMen?
OK, here is the parody of the Cox – Alterman Catfight.
Pronounced AH-na, by the way.
I'll get right on that, champs.
I always found it cute.
DC news just isn't the same without rapey Kennedys on Ambien. And no, you can't use that for your band name.
Ah yes, the vivid imagery of 'Uncle Teddy' drunkenly chasing co-eds around the lawn with his pants around his ankles. Good times.
"Metro Section: Great Assassinations"
Does Julius Caesar count?
In terms of bang for your buck, it's hard to pass on the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The entire Julio-Claudian dynasty is good for this; aside from Augustus they were all assassinated (well Tiberius is iffy; some records say it was natural, some that he was smothered by Caligula) and they all handed quite a few as well.
I've always thought that Ford's Theatre was were the Model T was built.
There’s something novel about the corn hole sets …
So Justin's offers cornholing? I guess it fits in with Wonkette after all.
"Maybe Retro Day was a bad idea."
Don't get down. We give you an "A"*
"A" for 'ain't it the truth.
"Looks like I picked the wrong day to stay home from work and follow Wonkette" -Steve McCroskey.
probably a bad day to stop sniffing glue, too.
D. Glover: "I'm getting too old for this sh*t."
Retro day tail spin eh Jack? It's just as bad as Hot tub Time Machine. I shouldn't say that because I didn't see that movie. It could have been a great movie….Probally not though.
It was abysmal. From a couple of reviews, I thought it might have hope but nada. Horrible. Let me know when someone sees Hangover 2. My expectations are very, very low.
I think that movies premise was done to death.
"No it's not another 'travel back in time comedy'! This one, Mr. Producer, has a hot tub"
People watch that crap but have yet to see Kieslowski 3 color trilogy. Sheesh. Tea-party america.
The headline to the review of Hot Tub Time machine as published in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper:
"As films called Hot Tub Time Machine go, it's not terrible"
So there!
Hot Tub Time Machine did have Jack Steuf doppelganger Clark Duke as [SPOILER] Rob Corddry's son
“Hey, It’s Ford’s Theater. That is where Jefferson was stabbed.”
No Child Left Behind, Baby!
“Hey, It’s Ford’s Theater. That is where Jefferson was stabbed.”
Hey, It’s Ford’s Theater. That is where Polk was punched.
“Hey, It’s Ford’s Theater. That is where Jefferson was stabbed.”
Hey, it's Ford's Theater. That is where Nixon was pardoned.
"Forget it, Jake, it's Ford's Theatre."
“Hey, It’s Ford’s Theater. That is where Jefferson was stabbed.”
Hey It's Ford's Theater. That is where Taft fatally injured his seat.
Hell, it's Retro Year! Newt Gingrich for President, lower taxes for zillionaires, people waiting for the End of the World, unrest in the Middle East, etc.
The SNL sketch, set in 2008, of a reunion of the Clinton-Lewinsky principals, might prove prescient.
(Great sketch, too: Tim Meadows as Oprah, John Goodman as Linda Tripp (seriously, his best work), Ana Gasteyer as Hillary… Good times.)
John Goodman as Linda Tripp was better looking than Linda Tripp.
Linda Tripp should look even worse than that. She should be… entombed.
Just like that Deborah Palfrey.
And the national debt.
Well, it WAS good, back when Juli Weiner was doing it. TRY HARDER.
Ford's Theater, make sure you look around before you take your seat…
Ask about our Corporate Skybox Special!
Yeah the good old days, when computers that do what my phone does today cost thousands of dollars, and I had to rummage around the video rental store behind a curtain like some troll to find halfway decent porn.
Although if my adolescence had involved free porn, I might never have emerged from my lair of filthy laundry and mouldering late night snacks.
Well, it *was* cool, back when Juli Weiner was doing this feature. TRY HARDER.
What was that you said? I'm using dial-up for Retro Day.
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