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If you were unlucky enough to be at BWI this morning, you know the Southwest terminals were evacuated and hundreds of people missed their flights and it was the usual terror insanity. Here’s what (allegedly) happened: A passenger had a loaded handgun in his carryon, which he wisely put through the TSA X-ray machine. MORE »

Regardless of your position on the current Middle East crisis, there’s one thing we can all agree on: video game violence is just the skill-building motivator our children need to get out there and make something of themselves. Take Daniel Taylor of Baltimore, who, despite never having been there and not speaking Hebrew, is heeding the call of his people and joining the IDF. Daniel comes well-trained, having studied marksmanship at the 4-H. Despite that seemingly marking him as a time-traveler from 1950, Daniel’s not lacking for modern know-how: MORE »

• Kings have their castles, but just because you’re a penniless drunk who lives in group basement apartment with bike messengers doesn’t mean you don’t have anyone to look down on. [DC Urban Family]

• Red is where the rich people are, cause those neighborhoods are “hot.” [Metroblogging DC]
• At least you don’t live in Baltimore. [Frozen Tropics]
• FEMA’s got a little class warrior streak running through it that’s apparently not so popular with the Tyson’s Galleria set. [Diary of an Ad Man]

Friday

• Warren Beatty and Julie Christie as “a braggart gambler and an opium-addicted whore” in Robert Altman’s 1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Through Sunday. [AFI]

• Dave Attell at DC Improv. All shows sold out but tickets moving on Craigslist. [craigslist]

Saturday

• Bloated Buffalonian Tim Russert at Politics and Prose. 11AM. [P&P]

• Cute woodcuts by Kirk Waldroff at The Washington Printmakers Gallery in Dupont Circle. Plus, they offer printmaking demos once a month. [The Washington Printmakers Gallery]
• HonFest ‘06 in Baltimore. Get a Hairspray makeover and drink in the street. [HonFest]

Sunday

• Sri Lanka’s Guerilla Marketing. A politician hires “ruthless” PR exec to design his campaign ads . Modern dance, traditional and contemporary music come into play somehow. Free. 2 pm. [The Freer]

• 31st annual Capital Pride Street Festival. Dance Party at 7PM. Note: You will not see a single member of Senator Inhofe’s (extremely) extended family there. Not one. [Capital Pride]

* The Economist is going on a marketing blitz — in Baltimore. [NYT] MORE »

In San Francisco, there is was a TV station whose evening news slogan is was “News from the best place on earth,” a completely accurate phrase insofar it perfectly captures captured the smug self-satisfaction of the city’s residents. Only “San Francisco: City of Pricks” could be would have been more apt. Today, the Washington Post reports on the city of Baltimore’s attempts to “rebrand” itself and the challenges posed by citizens on the opposite end of SF on the smugness spectrum.

Even before the new catchphrase is unveiled, locals are forming ideas of their own:”Baltimore: Duck!” a shopkeeper said. MORE »