Bad Form
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
What incendiary Capitol Hill bar allows its well-heeled (or well-connected) regulars to run its pool tables like their own personal money-making enterprise? They’ll tell you that it’s $50 a game or $5 a ball to play on “their” tables, but don’t even try to win because you might win the game, but once the bouncers remove you from the premises at your opponent’s request, you’ll never collect your money.
Got your own blind item? Let’s talk.
What incendiary Capitol Hill bar allows its well-heeled (or well-connected) regulars to run its pool tables like their own personal money-making enterprise? They’ll tell you that it’s $50 a game or $5 a ball to play on “their” tables, but don’t even try to win because you might win the game, but once the bouncers remove you from the premises at your opponent’s request, you’ll never collect your money.
Got your own blind item? Let’s talk.
WHICH National Review Online contributor was spotted, in the words of a Wonkette Operative…
Put an ad up on craigslist looking for a room to rent and you never know who’ll get back to you. One young man got a response from a legislative staffer to a certain Republican Representative from Ohio. The staffer has the usual requirements in a roommate: clean, quiet, white… 
WHICH local gossip threw a tantrum at the Canadian Embassy the other night? Our tipster writes: 
As seasoned porn fans know, Larry Flynt sends each member of Congress a complimentary copy of Hustler each month. Most offices claim they just toss it, along with all the letters from angry old ladies and all the petitions you sign about mercury in fish or whatever. But according to a former staffer named “Ryan,” one member happily (if secretly) took home each and every issue. 
Ok, neither the time nor the studio are mentioned, but you guys are a smart bunch. Who’s the lucky guy? Guesses in the comments. 
There’s a pretty good li’l blind item in Michael Kinsley’s column this week (thesis: people on the Internet sure are full of themselves MySpace MySpace blog bloggy blog): 
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