Wednesday, March 4:Brickskeller is holding its annual Strong Ale Tasting, where you can sample the finest work of brew makers from California to Delaware. $35 at the Brickskeller. [Love the Beer] MORE »

A new poll from the venerable AP-Yahoo partnership shows that pet owners prefer John McCain over Barack Obama, 42% to 37%. (The other 21%, we assume, support pet-loving failure Mitt Romney.) Dog owners, especially, support John McCain by a wide margin, while cat owners of course lean towards known homosexual Barack Obama. Obama owns no pets because he hates domesticated beasts. But — as the AP tells us — John McCain owns a “veritable menagerie” of creatures. Sexy! MORE »

Hey, maybe the Republican governor of Minnesota is gay enough to run for Vice President after all! It is a scientifically documented fact that many leading lights of the Republican party prefer the company of other gentlemen, and remarks Tim Pawlenty made this weekend suggest he is a member of the Party’s elite cabal of well-groomed fellows who happen to know all the words to every ABBA album ever recorded. He told a WCCO radio show host he doesn’t have sex with his wife! MORE »

Bush is still having the worst luck at seemingly friendly functions with Democratic lawmakers. It all started with Jim Webb, then there was Steve Kagen, and now the nerd in charge of congressional treehugging. This time, though, Bush was the one seemingly on the brink of starting a brawl. And all this during the signing ceremony for a bill about fish conservation. MORE »

The bad news is that mutant fish have been discovered in the Potomac and other local waters. The worse news is that contaminants in your drinking water may soon cause humans to have both male and female sex organs, too.

Scientists say abnormal “intersex” fish, with both male and female characteristics, have been discovered in the Potomac River and its tributaries across the Capitol Region, raising questions about how contaminants are affecting millions of people who drink tap water there.

“I don’t know, and I don’t think anybody knows, the answer to that question right now: Is the effect in the fish transferable to humans?” said Thomas Jacobus, general manager of the Washington Aqueduct, which filters river water for residents to drink in the District of Columbia, Arlington, Va., and Falls Church, Va.

Potomac ‘intersex’ fish worry scientists [AP]

• Reliable Source: Some winners of the National Design Awards snubbed host Laura Bush by skipping the ceremony and writing her a snippy letter… Senator Lisa Murkowski caught a very large fish. [WP]
• Heard on the Hill: The House Democratic Caucus’s first-ever “staff issues conference” was plagued by very late pizza, Republican free-loaders stealing said pizza… Senator Lisa Murkowski caught a very large fish. [Roll Call]
• Under the Dome: Senator Lisa Murkowski caught a very large fish. [The Hill]
• Daily Dish: John Dean, who says he is not a liberal, rates Dick Cheney a perfect 10 on the authoritarian scale. [NYDN]

Patrick Kennedy arrives for a vote. MORE »