Wonkette

Don’t you just love it when some quippy Business Section jackass at the WaPo decides to tackle gentrification on a small business-level, assumes a positive urban-renewal tone but ultimately just says “IT’S A LOT BETTER IN THIS AREA SINCE THE BLACK PEOPLE LEFT”? Well, we had one of those today, about a liquor store. The subhead: “As Rough-Hewn Area Goes Upscale, Merchant Shifts From Beer to Champagne.” What a merrily racist Christmas Eve ’tis! MORE »

* “How do you say no to someone without feeling a touch guilty?” [Bloomingdale (for now)]
* The storm didn’t seem that bad, but apparently it wreaked havoc. [ABC 7 News]
* The truce is over? Shit. [In Shaw (now with more gentrification)]
* Could someone get The DCeiver a “fucktardese” translator? [The DCeiver]
* “Basically, if you buy your car out of state and then register your car in DC, there is something they call ‘Title Excise Tax.’ I call this ’sodomy with a nine-iron.’” [Drift Reality]

• RFK Stadium? More like RF-Gay Stadium! [Worth Repeating]
• Bill Cosby takes on the WaPo, because nobody else will. [Poynter]
• Find out who your neighbors are backing, so as not to piss them off. [DC Campaign Data]
• Are you a Craigslist Douchebag? Oh yes you are. [LMNOP]
• A history of gentrification, with graphs. [The Goodspeed Update]

* Will the kind gentleman from across the pond please refrain from burning down our fair city’s pubs, regardless of how corny they may be. [UPI] MORE »

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* Dear god, one thing we were looking forward to about DC was getting away from cohabitating celebrities and their goddam nicknames. [Domepunks]
* The Wall Street Journal now comes with an index, to make that desperate search for a morning ego boost that much easier for members of DC’s Elite or those under investigation. [FishbowlDC]
* Make like new CNN correspondent William Bennett and put a little money on tomorrow’s big speech. [Poolitics]
* Dear god, one thing we were looking forward to about DC was getting away from those “up-and-coming” neighborhoods and their goddam nicknames. [DCist]