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Library Of Congress Employee Fired After Liking ‘Two Dads’ Facebook Page
A couple of years back, Library of Congress employee Peter TerVeer liked a page on Facebook called ‘Two Dads,’ which, as you might gather, is intended to promote the gay and lesbian community. This had the effect of outing TerVeer to his boss and coworkers. Weeell, that didn’t go so well, as TerVeer’s boss, John [...]
Library Of Congress To Record Entirety Of Global Retardation
They seem so excited about this, is the strange thing. Well, we’ll see how happy they are when they have to lug the entire Twitter Machine up a flight of stairs, dropping scraps of retardation along the way. [Sigh]. Your Wonkette is no longer special. [Twitter via NYMag]
Sleazy Website Again Selected To Write History
When scholars of the future — otherwise known as “Roombas” — look back at our chaotic and moronic first decade of the 21st Century, they will have nothing but faded printouts of vulgar old web pages for source material. “Why were there so many pictures of Truck Nutz and watermelon gardens around the Executive Mansion?”, [...]
Lincoln and John Lennon Live On, At Least Through The Weekend
Closing Sunday, May 10: OMG, Lincoln is dying ALL OVER AGAIN on Sunday, when the lovely Library of Congress exhibit boasting a gagillion artifacts in his honor is shutttered for all time. With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition includes such ephemera as the oldest known copy of the Gettysburg address, inaugural speeches [...]
Local Rappers Recreate Jay Z’s Debut Album In Hopes of Making It Big, Too
Thursday, March 26: Local DMV rappers, producers and vocalists recreate and redefine the songs off Jay Z’s 1996 debut album, Reasonable Doubt, which helped push the hip-hop powerhouse into the big leagues. 8PM at Expo, $15. [Washington Post]
In Case You Missed Wall-E/Never Read Moby Dick
Friday, March 20: Hit up the Freer Gallery tonight for the DC premiere of 24 City, a Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke warning of the Perils of Capitalism. 24 City illustrates the country’s changing landscape — a citywide factory park, over the course of three generations, becomes a giant complex of luxury apartments. 7PM. [...]
Library of Congress Lowers Its Standards
Your editor is sitting in the backseat of a gold Town & Country, like Hank Williams, as your other editors jabber up front and drive through the cornfields and cow hills of Nebraska. Let’s check the e-mail and see what’s … Oh goddamn, what does the Library of Congress want from your Wonkette?
Capitol Hill’s Schedulers Struggle With Simple Tasks!
It’s a tough job, being a scheduler for a Congressman on Capitol Hill on Thursday, because that’s when all legislators pretend Friday is not a working day and go home to their loving constituents, where they drink Arnold Palmers and discuss mobile housing arrangements with their side families. Today seems to be an especially hectic [...]
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