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US Embassy Writes Great Memo

Monday, June 19th, 2006

stateiraqmemo.jpgNo one ever won a war with a bad attitude, guys.

The U.S. Embassy in Iraq, demonstrating an admirable unwillingness to aide in the President’s PR blitz, sent a memo to Condoleezza Rice last week on the day of Bush’s surprise Baghdad trip detailing just how much fun everyone’s having in the Green Zone these days. It raises the question: Why doesn’t the U.S. Embassy ever tell the State Department the good news from Iraq? (Will we ever get tired of that line?)

Our exclusive hungover and cranky analysis, after the jump.

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Say Goodbye to Your Dream of Ross Douthat in a Tank Top

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Still no sign of the Xylophone. (Photo by, you guessed it, Liz Gorman)

Typ-i-cal. As soon as The Atlantic moves to Washington, suddenly no one there knows how to dress. So here comes management with a friendly list of guidelines.

Per the New York Observer’s Gabe Sherman:

“Our policy is intentionally vague and does not specifically exclude certain articles of clothing or types of shoes,” Susan Lavigne, Atlantic director of benefits and compensation wrote. Lavigne then went on to specifically exclude certain articles of clothing and types of shoes: “Flip-flops, crop tops, tank tops, spaghetti-strap tops, and shorts (to name a few) are not appropriate.”

Full memo after the jump.

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Wonkette’s Week in Review: The Not-So-Idle-Hands Edition

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

* Rep. Cynthia McKinney hits a Capitol Police officer with her cell phone. We’ve been all over this one — our coverage is collected here (scroll down). MORE »


Media Matters: If You Ignore Us, We Will Go Away

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Oh, Media Matters. This was almost too much even for relentless sadists like us: MORE »


DC Examiner Dress Code: Only Due Attention To Ones Self, Please

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

dcexaminer.jpgWhat, you think working for a free paper is all loosey-goosey anything goes hippie bullshit? It’s a business, dammit, you’ll treat it as such! Here, for your perusal, are samples from the dress code at the DC Examiner (instututed, no doubt, after Vivienne Sosnowski showed up in torn denim mini-skit and studded collar) — we note that it doesn’t appear to have been written (or read) by a copy-editor.

From the “Appropriate” column:

* Dresses (length cannot be more than three inches above the knee). ["more than"?]
* Pants in business suitable fabrics. [Satin, leather, vinyl, etc.]

And the more fun “Inappropriate” column:

* Any type of denim (including jean dresses, denim shirts, denim pants, denim skirts, etc.).
* Any material resembling denim.
* Khaki or Docker- style pants. [Harsh, but fair -- we have a similar rule against tucking your t-shirt into your jeans]
* Stirrup pants and leggings. [That, along with their anti-sweatband and big sunglasses provision, explains their disappointing lack of hipster coverage]
* Camouflage clothing [Despite this, they still manage to poach Wash Times staffers]
* Clothing is not to be overly tight nor draw undue attention to ones self.

Full memo after the jump.

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Most Meanspirited Post of the Day

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

(Well, so far, anyway.) MORE »


Update: Men at Media Matters Still Total Fucking Slobs

Monday, March 27th, 2006

The good people are Media Matter for America: hard at work fighting conservative bias, still pissing off the janitorial staff: MORE »