Subject: FIRE FIRE FIRE
in rayburn or something????? anyway, get on it!

The Longworth building is apparently closed off entirely, and there are reports of, uh… a “huge line to get into Rayburn.” MORE »

Here’s Washington DC’s Make Believe Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton getting tested for AIDS yesterday. A “mobile health bus” has parked itself behind Rayburn and is inviting all members to go in and get tested themselves. We’re pretty sure Congress already has a nurse’s office, by the way. It’s where Denny Hastert goes for his lie-downs when he gets winded from standing up too fast.

From Overheard in the Office:

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* Sci-Fi author David Brin tours Capitol — yells at police that confiscate his tri-corder, “You don’t know what you’re doing! My work must continue!” [Conservative Futurist] MORE »

* Short week, short review. First thing you need to know is: on Friday, Wal-Mart tried to answer the questions, “Why you acting shady? Why you ain’t callin’ me baby?”, by having Beyonce and Taylor Hicks perform at their shareholder meeting. CostCo admits they were served. MORE »

Remember the pneumatic hammer attack last week that shut down the entire Capitol complex? Turns out, not a hammer: leftover War of 1812 grudge. MORE »

* This is how the world will end, not with a bang, but a clank, and the thump of a pneumatic hammer on an elevator. We’re relieved that no one was hurt, but it sure was exciting covering all the action. Er, whatever it is that passes for action. In the end, the biggest danger of the day was the risk of some soiled gabardine, but even that was averted. MORE »

Here’s an addendum to our earlier pictorial coverage of the Rayburn gunfire scare: MORE »

“The reporters are so bored they’re actually interviewing tourists.”

Who says we bloggers lack original content and never do reporting? Courtesy of Intern Nick, who has just returned from the scene, here are a few photographs of the hullaballoo at the Rayburn House Office Building.

Check them out, along with Nick’s commentary, after the jump.

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