Wonkette

• Heard on the Hill: Dumb employee of Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH) trolled blogs on House computers, pretending to be a liberal. [Roll Call]
• Yeas and Nays: Exclusive “supper club” to host exclusive parties featuring same 200 idiots at every other exclusive party… 12-year-old wins essay contest. [Examiner]
• Reliable Source: Pseudonymous PG County erotica author invents “freak dating.” Tonight at Zanzibar… Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts did not get into any sororities. [WP]
• Washington Whispers: Behold the terrifying vision of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: “look for lots of flowers, bowls of San Francisco’s Ghirardelli chocolate, and good art mixed in with photos of her grandkids. What’s more, meeting-goers would be greeted with fruit and muffins for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, and maybe a sit-down dinner at her Georgetown condo at night”… “CNN’s Wolf Blitzer has nailed so many star newsmakers lately that we haven’t had a chance to watch his competitors. ‘Oh yes, Wolf is hot and having fun,’ says a CNN exec.” [USN&WR]
• Page Six: Authors of anti-Ann Coulter book remain anonymous, because they are pussies… Crappy NYU humor magazine gets inexplicable column inches for unfunny Bush piece. [NYP]
• Rush and Molloy: Nancy Grace: evil shrew and plagiarist. [NYDN]

Last night Fox celebrated the birth, ten years ago, of “Fox News Sunday,” with a star-choked alcohol-soaked party at Cafe Milano. And Wonkette Emerita Ana Marie Cox was there. Her exclusive party report, replete with celebrity encounters, the booze-aided dispensation of social niceties, and a subtly threatening Karl Rove (who “knows” us, if you know what he means), all provided free of charge, after the jump.

(Picture by Patrick Gavin/FishbowlDC)

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Earlier today, we wondered why so many people were accessing this site by running Google searches for Amy Argetsinger, one of the two scribes behind the Post’s Reliable Source column. We asked: “Was Amy on TV earlier today? Did she hold up that Seven Eleven near the Braddock Road Metro station? Why the sudden curiosity about her?” MORE »

We’ve started compiling celebrity sightings for this week’s installment of Wonk’d, and we seem to have a grand total of four. Yes, that’s right: four. The Reliable Source gals* sometimes have that many sightings in a single day. Boy do we feel pathetic. MORE »

In case you haven’t noticed, around here we have an obsession with Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, who write the Post’s Reliable Source column. (Heck, we even sent them a Valentine’s Day card.) Perhaps it’s because they’re a lot like us: a pair of wild ‘n crazy, gossip-obsessed Washingtonians — except they have 401(k) plans, a spiffy new gym, and breasts. MORE »

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* Reliable Source: After much anticipation — namely by Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts — Sen. John McCain made his cameo halfway through last night’s “24″. . . Scheduler for Sen. Jeff Sessions has been “dealt with” following post of “provocative photo” online. . . Jordan’s King Abdullah spotted at Georgetown Safeway. [WP]
* Under the Dome: Brian Williams confused Sen. Barak Obama with Rep. Harold Ford during State of the Union broadcast. . . Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) hawks hardcover version of “The Constitution in Crisis” report with a introduction by Joe Wilson. . . Colin Powell sings “Happy Birthday” to opera singer. . . Liam Neeson and Holly Hunter play the Lincolns in Library of Congress production. [The Hill]
* Inside the Beltway: Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) is the longest-serving House member. [WT]

• Reliable Source: Steven Spielberg hired Mike McCurry to build beltway buzz about “Munich”. . . Dedicated reader counts the number of exclamation points used by Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts. [WP]