Deadly SMOKE is crippling DC’s heralded subway system. Two nights in a row now have seen mass outages and evacuations across the entire train network, with mysterious smoke pouring into tunnels and seven trains losing power. Metro officials are bewildered and not even pretending to know what’s going on. Is it terrorism? Is it sabotage? All they’ll tell us is that we must all panic. MORE »

* Ever influential DC Area Film Critics Association gives Best Film honor to United 93. Come on guys. Christmas is coming. [DCist]
* Holiday Market begins today 7th and F streets, NW. Buy some crap for your relatives, but don’t come crawling back to us when they hate it. [Gallery Place Living]
* Sad news: the Cerulean Warbler (Red Sage) rejected from the Endangered Species Act (Penn Quarter). [DC Audubon Society]
* “Effective 12/01/2006, it is against the law to pass a metro bus stopped at the bus-stop near a corner and to make a right turn. You must wait behind the bus until it moves, if you need to make a right turn.” [bloomingdale]
* This guy calls himself a rapist, writes a little poetry: “During sex, all the power belongs to the male because he controls the speed, tempo, force, and rhythm…” [Roosh V]
* You are a creative bunch today — this gal destroys Duchamp & friends with a box of crayons and a thesaurus. [In the Gutter]

This blurry screengrab shows what we are nearly positive is one our very own DC Metro trains. After the jump, watch the extremely NSFW video from whence it comes.

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Because we adamantly refuse to pay attention to a) municipal politics and b) transit news (on principle, dammit), this note, linked to from the WMATA’s homepage, was confusing and scary. Now that we’ve done a bit of googling, it is hilarious. Unless you ride the S2. Then, still scary. MORE »