There are no more nights in politics or business — only the endless horrible grind of collapse and fuckery, 24 hours a day, including this newest chapter in our latest, greatest depression: Washington Mutual has collapsed, and was closed by the Federal Government late Thursday night. It’s the biggest bank failure in U.S. history. And the bipartisan congressional-White House-Treasury bailout deal that might have stopped the bloodshed, well John McCain visited Washington for the first time in half a year and wrecked EVERYTHING. MORE »

* 300,000 to 500,000 protesters to show up on Saturday — and on another more important subject, “Where can we go now to flee from Diane Rehm, Marketplace and that atrocious new Saturday food program on WAMU?” [City Desk]
* Union picketing at 19th and N. [Metroblogging DC]
* “Where the great Indie Pop debate has often looked suspiciously like Beatles v. Beach Boys Part II, Camera Obscura are one of a whole host of bands reminding us of Spector’s powerful influence.” [DCist]
* The shopping carts at Safeway have a “security system that makes the wheels lock when they pass a boundary.” But somehow, someway, “Somebody been takin’ them things.” [City Paper City Desk]
* Two Gnarls Barkley tickets for sale. [Just a Nats Fan]
* Aww. [Worth Repeating]