McCain Derides Obama’s National shield Thinking
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By Michael D. Shear JACKSON, Miss. — Sen. John McCain derided rival Democrat Barack Obama as having no experience with the history of warfare, saying the lack of knowledge explains Obama’s attacks on McCain’s Iraq positions. Obama has criticized McCain for saying America could end up...
Obama at the Pump: Subprime Loans, Trucking Taxes, the War and Gas
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Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) speaks during a news conference on biofuel at Molly’s Gas Station March 31, 2008 in Manheim, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images.) By Shailagh Murray ALLENTOWN, Pa. — It’s the economy, silly. Or is it Iraq? Both issues are burning...
Gilbert Likes Contests
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Gilbert Arenas hasn’t played a game of competitive basketball in calendar year 2008, and his return date has been marred by more delays and more heartburn than Opening Night at the Ben’s Chili Bowl stand, but in the meanwhile he’s managed to perfect two other skills: finding his way...
Go Home Already: Bottoms Up
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>> Vinyl sidewalk ads lead Penn Quarter Living to wonder, “if the Penn Quarter is indeed an area with special advertising freedoms. Nowhere else in the District have we seen that type of advertising in a public space.” [Penn Quarter Living]
>> As you’re cursing the daily...
Clinton Lagging in TV Ad Spending
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By Matthew Mosk The American Federation of Teachers reported nowadays it has bought more than $329,000 in radio ads to support Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential tender, and may have a television ad coming soon to compliment the radio buy. Based on the activity on television stations final...
The Tuzla Tarmac Girl Has Her Say
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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton kisses Emina Bicakcic, 8, from Sarajevo who committed a poem to her shortly after her arrival at the Tuzla Air Base in that March, 2006, file photo. (AP.) By Keith B. Richburg NEW YORK — For Sen. Hillary Clinton, that 1996 corkscrew landing into the sniper-infested...
The Raveonettes @ Black Cat
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Credit: Søren Solkær Starbird
Hopefully you got to the Black Cat early on Saturday and made plans for after. We knew that the Raveonettes, Denmark’s louder, dirtier reply to Sweden’s Roxette, have a reputation for brevity, but few public were probably expecting to get out of the ‘Cat...
Click go: Malkmus / Vanderslice @ 9:30 Club
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Fresh off of deflating the latest round of Pavement reunion rumors, Stephen Malkmus, aka “the slacker prince of 1990s indie rock”, hit the road touring behind his latest release Real Emotional Trash. The tour pulled into D.C Friday night with opener and all-around good guy John Vanderslice...
Opening Day
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Last night, the Nationals opened their season, and christened their new park. While the event was certainly historic, the fans can thank Ryan Zimmerman for making it memorable.
After a pregame that featured: TWO large American flags, a flyover by the Air Force Reserve, the National Anthem, our President...
Nats Park Reviews
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Yup, it’s a baseball stadium. A new one, too. Obviously, the most urgent review in the history of the world–from an architectural critic who believes the new stadium offers “a great experience but, alas, a awful building”–was exceedingly negative. Not being an officially...


