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• Wonk'd Dept.: They Walk Among Us

  Published: July 27, 2007, 6:47 pm

  Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Dave Chappelle, Doc Rivers, John Bolton, Matthew Lesko, Patrick Mchenry, Scooter Libby, Sightings, Tim Russert, Tom Feeney, Wonk D, Wonk D Dept

  This week, you numbskulls spotted Patrick McHenry, Scooter Libby, Tim Russert, Doc Rivers, Matthew Lesko, Tom Feeney, Dave Chappelle, John Bolton, and Condi Rice skulking around DC (and elsewhere)....

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• Friends To The End Dept.: Saudis Might Acknowledge Existence of Iraq

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:44 am

  Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Diplomacy, Friends To The End Dept, Iraq, Robert Gates, Saudi Arabia

  Our best friends the Saudis are doing us yet another solid — such bros they are! They might, maybe, if they feel like it, upgrade diplomatic relations with that little experiment we’re...

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• Cal Ripken Is Slowly Taking Over the World

  Published: August 10, 2007, 8:05 am

  Tags: Cal Ripken, Calripken, Condoleezza Rice, Condoleezzarice, Michelle Kwan, Michellekwan

  to the world? Condoleeza Rice thinks so:Rice on Monday will make Ripken a Special Sports Envoy to the Department of State, the public relations firm that represents Ripken, Maroon PR, said in a statement Thursday.The former Baltimore Orioles star will be asked to help the game grow at the grass-roots level. Ripken will reach out to a

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• The Power Is Hers Dept.: Men's Fashion Mag Ranks Most Insufferable People in DC

  Published: August 14, 2007, 9:52 am

  Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Lists, Magazines, Power, The Power Hers Dept

  Not that we are particularly interesting in talking about GQ more, but, you know, they sent us their ranked list of the 50 most powerful people in Washington (part of their SPECIAL POLITICS ISSUE),...

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• The Power Is Hers Dept.: Men's Fashion Mag Ranks Most Insufferable People in DC

  Published: August 14, 2007, 9:52 am

  Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Lists, Magazines, Power, The Power Hers Dept

  It’s apparently Condoleezza Rice, the steward of the still-rapidly-failing foreign policy of a lame duck administration. You remember her, right? Secretary of State, funny David Letterman teeth, likes to work out? The Soviet Union expert who has no clue what to do about crazy Vlad Putin? You know, the one who no longer commands the

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• There's No Crying In Public Diplomacy Dept.: Condi, Karen, and Cal: Friends in Diplomacy

  Published: August 15, 2007, 4:56 pm

  Tags: Baseball, Clips, Condoleezza Rice, Diplomacy, Karen Hughes, Sports, State Department, There S No Crying In Public Diplomacy Dept, Wtf

  for Public Diplomacy) and Condoleezza Rice, GQ’s MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN WASHINGTON, DC, sit on a couch and chat with Cal Ripken, Jr., the famous baseball player. He apparently works for State now? As… Ambassador of Baseball? Brilliant insights from our Secretary of State: “Sports is a universal language, kind of

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• Wonk'd Dept.: Condi's Getting That Letterman Thing Fixed

  Published: August 24, 2007, 5:31 pm

  Tags: Anthony Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Jay Rockefeller, Mongolia, Sightings, Thomas Friedman, Wonk D, Wonk D Dept

  Thomas Friedman, and Condoleezza Rice bumming around DC like common tourists. Their stories are after the jump.Spot someone famous-for-DC? Let us know by sending us an email with the subject line Wonk’d or Sighting. Prime Minister Elbegdorj of Mongolia, Ambassador Alphonse La Porta, and a loudly enthusiastic bunch of

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• Bad Tip Dept.: Alberto Gonzales is a Dick

  Published: August 27, 2007, 6:32 pm

  Tags: Alberto Gonzales, Assholes, Bad Tip Dept, Bad Tippers, Condoleezza Rice, Golf

  Radar reports that “In a final act of lawlessness” outgoing asshole general Alberto Gonzales apparently pushed back everyone’s tee times at the Chevy Chase club so that he and his non-member guest Condi could get the best time last Saturday. AND THE CLUB FORBIDS NON-MEMBERS FROM GOLFING ON WEEKENDS. As if that wasn’t enough

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• Shopping With Condi Dept.: The Secretary of State Yells At a Cashier

  Published: August 29, 2007, 11:15 am

  Tags: Books, Class Warfare, Condoleezza Rice, Shopping Condi Dept

  going into a shop where Rice asked to see earrings. The clerk showed her costume jewelry. Rice asked to see something nicer, prompting the clerk to whisper some sass under her breath.Blacker remembers Rice tearing the woman to shreds.“Let’s get one thing straight,” he recalls her saying. “You are behind the counter

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• News: Manchester, David Bowie, Tennis, Tim Gunn, Madonna

  Published: August 30, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Books, Colorado, Condoleezza Rice, Episcopal Church, Film, Gay Adoption, Great Britain, Jesse Metcalfe, Madonna, Manchester, New York, News, Nightlife, Tim Gunn

  Earthquakes strike Manchester's gay village: "It was the sixth earthquake to hit the city in the past month, all measuring between 1.4 and 2.5 magnitude. A swarm of 150 tremors occurred in the same area between October 2002 and January 2003. Seismologist Dr Brian Baptie of the British Geological Survey said: 'An earthquake of this magnitude is

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• Wonk'd Dept.: Yes, You Know Me

  Published: August 31, 2007, 2:29 pm

  Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Iman, Mark Warner, Sightings, Wonk D, Wonk D Dept

  Iman, Mark Warner and Condoleezza Rice Voyeuristic fun, as always, is after the jump. See someone we’ve heard of somewhere in or near the district? Tell us about it in an email, with the subject line “Wonk’d” or “Sighting.” Just visiting DC from the heartland, sat down for crab cakes at Legal

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• The Truth Is Out There Dept.: They've Got to Use that Leftover Moonlanding Soundstage for Something

  Published: September 4, 2007, 10:21 am

  Tags: Bush, Condi, Condoleezza Rice, George Bush, Iraq, Robert Gates, The Truth Out There Dept

  You may have heard that Bush made a OMG SURPRISE! trip to Iraq yesterday with his BFF, Condi, and his tiny (yet perfectly-formed) defense secretary Robert Gates. Or did they? Even the Washington Times seemed puzzled this morning, wondering, How’d they do that? Maybe they didn’t! See the peculiarly unconvincing AP photos after the

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• The Truth Is Out There Dept.: They've Got to Use that Leftover Moonlanding Soundstage for Something

  Published: September 4, 2007, 10:21 am

  Tags: Bush, Condi, Condoleezza Rice, George Bush, Iraq, Robert Gates, The Truth Out There Dept

  You may have heard that Bush made a OMG SURPRISE! trip to Iraq yesterday with his BFF, Condi, and his tiny (yet perfectly-formed) defense secretary Robert Gates. Or did they? Even the Washington...

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• Wonk'd Dept.: Yes, You Know Me

  Published: August 31, 2007, 2:29 pm

  Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Iman, Mark Warner, Sightings, Wonk D, Wonk D Dept

  This week, you guys spotted Iman, Mark Warner and Condoleezza Rice Voyeuristic fun, as always, is after the jump. See someone we’ve heard of somewhere in or near the district? Tell us about...

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• The Tail of the Chimera: A Reflection on the 9/11 Attacks & George W. Bush

  Published: September 5, 2007, 4:43 am

  Tags: Afghanistan, Iraq, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, Republicans, Media, 9 11, Cia, Fbi, Condoleezza Rice, Neoconservatives, Al Qaeda, Gen Petraeus, Scandals, Donald Rumsfeld, Military Affairs, Bush Administration, Gwot, Mideast, Osama Bin Laden, Democrats, Pentagon

  Sergeant Joseph Mosner, veteran of Bush’s Forever War As As we slouch toward to the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, the real story of that awful day and its aftermath is now well known. While the attacks were the darkest day for the world’s remaining superpower since Pearl Harbor, astoundingly they were leveraged by

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