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EX-GIRLFRIEND ALMOST GETS MARION BARRY IN A LOT OF TROUBLE AGAIN: “The Office of Campaign Finance has cleared D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) of violating city laws in giving then-girlfriend Donna Watts-Brighthaupt a $5,000-a-month contract in 2009.” Hurray! [Washington Post]
A shrimp and some crab soup tried to MURDER Marion Barry! A futile assassination attempt. Marion Barry is not afraid of sea creatures, cooked or otherwise. [Washington Times]
You know you are scraping the bottom of the barrel, wonk-wise, when the most famous person on your “spotted around DC” list is Wolf Blitzer. Such is the state we find ourselves in this mid-July. But let’s check out the roster and see who was nearly run over in a parking garage, who was seen [...]
It had been a while since Marion Barry’s name cropped up in the Police Blotter, and frankly we were beginning to get worried — worried that he was dead in a dumpster somewhere, and that we’d never again have such easy material. But, hooray (?), America’s Mayor is alive and well. He was, of course, [...]
Fancy dancer, kidney transplant recipient, and “America’s Mayor” Marion Barry was arrested for allegedly stalking an ex-ladyfriend. But then the ex said that he hadn’t been stalking her at all, or something? Basically, he met up with this gal for lunch (says Barry’s spokeswoman) and then he ran into her later on in the day, [...]
Michelle Malkin Is Furious That David Rohde Is Twittering From Iran, Because Doesn’t He Care About Iranian National Security?
Here is FBI footage of Marion Barry at what is obviously a Victor Uwaifo concert, and look, Marion is dancing the Crip Walk! — which unfortunately for him is a massive violation of his parole. Will Barry do time for dabbling in a little harmless inverted heel-toe, or will he manage to beat the charges? [...]
SEND YOUR LOVE & FLOWERS TO MARION BARRY: Former D.C. MAYOR FOR LIFE and current Ward 8 council member Marion Barry was scheduled to undergo his kidney transplant surgery at 2:30 this afternoon, so that’s… well he’s probably under the knife right now! Barry’s body has taken some abuse over his 72 years, so we [...]
World’s Greatest Wonk’d: Bernanke, Novak, Ridge, Thompson, America’s Mayor & Many More!
by Ken Layne
Marion Barry Chooses Name Over Race Over Gender!
by Jim Newell
Marion Barry’s Office Having Angry Crack Withdrawal
by Jim Newell
Gossip Roundup: Smoking With the Boys Upstairs
by Alex Pareene
