Stormy Monday, 8/12/13

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Jeff Rosenzweig: Stormy Monday, 8/12/13

Well, it’s taken a full year, but finally something worthwhile is happening again in Washington. It’s DC Beer Week! This year’s list of events is long and varied; many will feature Solidarity Summer Ale, a limited-edition collaboration between over a dozen Washington area brewers.

The 60-odd goats turned loose last Wednesday to tame the weeds at the perimeter of Congressional Cemetery will complete their work Tuesday and return to their home base, Eco-Goats, in Davidsonville, Maryland, with full bellies and the thanks of Christ Church and the nation. Despite its name, and the many dozens of members of Congress interred there, the cemetery has no government connection, as its website FAQ confirms:

Q. Do you have to be a Member of Congress (or any other requirement) to be buried there?

A. No. You just have to be dead.

President Obama and family hopped into Marine One and headed to Martha’s Vineyard over the weekend. Apparently it was the first presidential flight to be accompanied by the fancy, newfangled tiltroter MV-22 Osprey, several of which ferried press, White House staff and Secret Service personnel to the Vineyard. The Obamas’ fourth vacation on the island ends August 18.

This was supposed to be the second week of a two-week “sexual harassment therapy” program for San Diego mayor and übercreep Bob Filner. Instead, Filner has pulled himself out of the program and will be taking “some personal time.” Don’t worry, though, Payne & Frears, the law firm trying to keep Filner’s miserable ass out of jail, assures us that he will “continue treatment on an outpatient basis.”

More at: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2013/08/11/stormy-monday-81213/