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Re: Mrs. K’s property for lease for first time in 90 years

thefrontpage — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:58:33 -0000

I and many others disagree 100 percent. For 90 years, the food was great, the service was great, the prices were great, the location was great, and the parking, ambiance and atmosphere were great--in my opinion and many others' opinions. That's why the restaurant lasted for 90 years. And that's why the closure is news. You should always add "in my opinion!" Many thousands of people LOVED Mrs. K's--and many folks thought the food was great.

Re: Mrs. K’s property for lease for first time in 90 years

thefrontpage — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:56:43 -0000

I broke this story on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and good for Bethesda Beat for following up! Glad to see a local media outlet picking up on this story!

Re: The hidden treasures of the WMUC record library

thefrontpage — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 08:55:40 -0000

First--WMUC's vinyl collection is NOT the largest east of the Mississippi--that is false; two, it is not rare, as numerous vinyl stores, record stores, private collections, radio stations, collectors, dealers, universities, associations, and archival library and museum collections have similar collections, with many of them much larger than WMUC's collection; three, WMUC was an alternative station at the same time as many other alternative stations and was never the "only" alternative station in the country--that's false, also; four, it is not true that if WMUC's library didn't exist, nothing else in the entire world would also exist like it--that's just ridiculous. Again, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of other, similar large vinyl collections. There are several vinyl record stores throughout the D.C., Baltimore, Western Maryland and Mid-Atlantic regions with similar, largescale vinyl collections, and, again, there are hundreds of private dealers, museums, archives, radio stations and collectors with similar, huge vinyl collections!

Re: On Its 35th Anniversary, Is The 9:30 Club Whitewashing Its History?

thefrontpage — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:11:00 -0000

You can't base a non-story dumb story on one ignorant person's rant. The 9:30 Club exhibit has items from Chuck Brown, Trouble Funk musicians, Leon Bridges and James Brown--all of whom are, last we checked, black folks!! This is, again, a complete, 100 percent non-story. And, for the record: Most of the acts who have played at the 9:30 through the years are white. That's because the 9:30 club has mainly rock and pop acts, most of whom are white. Thus, most of the acts are white. That is not racist, people! It's reality! You can't base a non-story on one person's ignorant rant.

Re: On Its 35th Anniversary, Is The 9:30 Club Whitewashing Its History?

thefrontpage — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:08:33 -0000

Simply put: This is a non-story, a non-issue. The whole thing is inane. It is a non-story.

Re: Goodbye Sarah Palin

thefrontpage — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:27:03 -0000

Jack: Comparing an idiot, moron and imbecile like Palin to quality, much-loved and continually-loved classic rock bands who have produced scores of excellent music, songs, albums, memories and fun for decades is just, well, terrible. That's a rare bad moment for Jack. But the analogy fails completely, on every level--journalistically, literally-wise, politically and writing-wise. Let's just scratch that analogy for the record. I--and literally tens of millions of people across the planet--love Journey, Styx and REO Speedwagon, and, today, in 2015, these bands--comprised of very real talented musicians--are indeed still relevant, still viable and still much-loved. In fact, today, in 2015, all three bands are still touring and making people happy. They have absolutely zero to do with an idiot like Palin. Nothing. Not even concerning terrible analogies.

Re: Phase 1, Capitol Hill's Lesbian Bar, Is Reopening Tonight

thefrontpage — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:29:04 -0000

Everyone posting stupid things here: In the United States of America, anyone can go to any bar in any place that they want to, and no place has the legal right to deny anyone entrance to any place at any time, in circumstances such as a public bar. In terms of Phase 1, in legal terms, if anyone wants to go in there--anyone has the right to go in there. Anyone who has discriminatory and illegal problems with entering, please contact the D.C. government and the U.S. Attorney's Office, as well as the city's ABC; the Corporation Counsel; the D.C. City Counsel (the city's chief lawyer); the D.C. City Council 9the legislative body); the regulations and permitting office for the city government (the bar can have its license and permits revoked if it is practicing illegal discrimination and illegally denying entrance to people); and the Police Department, and officials will look into it. As for going to a public bar--anyone can go any time they want to go. If forty straight men want to go inside Phase 1 and have a drink, then forty straight men legally have the right to go into Phase 1 and have a drink. If anyone has a problem with that, then the official government authorities mentioned above are only a phone call away. Discrimination has zero place in Washington, D.C., bars and restaurants. This is not Indiana.

Re: ABC News cuts 12 in D.C. bureau amid editorial reorientation

thefrontpage — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:10:38 -0000

Keith: None of your stupid, uninformed comments make any sense. Please stop posting this trash.

Re: ATF again under Republican fire

thefrontpage — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 17:17:35 -0000

No one is pursuing a "total ban."

Yes, I know how to use paragraphs.

Republicans, too, of course, worked to rein in banks who were committing illegal acts, losing money and committing corruption and criminal activities.

No, I'm not fringe or duplicative.

There are indeed some stupid, ignorant, moronic and idiotic statements here--just showing how much we do need the ATF.

Re: ATF again under Republican fire

thefrontpage — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:56:29 -0000

Wow. What a crappy biased article, leaning crazily, stupidly and ignorantly toward the extreme, fringe, moronic and idiotic gun rights idiots and morons--and what a crappy piece of biased journalism for the Hill. Just completely subjective, biased, tilted and crappy. The reality is, the ATF is not some crazy, duplicative fringe agency--it works to counter illegal actions regarding alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, and the agency plays an important role in reining in stupid, moronic, idiotic and ignorant gun rights psychos, far right crazies, other conservative, far-right psychos and extreme, fringe conservative nutballs. And, for the record: 1. The ATF does do a lot of good to fight extremism, gun nuts, crazies, psychos, criminals, thugs, far right morons, far right idiots, gun psychos, gunrunners, and other criminals. 2. The ATF works to fight illegal, criminal activity. You crazy far-righters understand that, right? 3. The Obama administration is literally NOT on any crusade to ban "all ammunition"--just a stupid, stupid, stupid statement. And untrue. 4. The Justice Department, of course, does not practice "sharia" law--how completely stupid is that statement? It's stupid. 5. These stupid, ignorant, far-right gun-nut psycho moronic and idiotic statements further show just how much we need the ATF, how well the Justice Department is doing its job, how moronic these far-right gun nuts are, and how well we need to ban certain armor-piercing ammunition and automatic weapons. 6. This story shows some serious journalistic deficiencies at the Hill.

Re: ATF again under Republican fire

thefrontpage — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:07:28 -0000

Re: Welcome to the new WTOP.com

thefrontpage — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:03:09 -0000

This has to be one of the absolute worst web re-designs in days. This is just awful, on every level.

Re: CAMPUS Univ. of Md. students hold emergency town hall after march on campus

thefrontpage — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:38:39 -0000

These protests and statements in this case and in this story are just simply idiotic, moronic, dumb--and quite uninformed, ridiculous and anti-intellectual considering this is a university campus. And if you protest David Mitchell--you surely have zero idea what the hell you are talking about. Dave Mitchell is one of the best, literally, law enforcement officials in the state of Maryland and in the region. There is zero reason to protest Dave Mitchell--or his department. Also, people today need to read the very-detailed grand jury testimony in the Ferguson case--read the testimony by the officer, by the FBI agent in the case, and by others--and you'll see that the kid in the case was no angel, that he clearly attacked the officer, that the officer's life was in danger, that the officer acted in self-defense, that the kid was not shot in the back, and that the officer clearly acted in a legal manner to save his life. There's really no reason to have a protest or march on Maryland's campus--just none.

Re: Ratsie's Pizza set to close in September after 30 years of business

thefrontpage — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:34:42 -0000

The food at Ratsie's is excellent--and it always has been. That's why the restaurant has succeeded at such a high level for 25 to 30 years. It's also affordable. Don't judge a restaurant by its quality if you haven't even tried it out--that's just moronic. Ratsie's is a good place, with good food, and it's affordable. And it's not closing because of competition from other pizza places. Ratsie's actually does very well. Ratsie's is closing--the owner is keeping the building, which he owns--and the owner is simply renting out the space to a national chain. So the owner is just retiring from running a restaurant seven days a week, to lease his own space to a national chain.

Re: CAMPUS Students turned away from career fair because of attire

thefrontpage — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:31:26 -0000

This is just about the most asinine thing to come down the pike in weeks at Maryland--and that's saying a lot, considering there's some stupid announcement by the school just about every week. The leadership at Maryland right now is just about at the lowest point in a long time. It's time for Loh to go. This is just another dumb move at the school--no college student should be told what to wear for a career fair, no one should have to wear "matching" clothes, there should be no one turned away from a career fair, and guess what--this entire asinine, stupid thing with a dress code is so far out of line with today's reality, it's laughable. Today, literally the biggest, most successful companies in the United States--do not have dress codes, do not have suit requirements, do not tell their employees what to wear, and they have extremely relaxed dress codes. This is true, and this is the reality. Additionally, literally millions of people are telecommuting and working from home today--so there's no need for a dress code. Additionally, many college students don't even have a suit in their dorm rooms--for four years at college, I never, ever, for one minute, had a suit in my dorm room. Never. The business school needs to rethink this stupid policy quickly--as in, today. And no more dress codes--and no more turning college kids away from a career fair. Gawd almighty, folks--get a grip on reality here.

Re: Ben Affleck will be a great Batman, Adam West says

thefrontpage — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:14:38 -0000

Who cares? There are far more important things to worry about.

Re: Daily Caller’s Betsy Rothstein Mentions Montel Williams’ Earrings on Twitter. Storm Ensues

thefrontpage — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:20:22 -0000

Here is the truth: Rothstein is a moron, an idiot, and she is juvenile, childish, immature, unprofessional and completely wrong for journalism on every level. She is just simply terrible, awful, horrible. It's far past the time for her to leave journalism and find something else to do.

Re: Ailes Says Biden is Dumb

thefrontpage — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:04:32 -0000

Here is the cold, hard truth, stated honestly and directly: Roger Ailes is an asshole.
He is a far-right-wing conservative nutbag. He literally doesn't know what the heck he's talking about sometimes, he spreads mistruths, lies and propaganda without any concern for facts, objectivity or the truth.
Ailes is simply an asshole.
As for Joe Biden, do the real research--look at his literal accomplishments as a U.S. Senator for 30 years, and you see real, honest, solid progress and success on a number of issues. His speeches, legislation and work in the Senate is real, factual, successful--and incredibly smart.
Joe Biden is also shaping up to be one of our better Vice Presidents--an experienced, knowledgable, educated, informed and intelligent Vice President, in the solid, intelligent mold of Al Gore, who is also one of history's better Vice Presidents.
Joe Biden is not "dumb" on any level. Does he speak off-the-cuff and in a straightforward, direct, and folksy manner? Yes, he does. Good for him. Does that mean that he is "dumb?" Of course not--because he is not dumb, and he is quite intelligent.
Roger Ailes needs to shut the heck up, stay out of the spotlight, stay out of government and politics and journalism--and retire.

Re: Behind the Doors of the Senate Gym

thefrontpage — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:11:46 -0000

Here's the reality on crap like this: There should be NO U.S. Senate gym. None. Zero. Zilch. The reason is that taxpayers are paying for this--and taxpayers should NOT be paying for some completely moronic, dumb, stupid, unneeded, wasteful and boondoggle U.S. Senate gym. Why? Because that is a moronic, dumb, stupid use of public, taxpayer money. We are not supposed to be paying for perks and priviledges of U.S. Senators and Representatives--we're just not. In fact--fact, meaning this should be law--taxpayers should NOT be paying for special, exclusive perks for members of Congress. No special stores. No special perks. No receptions, parties or entirely wasteful p.r. stunts and gimmicks. No specialized gizmos and gadgets to be handed out. No exclusive travel overseas. No specialized gyms or other types of services. Why? Because this type of crap is wasteful, and unneeded--and moronic. If a Senator or Representative wants to go to a gym--then sign up, pay, and go to a public gym like everyone else. The only thing for members of Congress that should exist on Capitol Hill is a cafeteria--because people do need to eat. And that should be as bare-bones, normal, and non-fancy and reasonably priced as possible. And--it should be open to the public. This odd pedestal-building of government reps should never have occurred, and it should not be there now. Senators and representatives are simply people, and they should be going to work in the same way as everyone else--and they should be going to gyms out in the real world, just like everyone else. The Senate gym should be closed, shut down, effective immediately.

Re: Bonus Quote of the Day

thefrontpage — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:36:16 -0000

This ignorant, redneck doofus is literally wrong First, of course, it's not discrimination on any legal level. Second, there is literally NO religious aspect to marriage being between a man and woman--none. That is because a man can marry a man and a woman can marry a woman if they want--that is all there is to it. They are people, and if they want to get married, they can get married. It's really that simple. As for gays, there is no--NONE--religious aspect that specifically, actually states that homosexuality is wrong or a sin or anything else zealots inaccurately claim. None. Do the research--it's just not there. As for gay marriage, it is already legal, on paper, in several jurisdictions and countries, and more are coming. As for gays and religion, there just happen to be hundreds of gay rabbis, priests, fathers, pastors and other religious leaders throughout the United States, and across the world. Ask them about gays and religion. People like this doofus politician should not be holding office, and need to retire, effective immediately.

Re: Bonus Quote of the Day

thefrontpage — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:28:16 -0000

George Bush II was indeed one of the worst presidents in the history of the United States--on every level. Bush was simply horrible. As for McCain, it's far past the time for him to retire--he is nothing but an old-fashioned, cantankerous, arguing, anit-everything, out-of-date, out-of-it far right apologist, and his views simply do not connect with the modern world. He should have retired, actually about ten years ago. And Hagel is a great choice for Defense Secretary--his bashing of the terrible Bush presidency should be Reason No. 1 to confirm him as soon as possible! Go Hagel!

Re: Bonus Quote of the Day

thefrontpage — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:45:33 -0000

If anyone is aloof and unapproachable--it's Mitt Romney. He is aloof from reality, and unapproachable with anything having to do with reality.

Re: Bonus Quote of the Day

thefrontpage — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:44:03 -0000

Once again, Rahm Emanuel is correct. President Obama--of course--is not "aloof." He's very approachable, and very likeable. All you have to do is watch is public appearances, his statements, and his interactions with people--all of which is nothing but excellent. Excellent. As for elite journalists--of course they are mostly unapprochable--and arrogant, self-centered, horribly egotistical, snooty, snotty, living in a bubble-world, and completely out of touch with most Americans. That's the reality.

Re: Warren Pulls Away in Massachusetts

thefrontpage — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:48:55 -0000

Warren should be elected to this office. Brown was one huge mistake from the start. Good for Warren!

Re: Are National or State Polls More Reliable?

thefrontpage — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:18:45 -0000

The reality that no one wants to face, admit it or talk about or discuss is this: Academically, scientifically, journalistically, statistically and mathematically, most so-called "polls" and "surveys" are nothing but stinking, steaming piles of crap, and they mean absolutely nothing, and they are literally unreliable, inaccurate, distortions of reality, dumb, non-academic and non-scientific. That is a fact--not opinion. Why? Because many are based on unreliable numbers, because many are full of stupid and biased questions, because the people taking the polls and surveys are not accurately representative of anything, because some are corrupt, because many are full of inconsistencies and inaccuracies, and because this entire cottage industry is corrupt, literally corrupt. No one should be basing anything on any so-called "poll" or "survey." That is reality.