Subject: The White House

• President Obama issues statement on the killing of George Tiller

  Saw this on KMBC: The White House released a statement from President Barack Obama late Sunday afternoon."I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence."

  May 31, 2009

• Daily Briefs: Ebony and Ivory, Whoops! You Hit a Guy, Clinton in Independence

  January 28, 2008

• Libertarian Candidate Says He's No Tinfoil Hat Wearer

  June 28, 2008

• NFL Hires Dissembler As Consultant

  August 4, 2008

• Breakfast Buffet: Thursday, 8/7

  August 7, 2008

• Joe Biden Loves Pasta, Hates the Hooch

  August 25, 2008

• DJ Review: Z-Trip at Abe and Jake's Landing, 9/11/08

  September 12, 2008

• Esquire endorses Nixon, Barnes, Moore

  October 15, 2008

• Studies in Crap: Do Cats Have ESP?

  October 30, 2008

• Planned Parenthood throws anti-Palin party at Plaza

  October 31, 2008

• Pitch Forks

  March 30, 2000

• Endless summer

  May 25, 2000

• Kansas City Strip

  November 16, 2000

• White House: awesome digs, pricey food bills

   I've refrained from posting anything about the inaugural hoo-ha this week so allow me to share this fascinating National Geographic article about deep inside the presidency.Not the Obama presidency but presidencies in general and the special perks that come with living in the White House. Consider a president's food. The president pays out of pocket for every meal his family and guests eat (excluding state dinners), which can get awfully expensive."I can't remember anybody not complaining,

  January 23, 2009

• Tip Storm

  July 18, 2002

• Pumper Ick

  August 22, 2002

• Sentimental Journey

  December 19, 2002

• Diana Endicott so close yet so far from the White House

  Over the weekend, voting closed on who should be the next White House Farmer. Considering it was a poll with no weight for a position that doesn't exist, people took it quite seriously. The idea came from Michael Pollan's New York Times column suggesting a farmer-in-chief. Within days the Web site White House Farmer was made and nominations came pouring in from all over the country.Of the three local candidates, Diana Endicott had the best story and the best line: "Diana Endicott is the farmer t

  February 2, 2009

• Politico: McCaskill the second most influential Twitterer

  Claire McCaskillOnly Karl Rove's Tweets are more influential than Claire McCaskill's. Today, Politico ranked "The 10 most influential Twitterers," and the feisty senator from Missouri ranked second -- even more powerful than President Obama. Here's what Politico says:Although more than 60 members of Congress tweet, no one else does so with the regularity and honesty of this Missouri Democrat. And if you were wondering what she's doing now:Will tweet from White House this afternoon. Fiscal Acc

  February 23, 2009

• Best Curatorial Debut

  October 7, 2004

• Washington Small

  October 13, 2005

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  March 30, 2006

• Roquefort fans can breathe easy for another month

  Flickr: DoozzleThere used to be a television show called Kids Say the Darnedest Things. Without getting political, there should be a show called Bush Signed the Darnedest Laws (the show could work for any president). The first episode could focus on the Roquefort cheese tariff.In his final two days in office, Bush signed new tariffs on several European items. Most notable was the 300 percent tariff on Roquefort, which was to go into effect next week before it got a last-second reprieve. The move

  March 19, 2009

• The most famous urban garden in the world

  The White HouseWhat started as a request by Michael Pollan in October has turned into reality. In October, the food author wrote an article specifically asking then-president-elect Obama to build a garden at the White House:I don't need to tell you that ripping out even a section of the White House lawn will be controversial... the South Lawn is one of the most beautiful in the country. But imagine all the energy, water and petrochemicals it takes to make it that way... as deeply as Americans fe

  March 23, 2009

• Presidential Review

  February 19, 2009

• With all of his talk about the “middle class,” Congressman Sam Graves sounds like the idiot on Main Street

  January 22, 2009

• Good Books

  September 25, 2008

• Love You, Mano

  After immigrating to Mexico, a dude gets confused about what to call his buddies.

  March 20, 2008

• Special Election Edición

  It's not that Mexicans won't vote for a black man. It's just that Alfred E. Neuman's a better choice.

  February 28, 2008

• Teabaggers party at phallic WW I memorial

  You know what pisses me off about tea party protesters? These motherfuckers had no problem cashing the economic stimulus checks that President Bush handed out last year. No one was in the streets throwing a hissy fit and burning their stimulus checks then. But I'm never surprised by people who protest against their best interests.  Kansas City's tea party protest takes place at the Liberty Memorial at 4 p.m. Let's get this straight. There's going to be a bunch of people talking about teabag

  April 15, 2009

• Oval Office Ambush

  March 8, 2007

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.

  April 13, 2006

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.

  April 6, 2006

• Breakfast Buffet: Friday, 4/17

  This puts the whole Domino's fiasco into perspective. The sad truth is if you've had a reasonable amount of fast food in your life, you've probably digested some gross stuff. [Hot Blog on a Stick]Bill Clinton's White House chef was laid off from his job in Minneapolis and decided to open his own restaurant, but had trouble getting financing. How can Clinton's personal chef have trouble getting a job? That guy was our best-fed president since Taft! [CNN]What better way to start a Friday than with

  April 17, 2009

• Buzz Cock

  Stupid human tricks at the Bulldog stretch our imagination.

  August 26, 2004

• Party Line

  The Prairie Dogg joins a pack of reporters for an orgy (OK, a conference call) with Jessica Simpson.

  July 8, 2004

• The Clocks

  Saturday, December 13, at the Grand Emporium.

  December 11, 2003

• Giddyup, Partners

  Rolling Thunder gets things going.

  October 16, 2003

• The Bitch

  The Coterie traffics in kibbles in bits.

  July 3, 2003

• NOFX

  The War on Errorism (Fat Wreck)

  May 22, 2003

• Violent Femmes

  Tenderhearted mutants kick significant keister in X-2: X-Men United.

  May 1, 2003

• The Butler Did It

  Alonzo Fields holds a White House briefing.

  September 19, 2002

• Night & Day Events

  Week of December 14, 2000

  December 14, 2000

• It's time to close food loopholes

  Even though I spend a good portion of my day writing, reading and talking about food, I'm still as confused as anyone at the grocery store. For every health claim that proves to be false -- vitamin flavored soda better for you than regular soda! -- another claim comes along to replace it.Having worked in bakeries, I've always been wary of grocery store wheat bread. I know what real wheat bread looks and tastes like, and not much supermarket wheat bread actually fits that description. My suspicio

  May 7, 2009

• Westport Flea Market turns 28 years young next week

  Here's how long ago 1981 was -- the Royals made the playoffs!It was also the year Mel Kleb opened the Westport Flea Market and within a very short time, word spread about its great burgers and beer selection. Now in the hands of Joe Zwillenberg, who doesn't consider himself the owner as much a caretaker ("it's going to be around long after I am," he says), the Westport Flea Market is celebrating its 28th big one this Monday and Tuesday by reverting back to 1981 prices.Yes, all burgers and beers

  June 11, 2009

• Watching the Royals is like reliving the presidency of George W. Bush

  July 16, 2009

• Three things we learned about sucking this weekend

  1. The slurping sound coming from the West Bottoms is Kemper Arena sucking up about a million taxpayer dollars. Photo courtesy of the Kansas City Convention & Visitors AssociationKemper Arena​2. The Kansas City Chiefs still suck. Long season ahead for Matt Cassel. 3. U.S. Sen. Kit Bond feels "like a mosquito in a nudist colony" trying to pick his battles. Despite e-mails to the contrary, he's still denying getting the White House to fire Todd Graves as U.S. attorney.​

  August 17, 2009

• When it's time to party Abigail Blunt will party hard

  Abigail Blunt​Politico named Springfieldian Abigail Blunt one of the "Top 50 Party Animals" in Washington, D.C. Blunt is the wife of turd in Michael Steele's crapper Roy Blunt. Here's what Politico says makes the lobbyist for Kraft Food a D.C. party girl: Together, they [Abigail and Roy Blunt] are part of the old-school Georgetown social establishment, which keeps them in the pages of Washington's glossy society magazines. (They even lived in one of JFK's first homes.) ...A well-connected and

  September 8, 2009

• Real Fun History

  October 29, 2009

• 2012

  November 12, 2009