Atlanta blogs today: Went to festival. Had festivity.
June 25, 2007 at 10:58 am by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsWe did one lap around the park and then headed back home. We did get to see the giant AIDS quilt before we left, though.
-Me at Sallad.net recaps the weekend’s Atlanta Pride Festival. In thrilling detail!
I suspect that the festival-goers who had more fun than Sallad are probably too tired to blog this morning.
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Republicans pulled 70% in a 70% Republican district. Old school politics and old school names still matter. Most of us, yours truly included, tended to focus on issues too large while ignoring the fact voters tend to not care what we think.
-GriftDrift offers his take on the Democrat James Marlow’s third-place finish in last week’s special election to fill the vacant 10th Congressional District seat. The first and second-place finishers, Republicans Jim Whitehead and Paul Broun, respectively, face each other in a runoff July 17.
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Communism is like so rad and all that good stuff.
-ATLMalcontent on Cameron Diaz’s fashion faux-pas in Peru. Diaz visited Machu Picchu carrying a tote emblazoned with a Chinese red star and the famous Mao slogan, “Serve the people.” Tens of thousands have died in Peru due to war between the government and Maoist rebels.
If, like me, you are fascinated by the intersection of Communism and camp, you might be interested in this photo I took in Prague two weeks ago. Note the museum’s location.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:57 am
the link to your pic is broken, andy, and i really want to see the pic. prague is a frequent trip for me so i am curious what you found….
June 25th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Fixed.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
ah yes. i need to get a tee shirt from that place next time i am back. great picture, perhaps the best part of it could be the line “Above Mc Donald’s”.