Category: Random
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Happy Atlanta Pride Week!
This weekend Atlanta will host one of the largest LBGT Pride events in the country. More than a half million people will come to town to enjoy the festival and Parade. The weather has been ordered, and it looks PERFECT! Atlanta Pride is 43 years young, and one of the very first cities to march…
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Obligatory Shutdown Blogging
I’ll admit, I really didn’t think that it would happen. Foolish of me to not believe that a handful of people were prepared to inflict so much damage over a law voted on 43 times and upheld by the Supreme Court. Not to mention the entire election of 2012 was tied to it. But, I’m…
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Women.Power.Peace on Capitol Hill
BfD’s blogmistress Catherine is in DC right now at a Press Conference with the very fierce women of WAND/Will urging those crazy capitol hill kids to settle their spats, and vote a clean CR through. If ever there was a group that the Congress people ought to be listening to it’s the women lobbying for WAND/WILL.…
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Heartbreaking News.
The world community has suffered a great loss this morning. Media is reporting the passing of civil rights visionary, Evelyn Lowery. Mrs Lowery, wife of civil rights icon, Reverend Joseph Lowery, died from complications related to a stroke suffered last week. Much will be written in the coming days, weeks and months about her incredible…
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1139 Days
Till the polls open on November 8th 2016. Are you ready? No really, I’m asking. Seems to be an awful lot of chatter on the internets about this race already and Georgia’s sixteen electoral votes comes up frequently. Is it wishful thinking that we could be the object of a serious and sustained Presidential battle…
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Open Thread: Hard Hat Edition
Don’t be surprised if a Kickstarter pops up for Representative Gingrey. It seems his $172K salary just isn’t cutting it. It’s an odd-numbered year in Atlanta elections. That usually means Robocalls! Ouch! That’s going to leave a mark. If you haven’t already viewed this, it’s worth it to fully understand why health care costs in…