Week Around The Ists - August 14th, 2011
Jimmy McMillan visits Gothamist Headquarters. Photograph by Tien Mao/Gothamist.
Gothamist found out that if you don't show your ID in an Orthodox Jewish enclave, you can probably get arrested. And we also learned that there's probably porn of Jimmy "The Rent Is Too Damn High" McMillan out there.
Bostonist rode with Lance Armstrong in the Pan Mass Challenge. The NFL returned and the Patriots rode all over the Jaguars.
DCist was amused that one of the options to rename a segment of the Metro system sounded like something out of The Oregon Trail computer game.
LAist debated the banning of food trucks and street vendors at all future downtown LA ArtWalk events following the death of a 2-month-old boy.
SFist learned that a high-speed rail could cost a whole lot more (like $3-7 billion more) and that San Francisco's first Slut Walk had nearly as many men marching as women.
Shanghaiist saw video of a bus driver bullying an old man and tossing his stuff off a bus.
Austinist caught a protest against Governor Rick Perry who is running for president: One sign said, "Rick Perry: Bad For Texas, Worse For Our Nation"
