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Barack Obama

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2012

    Harborside Health Center Chief Asks Obama to Freeze Federal Crackdown on Pot Clubs

    Last week, President Barack Obama informed and entertained pot smokers across the nation with his sorta pro-marijuana comments, claiming (once again) that his administration has bigger problems to tackle than pot. In short, he fed marijuana advocates the same line from when he was elected in 2008 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2012

    Obama Says Feds Will Back Off Marijuana; Do You Believe Him?

    Stop us if you've heard this one before: As the states press forward with reform on marijuana prohibition, the president of the United States -- which still outlaws marijuana and prosecutes providers -- says that marijuana enforcement is "not a priority."Yet cannabis users and providers are still lo ... More >>

  • Film

    November 28, 2012

    "Killing Them Softly": Crime Is Just Business

    Stop us if you've heard this one before: As the states press forward with reform on marijuana prohibition, the president of the United States -- which still outlaws marijuana and prosecutes providers -- says that marijuana enforcement is "not a priority."Yet cannabis users and providers are still lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2012

    Obama Breaks Down While Thanking Volunteers, Proves Real Men Do Cry (Video)

    Just a day after being reelected to another four years in the White House (just love saying that!), President Barack Obama got pretty weepy while delivering a heartfelt "thank you" to young volunteers at his Chicago campaign headquarters. It was an unexpectedly heartfelt moment. You can hear the pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2012

    Obama's Reelection Has Spurred a GOP Paradigm Shift on Immigration Reform

    One of the conventional criticisms of President Obama's first term was that he failed to live up to the "Hope!" and "Change!" rhetoric on which he campaigned in 2008. Many Obama supporters, even ones who concede this point, defended him by stressing the partisan gridlock and the key policies the pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2012

    Flag Hair Lady Steals Obama's Spotlight

    Nothing can provoke America's pathetically short attention span like a random lady with an American flag in her hair. Even though Obama was the winner in this presidential race, he wasn't exactly the star of his own show. The Internet blew up with the hashtag #Hairflag as distracted viewers couldn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2012

    Horny San Franciscans Use Election Day to Focus on Real Issues: Getting Laid

    Election Day is not just about exercising your civic duty as a responsible citizen-- it's also about getting laid, because, let's face it, when the economy is bad and you are unemployed, how else will you define the American Dream?From what we noticed on Craigslist, voting, elections, or maybe just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2012

    Obama Voting App: How Many People With Your Name Already Voted Today?

    So you've voted today. Now what? It's a long day of waiting to see how all those negative ads paid off. Thankfully, the Obama campaign has devised this weird app that'll help us all pass time while waiting for election results to come in tonight (and for your opponent to make their Words with Friend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2012

    Obama Is President Again

    Mitt Romney hasn't yet conceded, but ... it's safe to say Barack Obama will grace America with another four years as our leader. According to news outlets everywhere, Obama was reelected president after winning the battleground state of Ohio. While Romney was looking for his concession speech that h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2012

    In Colorado, Marijuana Candidate Gary Johnson Aims To Be Obama's Nader

    During his two terms as New Mexico governor, Gary Johnson was best known for two things: vetoing nearly half of the bills that reached his desk and advocating for marijuana legalization.Now, as the Libertarian candidate for president and man of the hour for bereft, Johnson is angling to become forev ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 31, 2012

    Partisan Breadmaking: Baking Up a President at Feel Good Bakery

    During his two terms as New Mexico governor, Gary Johnson was best known for two things: vetoing nearly half of the bills that reached his desk and advocating for marijuana legalization.Now, as the Libertarian candidate for president and man of the hour for bereft, Johnson is angling to become forev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2012

    Obama Says He Kinda Hopes the Tigers Win the World Series

    President Obama appeared on the Tonight Show last night where he admitted that he's leaning toward rooting for the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. And what a real slap in the face this is to San Francisco, which has practically bankrolled his 2012 presidential campaign.His words exactly:"I will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2012

    Debate Sways Youth Vote, According to New UC Davis App

    Today's college students overwhelmingly think that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden won their debates, according to a new app from the University of California at Davis that measures live student reaction.No electrodes were used and no students were harmed in this experiment, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2012

    Bake-Off: Obama and Romney Loaves Go Head-to-Head in Alameda

    If you're the type who'd rather be caught dead than drinking 7-Eleven coffee, but still want to show your support for your favorite presidential candidate (the convenience store chain claims that their unofficial coffee cup poll has successfully predicted the presidency in the last three elections), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2012

    Obama Stops in San Francisco, Informs Crowd That Elmo Is Headed for the Border

    During his stop in San Francisco yesterday, President Obama continued the aggressive Sesame Street rhetoric that's really upped the ante in this year's presidential election. Obama just couldn't help himself after last week's debate when Romney trashed on poor people and Big Bird. In case you didn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Advocates to Protest Obama Tonight

    President Barack Obama sure does love the Bay Area. Northern California has proved to be a very handy ATM for the president, who is making yet another fundraising swing through San Francisco on Monday night. And this one's special.Food legend Alice Waters and celebrity chef Tyler Florence are cookin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2012

    Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack, Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

    In case you were too busy last night mapping out your traffic route for the upcoming weekend of chaos in San Francisco, here's your recap of the presidential debates. President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney squared off inside the University of Denver's Magness Arena last n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2012

    Video: This Obama "99 Problems (But Mitt's Not One)" Mashup Is Required Watching

    Jay-Z's "99 Problems" has always been fertile territory for creative mashup artists, but a new Obama-Romney video is the best twist on it we've seen in a long time. Using Obama and Romney's actual words, the video sees POTUS slamming his opponent in true gangsta style. But while Obama seems to have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Advocates to Protest at Obama HQ Tonight

    Cannabis advocates have been mad as hell for almost a year now. And as the first anniversary of the war waged on state-legal medical marijuana by President Barack Obama's Justice Department approaches, they'll have you -- and him -- know that they're not going to take it anymore.Across the country, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2012

    Obama to Make One Final Stop in Bay Area Before Election Day

    Word on the street is that President Obama will grace the Bay Area with his presence one last time before Election Day, meaning, he would really, really like some more of your money. According to the Chronicle, the president will make his pitch for pennies -- and lots of them --  on Oct. 8 in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2012

    Stoners For Obama: Conservatives, Marijuana Activists Blast "Harold and Kumar" Video

    Be honest: With whom would you rather knock back a cold one or pull a few tubes of your favorite Choom -- Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?Neither, clearly. The portrayal of George W. Bush as an "Alabama Kush"-puffing commander in chief in "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" is hands-down the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2012

    Texas Judge Hopes Obama Will Win So He'll Have an Excuse to Start Another Civil War

    You think Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed tax-increase plan is stupid? Well, at least he's not going to use that money to pay for another Civil War. Down in Texas, a Lubbock County judge is asking voters for a 1.7 percent tax increase to pay for more cops who would fend off the feds in the pending civil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2012

    Hungry for Obama Dinner Parties Go Viral in San Francisco

    As we witnessed with the Chick-fil-A gay marriage debate, nothing gets Americans off their asses to protest, vote, or generally fulfill their civic duties like the promise of food. And seeing how Obama needs all the help he can get now, the Hungry for Obama movement has reactivated in San Francisco. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2012

    Nancy Pelosi, Fellow Dems Say Immigration Policy Should Recognize LGBT Couples

    Undocumented immigrants in same-sex marriages are perhaps the most polarizing slice of the American populace right now (slightly ahead of NBC's gymnastics commentators).This week, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and scores of other Democrats signed a letter seeking to protect LGBT couples, urging the Oba ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2012

    Bringing Down da "Great House"

    Undocumented immigrants in same-sex marriages are perhaps the most polarizing slice of the American populace right now (slightly ahead of NBC's gymnastics commentators).This week, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and scores of other Democrats signed a letter seeking to protect LGBT couples, urging the Oba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2012

    Mayor Ed Lee to Explain What's So Great About Obama's Tax Plan

    Since President Obama is tied up in NYC and can't swing another trip to the left coast to shake us down for more support money, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has taken it upon himself to serve as the president's proxy. The mayor has scheduled a coffee date tomorrow with voters where he plans to explain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2012

    Obama Arrives in Oakland, Protesters Waste No Time Making Him Feel Unwelcome (Update)

    Update (5:10 p.m.): Some 400 protesters took over downtown Oakland, with the crowds extending for more than a city block in anticipation of the president's arrival. SF Weekly writer Chris Roberts was at the scene and tells us that protesters had giant posters emblazoned with the faces of Obama, Atto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2012

    Obama's Oakland Visit: Marijuana Lovers Promise To Be There

    President Barack Obama's reelection campaign picked office space in downtown Oakland (of which there is plenty available) to house its Bay Area headquarters. The East Bay city has put in the work, and on Monday, Oakland will receive a presidential visitor for the first time in recent memory, when Ob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2012

    Obama Would Be a Much Better Sugar Daddy Than Romney, Female Voters Say

    One quality voters probably don't consider in their next president is whether he would make a good sugar daddy. But with so much money tossed around in presidential races, why shouldn't ladies entertain the idea? According to a new survey, they have! SeekingArrangement.com, the world's largest sugar ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Days of Rage: Immigrants and Allies Must Fight Back

    One quality voters probably don't consider in their next president is whether he would make a good sugar daddy. But with so much money tossed around in presidential races, why shouldn't ladies entertain the idea? According to a new survey, they have! SeekingArrangement.com, the world's largest sugar ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Jim Crow Returns: New State Laws Could Take Obama Out This Fall

    One quality voters probably don't consider in their next president is whether he would make a good sugar daddy. But with so much money tossed around in presidential races, why shouldn't ladies entertain the idea? According to a new survey, they have! SeekingArrangement.com, the world's largest sugar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    Obama Makes Another Stop in San Francisco Today, Which Means Traffic Will Be Awful

    We love Obama, but we hate traffic. So each time the president makes a trip to San Francisco we feel truly conflicted. Then again, the only thing that we hate worse than San Francisco traffic jams is the thought of Mitt Romney becoming our next president. So here we are willing to suffer through ano ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    Fox Nation: Your Site for Boobs, Outrage, and Racist Remarks About Alicia Keys' Hips

    Fox Nation is a website where angry American men yell about liberals, stare at tiny photos of famous women's "bikini bods," and type terrible things about black people. It's like Huffington Post meets Maxim meets the John Birch Society, all soaked in Mountain Dew.The main page has a couple ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2012

    Freedom Under Fire: America's War on Mexicans Has Gone Too Far.

    Fox Nation is a website where angry American men yell about liberals, stare at tiny photos of famous women's "bikini bods," and type terrible things about black people. It's like Huffington Post meets Maxim meets the John Birch Society, all soaked in Mountain Dew.The main page has a couple ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2012

    Guess Which SF Neighborhood Has Been Most Generous to President Obama

    President Barack Obama swung through the Bay Area last week like a college kid driving home for the weekend to do laundry. His stops hovered in the south Bay, in San Jose, Redwood City, and Atherton, where he held a rally and hosted the typical Expensive Dinners for Wealthy People. Obviously, Oba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Another Poll Shows Marijuana Legalization Has Overwhelming Support

    If only President Barack Obama was marijuana, then he'd win reelection by a landslide.Marijuana legalization enjoys a 20-point advantage in the polls among American adults, according to a recent survey Rasmussen Reports. Fifty-six percent of Americans polled support the notion of marijuana being tax ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Obama Comes Out for Gay Marriage -- Finally

    It seems those many trips to San Francisco this year have convinced President Barack Obama that gays should be allowed to tie the knot. News reports of the president's reversal on same-sex marriage is making rounds in the blogosphere this afternoon, and for good reason: It's about damn time!Acc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Advocates Petition Nancy Pelosi to End Federal Crackdown on Pot Clubs

    Pot patients are marching to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco office as we type to deliver a petition demanding she do something to stop the ongoing and significant crackdown on local pot clubs. The petition, which you can find here, asks Pelosi to defend medical marijuana users who rely o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Obama Explains Medical Marijuana Crackdown -- Sort Of

    Mystery accompanied the federal Justice Department's crackdown on California's state-legal medical marijuana industry since Oct. 7, when prosecutors formally declared their war on weed. Who was behind the feds deciding it was time to shut down hundreds of California dispensaries -- rogue prosecutors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Michelle Obama Loves San Francisco ... and Our Money

    ​Never mind the fact that none of us San Franciscans can afford to pay rent, the presidential candidates seem to think we've got money to spare. Just a short month after making a cameo in San Francisco, First Lady Michelle Obama is planning another trip to tour fair city, and not for the scenic be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Shark Fin, Yadda Yadda: Obama Could Have Eaten Better Dim Sum

    ​President Obama, in town for a fundraiser, has made local headlines by stopping at Great Eastern for takeout dim sum. The San Francisco Chronicle has decided the stopover is a scandal. I agree, but not for the same reasons. Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci pointed out that Obama, who signed t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Week: Protest President Obama, Mail Nancy Pelosi a Heart.

    Pot smokers getting no love from Obama this Valentine's Day ​The week doesn't often begin on Friday. But then again, it's not often Medical Marijuana Week -- is it?Indeed not. And that Medical Marijuana Week coincides with Valentine's Day is no mistake: It was the Compassionate Use Act that got us ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Obama Ignores Medical Marijuana During Google Hangout

    ​President Barack Obama again turned to social media to connect with voters -- and again he used it to ignore talking pot.You might have noticed that every time President Obama takes to the series of interactive intertubes, the unwashed masses want to talk, not taxes, and not turkey, but the good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Obama Coming to San Francisco, Where Nobody Will Wag Their Fingers in His Face

    ​After that insane finger-wagging Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer gave President Obama on the tarmac in Phoenix the other day, it's no wonder the president would prefer to be campaigning in San Francisco, where we don't mind gays or immigrants, and we would never think to make a creepy, bullet-riddled T-s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    President Barack Obama Likes Arcade Fire and the Black Eyed Peas. Yes, Really.

    ​Yesterday, we found out from a British music news website that, like Santa Claus, Barack Obama keeps a "Nice" list -- or rather a list of people he wants to have supporting him in his re-election campaign. We've seen the list, and alongside all of the alphabetized politicians, business and sports ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    San Franciscans Are Not Googling "the N-Word"

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

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