By Matt Smith
When Muntadar al-Zaidi of Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV threw his size 10 shoes at President George Bush, San Franciscans were thrilled.
It now appears, however, that it's not just George W. Bush who was knocked down a notch by Zaidi's impressive pitching. His filthy flying apparel may have degraded San Francisco as well.
According to a Washington Post story Zaidi's stunt may have diminished Cindy Sheehan, a San Francisco treasure and one-time queen of all global anti-war protest
Traditional Christmas in San Francisco is a colorful Charles Dickens pageant of ragtag peaceniks and harlots on Market. Street, in the Tenderloin, and in the Mission. Most years, they recreate the mood of a Victorian-London slum by begging passersby for alms in exchange for political pamphlets or sexual favors.Not this year, however.Dec. 2008 promises a most un-Dickensian Christmas season as the city's peaceniks and harlots travel to Washington D.C. for holiday protest demonstrations.As we
Medea Benjamin, kingmakerThe British, it seems, know San Franciscans better than we know ourselves. Wanna make a miniseries out of Tales of the City? Hire a British director and star. Wanna know where to tool around in town? Read the Telegraph. Wanna gauge the political power of local figures? Read The Economist. Well, two out of three ain't bad. The Economist still qualifies as one of the world's great magazines (other than its antediluvian practice of not affixing bylines to articles). So it w
Tonight the San Francisco school board prepares to make a momentous decision on the final fate of JROTC in city schools -- in effect deciding whether the political agenda of the district will opt students out. So, it's worth noting that no less a bastion of liberal educational policy than The Chronicle of Higher Education last month offered up an editorial advocating for the return of ROTC programs to universities like Harvard where they have been banned since the 1960s.
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Fore!During this weekend's President's Cup Golf Tournament at Harding Park, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and President Barack Obama are all scheduled to be within cigar smoke-blowing distance of one-another, and 25,000 fans are expected to attend. There hasn't been a development this exciting in the Outer Sunset since ... well, since The Big Bang, really. But will attendees be treated to women in blindingly pink attire protesting America's ongoing wars within earshot of the president? We aske
Courtesy Code PinkWhat did you do to promote world peace today, Tiger?San Franciscans heading to the southwest of the city for the weekend's President's Cup golf tournament may not have been 100 percent certain if the president -- and those who'd like to tell him a thing or two -- would be heading out to the links. Well, President Obama did not show. But Code Pink -- which earlier told SF Weekly to be "on the lookout on Sunday" -- did indeed head out to Harding Park. The anti-war activists di
Code Pink on the left! Teabaggers on the right! Apparently, however, the transgender community still has President Obama's back.While Michelle Obama marked an earlier San Francisco visit by getting her hands dirty volunteering at a Bayview playground, the O will be skipping any public event that could sully his appearance in town this afternoon.
The collective wisdom is that the president is unwilling to personally face the tumult of protests and the dreaded "
If you like kittens and cupcakes, you'll love this. [Mission Mission]Transportation may be a total shitshow this weekend. [SFAppeal]Code Pink's Madea Benjamin talks about her trip to Afghanistan. [SFgate Politics Blog]The nerdy dozens: "Yo momma so stupid, she thinks the Large Hadron Collider is a gay porn film." [BoingBoing]There are more bikes than cars on this road. [SF Citizen]Interesting slideshow of space-hogging motor vehicles. [Streetsblog]More on Prop D. [Public Press]
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