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Osama bin Laden

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Occupy Oakland ... to Occupy 2012

    ​Interestingly enough, people are more likely to associate the year 2011 with the Occupy movement than they are with the assassination of America's favorite person to hate, Osama bin Laden -- and that should tell you something about the state of the American consciousness. But this anti-big bank m ... More >>

  • Film

    December 28, 2011

    Year in Film: Ten Films We Can't Wait to Watch in 2012

    ​Interestingly enough, people are more likely to associate the year 2011 with the Occupy movement than they are with the assassination of America's favorite person to hate, Osama bin Laden -- and that should tell you something about the state of the American consciousness. But this anti-big bank m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    The Franchise Episode 1: Promising Rookie Looks a Little Raw

    UCinternationa​When Showtime aired a preview for The Franchise in April, the Giants were only two weeks into the MLB season and still riding high in defense of their World Series title. Back then, the show looked like a window into the lives of baseball players, rather than a rough-and-tumble vie ... More >>

  • Music

    May 25, 2011

    Bouncer Ponders the Altruism of Buying Drinks at Dave's

    UCinternationa​When Showtime aired a preview for The Franchise in April, the Giants were only two weeks into the MLB season and still riding high in defense of their World Series title. Back then, the show looked like a window into the lives of baseball players, rather than a rough-and-tumble vie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2011

    Sohaib Athar, IT Consultant, Tweets Osama Bin Laden's Assassination As It Happens

    ​Meet Sohaib Athar. Until very recently, he's quietly used Twitter to tell about his life as an IT consultant living in Pakistan under the name @ReallyVirtual. On early Sunday morning, however, he seemingly (and unknowingly) Tweeted the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, as it happened, in Abbo ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    If BART reopens its public restrooms, then the terrorists win

    ​Meet Sohaib Athar. Until very recently, he's quietly used Twitter to tell about his life as an IT consultant living in Pakistan under the name @ReallyVirtual. On early Sunday morning, however, he seemingly (and unknowingly) Tweeted the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, as it happened, in Abbo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Investigative Report: Marin County Water System Vulnerable to Al-Qaeda Attack

    Does everyone want to live in Marin?​ The Center For Investigative Reporting, the Berkeley nonprofit that recently formed a team of sleuths to take up where downsized California newspapermen and women left off, came out slugging earlier this month. It published a scintillating piece demonstrating ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2009

    Raw Footage

    A man who sought to capture and kill Bin Laden had his own film used against him. Is that fair use?

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    The Guy Running Vs. That Bastard Saxby Chambliss Raises Bucks in S.F.

    A man who sought to capture and kill Bin Laden had his own film used against him. Is that fair use?

  • Film

    October 8, 2008

    Lies We Can Believe In

    Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2008

    Allah That and a Bag of Chips

    Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.

  • Film

    August 6, 2008

    Murder, in Shades of Gray

    Britain's infamous James Bulger case comes back, with nuance, in Boy A.

  • Culture

    July 23, 2008

    More Is Less

    Crowded Fire's latest tries too hard to be funny and deep.

  • Film

    April 23, 2008

    Absurdistan

    The next wave of post-9/11 political films trades sobriety for satire.

  • Film

    April 23, 2008

    Let's Go to Prison

    Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two.

  • News

    February 13, 2008

    Osama Hunter Greg Shade Captured on IndieFest Doc American Hero

    Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two.

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Rambo vs. Rimbaud - Muni Vandal Strikes 'First Blood'

    Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two.

  • Film

    December 19, 2007

    Moolah for Mullahs

    All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good-time Charlie

  • Culture

    October 3, 2007

    Encore

    All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good-time Charlie

  • Film

    September 26, 2007

    'The Kingdom' Posits CSI: Riyadh with a Jamie Foxx Twist

    Peter Berg sends Foxx to fight the enemy over there

  • Music

    August 15, 2007

    Brains, Brawn, and Balls

    A few choice selections from Rock the Bells' lineup

  • Film

    April 4, 2007

    Double Take!

    Rodriguez and Tarantino's two-headed Grindhouse is a bloody, B-movie blast

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 11, 2006

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Hot Air

    Richard Branson's phony plans to fight global warming, his Virgin startup at SFO, and the Fox host who missed a dig

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    DIY Protest

    Richard Branson's phony plans to fight global warming, his Virgin startup at SFO, and the Fox host who missed a dig

  • Film

    May 10, 2006

    Unamerican Dream

    Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy

  • Film

    April 19, 2006

    Here's Your Insight, Pal

    James Redfield's Prophecy is one divine mess

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Suffer the Little Muslims

    A look at the appalling discrimination against Middle Eastern students countenanced by Bay Area public schools

  • Music

    April 27, 2005

    Louder Than Bombs

    For MC Immortal Technique, planting the seeds of revolution ain't nothin' but a g-thang

  • Film

    January 5, 2005

    Run, Dick, Run

    Sean Penn blames his problems on the president -- so what else is new?

  • Film

    December 22, 2004

    Phantom Menace

    Joel Schumacher's version of a theater classic gets a tragic ending of its own

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Donkey Doo Doesn't Smell

    Are you an apologist for Democratic Party aspirations? Do quiz, find out.

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Of Asterisks and Small Pols

    When the city government tries to play satire police with the press, everyone with a sense of humor -- and a belief in the Constitution -- should be concerned

  • Culture

    October 13, 2004

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theatre

  • Film

    October 13, 2004

    U.S.A.-holes

    Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

  • Film

    February 18, 2004

    From Bad to Worse

    An Afghan girl faces the terror of life under the Taliban

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    The Wizard of Ass Has Spoken!

    Hal Robins - erudite comic of the absurd, underground cartoonist of note,co-host of the world's strangest radio program, early member of the Church of the SubGenius - has a new hit with the "Ask Dr. Hal Show." But he really could use a paying gig. Really

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    The World According to Bechtel

    There are well-connected companies. Then there's Bechtel.

  • Film

    March 19, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    There are well-connected companies. Then there's Bechtel.

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2003

    She's Back

    Performance artist Karen Finley, that "chocolate smeared woman," is back in S.F.

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of December 18, 2002

  • News

    November 27, 2002

    Osama bin Laden dislikes kelloggs frosted mini wheats

    The gloriously unambitious world of John Patrick McKenzie, who doesn't care that he's a rising star in the visual arts. And who, as it happens, is autistic.

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Project Censored

    Lefty weeklies are always bitching about the mainstream press. Here're some rotten chestnuts we wish the alternative press would quit serving up.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    700 Years of 9/11

    Never heard of the Battle of Malplaquet? Then you don't know your Sept. 11 history.

  • Culture

    February 20, 2002

    Politically Incorrect

    Culture Clash makes fun of everyone equally -- and well

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Au Couture, Mon Frére! Is It Good or Bad to Be Libeled by an Idiot? Writing Wrongs

  • Culture

    October 31, 2001

    Hell of a Long Day

    24 has been the most talked-about show of the season and for all the wrong reasons

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    You Don't Have to Tell Us About the Clowns in This City; Maher Is Less; Responding to Terrorism; Leftovers; Correction

  • Culture

    September 26, 2001

    Law & Disorder

    As one of TV's best and best-loved series launches a new spin-off, its creator grapples with the aftershocks of terror

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    All God's Children

    When terrorists breed hatred among us, they've already won the war

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