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Russian Politics

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    December 13, 2010

    'Tis The Season For Denatured Versions of Holiday Standards

    It's turning out to be a good week for surrealistic Christmas cheer. First we've got Low playing at the Great American Music Hall tomorrow night in celebration of the reissue of their slowcore Christmas EP; tomorrow also sees the release of limited-edition holiday singles from the Bay Area's affili ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    First Kremlin Tweet Sent from Twitter's San Francisco Headquarters

    Hello everyone, I'm now on Twitter and this is my first message​The history of Twitter is strewn with specialness -- celebrity tweets, happy birthday tweets, tweets advertising that the tweeter had just taken a nice dump -- but the company today enjoyed one of its most special days ever with the d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Medvedev Takes Much Better Twitpics Than Newsom

    Dmitry Medvedev/Russian FederationWhere am I?​The view to your left is the one Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia, woke up to his morning. It is, according to his freshly-minted Twitter feed, the view from his hotel room. Somewhere on Nob Hill, it appears -- the Mark Hopkins?In addition to admi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    'Dirty Jew' Brand Sunflower Seeds Not Well-Received in San Francisco

    Recently bought and sold at a store near youWe can look at the old logos for "Darkie" toothpaste or the Frito Bandito and shake our heads and reflect, condescendingly, on a less enlightened time. So whom do we condescend to when we discover that the product pictured here, complete with a sketch of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Gigantic Putin Officiates at Presidential Inauguration, Climbs Kremlin

    Recently bought and sold at a store near youWe can look at the old logos for "Darkie" toothpaste or the Frito Bandito and shake our heads and reflect, condescendingly, on a less enlightened time. So whom do we condescend to when we discover that the product pictured here, complete with a sketch of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Nuclear Holocaust Short 34 Tons of Plutonium -- Russia, U.S. Deal

    Recently bought and sold at a store near youWe can look at the old logos for "Darkie" toothpaste or the Frito Bandito and shake our heads and reflect, condescendingly, on a less enlightened time. So whom do we condescend to when we discover that the product pictured here, complete with a sketch of a ... More >>

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Most Geriatric Radical Group

    Revolutionary Communist Party

  • News

    July 1, 1998

    From Russia With Diamonds

    In 1995, Golden ADA Inc., a San Francisco diamond-importing firm, collapsed, unveiling an international trail of theft and betrayal that embarrassed San Francisco luminaries involved with the company. Now, newly unsealed court files show that high-level m

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