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Sarah Palin

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Sarah Palin Uses Presidents' Day to Prove She Knows Some Big Words

    ​Sarah Palin, our favorite folksy Republican, never misses a chance to show what she doesn't know, like which newspapers she reads. But today, being Presidents' Day and all, she released this hilarious video that proves Palin has in fact expanded her vocabulary to include some words with four syll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    SF Examiner Goes Soft on Us

    ​For all the time we have spent bagging on the San Francisco Examiner, it's only right that we give credit where credit is due.Alas, in between coming up with synonyms for "creep" and "thug," the free tabloid has managed to insert some more liberal prose into their copy, as promised by the ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Bouncer: Silence Is the Worst at Cobb's Comedy Club

    ​From this week's Bouncer column: I just made the mistake of reading all of the comments that followed a Yahoo News article on the legalization of gay marriage in New York state -- thousands of hateful people being viciously mean, woefully ignorant, or both. It reminds me of road rage, those ... More >>

  • Film

    July 13, 2011

    "The Undefeated": Hagiography of Sarah Palin Mind-Bogglingly Bad

    ​From this week's Bouncer column: I just made the mistake of reading all of the comments that followed a Yahoo News article on the legalization of gay marriage in New York state -- thousands of hateful people being viciously mean, woefully ignorant, or both. It reminds me of road rage, those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Vote for Your Favorite Food Vendor

    ​We love voting! Not that it does us much good politically, but San Francisco has some of the highest turnout in the nation -- 61% last November, 81% the last time we picked a President. When it's important, we love voting even more. So for the crucial decision of which four food vendors win ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Sarah Palin: The Accidental Poet

    Deep thoughts, by Sarah Palin ​We all know Sarah Palin is no professor when it comes to the English language, which is why we were both shocked and amused to see that Palin has recently become a poet. No seriously, Byliner Executive Editor Michael Solomon has given us the gift of stripped down Pal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Gavin Newsom: Talk of Sarah Palin's Breast Implants 'Demeaning'

    Our lips are sealed.​It never bothered former Mayor Gavin Newsom that his slick-back hairdo sometimes got more media attention than his policies. But Newsom, who is now lieutenant governor, says people need to tone it down when attacking a female politician's physical appearance -- even Republican ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Worse Than Sarah Palin, 7-Eleven Sees the Light, and Cuddling Chickens

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Paul McCartney's one-legged ex who everyone hates, Heather Mills, is turning out to be a kinda coo-coo-for-Cocoa-Puffs activist. In a good way. I think. Anyway, she owns a chain of vegan restaurants in England ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Election Results Show Tea Party Fails to Gain Traction in Western States

    Is that Harry Reid in the middle?​Some of you might have found it particularly hard to greet the Red Dawn of Nov. 3. We admit that it's difficult to face the idea of Tea Party-propelled candidates marching off to Washington with plans to combat imagined New World Order conspiracies within the vaul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Sarah Palin in Bay Area Today

    Hello San Jose! ​Does Sarah Palin know the way to San Jose? You Betcha. The conservative Liberty & Freedom Foundation is hosting what it calls "an evening forum event with Sarah Palin." Unlike most evenings with Palin -- which, presumably, include network TV, moose, and cursing Levi Johnson, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina Shun Sarah Palin Event

    Are Meg and Carly running away from Sarah? ​It seems the two Republican women running for office in California don't want to self-apply the label "Mama Grizzly" anytime soon. The New York Times reports that both Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina will be passing on the "final path to victory" rally in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    What Is So Gross About This Picture?

    This. This is the photo you've seen everywhere for the past week.​The Justin Bieber-Sarah Palin mashup can't touch it for popularity. It has a longer shelf life than the Rick Sanchez anti-semitic rant. Yes, it's the photo of mechanically separated chicken ― a bubblegum-pink rope of raw meat bein ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Sarah Palin Costs Released by CSU Stanislaus -- Sort of

    How much did CSU Stanislaus really spend to accommodate Sarah Palin? ​Responding to a public records request from SF Weekly, the California State University system has sent along an "event accounting summary" of June's controversial appearance by Sarah Palin at CSU Stanislaus. Yet the one-page sum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Sarah Palin Contract Must Be Made Public, Judge Rules

    Lots of legal 'verbiage' has been expended...​A Stanislaus County Judge this week ruled that the state university system broke the law by obscuring how much money -- and how many bendy straws -- it shelled out to lure Sarah Palin to CSU Stanislaus for a June fundraiser. Judge Roger Beauchesne issu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Sarah Palin Contract Released: Read it Here

    Lo, the contract is here...​Following this week's ruling that CSU Stanislaus broke the law by fighting to obscure its contract with Sarah Palin, the school has finally disclosed the details behind the former vice presidential candidate's controversial June appearance. Here's the number you were al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Sarah Palin to Deliver $93,000 Speech Tonight

    ​After months of back and forth in which it was revealed that administrators at CSU Stanislaus were actively seeking to conceal how much it was showering on high-priced speaker Sarah Palin -- and portions of the her contract with the school turning up shredded in a dumpster after administrators cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Sarah Palin Welcome on Cal State Campus. Students -- Not So Much.

    ​With Sarah Palin due to speak at CSU-Stanislaus today, students at the Turlock campus tell SF Weekly that they're essentially being barred from their school. "They've fenced in our campus. Students and faculty are not welcome on our own campus," said Ashli Briggs, a senior and vocal critic of Sta ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​With Sarah Palin due to speak at CSU-Stanislaus today, students at the Turlock campus tell SF Weekly that they're essentially being barred from their school. "They've fenced in our campus. Students and faculty are not welcome on our own campus," said Ashli Briggs, a senior and vocal critic of Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Anonymous Eurobloggers Scoop LA Times on Sarah Palin's $93,000 Cal State Speech Bonanza

    Guess it was a $93,000 wink after all...​Soon, American political journalists will someday be replaced by:A. Newswriting softwareB. TwitterC. Anonymous European hobbyistsReaders of a story from today's Los Angeles Times have reason to believe the answer is "C."A Thursday Times story with the headl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Sarah Palin's Reported Fee For California College Appearance: $93,000

    Is that a $93,000 wink? ​Sen Leland Yee, who has been in a running battle with California State Stanislaus over its refusal to disclose the fee for a Sarah Palin speaking engagement, is trumpeting a blog that does just that. According to the Palingates website, the former Alaska governor and Repub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Hotels Duel For Sarah Palin's Business

    Will these hotel offers bring Sarah Palin running?​Earlier today we reported that the alleged super-secret tab for Sarah Palin's speaking engagement at CSU-Stanislaus is $93,000 -- including a fat $18,000 for transportation and accommodations. We have nothing but fond memories of Turlock, Calif. - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Pie Contest the Heart of Sunday's Castro County Fair

    Anna in NY/FlickrThere'll be separate pie-offs for amateurs and pros like Mission Pie (above).​A Gleek-off, pie-baking contest, and Sarah Palin carnival "tea bag toss" are all on the bill for this Sunday's Castro County Fair at the S.F. Armory. Fair proceeds benefit the AIDS Emergency Fund. Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Leland Yee's Sarah Palin Crusade Strikes 'San Francisco Gold'

    For Sen. Leland Yee, Sarah Palin has proven to be the perfect foil​For the record, Sen. Leland Yee has always claimed that his ongoing Sarah Palin crusade is not a politically motivated operation. If some other figure with a penchant for charging $100,000 per speech were slated to appear at Califo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Secret Service to Investigate Palin-Inspired Threats Against Leland Yee

    Threats directed against state Sen. Leland Yee after he began asking questions about how much Sarah Palin is being paid to speak at California State University Stanislaus have been turned over to the California Highway Patrol and U.S. Secret Service for investigation, a state senate security officia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Maxim Magazine Compares Mission's Dynamo Donuts to Sarah Palin

    ​Suffice to say, leaps of logic are nothing new to Maxim magazine, a publication that amounts to the male version of Cosmo: shopping, dieting, and absurd sex tips with a hot girl on the front and a plethora of ads for penis pills and creams in the back. But an article in the May issue rounding up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Calling Bullshit on Eater's Crusade to Bust Restaurant Critics

    One-time New York Times critic Ruth Reichl in disguise.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. To catch a d-bag: Tim Carman of Washington City Paper calls Eater a dick for its initiative to unmask food critics. Eater National's Greg Morabito, you see, has this ongoing obsession he calls "To Catc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    CSU-Stanislaus Administrators Accused of Shredding Sarah Palin Documents They Claimed Did Not Exist

    Sarah better run ... because Leland Yee is chasing down her finances​ Did Sen. Leland Yee just evoke Watergate in his ongoing quest to discern how much California State University-Stanislaus will pay Sarah Palin for a forthcoming speech? You betcha. When it was last month announced the former Repu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- Win 'Hot Tub Time Machine' CD

    Meanwhile, down at the crime lab...​Our well-placed sources tell us they were disappointed with Hot Tub Time Machine. But the soundtrack? Awesome. You can win it if you're the first to answer all the questions correctly and send me the answers. 1. Why did the city of San Francisco sue Rehab Financ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Blood and Sunshine

    Geno Valle​Like peanut butter and jelly, and chips and salsa, it's fun putting complimentary elements together. Blood and Sunshine are no exception. Combing their backgrounds of shoegaze and electronica, the duo of Joseph Macrino (vocals, guitar, Omnichord) and James Brennan (vocals, synth, machi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    How Much Will Sarah Palin Get for CSU Stanislaus Speech? No One's Telling.

    How many showmobiles could Sarah Palin with her CSU Stanislaus speaking engagement money? No one's telling. ​When Sarah Palin delivers her $500-per-ticket June 25 speech at Cal State Stanislaus, it promises to be a bargain: That's only about $25 per "um."For the CSU Stanislaus Foundation, however, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Ever-Articulate Palin Disses ObamaCare Over Whine of Snowmobile

    Alaskan street cred​Sarah Palin, Least Intelligent Megalomaniac of All Time, reacts to the House's passage of landmark health-care reform. A teaser: "Next will be the cap-and-tax energy restrictions, and amnesty for illegals, and, um, uh, things, like, uh, card-check that union bosses will allow t ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 24, 2010

    The Real Americans: Dan Hoyle shows how the other half lives

    Alaskan street cred​Sarah Palin, Least Intelligent Megalomaniac of All Time, reacts to the House's passage of landmark health-care reform. A teaser: "Next will be the cap-and-tax energy restrictions, and amnesty for illegals, and, um, uh, things, like, uh, card-check that union bosses will allow t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Palin's Palm: What Pearls of Wisdom Lie Within?

    It takes guts to criticize the president for using teleprompters while taking advantage of the manual version on the end of your wrist. But, then, Sarah Palin certainly has plenty of guts (seriously -- they've run out of refrigerator space. Todd had a field day out on the last hunting expedition). A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Inoculating Yourself Against Turkey-Day Boredom: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

    pengrin™/FlickrWith enough of this in ya, even Jell-O mold doesn't seem quite so scary.​Monday, November 23, 2009 Three days before you'll be packing your gullet with butter and gravy and rolls -- in other words, the whitest edibles ever devised by man. Fortunately, there's still plenty of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Sarah Palin-Related Story Pitch a Top Contender For Worst E-Mail of All-Time

    ​As we've noted before, when your e-mail has the name of a newspaper in it, you get a lot of desperate missives. You'd be amazed at what communications professionals think you the reader are dying to know about; my favorite example is still the guy pitching a story about his stars-and-stripes embl ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2009

    Clueless in the Castro

    ​As we've noted before, when your e-mail has the name of a newspaper in it, you get a lot of desperate missives. You'd be amazed at what communications professionals think you the reader are dying to know about; my favorite example is still the guy pitching a story about his stars-and-stripes embl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    S.F. Merced Branch Library Rapidly Regressing Back to Nature

    All Photos | Joe EskenaziThe Merced Branch Library returns to the jungle from whence it came...Only a month after closing its doors for a renovation and seismic upgrade, the Merced Branch library is looking eerily like the last building a mounted Charlton Heston would gallop by before being conf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Music

    December 24, 2008

    The Worst Lyrics of 2008

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Everything in Its Place

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2008

    Tattoo You

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Last Night: Margaret Cho Assails Prop 8, Proposes to "Fingerfuck" Sense into Sarah Palin

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2008

    With a Bullitt

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2008

    Marin Republicans love them some Sarah Palin

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    Feminists Unite at the Radical Women Conference

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    The Real Loser of Palin vs. Biden: Gwen Ifill

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Last Night: Communal VP Debate Viewing at Tosca

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    SF Weekly's Vice Presidential Debate Drinking Game

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2008

    If Gavin Newsom were born to Sarah Palin ...

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    Earthquake!!!

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

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