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The White House

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Smoking Medical Marijuana Helps MS Patients, Study Says

    A common critique of medical cannabis is that there's no way anything "smoked" can be beneficial to someone of ill health. This simple and convenient theory -- smoking (tobacco) is bad, therefore anything that can be smoked must also be bad -- was recently repeated by former White House drug czar Jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Local Democrats Ask Obama to Leave S.F. Marijuana Clubs Alone

    San Francisco Democrats turned on one of their own as they issued a scathing rebuttal to President Barack Obama's explanation of his unpopular crackdown of medical marijuana clubs.The local Democratic Party passed a resolution yesterday, demanding that President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, ... 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 >>

  • Music

    February 22, 2012

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    ​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 17, 2012

    Dave Mustaine Confirms Idiocy Twice in One Week

    ​As you may have already heard, a couple of days ago, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine told musicradar.com that he was "hoping that whatever is in the White House next year is a Republican" (he knows politicians aren't robots right? Surely that should be a "whoever," not a "whatever"?) and gave his own ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    The Franchise Episode Five Recap: The Agony of Defeat

    jkorn//Flickr​The Franchise has been on a nice run lately, alternating Cliff's Notes of the team season with human-interest stories in the right balance. However, for all its successes, the producers have had a relatively easy time drumming up content. The Giants have been an absolutely stellar te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Michelle Obama Makes a Deal with Walgreens

    Michelle Obama proves that the White House is not in a food desert.​ According to the Obama Foodorama blog, Michelle Obama announced at a press conference yesterday that Walgreens, Walmart, and SuperValue, as well as several regional grocers, have agreed to open 1,500 stores in regions designated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Arnold Schwarzenegger Is as Unpopular as George W. Bush

    Arnie is no longer a chick magnet​Apparently, voters find former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock love child even more unappealing than his inability to get the state budget passed on time. According to a new poll, Arnie's ratings have dipped to an all-time low. Roughly 75 percent of st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Hillary Clinton Photoshopped out of Situation Room Picture in Hasidic Newspaper

    So much for newspapers being the record of history. A mega-Orthodox Hasidic newspaper Der Tzitung in New York took the iconic Osama bin Laden raid Situation Room photo and edited the most powerful woman at the White House, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Oy vey.The photo was taken with President ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Is it Osama or Obama Bin Laden?

    Fox News probably doesn't think there is a difference between Osama and Obama​Twitter was abuzz after Fox News made the Freudian slip yesterday when announcing that Obama, not Osama, bin Laden is dead. Sure, the names are off by only one letter, but that one letter spells the difference between th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Mission Cheese Fires Up the Panini Maker, Schweet Boks Goes Soggy

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The Feast files an exclusive! sneak peek of Mission Cheese, opening tomorow at 736 Valencia (at 18th St.). The pitch: mac and cheese, fromage platters, pressed sandwiches, and cut cheeses from Sarah Dvora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Kamala Harris Files Brief Supporting Federal Health Care Reform

    This won't hurt a bit...​California Attorney General Kamala Harris has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit seeking to aid the defense of President Barack Obama's landmark health care legislation.The so-called Affordable Care Act, perhaps Obama's most significant legisla ... More >>

  • News

    April 6, 2011

    Blowing Smoke: Obama Promises One Thing, Does Another on Medical Marijuana

    This won't hurt a bit...​California Attorney General Kamala Harris has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit seeking to aid the defense of President Barack Obama's landmark health care legislation.The so-called Affordable Care Act, perhaps Obama's most significant legisla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Beer Week Spotlights Gypsies, Nanobrewers

    seanosh/FlickrA taste of Noe Valley nanobrewer Elizabeth Street Brewery.​Nanobrewers, gypsy brewers: Are they space cadets, nomads? Nah ― they're the future of microbrewing, on display for SF Beer Week. ​All professional brewers can trace their roots back to a common hobby - homebrew ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Republican Election Ploy: Gays Marry Goats, Dogs, and ... Clocks?

    Dating material perhaps. But you want to marry this? ​The Week In GayHave you noticed that the midterm election is around the goddamned corner? If your home is like mine you shovel 10 pounds of crap out of the mailbox and into the recycling bin every day; you have stopped answering the phone altog ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Exclusive: Obama's Music Video Career Revealed

    By now you've probably heard about the latest, most improbable, and quite possibly most awesome rumor about Barack Obama's past thus far: that he made a cameo appearance in the 1993 music video for Tag Team's "Whoomp! There It Is." Gawker's Adrian Chen made an admirable attempt to separate fact from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Apple's Latest Hot Mess: Prominent iPad Users' Personal Info Exposed

    A window to your soul​Think Facebook's got privacy problems? Just wait till you get a load of the latest scandal at Apple, which has apparently allowed some very prominent users of its iPad device -- think White House prominent -- to have their personal information exposed in an AT&T security ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Would U.S. Attorney's Departure Be Magic Bullet For Sanctuary City?

    U.S. Attorney Joe Russoniello has worn out his welcome with sanctuary city proponents​By Evan HillNo matter how many aggrieved citizens and legal experts immigrant advocates trot before the public in support of Supervisor David Campos' new amendment to the city's sanctuary law, Mayor Gavin Newsom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

    What was the F'd up part of the bridge again?​This was a week for openings. The bridge opened, a sex club opened in one of the city's least sexy locales, and, speaking of openness and sexiness, an elephantine state Assemblyman was remarkably frank with his astoundingly filthy claims of sexual conq ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Michelle Obama Wants a Farmer's Market Near the White House, but the Proposal's No Slam Dunk

    foodietots/FlickrWho could be against veggies? A still life from the Dupont FreshFarm Market.​First Lady Michelle Obama is trying to bring farm fresh food to her own 'hood near the White House. Washington D.C. residents and farmers' market fans are closely watching the First Lady -- she took o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chronic City: Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' Succeeds; California Senate Urges Change in Federal Medical Marijuana Rules

    ​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    The Doggie Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    Our favorite food blog items for Wednesday, May 20, 2009 What the f***?: Seriously, who knew GI Joe had such a potty mouth, or was such an aficionado of the pork chop sandwich? YouTube reveals the filthy truth here. Credit the find to a Tuesday tweet from Hot Food Porn. Poison pen: C'mon, organoph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Meet the New LAFCo, Same as the Old LAFCo

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • Music

    January 14, 2009

    History as predicted by Inauguration Day's #1 hits

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2008

    Windsurf’s beach blanket disco

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2008

    Class of 2000 Standouts

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    Famed Chef Cooks Up Beats, Not Eats, at Ruby Skye

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Condi Rice was Boring, Judith Miller was the NYT's "WMD" — Brinkley Reports

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    Foggy Bridge Wine Cruise: Marin County Meets Fantasy Island

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    Foggy Bridge Wine Cruise: Marin County Meets Fantasy Island

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 27, 2007

    Sondheim Kills Me

    The White House handover has put us in a contemplative mood here at SF Weekly. Time passes, the seasons change, and the wheel of fate turns. But some things are constant -- among them the intellectual rigidity of San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), a little-noticed board that ... More >>

  • News

    August 2, 2006

    Useless Resolve

    The Board of Supes likes to tell the world what to do. The world could care less.

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    FEMA -- a Four-Letter Word?

    The only quiz in the world that will tell you if you're an apologist for the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina response

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2005

    Funny Ha-Ha

    SF Sketchfest includes folks from The Onion, The Simpsons, and Bizarro

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    SF Sketchfest includes folks from The Onion, The Simpsons, and Bizarro

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2004

    Drunk and Irate

    Fight or flight on election night

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2004

    The Story of M

    When perverts navel-gaze

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2004

    Bush It

    Political theater dives in

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2004

    Painting "Favorites"

    These are a few, no doubt about it

  • Film

    March 3, 2004

    Bush Comes to Shove

    Like America's current leaders, Viggo and Hidalgo try to "enlighten" the Arabs with Western justice

  • Film

    December 31, 2003

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    The year in local film, plus the passing of a cinematic champion

  • Film

    April 30, 2003

    Violent Femmes

    Tenderhearted mutants kick significant keister in X-2: X-Men United

  • Music

    November 22, 2000

    Pop Philosophy

    Great pop songs; pop dance clubs; song of the week

  • Music

    November 1, 2000

    Pop Philosophy

    Political Song Contest

  • Film

    April 21, 1999

    Karen Morley: Still Sexy After All These Blacklisted Years

    Political Song Contest

  • Film

    November 4, 1998

    Second Time Around

    Political Song Contest

  • News

    September 24, 1997

    Identity Crisis

    American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?

  • News

    January 3, 1996

    Blakk Power

    San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

  • News

    December 6, 1995

    Chatterbox

    San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

  • News

    May 31, 1995

    One World, Under Gorby (Part II)

    Gorbachev foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

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