Baghdad by the Bay Bites Back

Oakland Police Department: "Justice Pays"

2007-01-20T08:07:42Z

Image030.jpg Originally uploaded by Jackson West. Spotted at the MacArthur BART station. OPD pay apparently ranks "among the highest in the nation." Unfortunately, so is the murder rate. Double irony points if your initial reaction was to...

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Interviews On VC Day

2007-01-18T04:16:28Z

The 'Victory of Chickens' Day video footage is hilare! SFist Rita and I were invited to speak on camera as we left Fake Question Time. I'm only putting me first because I don't want to have to follow Rita. More citizens can be found at obivousl...

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Fake Question Time LiveBlog

2007-01-13T18:22:16Z

Getting started a little late.Photos are being uploaded over at Flickr -- I'm guessing I can thank the SF Party Party for the team wearing chicken outfits. 10:20 Gavin just finished the opening monologue. Topic: homelessness. He's doing the ...

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My Friends' Events

2007-01-12T19:56:22Z

Shamelessy cribbed from Upcoming, because my friends are more interesting than I am. Tonight: It's not so important to understand or like Kenneth Anger films (I can count the latter, anyway), it's important to be seen going to Kenneth Anger films...

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EFF'n Good Time

2007-01-12T06:08:27Z

There's nothing like a hard day at work followed by a trip to the therapist to put you in a less than expansive mood. But damnit, I wanted to go show my support for the Electronic Frontier Foundation for their 16th anniversary party at 111 Minna....

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Overheard in The City

2007-01-11T04:24:04Z

"Do you think they'll let black people build the central subway? Do you think the Chinese will stand by and let whitey get the work? ... It ain't politics that's crooked, politics is just an idea -- it's the people that are crooked." -- Riding ...

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Jake McGoldrick: Crazy Like a Fox

2007-01-10T04:17:12Z

Jake's caught a lot of flack in his last term for having gone off his rocker. But he's as staunch a chigger under the Mayor's hide as ever, and this resolution introduced into the BOS agenda today has the sweet, sweet scent of honest-to-god compe...

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Suckers in Cars: Quit Whining, Try ParkMatch

2007-01-09T07:44:45Z

Someday my hope is that The City will become a pedestrian and transit oasis. All the elements are there -- dense urban core, broad avenues to accomodate bike and transit lanes, an active and forward-thinking population. Only problem is that ever...

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Wholesome Fucking Activities: Orinda to Rockridge via Claremont Canyon

2007-01-08T04:29:21Z

It all looked so simple on the BART map. We'd meet at Rockridge, take the train one stop, and walk back. The look on my face when I got off at Orinda and turned around must have been priceless. It probably said something like: "What the fuck h...

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Tales of The City: Bay Bloggery

2007-01-06T21:06:14Z

In public service news, blog roundup regular Edward Champion is reading Pynchon so that you don't have to. El Lefty Malo is evaluating the teams in the N.L. West so that you don't have to. And Sasha at Left in SF explains why the recently inked...

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