In case you missed it, recently a bunch of folks managed to gather enough signatures to put an initiative on the ballot that would ban circumcision in SF. It made national news due to the oddity of such an initiative. Of course as usual, everyone starts over-generalizing about ‘liberal SF’. I’ll be the first to …
Category Archive: news
Jul
29
Mar
04
Free Hate
The world was a buzz yesterday with the news that the SCOTUS ruled in favor of WBC1 being able to picket soldier’s funerals, among other things. As horrible, shameful, and disgustingly vile I find the whole clan, I’m in agreement with the court. You can’t support a principle only when it benefits you. Living by …
Oct
17
Props
I rarely weigh in on political shenanigans here in SF but sometimes certain issues really need a proper beating. The most frightening and potentially catastrophic is proposition B. Prop B will force city employees to start paying their own retirement and insurance costs in full. Costs for themselves as well as all of their dependents. …
Aug
26
Not So Zippy
**Update** ~ Apparently, they do pay attention to blogs and cyber “stuff”. I got an email and a phone call from the corporate office. The guy was nice and very apologetic. He gave me a credit, which at this point I don’t care about but I appreciated the offer. The part I did care about …
Aug
13
Fog-ville
Apparently, this is turning out to be one of the foggiest (read chilliest) summer on record for SF. If you’ve ever been to SF, you know we tend to have Indian summers.1 You also know that June/July are known for their chilly evenings. The chill is from the fog that rolls in late afternoon/early evening. …
Sep
02
Respect
I love Rachel Maddow. Hers is one of the few political programs I consistently watch. I started watching knowing that she was a lesbian but I continued because of her sheer talent. While she has an obviously liberal slant, she is very fair-minded. Having a strong sense of that myself, I guess it is only …
Jul
04
Still Kicking
Yeah, I’m still here I’ve just been a little busy lately and haven’t had much time to update da ole blog. Let’s see, what have you missed? I went down to LA over pride weekend to see the boy. I figured I’ve done pride every year for the last 7, I can miss one. Anyway, …



