Posts Tagged ‘attack’
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Not too often you see regular military fighter jets above San Francisco these days, you know, just flying around on some mission as opposed to performing an airshow. Last time for me seeing something like that was when a pair of U.S. Air Force F-15’s roared low and fast over the Western Addition about a half-decade ago.
Here’s the view from Haight Ashbury yesterday, through the Blue Gum Eucalyptus trees. Don’t bother looking at the misfocused photo ’cause you probably won’t be able to see them, but KPIX / CBS5 has some footage from Oakland International Airport yesterday. There they are lined up next to the King Airs and whatnot at OAK.
Speaking of airshows, remember this alarmist headline from a few years back: “Blue Angel Kills Thousands in SF crash”
Of course, no spectator has died at an airshow in San Francisco ever, I don’t think. And actually, no airshow accident has killed or injured a spectator in America in the past half-century or so that writer Tim Redmond has been alive. (Let’s not talk about Russia or Ukraine – spectators die all the time in those places.)
And of course, a crash like that one in San Diego wouldn’t kill anybody in San Francisco because the Blue Angels would react differently to a sudden loss of power. And if there were a crash for other reasons, it would be simply unpossible for that to kill “thousands.”
Anyway, if you ever want to say that you don’t like the Blue Angels, it’ll be up to you to just say that you don’t like the Blue Angels or, instead, to make a blog post going, “Blue Angel Kills Thousands in SF crash.”
Your choice.
Anyway again, this “Military Aircraft operation” might have brought a nuclear aircraft carrier to the waters of the Farallones, who knows.
Look to the skies! They are ever changing.
Suit and tie comes up to me
His face red
Like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colours of a royal flush
And he’s peeling off those dollars bills
Slapping them down, one hundred, two hundred,
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see the fighter planes
Across the mud huts as the children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
Up the staircase to the first floor
We turn the key and slowly unlock the door
A man breathes deep into saxophone
Through the walls we hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
This is the scene at Fell and Broderick, right across the street from the makeshift shrine of fallen pedestrian Melissa Dennison. It seems the Bank of America Buena Vista Branch #0269 suffered a Halloween night attack from people dressed in black who broke numerous large windows and an ATM.
Apparently, the assault was designed to send a message to the “money-wielding fucks” and “little Eichmanns” who work inside. Deets below.
All cleaned up and waiting for repair:
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The scene on Halloween night. The IndyBay kids would like to foreclose on BofA:
(Leave the hammer, take the cannoli from the nearby Falletti’s Market)
EveryBlock has this and somebody posted something on CNN iReport and there’s this shot on Flickr. And here’s a “trip report” post on IndyBay:
“SF Bank of Amercia trashed/redecorated
“SF Bank of America trashed on Halloween night!!!
“On Halloween night some people dressed in black at the corner of Fell and Broderick in San Francisco redecorated a Bank of America, trashing the ATM, smashed about 15 windows, and posted a banner reading “FORECLOSED“. We felt the dark creatures that dwell inside from 9 to 5 could use some more privacy, and at least for a couple days experience a more “cave like” home while they put families out on the street for problems that banks started. The boarded windows fit quite nicely (see pictures). This building will hopefully in the future be used for something more useful like a food co-op house, a clinic, or at least a place for people to sleep when it gets cold outside. Until then these money-wielding fucks will just have to take the harassment.”
The bank branch itself is open for business, as well the ATMs at the back near Faletti’s – they escaped the wrath of the Men in Black.
On It Goes…
Tags: 1, 1275, 31, 31st, anarchists, atm, attack, bank of america, black, black block, bloque negro, Boarded, BofA, Buena Vista, crime, department, dept., fell, foreclosed, halloween, hammer, hammers, indybay, little Eichmanns, Mayhem, money wielding fucks, NOPA, November, october, panhandle, police, SFPD, sign, street, vandalism, vandals, western addition, windows
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
See? That’s smooth, baby.
San Francisco Bike Route 20 (if you’re going west, anyway) on McAllister near Pierce. Click to expand:
(If you’re heading east, in towards downtown, the Route 20 switches over to hillier Fulton, which is not recommended.)
And those “lead pipe” attacks (well, not actually lead, probably, but whatever) on cyclists ended more than four years ago. From 2005:
“ASSAULTS ON CYCLISTS REPORTED IN WESTERN ADDITION“
“We’ve received reports of cyclists being assaulted near the corner of Fillmore and McAllister by youths carrying lead pipes during the past few weeks. Use caution when biking through this area after dark, and immediately report any violence to the SFPD by calling 911 (for emergencies) or 553-0123 for non-emergencies.”
So now there’s no excuse not to take The Snick to get to the Golden Gate Park Panhandle bike path.
If you want…
Tags: 20, 30, asphalt, attack, bicycle, bicycle coalition, bike, bike coallition, civic center, construction, cyclist, eastbound, fillmore, flat, haight, inbound, lead, market, mcallister, new, octavia, outbound, paving, pipe, repaving, route, route 20, route 30, San Francisco, sfbc, snick, snickerdoodle, street, westbound, western addition, wiggle
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Actually, these pups are just socializing - you can’t figure out who’s top dog without a little conflict, right?
Hazel and (little) Lebowski, click to expand:
via Mr. Wright, click to see uncropped version
Tags: attack, bay area, dogs, fight, hazel lebowski, park, San Francisco
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Well, this rather complete story by Amber Lee over at KTVU Channel 2 about the Monday’s vandal attack at the San Francisco Holocaust Memorial will get you up to speed on this issue right quick. But that won’t satisfy young Joe Eskenazi, who would like a more detailed description of the culprits involved.
Did it really cost $8,000 to hastily clean up the red spray paint? Apparently.
This is what part of it looks like now, after the cleanup. Click to expand:
Newly-installed SFPD Richmond Station Captain Richard Corriea was on the scene before starting his shift on what must have been a busy new year’s evening. The belated news of this recent attack attracted many to the memorial yesterday:
The vandal spray painted “ISRAEL THERE IS BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS” or something like that on the white wall seen here. A prior attack had a different appearance.
People speculate on the timing, which seems particularly off-message, depending on what message was intended. Over at IndyBay they have a message, of sorts.
All that’s left to do now is to figure out what was intended by the following from the KCBS:
“KCBS reporter Doug Sovern says the vandalism has shaken some Jews, concerned about the possibility of a rise in anti-Semitism and well-meaning people reacting the wrong way to renewed hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians.”
(Good luck with that.)
Tags: attack, blood, gaza, George Segal, graffiti, hands, holocaust memorial, israel, paint, red, rockets, San Francisco, sculptor, scupture, spraypaint
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Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Not too many made it to the recent unveiling of the Tatiana sculpture on Christmas Day, but now people are making pilgrimages to the site of the community garden at 274 Greenwich on the famous Greenwich Steps. Per sculptor Jon Engdhal:
“It was one year ago today that Tatiana died so senselessly, a scale statue is in place to remember her.”
This is a peaceful place, free of the vitriol that surrounds the Carlos Sousa Jr., Paul Dhaliwal, and Kulbir Dhaliwal case from a year ago.
You’ll find this Siberian tiger cub right next to the parking meter.
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Looking down from Tati’s perch. This is about 75 feet down the hill from the old Julius’ Castle restaurant on Montgomery:
The view from the path:
This thing seems larger than life – it’s probably quite heavy.
Enjoy it while it lasts. She might not be there a long time.
Tags: attack, Carlos, Dhaliwal, Engdhal, greenwich, Jon, Jr, Kulbir, Paul, San Francisco, sculptor, sculpture, shrine, siberian, Sousa, steps, tatiana, tiger, zoo
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
News comes today that the City and County of San Francisco is denying the claim made Amritpal and Kulbir Dhaliwal regarding the Christmas Day tiger attack last year upon Carlos Souza, Jr.
Why? You’ll just have to read the 84-page lease agreement between San Francisco and the San Francisco Zoo to find out.
Dennis Herrera is a crackerjack attorney, so he and his team aren’t going to make things easy for those trying to make money off of this tragedy. It’s not like San Francisco has a lot of extra sourdough to send down to the counties of Santa Clara and Los Angeles.
Let’s all hope that the new and improved big cat grottos will be less vulnerable to any kind of harassment, even the “boys will be boys” fatal type of harassment.
Tags: Amritpal, attack, attorney, bmw, Carlos, christmas, city attorney, claim, denied, dennis, Dhaliwal, geragos, grotto, herrera, Jr, kopp, m3, Paul, playstation, sam, San Francisco, shoplifting, singer, Sousa, tatiana, tiger, zoo
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
An online article about grisly cougar attacks written by a Wisconsonite created some confusion recently, due to regional differences in the use of American English.
Commenters made references to Kim Cattrell and Jennifer Anniston. Why? Because the word cougar means something different these days, at least in California:
COUGAR: An attractive woman in her 30’s or 40’s who is on the hunt once again.
You don’t buy that? Well, check out this dictionary.com entry with keyword-based advertisements referencing “Date a Cougar” and, from the AARP, ”Cougars and Younger Men.”
So, that’s a cougar. Here’s a mountain lion from Marin County, California:
nollij via Flickr
That’s a good name, right? It’s like this: Kim Bauer was scared by the mountain lion.
And what about puma? Well, everybody knows that’s a kind of shoe from Germany. (See fake Michael Schumacher wearing a pair of Puma car racing togs right here, just before his Ferrari F355 Spider got towed by the SFPD.)
So, a cougar is a person, a puma is a shoe, and a mountain lion is a mountain lion. Simple, right?
Now you’re talking Californian. Enjoy.
Tags: "Cougar", "Mountain Lion", "Puma", attack, california, Californian, catamount, marin, San Francisco, shoe
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