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American Badass, Pinole, CA
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013Speaking of Offensive MUNI Bus Ads, Check Out This Campaign from San Francisco’s DAVID CLAY JEWELERS
Thursday, March 21st, 2013Add this one to the list of crimes from DAVID KAY JEWELERS:
“You won’t get jealous when your friend gets the newer smaller version”
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(Oh, and BTW, the offensive ad here isn’t “anti-gay” not at all.
To say so is ignorant.
But it is anti other things, I’ll grant you that.)
In closing, diamonds are horrible. Get anything else but a diamond. People will figure this out soon enough and the worthless piece of rock on your finger will be even more worthless a couple decades from now.
And more importantly, it will be seen by others as worthless.
Oh well.
Why is George Gascon the Point Man for Islamophobia, His Afghanistan Yemen Problem? Plus a New LGBT Ad
Monday, March 18th, 2013Ah, let’s see here, is District Attorney George Gascon going to be on the Today Show like today?
“SF District Attorney George Gascon will be on the Today show Monday am re: Islamophobic Ads on MUNI. Stay tuned!… http://fb.me/10hSSRRFR ”
Could be (but I’ll never know ’cause I only have a rabbit ear antenna and, oddly, there’s no NBC affiliate in my tiny town, nor in the county, nor in any of the neighboring counties and I’ll be damned if the Comcast monopoly is going to get $100 per month out of me for basic cable.)
Anyway, leave us review, let’s travel all the way back to ought-ten:
SF Police Chief George Gascon’s HATE CRIME act against Yemenis
OPINION: SFPD Chief’s apology did not address culturally insensitive mentality
So now in 2013, George Gascon sees a chance to make amends with all sorts of different groups by being the point man on SFGov’s anti-MUNI bus ad campaign?
Sure looks that way. See the press release below.
Hey, is George Gascon running for Mayor of San Francisco, you know, down the road?
Maybe. (All he needs to do is clear up his case of foot-in-mouth disease by 2017 or whatever.)
Fin.
New topic.
Are new ads coming to MUNI buses?
Check it:
Is this ad Islamophobic and is the City Family going hold another news conference? I don’t know. You tell me.
What I do know is that maybe the MyJihad campaign isn’t going so hot.
Oh, and the next big terrorism incident we’re going to run into will be due to a white American dude, most likely, just saying, GC. I’m srsly.
On It Goes…
“District Attorney, Board President Chiu, and City Leaders Denounce Islamophobic MUNI Ads
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2013
Contact: Stephanie Ong Stillman, DA Gascón’s Office
ADA Alex Bastian, DA Gascón’s Office
SAN FRANCISO – Today, District Attorney George Gascón, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, and Supervisors John Avalos, London Breed, Malia Cohen, Jane Kim, Scott Wiener, Norman Yee held a press conference to denounce Islamophobic and racist advertisements by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) scheduled to run on MUNI buses today.
“These offensive ads serve no other purpose than to denigrate our city’s Arab and Muslim communities,” said District Attorney George Gascón. “When any community in San Francisco is attacked, it affects all of us. I and the city leaders standing with me today are exercising our free speech rights in condemning these ads and standing with the Arab and Muslim communities of San Francisco.”
“Hate has no place in our City,” said Mayor Ed Lee. “San Francisco is a city that celebrates its diversity, and hateful speech and discrimination against our Arab and Muslim communities will never be tolerated.”
“Our respect for free speech does not mean we allow hateful speech to go unchallenged,” said Board President David Chiu. “As a former civil rights attorney, I’m proud to stand with our Arab and Muslim American families to send a united message that San Francisco embraces diversity and tolerance, not hate and bigotry.”
AFDI’s founder Pamela Geller has been deemed an anti-Muslim hate extremist by the Southern Poverty Law Center. In August of 2012, San Franciscans were outraged over AFDI advertisements on MUNI that referred to Arabs and Muslims as “savages.” Arab and Muslim community leaders say the new advertisements are even more offensive as they wrongly suggest that all Muslims are defined by extremism and violence, and baselessly target Arab and Muslim San Franciscans who make invaluable contributions to the city’s life and culture.
Supervisor David Chiu is introducing a resolution to condemn the Islamophobic and racist MUNI Ads at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. In response, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority will dedicate the proceeds from the offensive advertisements to fund a city-wide study on the impact of discrimination on Arab and Muslim communities. City leaders have met with Council on American-Islamic Relations – San Francisco Bay Area, Asian Law Caucus, the Ramallah Club, the Arab Cultural Center, churches and mosques to discuss targeting of vulnerable communities and the city’s commitment to protecting and standing with those communities.”
OMG, It’s Dolphin Season Near the Golden Gate Bridge – Check Out This Recent Video – Babies Too
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012Here’s a shot from Land’s End from a few years back:
A bit mottled – that’s the way they are sometimes – click to expand
Now let’s hear from Redd Rivett, who recorded some of these critters just the other day:
“These bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were on the East side of the Golden Gate Bridge, next to Fort Point, in the cove. We get to see them in the summer and fall, when they come in to Ft Point cove for a while maybe twice a week or so. They live mostly along the outer coast to the south of us, all the way to Monterey Bay. Thanks Bill Keener of Golden Gate Cetacean Research for the info.”
OMG, the Rare California Valley Quail of Golden Gate Park are Still Around in 2012, as This Photo From David Cruz Shows
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012See?
Via Natures Lantern - click to expand
Now myself, I haven’t seen quail since 2009, but I’ve not really had a chance since I’m boycotting the Strybing Arboretum these days owing to the toll booths they installed based upon impossibly optimistic attendance projections.
But anyway, it’s nice to see that these critters are still around in 2012…
Open Air Bathroom, Buena Vista Park, San Francisco, California
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011As seen from the sidewalk of BVP East:
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Gracious Urban Living: A Yale Box on Stilts, Filled with Mini-Blinds – 767 Buena Vista Park East, San Francisco, California
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011From Bauhaus to our house:
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“At Yale the students generally began to notice that everything they designed, everything the faculty members designed, everything the visiting critics (who gave critiques of the students) designed…started to look the same. Everyone designed the same box…of glass…and steel and concrete, with tiny beige bricks substituted occasionally. This came to be known as the Yale Box.”
Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Struck UC Berkeley at 2:41 PM, October 20th 2011 – 3.8 Aftershock at 8:16 PM
Thursday, October 20th, 2011[Or rather, make that a 4.0 on the Richter, final answer. That was for the afternoon earthquake. This evening's aftershock at 8:16 PM was a 3.8.]
People in the West Bay could definitely feel this this one today, the one centered beneath UC Berkeley.
It felt like a succession of sharp bumps for a few seconds and then there was some generalized shaking – perhaps it all lasted about six seconds.
The Did You Feel It Map:
The initial estimate was a 4.2:
| Magnitude | 4.2 |
|---|---|
| Date-Time |
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| Location | 37.864°N, 122.249°W |
| Depth | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| Region | SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA |
| Distances |
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| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles) |
| Parameters | Nph= 90, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.18 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=3 |
| Source | |
| Event ID | nc71667366 |
Know Your Fireballs: A Giant Meteor High Above California, Nevada, and Arizona This Evening?
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011Is this the thing that everybody’s talking about tonight?
The LA Times says meteor.
Fireballs FAQ from your American Meteor Society.
Follow men’s eyes as they look to the skies
The shifting shafts of shining weave the fabric of their dreams
[UPDATE: Here we go, the impression of a Young Artist, suspiciously over-detailed:
Jill Padilla’s son Juan drew this pic right after seeing the strange lights. (credit: Juan Padilla)
Awesome!
Until next time…
Video of What It’s Like to Pilot a Bicycle Across the Golden Gate Bridge These Days – How Fast is Too Fast?
Thursday, August 4th, 2011This video here shows what it’s like to cross the Golden Gate Bridge by bicycle on a foggy day when there aren’t too many peds about.
(And Vivian Ho discusses the current “uneasy mix between bikes, walkers” here.)
Bike 42363 – click to expand
Seems like 10 MPH might be a reasonable speed limit for cyclists, but, as always, You Make The Call.
