Outside Harold Camping's Alameda house at 6:01 p.m. on Sunday, very little (save a cloud of shame and regret) hung over the false prophet's abode where he and his family waited for the rapture. Camping had used numerology and The Bible to make a proclamation that he and his Family Radio followers would be beamed to heaven at 6:00 p.m. on May 21. Alas, his forecast never came true. And ever since his prediction turned sour, he's said very little publicly about what happened.
Harold Camping Speaks About Rapture Fail; Righteous Naysayers Rejoice
The Rapture: Harold Camping's House In Alameda at 6:01 PM
Oakland false prophet Harold Camping made headlines over the last few weeks with his prediction that Jesus was returning on May 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm in various time zones around the world. He proclaimed that, at the moment, his followers would ascend to heaven while the others (i.e., you) suffered through a massive earthquake and, later in October, the end of the Earth. The former civil engineer used numerology and the Bible as his predictive tools. As the hours passed, however, Camping's forecast never came to fruition.
Family Radio Employees Don't Believe In Saturday's Rapture
East Bay false prophet Harold Camping, who claims that the rapture will occur on 5/21, has an organization, Family Radio, that has bilked listeners out of $80 million in contributions between 2005 and 2009 with tales about Saturday's impending doom. Even his very own church employees don't buy Camping's judgement day gobbledygook. CNNMoney reports:
Photos: Easter Sunday's Hunky Jesus Contest
Every type of Jesus came out for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's Hunky Jesus Contest. Everyone from naked Jesus to Sweet Baby Jesus competed in the annual ode to Christ's erotic side. (OK, the baby was not celebrating Jesus' sexy side, but the others sure were!)
Ed Lee's New Mantra
"We'll meet for further discussions" - apparently what the temporary mayor told supporters of Mother Brown's Dining Room in Bayview after the Human Services Agency proposed slashing 60% of the soup kitchen's funding. According to City Insider, Lee won over an angry crowd simply by offering to talk about the problem later. And so that's how a Jesus-like Ed Lee turned a lack of bread in to soup.
Burger King/Jesus Miracle Bun?
Jesus or the Burger King dude found on McDonald's Big Mac bun.
Film du Jour: A Queer Nativity [NSFW]
Well, this looked like festive fun. , a 15 minute play that happened at Dolores Park on Saturday night, was a holiday success. Put on by Matt Cornell, who plays Jesus, he describes Nativity as "an act of irreverent defiance against religious and political institutions that would seek to marginalize entire groups and classes of people, effectively leaving them out in the cold."
What's Going On Here, Crazy Clashing Person?
This guy above, it seems, shows up at the beginning of each semester at SFSU "to get yelled at by freshmen/student activists." We think he's the bee's knees.
What's Their Names Tie the Knot This Weekend
Oh yeah, we almost forgot. They're getting married this weekend somewhere in Canada at some sort of horse breeding ranch. Or wherever. Billed as an "old-fashioned wedding social," featuring "wrangler events, a cowboy cookout and barn dancing," you can read Matier and Ross getting damp over Saturday's most unholy affair here.
Living Oprah Lives Best Life For One Year
Have you read Living Oprah, the greatest thing in the world, ever? Penned by a 35-year-old writer, performer, and artist living in Chicago--who doesn't give her name--for one year she will be living her life according to Oprah's edicts. Because Oprah Winfrey, as we all know by now, is Christ reborn.
Days of Our Zoo: Man Arrested for Taunting Rhino
On Thursday, Juan Zuluaga, 26, was arrested at the SF Zoo following a run-in with a rhinoceros. It seems, according to the Chron, that Zuluaga was busted for throwing acorns at Mashaki, a black rhino:
UPDATE: Greenpeace and UC Berkeley Students to Hold the Most Disgusting Protest Ever Tomorrow
Deep breath. Wow. Jesus. Okay, here we go:
It's Got to be the Protest After
Fascist Imperial Dogs 1 - Tree Loving Hippies 0- After all that protesting and dancing and carrot juice drinking, the Berkeley City Council chickened out and said they erred in passing that January resolution that disinvited a Marine recruiting station and called them "unwelcome intruders." In that resolution, they also allowed Code Pink permission to blast all sorts of things at the station, gave them a designated parking space in front of it, and permission to protest on Wednesdays from noon to 4 p.m. Why Wednesday? Because it’s Hump Day! They did, however, refuse to issue an apology and used part of their mea culpa to lash out at the Bush administration and the war. This didn't satisfy some conservatives as Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina introduced the "Semper Fi Act" which would redirect money to UC Berkeley and give it to the Southern Heritage Coalition so they can sew more flags with the Confederate flag in them.
Punitive Funding Cuts for Berkeley's Shocking -- Shocking! -- Leftist Tone?
Republican (it goes without saying) Assemblyman Guy Houston of San Ramon wants to slice off more than $3 million in state funding from Berkeley for their stance against Marine recruiting. He will introduce legislation to "withhold state transportation money until Berkeley rescinds its 'war on the U.S. Marine Corps.'"
The Trumpification of Aaron "Payback Is a Bitch" Peskin
Aaron, what's going on? Things okay at home? You can tell us, man. Because:
Is America Ready for a Black Hero? No? Well, How About a Black Antihero?
Jesus, have you seen those ads for this movie "Hancock"? Is it us, or is there something insaaaaaanely racist about them? Let's break it down: Will Smith plays an African-American superhero -- the first big-screen African-American superhero since, um, Robert Townsend in 1993's Meteor Man? Oh, that's right, there was that black sidekick in "The Incredibles." And Halle Berry as Storm. And Wesley Snipes as Blade ... so, okay, there've been four black superheroes in the last 15 years. But Will Smith's the first black leading-man flying superhero, which is a very cool and progressive thing to happen ... except that he's apparently a homeless dude who's borderline retarded and keeps getting in the white folks' way.
Holding Jesus Hostage
Oh, gosh, excuse us. Sorry. We just heard the unholy tale of Jean's cement Jesus statue, or lack thereof, and we're livid. Our Lord, it seems, is being held hostage. Why? Because Jean won't take care of her "poopies" or "weiners" [sic] -- at least according to the CNN reporter, doing his best to make it on Best Week Ever or the Daily Show.
Murderous N Judah Streecar Drags, Kills Pedestrian
N Judah Chronicles' Greg Dewar will not be pleased. And neither will the rest of you.
Grisly Mission Murder
Egads. This one is almost out of a horror movie, except that it's, well, real. Last night San Francisco welcomed in another murder, this time at 26th Street and Mission a little before midnight.
American Football Spectacular: Wild Card Wknd 2008, "And Then The Rain..."
The NFL's 2008 Wild Card Wknd has arrived at the same time as this rainstorm front...
SFist Tonight
The singing starts at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at Slim's; $15.
SFist Tonight
Starts at 7:30 p.m. at SomArts Cultural Center; $70.
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
We love Gridskipper's edge as of late. Take, for example, today's revealing top 8 San Francisco bars with the "crappiest crowds." Rankings 8, 7, 6, and 5 are Beauty Bar, Medjool, Swig, and R Bar, respectively. In all fairness, you need to visit good ol' Gridie to find out just who made the top four. (Also, regarding the number-one spot, we've never visited the sorta chic spot but have heard mixed reviews. Is it...

