Results tagged “lies”

Sure, it's preposterous. Amazing in its unbelievability. But the National Organization for Marriage (a truly vile organization) is something to take notice of, because people believe this shit -- powerful people; people you know; people you like; people you love; people who, let's face it, should be stopped. And the above ad, while riddled with inaccuracy, is the latest attack on civil rights and same-sex marriage. (In related news, you can find an updated map showing who donated to Prop 8, right here.)

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While we can forgive the French for not enjoying the smooth, sightly sweet-n-salty, nutty, near-perfect taste of peanut butter (beurre de cacahuète translates directly as "testicle butter"), we cannot forgive the media for its continued assault on peanut butter. Take, for example, the bastards at KCBS who report that "the Agriculture Department shipped possibly contaminated peanut butter and other foods to schools in at least three states under a contract with the Georgia company blamed for a nationwide salmonella outbreak." Lies. We won't believe it until we see said peanut butter in a petri dish swarming with salmonella. And five people have allegedly died from peanut butter-related injuries. Another tissue of lies. We won't believe it until we see the peanut buttery corpses on a slab. Also, those jerks at AP are reporting on some sort of peanut and peanut butter recall. (You can pry the Jif from our cold, dead hands.) And just who is behind this smear campaign? The hazelnut-happy folks at Nutella. Or the meat industry saying "See! It's not just us!" Obviously.

Some "ultra-liberal" site called OpEdNews claims that, while kicking it at the Denver at the Democratic National Convention, fame-hungry Cindy Sheehan "walked in to discover a man working on her phone, screw driver in hand," bugging her phone. Egads! If it's true -- which? come on! -- that's a bit scary. But why Sheehan? Surely her late-night, paranoid exchanges with Chris "Not Since Dan White..." Daly are harmless. Anyway, read more about her alleged privacy rape and her reasons why she's even at the DCN here.

Mr. Nevius is steaming mad at SFist's number-one fan, Chris Daly. Why? Well, it seems that the altruistic SF Supervisor - kissed by the lips of God himself! - made a civic-minded teen cry. C.W. reports that during last week's Board of Supes meeting, "Amanda Wong, a junior at Lowell High, waited two hours for her chance at the podium during the public comment period, but was so frustrated when Daly first cut her time to one minute, then got up and left when she started to speak, that she burst into tears." Aw. Wong explained her emotional outburst, saying she "didn't mean to cry...I just kind of lost it. I thought they were supposed to listen to us." (Isn't that adorable?) Later on in the meeting, Bevan Dufty made some sort of dramatic exit, storming out of the room in a fit. Fierce. Update: Nevius is wrong? Fibber! Daly responds with what really went down.

Gus Van Sant isn't the only one who might make you a shiny, coke-addled star here in San Francisco. Take, for example, MTV and NBC who want to use you for their up-and-coming reality programming.

We swear, this guy is one step away from strapping road flares to his chest. Now, it's increasingly difficult for us to explain the conceptual art that is Michael Savage's work. Its genius lies in its demented complexity. But according to Bay City News (via CBS 5), Savage recently "sued the Council on American-Islamic Relations in federal court in San Francisco Monday over the group's use of his words on its Web site." Apparently,...

The sands of Marin and San Mateo have officially reopened to the public. (We recommend hitting the beach in the fall. There's something luxurious about walking on the beach, bundled up in winter clothing.) What's more, 50 wild birds have been cleaned up and released at Pillar Point Yacht Harbor at Half Moon Bay. But what's worse, "the spill has cost the U.S. government $1.4 million, money spent on operations by the Coast Guard,...

We've been a big fan of Willo O'Brien's design work for several years now. She's got the chops to hang with the code geeks, but she's also a hell of an illustrator, drawing funny animals like bass playin' polar bears, ice skating bunnies...and you should see what she can do with a pumpkin. We usually run into her at shows, but when we heard she was branching out and had launched her own line of clothing, jewelry, and other things, we thought we'd find out more.

This 4-bedroom, 5-bathroom house helped to land 94123 on Forbes’ Most Expensive Zip Codes list - #55 to be exact. At 2500 Lyon Street, you can live right down the street from Gordon Getty and Larry Ellison. How fun! The property lies at the entrance to the Lyon Street steps and boasts “abundant with rich and opulent architectural detailing and superb Bay views.”

All this kafuffle over the Patriot's version of sex, lies, and videotape can only remind us of one thing-- the Greatness of the Raidahs. What other football team is so synonymous with cheating? It's part of their legend, their mystique, their je ne sais quoi. Hell, even Lisa Simpson even knows this. Or, as John Madden put it: "everybody says the Raiders cheat...OK, we cheat. So, what are you going to do about it?"

There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren't many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and several smiles as well as lots of cash were raised by some plucky urban ironing. London is apparently full of lies and whales: one of these things is true. We leave that up to you to figure out.

Firings! Lies! Non-lies! It's so fucking exciting!

SFist interviews Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan, creators of The Thing, subscription art project.

-- The jarring, devastating, Lohanesque Midgen-behind-the-wheel 911 tapes will shock you. Only not so much. [Chron]

There aren't a hell of a lot of Wendy's left in SF. The one on 658 Market closed all too soon, and we're dying to sample the Baconator. (We really are.) Although we appreciate the noble and expensive slow-food movement, we'll always prefer Wendy's square-cut meat patties cooked in record time.

Officer Andrew Cohen made headlines in recent years for the videos he produced spoofing the SFPD. The videos were intended to be a humorous sendoff to former police captain Rick Bruce and poke fun at the officers at his station. They were also intended to be internal -- but they got out, and things got out of hand. We wanted to take this opportunity with Cohen to ask about more than the "VideoGate" scandal, rather than just rehashing what most of us already know. We sought the 12-year-vet's opinion on the state of policing in the city, his perspective on local politics and political figures, and what comes next for him.

Remember that lady who was painting signs all over house because of supposed messages from God? Well, San Mateo's Community Improvement Commission weighed in on the matter yesterday and determined that they've had enough. So the issued a ruling which said that the woman, Estrella Benevides has until February 14th to clean everything up. If she refuses, she'll be fined $50 for every day she leaves the message up. She also has to pay a fee of $1,829 for administrative reasons.

t's looking like Spocko the Blogger's little stunt he pulled on KSFO is working. Both Bank of America and MasterCard pulled either all of their advertising or some of their advertising from KSFO. Others are expected to follow suit.

It's been All Quiet on the Stadium Front lately but just recently, the San Jose Mercury News got their grubby little hands on a whole bunch of complaints the 49ers have filed with the city of San Francisco. Lots of things falling, things flooding, and things breaking.

Worst. Holiday. Ever. For. Eritreans Near and Far. We’re not joking about the sadness and confusion this Turkey Day crime has wreaked. The shell-shocked East African Eritrean Bay Area community, numbering 10,000 to 12,000 strong according to many reports, is still reeling from the Thanksgiving Day killings that left 3 members of the same family dead in an Oakland apartment shoot out. "This is the worst ightmare for Eritreans,"Yikaalo Gebreselassie of Alameda told the Chron, who said he was a friend of the victims. "We've never had this kind of experience before, and now we have three people dead."

We've got some minicomics this week, some of which were written by locals. But this is a little awkward -- the best ones are by non-Sanfranciscans. WTF, local comics folk? Where is the local answer to a boy. That's what makes it so awkward.

Tonight we're headed down to the Hemlock (1131 Polk Street) for the release party for Volume one Of Defenestration Literary Magazine.

Special chock-full-of-mp3s-from-great-local-bands edition!

Still without a clear idea of what Chris Mullin and company think the identity of this team is, Warrior nation breathlessly awaits (reg. req.) the results of today's NBA draft. With the 9th and 38th picks, there's a chance the Warriors could come away with a missing piece of the puzzle.

But InsideBayArea.com staff writer Geoff Lepper reports that when "asked to put a percentage value on the chances that the No.9 pick will make it to October training camp as a Warrior, Mullin demurred, saying, 'I couldn't answer that now. It's total speculation.'" That's confidence inspiring.

Who Mullin selects should be determined by what type of team he is trying to build, but therein lies the rub: what type of team is he trying to build? A high-flying fast break team? A half-court grinder? A team built around defense?

After a Q&A with less specifics than a Scott McClellan press briefing, we still don't know! Mullin doesn't have to tell us exactly who he wants to draft, but he could at least give us a detailed description of the type of team he wants to build. Otherwise, it just looks like the same old Warriors' game plan: draft the "best available player," muddle through another season of mismatched parts, flub a lottery pick, repeat.

We're sure the problem is that Mully just isn't getting enough opinions or input about who to take with the team's two picks. To give him a hand, we've drawn up a little primer that he can use to guide him through tomorrow's Kobiashimaru.

Top-secret photo of Warriors' hi-tech draft selection determination device from the San Luis Valley (CO) Museum Association.

Remember those halcyon days of 2005 when it became apparent the Giants season was not going to go as expected and everyone on the team started in with the kvetching? Well, it's happening again. First up to start in with the kvetching is the Giants' closer, Armando Benitez. Benitez complained to a writer about the negative vibes in the clubhouse, boos from the stands, negative comments from the broadcasters, and disrespect from the manager. Other than that, he's doing fine.

Someone please page the karma police, vengeance division: a man is in court for allegedly pimping out a mentally handicapped woman in San Mateo County. He and a buddy had stolen a car they were using to drive her to her assignments, and were caught when the police traced the car's Onstar signal to their place. Wow, evil and dumb. Earlier this week, the tony Los Altos Hills suffered its first armed robbery in at least four years, necessitating a search dog, a roadblock, and a police helicopter. A white man with a heavy Slavic accent and wearing a track suit, broke into a couple's home, duct-taped them up, repeatedly asked them if they were okay, and then made off with $300, two watches, and some costume jewelry. Well, isn't this nice? A man claiming to be the robber called the San Jose Mercury News to say that it was a fake gun and that he's not going to rob the couple again. "They can sleep." The robber said he was looking for something specific, which he wouldn't name, but which a neighbor said was two Ferraris. And a physics teacher at Mount Tamalpais High is in a heap o' trouble, after a parent complained anonymously about his methods of teaching velocity to students, which involved bringing in his Korean War rifle and firing a bullet into a piece of wood in class, and then having the students calculate how fast the bullet was going. The physics teacher says it's completely safe because he has all the students stand behind him when he fires the gun. In this class, he also lies on a bed of nails and asks students to break a cinder block on his chest with a sledge hammer (we can't tell if the sledgehammer part is at the same time as the bed of nails).

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is so close you can almost taste the LA smog and the tangy sweat of desperation. In honor of that, this week's round-up is all videogame-related news.

We've heard a lot about China's 33 pound cat, and were feeling sort of itchy and jealous. How can we bring some of that fat cat glamour to the Bay Area?