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Congressman Tom Lantos died this morning from esophageal cancer at the age of 80. He represented most of the Sunset, as well as a big chunk of San Mateo County. He was the only survivor of the Holocaust to be elected to Congress, and worked for years on human rights issues. That said, he ticked off quite a few people locally by supporting the Iraq war, although he had recently been pretty critical of the way things were going Over There. Before he died, he endorsed State Sen. Jackie Speier as his successor - no word yet on whether the Governator will decide to hold a special election (that would be our fourth of the year if he does) to replace him.

Which one is the annoying old white person in support of military recruiting, and which one is the annoying old white person against it? At today's U.S. Marine Corps recruiting center protest in Berkeley, who can tell?

-- Temporary victory is ours: Giants 8, Brewers 0. [Chron, Examiner]

SFist has always taken note that it's pretty hard to go wrong taking pictures and film of surfers. It's also nice to watch nature at it's most terrifyingly powerful. Put the two together, and you've got some seriously compelling stuff -- hence we couldn't wait for the first pictures and video from Mavericks. Kudos to the 'Gate for having the best stuff we've found so far -- even flickr is pretty sparse right now. Hand it to blogger Joe Pennant, though -- he caught two Australians practicing under the Golden Gate Bridge this morning.