Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We're exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little 'ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal (even getting their editor on TV) only to find their scandal dwarfed by the even bigger scandal caused by their Mayor boffing one of his aides' wife. We're not just tooting our horn when we say we think SFist summed up the whole thing better than anyone: Holy Crap!!!!! ...

We are very sad to report to you that Chris Daly is in the Chron today -- but not for hauling off and hitting anyone, or yelling at someone so loud that the cords stand out on his neck. Rather, he's got a totally sane and balanced and compassionate proposal for the extra money they've found in the San Francisco budget. What's more, it's an actual local op-ed on the opinions page, instead of......

Sorry to plagiarise the title, but there's something about Austin that makes us think of Dylan, both the good parts and the bad. If Austin were a person, we have a feeling that it would be a folk-singing kid from Minnesotta with a talent for songwriting. It also makes us think of Kinky Friedman, but we're not sure if that isn't just because he wants to live in the Texas Governor's mansion. Now there's......