SFist Sara surveys the local view of Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Who knew it had a trenchant analysis of constitutional law? The current contribution to the mass spoon-feeding that is the summer blockbuster schedule is Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Not as strong as the first film and far stronger than the second (which stunk like dead kraken), World’s End is 168 minutes of pee-inducing ocean battles. Don’t think we’re hacking it;......

Yesterday, the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request on behalf of local students groups at Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz to see just why the Penagon was spying on them. Joining them in the law suit was our very own San Francisco Bay Guardian, going after more dragons to slay besides PG&E and Craig, as well as Quaker organizations. Yeah, Quakers. Why do Quakers hate America? Is it all that pacifism, tolerance, and yummy cereal? ...

To the delight of headline writers throught the internets, two great SF Bay Area products now go great together, thanks to Levi's long-awaited announcement of the RedWire DLX Jeans. As if the iPod dock in a convenient side pocket weren't enough, Levi's actually added a double-entendre-friendly joystick in the watch pocket. That's attention to detail. Not everybody has love for Apple in their pants — a new update to iTunes was released and bloggers are......

We'll admit it, one of our favorite political blogs is written by a Republican. That's right, we said it. Hey, it's all about 'balance' here at SFist, if not moderation. Shades of gray, people, shades of gray! Why do we love it? Because Patrick Rodriguez covers the Cal campus political scene like only a free-market libertarian in Berkeley can, with humor and an outsider's insight. So it was quite a shock to not only......

Oh lord, do we ever kid (though we can't wait until John Ashcroft Googles that and finds us. Hey, John, check out our coverage of Frameline 29!). It seems that the new 'powers' granted by the Patriot Act (which, of course, don't include finding Osama), have allowed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to turn up a Hayward man, Noor Alocozy, who wired an unspecified amount of money to Jack Idema in Afghanistan as......

We just got a note that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has not only gotten a draft copy of the new PATRIOT Act, but they've published it online! Sure, Paul Krugman probably got this a week ago, and is probably sitting down over a caramel macchiato, chuckling about the New York Times charging people for the privelege of reading his columns online, and coming up with zingers that will slay -- just slay -- Bob......