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Making jokes about the President is pretty easy. It's even easier to make fun of him these days what with his 38% approval rating and the Republicans sudden discovery that he's not wearing any clothes. In fact, it's so easy to do it now that there's an element of kicking a man when he's down to it. Which makes us feel kind of guilty about it. Oh, wait. Check that. You can never make enough fun of the President. This Saturday night is the The 2nd Annual George Bush Going Away Party: An Evening of Political Comedy. The first one was held about this year in an attempt to raise money to defeat him. Obviously, it being the "second annual" means that the first one didn’t succeed. While saying that it's yet one more attempt to send our President back to Crawford might be a joke, the money for the show will go to the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors' (CCCO) "Military Out of Our Schools Program," those people trying to prevent military recruiters out of possibly excercising their freedom of choice and choosing the military. Comedians include Bill Santiago, Diane Amos, Scott Blakeman, Lisa Geduldig, Alana Devich, Ross Turner, and Aundre the Wonderwoman (who according to the press release is an Anti-death penalty advocate by day; comic by night-- those death penalty activists are always a hoot.)

Oh, woe is the Giant fan. This week we were taunted at by our resident A's scribe and all we could come up with as a retort was "at least we got a stadium." My, how the mighty have fallen. What else could we come up with? Our DL list could crush your DL list? Our GM has a better mullet? There's only one thing it appears that can save our season: Crazy Crab. What else do we have to look forward too? You've seen the Web site, you've heard the stories, you've bought the baby t's, now rally for the cause. This Saturday before the inevitable botched pitching job against the Cardinals, the Crustacean Liberation Coalition is calling for a rally to help bring back Crazy Crab-- Crustacean Commotion. Join the fun, drink some beer, wear crab hats, and fight injustice. The fun starts at noon in front of Pac Bell SBC Park and afterwards, everyone will continue fight crab discrimination at the Park Bar & Grill. As Triumph once sang, "Fight the good fight every moment/It's your only way."

Cares is back and more shallow than ever.

Crack den. Independent bookstore. Same thing. You're going to drop $200 at either place before you even know it.

This Saturday, there will be a big abortion protest taking place in the city in response to it being 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. We know- big yawn. Except it’s not what you think, it’s an anti-abortion rally. At first, when SFist heard about this, we thought it was a joke, you know ironic- kind of like all those Billionaires for Bush protests. But it’s not a joke, it’s real. There will be a rally at Justin Herman Plaza at 11 A.M followed by a walk along the Embarcadero from Justin Herman Plaza to the Marina Green in an event called Walk for Life West Coast. Upwards of 3,000 people are expected to attend, although most are being bussed in from the Central Valley. In deference to this being the Bluest of Blue States, march organizers Eva Muntean and Dolores Meehan have told all the folks at Operation Rescue to leave their aborted-fetus billboards at home. Asked why San Francisco, Roman Catholic and fourth-generation San Franciscan Dolores Meehan said that the point of the protest is to try and show pro-choice woman that abortion isn’t the only answer and that “there are other options.” Adds Muntean, also Catholic, “I want everyone to know that San Francisco is not a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah." But isn’t that why we love San Francisco?

Edinburgh Castle is hosting their very own Burns Night throw down. The party, at a mere cost of $10, includes free buffet, bagpipes, Burns' poetry recitals, and drinking. Lots of drinking. Oh, and haggis, which SFist has had before at Burns Night and can vouch for the fact that while it might be Scottish, it is definitely crap. Best part of the night? By the fifth or sixth shot of whiskey, Burns’ heavy on the Scottish dialect poetry starts making sense.

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This Saturday, SFist was browsing the Sunset Branch library new books section, when we came across Fade to Clear. We were intrigued enough by the jacket copy to check it out, and we read it over a lazy Sunday morning. We really enjoyed this book,the third in a series about fictional San Francisco private detective Allen Choice. It has a nice noir feel, intellectual (but not boring) plotting, and a nice perspective on Korean-Americanism. We especially enjoyed the detail with which the author, Leonard Chang writes about life in the city. It's all too frequent that a novel set in San Francisco has SF native characters doing things like hanging out at Fisherman's Wharf (which neither SFist nor any of our local friends do, unless a craving for dinner in a bucket kicks in). We were thrilled to find ourselves knowing exactly which building, street, or convenience store Chang was refering to, places that show the details of real life in San Francisco.