SF News Blue Angels Arrive at SFO by Andrew Dalton Right on schedule with some crisp October sunshine, Telstar Logistics (the only logistics company worth following on twitter) lets us know that the Navy's Blue Angels will be screaming in
SF News Republicans Block 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Well, that was quick. Even after Lady Gaga held some sort of quirky rally in Maine, Republicans successfully blocked the senate bill that would've ended the bizarre military policy that won't allow gays
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley.... An Army ROTC color guard holds a U.S. flag before the Colorado-California NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 11, in Berkeley. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
SF News Federal Judge in California Declares 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Unconstitutional Buried in last night's news beneath the blazing inferno in San Bruno was an important development in the gay rights movement: Central California federal district Virginia Phillips filed an 86-page ruling declaring the
SF News UC Berkeley, On of the Top Military Friendly Schools in Calif. According to The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley has been feted as one of the top "military friendly" schools in California due in large part "to its efforts in offering both financial and non-financial
SF News Obama Fires Gen. Stanley McChrystal After Gen. Stanley McChrystal made inflammatory remarks about Obama and other administration officials -- during the Bush years, this is what the FOX News viewing sect might have called 'treason' -- President Obama
SF News Scene From a Guided Missile Cruiser in the Bay The USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and the Japanese and Russian navies are in town for the week. Jim Herd at SF Citizen snapped this shot of the Bunker Hill wading in the Bay.
SF News Obama Heckled at Boxer Fundraiser President Obama, who is in town this week (watch your editor's terrible footage of his grand arrival here), was at the Fairmont Hotel last night stumping for Sen. Barbara Boxer. While Obama was
SF News Obama Promises To End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Without giving any specifics,,President Barack Obama pledged to end the U.S. military's dated and bizarre ban on openly queer homosexuals serving in the military. During a speech at the annual Human
SF News Panel Recommends Discharge of Gay Pride Grand Marshall SFist reported yesterday that Gay Pride Grand Marshall National Guard Lt. Dan Choi faced being discharged from the service, and a military review panel later confirmed this recommendation. The recommendation must be approved
SF News Gay Pride Grand Marshal Lt. Dan Choi Faces Discharge San Francisco Gay Pride Grand Marshal Lt. Dan Choi, the Army National Guard officer translator and West Point alum who came out as queer "to protest the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy,
misc Fun Filipino Factoid About Frederick N. Funston Dispatches from TJICistan points out a delightful fact about General Frederick N. Funston--the apparently sensitivity-free Medal of Honor recipient known for his manliness in both the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War, and
Arts & Entertainment Your Oil Spillage Update Just what's up with our least favorite oil spill dilemma, you ask? Let's find out: -- After 29 years of military service, Coast Guard Captain William Uberti will retire after the oil-spill SNAFU
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Conan the Deployer Visits S.F. Again Arnold stated that "obviously some human error" was involved. It seems there will be more than enough blame to go around after all the recriminations and senate hearings and all. Good thing we
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Gay Geeks Saturday Night Social: "Fucking faggots," you scream? Ah, correction: "fucking nerd faggots," is more like it. Queers (not just Marys) who like to "geek out on the arts or science,
SF News Berkeley-ish Berkeley Protest About Something In Berkeley 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
SF News Umbrage Alert! Umbrage Alert! Last weekend, while conducting mass, the Archbishop was giving communion when up came two people "wearing bizarre makeup and costumes, including one dressed in a parody of a nun's habit." Hmm…couldn’t
Arts & Entertainment Appomattox The most powerful moments are written for the chorus: the aforementioned opening women choir, for instance. But Glass also recycles We’re tenting tonight, a song of the era, to intense dramatic effect.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Is San Francisco Still a Navy Town? The mayor recently felt the urge to go after the "extreme right" in his "fierce defense of San Francisco." "I am sick and tired of this city being depicted as anti-military." Well, all
SF News Blue Angels Committee Vote As promised, non-mayoral candidate Chris Daly's proposing his nonbinding resolution to ban the Blue Angels from flying over San Francisco at the Governmental Audit and Oversight Committee meeting today. Daly, who's been working
SF News Marke Bieschke On The Presidential Debates And who better to breakdown and break through all of the rhetoric than SF Bay Guardian's Marke Bieschke (AKA Super Ego). He'll be a pundit on CBS Radio, on a panel discussion to
Arts & Entertainment nugget o' history: Island for Sale... Who knew that one of the five islands in San Francisco Bay was privately owned? Even stranger, "Red Rock Island" is now up for sale, for a paltry $10 million. The last time
SF News Chris Daly Backs Down (Blue Angels) Quick, look out your window! Are pigs flying? Mark this day on your calendar, because pugnacious Supervisor Chris Daly has actually backed down on something he's proposed (other than running for mayor, that
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Since SFist Sarah L didn't get to the SJ Metro last week, we hit them next! There are too many pigeons in the South Bay, says Gary Singh. Moms other than Pat Tillman's
