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Photos: Obama Protest at Union Square

Obama, who is currently in town for a Democratic National Convention fundraiser at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, was met with protesters from both the left and right sides this evening, the majority

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Crescent City Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Obama

Two days before President Barack Obama touched ground in San Francisco, an indictment was issued against John Gimbel, 59, of Crescent City, accused of threatening to kill the President in an electronic message

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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

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From the Editor's Inbox: Fascist Obama, Pro-Rapist March, Defecating In the Park

Oh dear. We received the following missive from an angry Texas resident (or troll) early this morning. While she doesn't directly point to it, we assume it is in response to this. She

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Elderly Health Care Zealots Protest Barbara Boxer Book Signing

On Saturday, your grandfather and his Shriner buddies protested Barbara Boxer's book signing in Danville. According to Mercury News, "[a]bout 100 people, many with picket signs, covered the sidewalks outside Rakestraw Books

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A Photo Tribute to All-Star Tim Lincecum

Yesterday, July 14, St. Louis played host to the 80th All-Star Game, which was the most watched since 1999‎. With an appearance by President Obama’s and a somewhat exciting game, along with

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Did Michelle Obama Inspire You to Volunteer?

DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"51723",playerInstanceID:"909CE3DE-B255-A611-55AB-05B29BF5CF3B",cateogryID:"0",rootCategory:" 130",domain:"kpix.dayport.com"}); As we pointed out, First Lady Michelle Obama was in town yesterday to promote voulenteering. You know, working for

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Very, Very Vibrant Cable Car Unveiled

Yesterday morning, a new cable care for tourists was unleashed onto the streets of San Francisco. And yes, you will need sunglasses to enjoy these images of the shockingly colored car. According to

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Photos: Michelle Obama Helps Construct Bayview-Hunter's Point Playground

In an effort to promote "volunteerism," First Ladies Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver kicked off a national community service campaign today (United We Serve) at the playground of Bret Harte Elementary School. But

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Obama Makes YouTube Video For Iranian Holiday, Begins Pledge Drive

Today marks the Iranian holiday of Nowruz--translated as "new day" and marking the beginning of Spring--and Barack, being the first actual 21st Century President, decided to make a YouTube video and post it

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Gavin's Day On Twitter

He's getting green on us again. GavinNewsom Great to hear President Obama talking about electric vehicles. Time to plug into the future of the car industry. 35 minutes ago from mobile web He's

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Obama Fingers, the Offensive German Treat

Brittney Gilbert over at Eye On Blogs stumbled across this gem: delicious chicken snacks named "Obama Fingers," made in Deutschland and featuring the Golden Gate Bridge on the package. Huh, is right? The

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Someone Needs a Bottle of Goo Gone

We keep noticing this Prius around town, particularly near 7th and Bryant, and we just want to buy this guy/gal one of those scraper tools and a bottle of Goo Gone so

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Obama to Boost Stem Cell Research

In his most recent smack down of the old regime, President Barack Obama plans on reversing President George W. Bush's stem cell research policy that claimed, more or less, embryos to create additional

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Orange County Mayor Sends Out Racist Email

Oh, Orange County. We do miss you sometimes. You screamed "treason!" and "unpatriotic!" for the last eight years whenever someone questioned George Bush's leadership. But now you cry "how P.C.!" when people

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Senate Passes Obama's Economic Recovery Plan

President Obama's controversial economic recovery plan passed the Senate, and is now on its way to House-Senate negotiations. According to AP, "Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote and

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Seen Any Presidentially-themed Pastries?

Gothamist reports on popular Greenwich Village bakery Lafayette French Pastry's latest sweet treat, a "Drunken Negro Face" cookie in "honor" of President Obama. Actually, bakery proprietor Ted Kefalinos calls them "Drunken [N-word] Face"

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Obama Tips His Hat to SF

While this shouldn't be news, it is. President Barack Obama mentions San Francisco in his most recent blog post honoring Chinese New Year. Eeee! See, it's been, let's see, about eight years since

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Get Ready to Lose Prop 8 Part Two: They're Already Fighting to Protect DOMA

Oh, . While gay activists were busy angrily masturbating at each other, the people on the other side were busy accomplishing things. They're anticipating that Obama will overturn DOMA (which is like the national

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Obama to Become First Quitter?

Anti-smoking gestapo are asking President Barack Obama to "provide a teachable moment and become the 'First Quitter,'" by getting help for his nicotine addiction. While not a pack-a-day kind of guy, Obama

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Photo du Jour 320

Photo by jimheid, found in SFist's Flickr pool Nothing makes a statement like a simple Scotch taped sign.

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Barack and Michelle Obama's First Dance

For those of you who went out last night to one of the many parties going on, here is Barack and Michelle Obama's inaugural dance. They were serenaded by Beyonce, who later, after

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Stock Market Dips On Obama High Holy Day

While women screamed hysterically at the site of Barack Obama making the trek to the White House -- like he was some sort of Rick(y) Schroder! -- the stock market didn't agree

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Inauguration Drinks, Anyone?

by Tiffany Maleshefski There's no better way to usher in a new era, one filled with hope and change, than to get totally wasted. Why? Because no matter how much time passes, and

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Edward Kennedy Has Seizure During Inaugural Luncheon

Senator Edward Kennedy had a seizure during today's Inaugural luncheon at the National Statuary Hall. (Leave it do a Kennedy to steal Obama's thunder! ) According to reports, Kennedy's seizure lasted several minutes and