SF News Ralph Nader Trashes College Sports at UC Berkeley Lecture During a lecture at UC Berkeley, former kooky presidential candidate Ralph Nader lambasted college sports, claiming that athletics have dumbed down universities, students, and 'Merica as we know it. And, well, he has
SF News Love Affair Between SF and Ralph Nader Over? The votes are in and Will Harper reports that independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader received a dismal "4,000 votes in the city this year for his latest presidential experiment," while just eight
SF News Ralph Nader Slams Obama as an "Uncle Tom," Manages to Shock Fox News Fox News anchor Shepard Smith interviewed crazy old man Ralph Nader the other night, chatting about, among other things, labeling President elect Barack Obama an "Uncle Tom." Really. A terse Smith tsk-tsk'd Nader,
SF News Matt Gonzalez Chats About Barack Obama The backlash has started. A few are livid over Barack Obama's surreptitious statements about the poor, armed, and God-fearing that he made over at the Getty manse; others are going into hysterics over
SF News SF Bay Guardian Wins Case Against SF Weekly With regard to the SFBG vs. SF Weekly (VVM) lawsuit -- you know, the one where the Guardian sued the Weekly and its parent company for predatory pricing practices? where the Guardian's Publisher,
misc Week Around the -ists A posthumous tribute wall dedicated to singer/songwriter Elliot Smith sat defaced by graffiti for months on end -- LAist said enough, so did the fans and city council. SFist was surprised to
SF News Ask SFist -- Gonzalez Trumps Newsom? We overheard the following (drunk) remark at our corner store today: He kicked Gavin's butt now, right? Hooooo! Interesting. While Gonzalez has no chance of winning, at least not during this year's election,
SF News Matt Gonzalez for VP, Says Nader Whenever a presidential candidate announces his VP choice this early in the game, it's either to try to help him win a state, or to strengthen a weakness. Take, for example, Bill Clinton
SF News Ralph Nader to Make Fifth Inane Run for President Ralph Nader announced yesterday that he will take yet another tireless stab at the Oval Office, this time running as an Independent in the 2008 presidential election. Oh joy. Prattling on endlessly about
misc See and Hear the Green "Presidential Debate that Matters" So check it out digitally, if you want. Or, just kick it old school on good old nondigital VHF radio tonight at 7:00 PM by tuning your receivers to KPFA, FM 94.
SF News News From The Animal Point Of View They settled the Alameda County garbage strike lockout! After a nine-hour mediation, Oakland mayor Ron Dellums announced late yesterday night that all the parties had managed to resolve the four-week dispute. No one
SF News Ralph Nader Pours on the Haterade --> Ralph Nader is in town this week to promote his new book, The Seventeen Traditions. He did an interview with KGO radio criticizing Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi and 2008 Presidential Candidate
SF News SFist Doesn't Watch the State of the Union Which raises the question of what to do? Well, there's always NetFlix, of course, as well as good old TiVo. It's also a good night to go to the movies and while Brokeback
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Closing Time Assemblymember Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) tried to get similar legislation passed several years ago, with the approval of the Board of Supes, but used an economic argument instead. His idea was that if
