http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sanfrancisco/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:47:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417908/posts It might as well have cooties. Hardly anyone wants to touch the thing, or even get close to it. The new autobiography by moose hunter and failed vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is harder to find in the Bay Area than a hockey mom. Some bookstores figure it's one of those grit-your-teeth First Amendment deals that principled booksellers must put up with from time to time. But many non-chain bookstores won't handle it. The author: Steve Rubenstein (srubenstein@sfchronicle.com or datebookletters@sfchronicle.com) "Our customers are thinking people," said Nathan Embretson, a bookseller at Pendragon Books in Oakland. "They're not into reading drivel."... Citizen Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417908/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:47:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417619/posts 1 stones into schools, by Greg Mortenson (Viking; 420 pages; $26.95) 2 the big burn: teddy roosevelt and the fire that saved america, by Timothy Egan (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 336 pages; $27) 3 going rogue: an american life, by Sarah Palin (Harper; 432 pages; $28.99) SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417619/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:45:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417318/posts Sea Lions Mysteriously Disappear From Pier 39 Mon Dec 28, 5:47PM PT - CBS 5 San Francisco 2:26 | Following a record sized herd, hundreds of sea lions have suddenly disappeared from San Francisco's Pier 39 and have been gone for a month. Joe Vazquez reports Video.... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417318/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:58:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417264/posts Figuring that there would be no problem getting a copy of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" from our San Francisco neighborhood library, our college daughter, home for the holidays, was surprised to learn that although the SF Public Library system has 30 copies of "Going Rogue" that all 30 are out on loan and that there are 103 people on the waiting list! My daughter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417264/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:49:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411917/posts The head of the UN's climate change panel - Dr Rajendra Pachauri - is accused of making a fortune from his links with 'carbon trading' companies, Christopher Booker and Richard North write. No one in the world exercised more influence on the events leading up to the Copenhagen conference on global warming than Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and mastermind of its latest report in 2007. Although Dr Pachauri is often presented as a scientist (he was even once described by the BBC as “the world’s top climate scientist”), as a former... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411917/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:14:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411092/posts ... Despite its spending more money per capita on homelessness than any comparable city, its homeless problem is worse than any comparable city's. Despite its spending more money per capita, period, than almost any city in the nation, San Francisco has poorly managed, budget-busting capital projects, overlapping social programs no one is certain are working, and a transportation system where the only thing running ahead of schedule is the size of its deficit. It's time to face facts: San Francisco is spectacularly mismanaged and arguably the worst-run big city in America. This year's city budget is an astonishing $6.6 billion... San Francisco Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411092/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:43:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408673/posts San Francisco, Calif., Dec 16, 2009 / 04:10 am (CNA).- A full panel of judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s resolution attacking the Catholic Church for its opposition to the adoption of children by homosexuals.The panel will review the earlier opinion of a three-judge Ninth Circuit panel that upheld the resolution.Robert Muise, an attorney with the Thomas More Law Center, will argue on behalf of the plaintiffs, the Catholic League and two Catholic residents of San Francisco.The Law Center in a statement charged... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408673/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:20:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408671/posts Despite its good intentions, San Francisco is not leading the country in gay marriage. Despite its good intentions, it is not stopping wars. Despite its spending more money per capita on homelessness than any comparable city, its homeless problem is worse than any comparable city's. Despite its spending more money per capita, period, than almost any city in the nation, San Francisco has poorly managed, budget-busting capital projects, overlapping social programs no one is certain are working, and a transportation system where the only thing running ahead of schedule is the size of its deficit. It's time to face facts:... SF Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408671/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:15:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408036/posts Folks, this according to the Thomas More Law Center: ANN ARBOR, MI – Tomorrow, December 16, 2009, at 10 AM PST, a panel of eleven judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in San Francisco will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s virulent resolution attacking the Catholic Church for its teachings against homosexual adoptions. The en banc panel will review the earlier opinion of a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit that upheld the resolution. Thomas More Law Center attorney Robert Muise will argue the case on behalf of the plaintiffs in... Vivificat - From Contemplation to Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408036/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406916/posts The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage! A warrior in the fight against illegal immigration and those who promote it for over a decade! From the streets of Los Angeles to the halls of congress, Terry has been there. No one has the passion and common sense of Terry Anderson...He is A MUST listen! The BEST one hour of radio you'll find anywhere. Sunday Nights- Listen on the radio! 12-1 AM EDT, 11-12 PM CDT, 10-11 PM MDT, 9-10 PM PDT KRLA - 870 AM - Los Angeles -- KDWN - 720 - Las Vegas -- KFNX - 1100... The Terry Anderson Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406916/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:19:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402480/posts California: While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger worries about rising seas, his state sinks below the waves. Don't mess with Texas, they say. But California and the nation could follow its lead. Last Wednesday, Gov. Schwarzenegger released a new report based on research compiled by the California Energy Commission claiming that by 2100 San Francisco Bay would be more bay than San Francisco, with Fisherman's Wharf and Treasure Island under the rising waters of climate change. His show-and-tell, which included a new Google Earth application the commission spent $150,000 to help develop, goes a long way toward explaining the once-Golden State's slide... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402480/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 01:10:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400908/posts I’ve often wondered what it would take to disgust even the moonbats running the San Franfreakshow Comical. Thanks to the gut-wrenchingly repulsive activities on display during the Folsom Street Fair, I finally know: Public sex tents? Now there’s an idea that should have been shot down the second it was announced from the mouth of a... ...Read more I've often wondered what it would take to disgust even the moonbats running the San Franfreakshow Comical. Thanks to the gut-wrenchingly repulsive activities on display during the Folsom Street Fair, I finally know: Public sex tents? Now there's an idea that should... Right Wing News. Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400908/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:45:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399840/posts The map, which demonstrates the devastating effects of global warming in just a century, shows how San Francisco Airport would be completely underwater if sea levels were to rise by ...60in. The coastline on the map was also coloured, highlighting how nearly half a million Californians are at risk from rising sea levels. The map, named CalAdapt, which was revealed at a press conference on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay by Mr Schwarzenegger and Google CEO Eric Schmidt, was created as part of a plan for the state to adapt to global warming. 'Within a century, Treasure Island, this... Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399840/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:40:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2398456/posts The City of San Francisco is hard up for cash, so they’ve decided to steal it from the Archdiocese of San Francisco because they can – nakedly, in broad daylight, without the slightest plausible legal pretense. The Church is openly hated and condemned in San Francisco for its support of Proposition 8 and its defense of human sexual morality in general. The City can steal from the Archdiocese because the City needs the money and because it makes the citizenry happy to stick it to the evil Catholic Church.Here’s some backstory from a previous post: When you sell a piece... Catholic Key http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2398456/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:43:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392313/posts SAN FRANCISCO — In January, Mike Rowland was so broke that he had to raid his retirement savings to move here from Boston. A week ago, he and a couple of buddies bought a two-unit apartment building for nearly a million dollars. They had only a little cash to bring to the table but, with the federal government insuring the transaction, a large down payment was not necessary. “It was kind of crazy we could get this big a loan,” said Mr. Rowland, 27. “If a government official came out here, I would slap him a high-five.” In its efforts... nytimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392313/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:49:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390712/posts Despite San Francisco Bay Area bookseller claims that Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" is "not for thinking people", the Amazon numbers say otherwise. On a mission to show that Palin's book is selling much worse than, say, the idea of reading Osama Bin Laden his Miranda rights, the San Francisco Chronicle interviewed several local booksellers to find out how well sales of "Going Rogue" were not going: "Our customers are thinking people," said Nathan Embretson, a bookseller at Pendragon Books in Oakland. "They're not into reading drivel." "Anything like that we wouldn't carry," said clerk Emily Stackhouse at Cover... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390712/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387505/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- Nine people were shot and wounded after a fight broke out outside a concert in San Francisco, authorities said today. ... Police did not report any problems inside the sold-out concert, KMEL House of Soul. SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387505/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:51:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384727/posts San Francisco board overrides mayor's veto of sanctuary expansion It upholds an ordinance barring local authorities from turning juvenile illegal immigrants over to the federal government unless guilty of a felony. By Maria L. La Ganga November 11, 2009 Reporting from San Francisco The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to override a recent veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom and expand the city's controversial sanctuary policy. The board was greeted by raucous applause after it voted 8 to 3 to uphold a recent ordinance that would bar local authorities from handing juvenile illegal immigrants over to the federal government... LAT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384727/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:54:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379367/posts On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 to enact a ban on the declawing of cats. Supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Michela Alioto-Pier voted against the legislation. “It is well-documented and well-understood from a medical prospective that [declawing] is torture. It is a form of animal cruelty,” said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who introduced the legislation. Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379367/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:31:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377433/posts Last week, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the boy-wonder politician sought out by network cameras at the Democratic National Convention, profiled in Newsweek and the New York Times, was forced to pull out of the race for California governor before opponent Jerry Brown even officially declared his candidacy. Newsom's campaign wasn't sputtering. It never got off the ground. A candidate who raised nearly $6 million for his 2003 bid for mayor (with maximum contributions limited to $500) only raised a little over $3 million this time, according to the California secretary of state's office. It was a harsh political lesson.... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377433/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:53:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376756/posts I thought I read this somewhere about a year or two ago. Any help on this? Vanity Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376756/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:29:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376718/posts The Bay Bridge reopened just after 9 a.m. today, six days after a repair job on a cracked structural beam on the eastern span fell apart and plunged onto the upper deck. Tests conducted overnight and this morning on an altered version of that repair job showed that the fix was holding, Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney said. At 9:01 a.m., a fleet of five California Highway Patrol cars escorted the first private vehicles allowed onto the westbound upper deck since the span was shut down Tuesday evening. About 10 minutes later, the lower deck reopened for traffic heading to the... SFGate.com (San Francsico Chronicle's Web Site) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376718/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:49:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374852/posts SAN FRANCISCO-CA --- In 2007, the last reporting period. the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported 28 pedestrians fatalities, 440 cyclists injured, a total of 52 people killed in traffic accidents in San Francisco. Now, it's reported today that the city will no longer enforce the law for first time offenders of driving without a license. Worse, the new police chief endorses the proposal. San Francisco Police Chief Gascon is quoted as saying that the city is "trying to be sensitive to all of the communities we serve..."We recognize that this is a problem within the Hispanic community, where people working... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374852/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:32:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374838/posts SAN FRANCISCO, CA --- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s approval rating among Californians is a measly 34 percent. Forty-four percent of the state’s voters disapprove of her performance. Her congress receives only 23 percent approval, while two thirds of California voters disapprove of their own delegation. Within her own party, Pelosi has only 51 percent favorable rating. Yet there she is, arrogant and unflappable. Refusing to let reporters into the ceremony introducing her latest health care reform legislation, beefing up the public option in her plan, while celebrating what she calls an historical event. What is it about San Francisco politicians,... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374838/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:09:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373834/posts Forbes Magazine, famed for its exhaustive lists, has a new one: America's safest cities. The unusual thing about this list is that the list-makers used more than just violent crime statistics to assess the relative safety. Also among the data collected are the number of workplace fatalities, deaths by traffic, and deaths by natural disaster. San Francisco ranks #25 in the list of 40 major metropolis regions,behind New York (#8), Detroit (#12), Chicago (#15), and Los Angeles (#19). SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373834/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:11:39 GMT