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Very Strange Bedfellows

05.26.13 - 5:04 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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If you stop and think about it for a moment, Memorial Day Weekend and Gay Pride weekends have a lot in common.

Both came about to commemorate serious and life-changing events for millions of people.Read more »

This Ain't The Summer Of Love

05.26.13 - 9:00 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Recently, I came across this great series from 1995 on YouTube, "Dancing In The Streets--the History of Rock and Roll". Ten episodes from the R/B meets Country birth of the music all the way to hip hop. Read more »

Pride reverses course, schedules public meeting May 31

05.25.13 - 4:02 am | Marke B. |
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In a surprising but welcome change of course -- after it locked out Bradley Manning supporters and press at a meeting last month, and its statement that it would not hold any more public meetings until after Pride because its decision to rescind the grand marshalship from Manning was "final" -- the SF Pride board has scheduled a public meeting for May 31, 6:30pm, at the Metropolitan Community Church.

And yet the letter to "community members" couldn't resist a couple of digs:

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Pot, domestic worker bills win approval

05.24.13 - 3:49 pm | Tim Redmond |
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Two bills that we've been following, one to regulate medical marijuana and the other to give domestic workers some basic rights, won approval from a key state Assembly committee and are headed for the Assembly floor.Read more »

Talk Radio's Funny Secret

05.24.13 - 2:38 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Most folks do one thing for a living and are happy that way. I'm not. I need a lot of challenges that change all the time. Read more »

Mind Boggling

05.24.13 - 11:27 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Today on the 101 headed home from gym, I saw a 2010 GMC SUV with the bumper stickers "Who Is John Galt?" and "I Love Capitalism" on the back.

If memory serves, said vehicle was made after the US Government saved said company via loans, that is, taxpayer dollars.

I guess this is the right-wing whackaloon version of "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac".

 

 

 

 

Phobic Phatheads

05.24.13 - 11:00 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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No issue in America has had as abrupt a public opinion turn as gay rights. Once a third rail that could never be touched by politicians lest the juggernaut of America's homophobes land on them, gay rights are now on their way to be accepted for what they actually are--basic human rights. Same sex marriage polls favorably by almost 3-2, ten years go, that figure was reversed. Read more »

Democrats reject 8 Washington

05.23.13 - 3:52 pm | Tim Redmond |
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The San Francisco Democratic Party has voted to oppose the 8 Washington project and to endorse the ballot measure that would halt it.

By a 15-4 margin, the Democratic County Central Commitee, which makes policy for the local party, endorsed a No vote on the fall referendum that would negate the height limit increase developer Simon Snellgrove says he needs to build the ultra-luxury condos. The units would be the most expensive in San Francisco history.Read more »