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Lou Reed's not so perfect day

06.02.13 - 1:04 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Last Friday, it was revealed that Velvet Underground co-founder and occasionally proclaimed "godfather of punk rock" Lou Reed had undergone a life-saving liver transplant in Cleveland. Reed, 71 was "dying" according to his third wife, Laurie Anderson. She says that Reed is already improving and up and around doing tai chi, but that "he will never be completely better''.Read more »

Jean Stapleton, RIP

06.01.13 - 12:54 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Jean Stapleton, best known as "Edith Bunker" on TV's "All In The Family", passed away in New York. She was 90.

Not only was she an actress of amazing skill and poise, but consider the obvious: There would never be an "All In The Family" today (discounting cartoons like "The Simpsons" or "Family Guy").Read more »

Nothing without daddy

06.01.13 - 11:36 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Reading Rand Paul's prescription for a bigger and better GOP, I was struck by an interesting thought--since 1988, only one Republican nominee (coincidentally the only one I thought of voting for, Bob Dole), owed virtually none of his success in life to his dad. ( Rand Paul to say the least, owes everything to his dad). The rest--wow!Read more »

Staggering Hypocrisy

06.01.13 - 9:05 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Apparently, the Republicans in Congress are railing against food stamps--fosters a "culture of dependency", they say.

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Activists to governor: Please un-frack California

05.31.13 - 1:01 pm | Rebecca Bowe |
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A statewide coalition of more than 100 environmental organizations has formed to pressure California Gov. Jerry Brown to ban fracking – an environmentally harmful oil extraction method technically known as hydraulic fracturing.Read more »

Both sides DON'T do it

05.31.13 - 12:06 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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As someone with a lot of friends and contacts in the real world and on the Net, I hear pretty much every opinion under the sun. From die-hard Communist all the way to equally didactic (and tellingly similar) Objectivist, I get it all day every day. Read more »

Lee budget avoids cuts, but some say too few benefit from the boom

05.31.13 - 11:42 am | Steven T. Jones |
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Mayor Ed Lee today released his proposed 2013-15 city budget in the Board of Supervisors Chambers at City Hall, a $7.9 billion spending plan that he said reflects the “San Francisco values of fiscal responsibility, social responsibility, and investment in our city’s future.”Read more »

Week Two

05.30.13 - 8:47 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Week two of blogging here in the books.

To paraphrase your most famous musical export, what a short strange trip its been so far.Read more »

Emulating Switzerland

05.30.13 - 2:34 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Today's "human nature is revolting" story comes from the state of Utah. Apparently, one the state's leading gun-rights activists was busted for threatening his ex-wife's family with a 2.5 tom Army surplus vehicle, as he intended to run over all of their cars with his. His lawyer says it's no big deal and he was just “having fun in his big boy toy.”. Read more »

Wal-Mart workers strike, rally outside Marissa Mayer’s SF penthouse

05.30.13 - 1:41 pm | Rebecca Bowe |
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There are no Walmart stores in San Francisco. And yet, four members of the company's board of directors are influential Bay Area residents. On May 29, a group of Walmart workers assembled outside the residence of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, a Walmart director, who has a 38th floor penthouse apartment above the Four Seasons on Market Street in San Francisco.Read more »