Politicians and Pundits Want to Know: Where’s the Outrage?
June 17, 2013 | No Comments
Having been bombarded lately with one scandal after another, it’s understandable that they may have canceled each other out, numbing our reaction to otherwise serious issues. But there may be more to the public’s lack of fury besides information overload. Americans simply don’t trust their government…
The Bradley Manning Matter
June 15, 2013 | 2 Comments
Bradley Manning, a U.S. Army soldier, admitted sending 700,000 government documents to Wikileaks in 2010. It was the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
Vogt Fires Bay Guardian Editor for Refusing to Cut Half of News Staff
June 14, 2013 | 17 Comments
Todd Vogt, co-owner of the San Francisco Newspaper Company, which owns a growing portfolio of San Francisco print publications, today fired longstanding San Francisco Bay Guardian editor Tim Redmond.
Whistleblower Explains Motives Behind Exposing NSA Surveillance Program
June 09, 2013 | 2 Comments
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell.
GOP Senators Kill Paycheck Fairness Act
June 09, 2013 | 1 Comment
The entire cast of Republican Senators voted June 4 to kill the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA), equal pay legislation intended to close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act (EPA), first signed into law by President Kennedy over 50 years ago.
Can the U.S. Claim Victory in Iraq?
June 03, 2013 | 2 Comments
Following the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, can the U.S. claim victory or did the Obama administration adopt the face-saving solution of “Just declare victory and get out,” a position proposed by the late Senator George Akin of Vermont at the end of the Vietnam war?
City Budget Shock
March 03, 2009 | 8 Comments
Julian Davis By Julian Davis, special to Fog City Journal March 3, 2009 Hats off to the organizers of Monday’s City Budget Town Hall. Hopefully this gathering will help spark a more adequate response to…
Stay Tuned: Honey Hauler’s Parisian Soiree
March 03, 2009 | 1 Comment
Hope Johnson Photos by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson March 3, 2009 Matier & Ross ventured out of the Chron’s comfort zone Sunday, questioning Willie Brown’s Do as I Say, Not as I Do birthday…
No Better Time to End Cannabis Prohibition
March 02, 2009 | 6 Comments
Commentary by Patrick Goggin March 2, 2009 After staring down the barrel at California’s $43 billion budget deficit for the past several months, rookie San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano last week introduced legislation to legalize…
Former Ethics Commissioners Articulate Basis
for Lobbyist Reform
March 02, 2009 | No Comments
“If the citizens are to know who is paying to influence City Hall, how much they are paying, who they seek to influence, and what exactly they seek to influence, it is the Ethics Commission…
Systemic Failure: Capitalism “Lays An Egg”
March 02, 2009 | 7 Comments
Photo by Margaret Bourke-White By Stephen Lendman March 2, 2009 After the 1929 October 24, 28 and 29 market crash, the weekly entertainment industry magazine Variety (on October 30) published its most famous ever headline:…
Mayor Newsom, Bay to Breakers
Announce Revised Policies for 2009 Race
February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
By Luke Thomas February 27, 2009 ING Bay to Breakers and Mayor Gavin Newsom released a statement today outlining revised policies for this year’s race. The new policy requires all wheeled objects and floats to…
Daly Open to Discuss Alternative Fisher Museum Locations
February 27, 2009 | 4 Comments
By Luke Thomas February 27, 2009 District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly said today he is open to considering a location in his district for the development of Gap Founder Don Fisher’s contemporary art museum (CAMP).…
Historical Association Reacts to Presidio Trust Actions
February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
From the Presidio Historical Association and Save The Presidio February 27, 2009 The Presidio Trust Historical Association, a nonprofit group that has spearheaded the effort to keep a large, contemporary art museum, hotel and theater…
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Lawyers Seek Mediation and Settlement
in Dhaliwal vs. San Francisco Zoological Society Case
February 27, 2009 | No Comments
By Fanny Dassie February 27, 2009 U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup said yesterday the trial in the case of Dhaliwal vs. San Francisco Zoological Society would begin January 11, 2010 unless lawyers are able…
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Alix Rosenthal: I’m Not Running, But Here’s Who Is
February 27, 2009 | 8 Comments
Alix Rosenthal By Alix Rosenthal, special to Fog City Journal February 27, 2009 I’m not running for District 8 Supervisor. There, I said it. And while the election is 21 months away, it’s already getting…
Fisher Releases Amended Museum Design Renderings
Ahead of Presidio Trust EIR
February 26, 2009 | 9 Comments
Republican billionaire and Gap Founder Don Fisher. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas February 26, 2009, 2:00 pm Architectural renderings depicting an amended conceptual design of Gap Founder Don Fisher’s art museum proposal have…
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Daly, Alioto-Pier Spar Over Appointments
February 25, 2009 | 4 Comments
By Luke Thomas February 25, 2009 Why would a supervisor whose district is directly impacted by an important transportation project not want to serve on the commission with jurisdiction over that project? That’s the question…
Stay Tuned: Keepin’ it reel
February 24, 2009 | 5 Comments
Hope Johnson Photos by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson February 24, 2009 Keepin’ it reel Greetings you commie, homo-loving, FCJ readers! Ask around before drafting ‘eff-you, be more PC’ letters to FCJ. It’s a tribute…
Obama Praises San Francisco Health Care Program
February 20, 2009 | 4 Comments
President Barack Obama today praised the City of San Francisco for providing universal health care coverage to uninsured residents, an effort spearheaded by then Supervisor Tom Ammiano and supported by Mayor Gavin Newsom. File photo…
Fascist Rule in Israel
February 20, 2009 | No Comments
By Stephen Lendman February 20, 2009 On February 10, Israel held parliamentary elections for 120 seats in its 18th Knesset. The process repeats every four years unless the body calls an earlier election by majority…
Newsom Headed to White House
February 19, 2009 | 3 Comments
Mayor Gavin Newsom Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas February 19, 2009, 6:10 pm Just received notice of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s schedule tomorrow – he’s heading to the White House to meet with President…
The CrackBerry Chronicles: The Big Reveal
February 19, 2009 | 5 Comments
Elaine Santore, aka Crackberry Lascivious Carriage, getting ready to perform with the Burlesqueteers at the Uptown Club in Oakland, Feb. 16. Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore February 19, 2009 The Siebel-Newsom spawn: because…
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