Articles Posted October 2008

  • The CrackBerry Chronicles: The Lady of Stow Lake

    The CrackBerry Chronicles:
    The Lady of Stow Lake

    by Elaine Santore on Oct 28, 2008 | 3 Comments

    Elaine Santore Photo by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore October 28, 2008 In the daytime, Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park looks idyllic and serene. But nighttime is a whole different story: the calm waters…

    Posted in Arts/Entertainment, Human Interest

  • Star Witness Pleads FifthOver Evidence Tampering Complaint

    Star Witness Pleads Fifth
    Over Evidence Tampering Complaint

    by FCJ Editor on Oct 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

    Supervisor Sean Elsbernd aide, Olivia Scanlon. File photo by Luke Thomas Case Against Hall Evaporates When Aide to Sup. Sean Elsbernd Refuses to Answer Questions About Allegedly Forged Campaign Documents By Frank Gallagher Editor’s Note:…

    Posted in News, Politics

  • Kangaroo Court a Judicial Travesty

    Kangaroo Court a Judicial Travesty

    by Harold Brown on Oct 28, 2008 | No Comments

    h. brown Photos by Luke Thomas By h. brown October 28, 2008 The star witness refused to lie under oath. The chief prosecutor called the defendant a “liar” and said that he’d “intimidated witnesses.” This…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • “The Party’s Over?”

    “The Party’s Over?”

    by Cindy Sheehan on Oct 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

    Candidate for the 8th congressional district, Cindy Sheehan. Photo by Luke Thomas By Cindy Sheehan October 28, 2008 The title for this piece was a very unfortunate statement Nancy Pelosi made after she handed the…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • I, Robocaller

    I, Robocaller

    by Terry Canaan on Oct 27, 2008 | No Comments

    By Terry Canaan October 27, 2008 Robocalls. If you’re a voter in one of the “battleground states,” you’re familiar with them. Right when you’re in the middle of doing something liberal — say, destroying the…

    Posted in News, Opinion, Politics

  • The “dirty little secret” of the US bank bailout

    The “dirty little secret” of the US bank bailout

    by FCJ Editor on Oct 27, 2008 | No Comments

    By Barry Grey, via wsws.org October 27, 2008 In an unusually frank article published in Saturday’s New York Times, the newspaper’s economic columnist, Joe Nocera, reveals what he calls “the dirty little secret of the…

    Posted in News

  • Leno on Propositions H and 8

    Leno on Propositions H and 8

    by Luke Thomas on Oct 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

    Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas October 27, 2008 Assemblymember Mark Leno attended a press conference and rally Sunday to support Proposition H, the San Francisco Clean Energy Act, and to oppose Proposition 8,…

    Posted in News, Politics