tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63470232011-12-14T18:33:58.354-08:00BSF, "<a href="http://cedichou.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-stupid-can-bhl-be.html">French Philosopher and Writer.</a>" <br> <br> This used to be Unofficial Meredith Brody and Marc Sandalow Fan Club, but the SF Weekly let her go and the Chronicle bought him out. We're left reading Phil Bronstein, "American Thinker."Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.comBlogger12911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-35434596178452182652010-11-23T13:16:00.000-08:002010-11-23T13:26:52.237-08:00

Phil Bronstein warns CNN: But as CNN advertises its "objectivity" in the face of stiff competition from blatantly polarized and more popular cable networks, it risks stepping onto a different slippery slope: irrelevant circus act. Of course, Phil ran the Chron into irrelevance, so he knows what he's talking about. That's assuming he learned anything along the way, any evidence of which we have

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-83471380045794246362010-09-14T21:49:00.000-07:002010-09-14T21:59:07.525-07:00

I had not read Phil Bronstein in a while, his juvenile antics being so tiring (and tired). And that was wise. Look what he came up with today:He needed some rock in that pipe of his youth. If he'd had a crack addiction then instead of an effete taste for powdered cocaine and pot, people might be a little more respectful of him now. It would have been an even tougher journey to the top. The big

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-61517624031745730512010-08-05T23:18:00.000-07:002010-08-05T23:24:51.087-07:00

"Stop picking on Sarah Palin!"Eerily reminiscent of his "Leave Bush alone!" plea. To be contrasted with Is Al Gore Really a Rapist? post (by the way, Al has been cleared, but Phil won't comment again or update his post. He's got more urgent business stopping us to pick on Sarah.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-40978321908299769872010-06-29T11:25:00.000-07:002010-06-29T11:54:44.785-07:00

Phil takes another jab at Al Gore in this week's column (following up on his gleeful gloating repeating some as-of-yet-unsubstantiated rumor).ReputationDefender...won't take on clients guilty of provable, violent crimes...[but says the company:] "We don't do a lot of due diligence on marital infidelity." Good news for Al Gore.It is interesting to understand why Phil Bronstein would try to put

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On Wednesday, Bronstein asks if Al Gore really tried to rape someone, based on no substantiated evidence whatsoever (except Bronstein's belief that the National Enquirer is Pulitzer worthy, blind trust and all).On Friday, an anti-gay pastor is outed by Lavander magazine, and Bronstein puts out concerns that it might have been unethical, since the journalist abused a 12 step program with an

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Always the first one to jump to hasty conclusions (if it involves a Democrat), Phil Bronstein delights in a potential Al Gore sex story. Did Al Gore really sexually attack a masseuse?Note the question mark, as in: Phil has no clue, but let's rush to smear first, and we'll check later. Phil post mentions: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Elliott Spitzer, John Edwards, and NO REPUBLICAN. Because it's well

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-33949015899377788892010-06-15T21:52:00.000-07:002010-06-15T22:08:26.497-07:00

Phil Bronstein is so beyond irony. Let's recap: Jon Stewart pokes fun at the media who, regarding l'affaire Helen Thomas, focus on who's going to get her seat rather on a more significant/relevant/important topic. I paraphrase Jon, but he was like: "who cares if fox or bloomberg gets the seat, if they don't they'll still be in the 2nd row, inches away from the president. Do they think they're

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-71763801457895934512010-06-10T00:02:00.000-07:002010-06-10T17:08:21.357-07:00

He will try to legitimize it of course.Some Republican said that ended Don't Ask, Don't Tell and allowing gay to serve in the military is a bad thing because "What do mommies and daddies say to their 7-year-old child?"Well, seven year old don't give a rat's ass about DADT and the gay and the military (they do think soldiers are cool, though). And that should be the END of the line of

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-71745654049362740552010-05-26T23:34:00.001-07:002010-05-26T23:39:51.717-07:00

There is no parody that can make justice to thisThe comments say it all, let's look at the first five:keiffer: huh?tommurphy: FAILryattay: i feel somewhat retarded for reading this article, which made less and less sense as it rambled on.debster58: I think I could read that 69 times, and still not understand exactly what he was trying to say. Why doesn't he go to the site and offer physical aid?

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-80660982997158970012010-05-17T22:34:00.000-07:002010-05-17T22:48:24.247-07:00

Oh my... Phil blabbers about Supreme court nominee Elena Kagan and whether she's gay or not. Honestly, the answers is: who cares; but Phil nonetheless pens 1,000 words on the topic. And saying otherwise, officials insisted, was a smear. Any claims that she was gay were "false charges," presidential spokesman Ben LaBolt said.Being called gay is a smear? A "charge"? Even if it is factually

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-71946091379224422082010-05-17T15:57:00.001-07:002010-05-17T15:59:37.961-07:00

And we quote:Kaus' campaign against Boxer, who has been called one of the Senate's most liberal members, is a longshot in blue California. But his bid underscores challenges for California's junior senator.Barbara Boxer is in a tough spot because her opponent stands no chance. If your political analysis does not make sense, you can find it in the Chron.(well, it makes sense, not in a fact-based

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Carla Marinucci salivates over Calry Fiorina. A glowing portrait without any hint of policy discussion. Carla still loves her GOP.

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City workers banned from official travel to ArizonaYes, Phil, we know, it's unfairly discriminating against the poor Arizona hospitality industry who won't get to host SF city employees. Cry us a river.

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Phil asks: Should San Francisco boycott Arizona?We KNOW the answer: it's not clear cut, it's complicated, it's an issue that requires nuance.And Phil, of course, delivers nuance. How would we have felt if Texas had boycotted California when Arnold signed the stem-cell research bill in 2004? How could all those Hollywood cowboys have lived without their imported Lucchese boots, or Lone Star oil

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-32598545716275465592010-04-26T13:57:00.001-07:002010-04-26T13:57:57.811-07:00

A comment at SFgate about the piece below nails it:Wow, now even a newspaper man finds prevaricating acceptable. It is more important to tell a good story. This column clarifies our society's values. Just as we're all socialists now, we're firstly storytellers; truth be damned.Well, except it's not "our society's values," it's Phil's and the Chron's values.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-6637593606018075762010-04-26T13:45:00.000-07:002010-04-26T13:55:43.579-07:00

Phil accuses Barak Obama of making up part of his biography.The crime? So if people at the top of society, like the president and Oprah, are going to fabricate some things in service to the larger sense of history and purpose, maybe we should loosen our standards for facts.In Obama's case, a new biography by David Remnick fleshes out some presidential autobiographical fudging about details

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-75833004105702749632010-04-21T22:36:00.000-07:002010-04-21T22:44:45.369-07:00

In an interview with Phil Bronstein, Bill Gates talks about today's journalism.Phil: It seems to me that technology might provide an answer it hasn't provided yet. Is there a way to narrow Twitter to verifiable information useful to journalists? Is there a technological fix for verifying information?Bill: The trusting is hard. Just look at coverage of vaccination even by mainstream media in U.S.

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This is a genuine question, triggered by a Joe Garofoli blog post at the Chron, in an interview with Republican former-NY governor George Pataki:"San Francisco should be able to do anything it wants [about health care legislation]," Pataki said. "But I don't want Speaker Pelosi and partisan majorities in Congress to impose their views of health care -- government run health care -- on every

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Phil was peeved that the NY Times of all places broke a story about the Tenderloin. So he did was any bitter old man would do: heap snark and cynicism at it. But we won't have to comment on it, Beyond Chron does it for us. It starts with: Phil Bronstein’s once bright career path, where he rose from intrepid journalist in the Philippines to Executive Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle,

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When Phil tackles heady subjects, he punts. It's nuanced, it's complex, I won't take any side because its all oh so confusing for me. But the alternative is this:Pope Benedict could learn some media manners from Meg WhitmanBasically, Bronstein congratulates Meg Whitman for her strategy of avoiding the media."There's no good reason ... to avoid meaningful dialogue" with the press, said the state

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-82710808774578723822010-04-06T21:19:00.001-07:002010-04-06T21:34:08.769-07:00

Grandpa was once a war reporter. He keeps telling us, you know. I ran back to my hotel room, the smell of blood, fear and rebellion still fresh in my head.Oh, you tell such nice fireplace stories, pops. And what experience did Phil bring back from war coverage? It depends It's complicated, it's nuanced. Yawn.So was any of the killing justified? War is a dizzying, murky, hyper-adrenalized maze. In

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Related post: Where did it go?Today, the Chron talks again about healthcare reform (at sfgate, we don't get our hands dirty with a print copy). We cut-and-paste:GOP health repeal? 'Go for it'Obama dares the opposition to try to repeal his new health care law as he stumps in Iowa to sell the revamp to the American people.* Senate clears health fix-it bill, 56-43* Pelosi, GOP, decry threats against

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-66024455735115351142010-03-24T14:26:00.000-07:002010-03-24T14:36:45.235-07:00

I'm looking at SFgate.com right now, and there is not. a. single. article on the front page about health care reform.A law passed that reform 1/6th of the US economy, that will affect almost everyone in the country, that Republicans are incensed against, and there is nothing about it on the front page?The Chron was only interested in the jockeying, and now that the horse race is over, now that

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After yesterday's post below, I was expecting the Chron to pen its own piece on the huge victory for Democrats being a blessing in disguise for Republicans. And I saw a headline with "backfire" and at first glance, I thought it was it. But actually:Nasty rhetoric could backfire on bill's foesRacial epithets, anti-gay slurs, GOP rep's 'baby killer' shout on the floor of Congress could lead to

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This oh-so-wrong NY Times headline will soon finds its local counterpart in the Chronicle:News AnalysisA Major Victory, but at What Cost?By DAVID E. SANGERPresident Obama lost the promise of a “postpartisan” Washington in which rationality and discourse replaced partisan bickering.I'm betting on Carolyn Lochhead carrying that torch. Even in victory, Democrats lose. And it's always good news for

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Phil's column started with his usual grandpa tone: "I used to be a war journalist, kids, I was courageous back then. Heroic even." We'd been trekking a week in the Philippines' Cordillera mountains, looking for a notorious New People's Army commander. The cuisine had been pretty drab - roots, berries and tiny, dried fish. When we finally found the camp, we sat down gratefully to some tasty, cold,

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-83354493311915963182010-03-12T06:33:00.001-08:002010-03-12T06:41:46.412-08:00

Well, rather, the pundits that the Chron forces upon us. Chuck Nevius has a piece titled:Going got tough, Newsom got outta hereComing from Chuck, who used to live in SF, and when the going to tough, got outta here, that's pretty thick with irony.Chuck whines that Gavin is leaving him, him!, to run for Lt Governor. Think about the impact he'd have if he stayed. New Police Chief George Gascón is

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-91345719414809975402010-03-02T05:52:00.000-08:002010-03-02T06:07:37.495-08:00

Phil talks about France, which is a subject that we know about. He talks about "shadowy pornographic images" in some advertising campaign, so we had to investigate. France is looser than the US with the representation of nudity in advertising, but pornography, we don't think so.Shadowy pornographic image, you be the judge:Well, Phil most likely read about in the NY Times, which he does not credit

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-90378701140902849242010-02-17T21:50:00.001-08:002010-02-17T22:09:47.752-08:00

Phil Bronstein delivers his weekly pearls of wisdom. This week, it can be summed up as: "The world is a complex place, and a black-and-white approach is too simplistic, you need nuance.""Nuanced" is Phil's new motto. His word of 2010.Here for instance, 'nuanced' means I don't know jack-shit about the story, but it won't stop me from conjecturing:Why did David Goldman's wife take their son back to

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Here's the lede of a piece by the Chron hack team of Carla Marinucci and Joe Garofoli:Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' career went down in flames in the last month with sordid revelations about his lies and infidelity, but his reputation wasn't the only thing demolished.Still emerging from the political wreckage in California are the crowds of campaign workers, donors and

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BHL is Bernard-Henri Levy, a French "philosopher" who is more famous for his wide open white shirts than for his thoughts. He seems to come up regularly on this blog, here or here. So we could not resits putting out this gem about him:In his latest title, Lévy launches a scathing attack on the 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant, calling him “raving mad” and a “fake”.In framing his case

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While we were sad to see Meredith Brody disappear from the page of the Weekly for various reasons, we have to admit that her replacement, Jon Kauffman is excellent. Exactly what we're looking for in a food curious: curious, adventurous and a nice writer to boot. No blog fodder, unfortunately, but that's a small price to pay for reading with pleasure about restaurants.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-8502863865038583452010-01-14T16:52:00.000-08:002010-01-14T18:27:52.095-08:00

Oh, Phil, Phil, Phil. Today he writes a portrait of Jerry Brown, which includes this:Earlier this year Brown himself called me to plant a possible story about Newsom selling a condo for a suspiciously high price in a distressed market. I thought, Come on, really? But while to some people a request like that might speak to pettiness and self-absorption, to me it shows he's still got that perfect

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-70634252711451921142009-12-14T16:42:00.001-08:002009-12-14T17:08:11.696-08:00

In this week's column, Phil Bronstein looks at the Salvation Army, and concludes that, yeah, they are gay haters, but they are nice and cuddly gay haters, so he can give them his money with no qualms.The Salvation Army, the country's biggest charity, is taking it full on the chin from a social media network mobilized against the organization's position on homosexuality and other social sins.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-3871445050758381572009-12-13T21:43:00.001-08:002009-12-13T21:51:01.051-08:00

The Chron also list reasons to vote for the GOP and the Dems. One reason to vote for the Dems:Win back the governor's office: Brown's backers say he'll get things done after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger struggled to make good on his vow to cut spending.Arnold eviscerated California as we know it through devastating budget cuts. But the Chron refuses to give him credit for that. Not only, it also

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Carla Marinucci is, as always, talking up the chances of the GOP in the next election:GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO, has repeatedly lambasted "the politicians" whom she says have run California into the ground - pointedly referencing Attorney General Jerry Brown, a Democrat and former two-term governor who is running for a third term in next year's election."

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-19065835206256519652009-12-13T21:19:00.000-08:002009-12-13T21:30:32.998-08:00

On the cover today, Tea Party radicals gear up for 2010 elections. Joe Garofoli is no Carla Marinucci, but we can't help but cringe when we read:...several [tea party] organizers...compared the Tea Party to the anti-war movement in the wake of the 2004 elections.Oh yeah, tea party are similar to anti-war movement? But where was the cover articles in the Chron then? Because in my recollection, the

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We read this from Phil Bronstein: I've stayed out of the heavily populated Tiger Woods thing but the conclusions for him here are inescapable: When you're even tangentially in the public eye, you can easily get blamed for things you didn't do. Superstars just have to assume they'll invariably get blamed for things they actually do.The post weaves Tiger's affairs with Phil's celebrity, as if Phil

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-44315075562338182552009-12-08T01:59:00.000-08:002009-12-08T02:17:12.281-08:00

Phil Bronstein contends that:Who's in charge in D.C.? Not who you thinkNancy Pelosi is the president of the United States.You know where this is going, right? Silly contrarian opinion which makes no sense.I've been to the White House, and I've been to Nancy's house, and I know they're not the same place. Well, one is in DC and the other is in SF, so it's hard to confuse them. But the point of the

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For some reasons (we read the paper online, mostly, and we check once in a while what nonsense a specific writer - Carolyn Lochhead, Carla Marinucci, Phil Bronstein- would write) we missed out on this hilarious editorial:Idea of sex tent is way out of line. Thanks to the SF Appeal for finding this pearl.Editorial goes:Public sex tents? Now there's an idea that should have been shot down the

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Carolyn Lochhead writes:The escape ... Osama Bin Laden in [Tora Bora] battle has never received the attention it should. Committee chairman John Kerry tried to make the point in his failed presidential bid against former President George W. Bush but it never caught fire,...Nevertheless, the circumstances of the Tora Bora failure surely will go down as one of the great bungles in U.S. foreign

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The Chron is a right wing rag, a Fox-News-Lite-on-Paper, as we've documented quite extensively here. The "liberal" columnist was Jon Carroll, at least when Phil Bronstein edited the paper. He vehemently opposed bringing another voice on board, that of former mayor Willie Brown. Then Ward Bushee became editor and Willie became a columnist for the Chron. But there's no fear that, even though he's

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BHL, that's Bernard Henri-Levy, a French "intellectual" who writes essays and editorials and wears dark long hair and a white shirt with the top three buttons open. The guy is a joke, but for some reasons that I can't fathom, is taken seriously in some Parisian circles. He wrote a book on America, as an homage to Tocqueville, which was a dud. I regret reading the whole thing, I tell you, but I

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Phil Bronstein writes about Gavin Newsom and the press. First, Phil Bronstein should be disqualified from writing on the topic. This is a guy who, since Gavin entered the Gov race, has been spewing venom at the mayor (calling him a cheap phony Vuitton knock-off) and fomenting made up controversies (looking in Gavin's trash bin to see if the mayor does compost; calling Gavin responsible (and at

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Phil Bronstein, unaware he's probing the depths of a sad irony:Not every president in the last 35 years has considered Richard Nixon a role model. But our current POTUS seems to.When the darkly fascinating Mr. Nixon declared Charles Manson guilty of murder before that 1970 trial was over, there was only a small intake of national breath. What about that whole innocent-until-proven-otherwise thing

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Carla Marinucci uncovers a vast, sophisticated conspiracy to ruin the GOP...Democratic strategist Garry South says Palin has won the undying support of many of his party's faithful, who are doing all they can to keep her in the spotlight of the national stage."I see Democrats at bookstores buying her books by the dozens and trying to keep the book tour going," he said. "She's a magnet for

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-65056251068881661882009-11-17T22:52:00.000-08:002009-11-17T23:01:18.073-08:00

Phil Bronstein wrote this terrible piece, which got unanimous comments at sfgate. One of them which captured accurately the vibe was along the lines of:Bush: zombie. Obama: vampire. Bronstein: idiotWe wrote our own little comment, similar in essence to the post linked above (or situated just below), which was among the most popular comments for a while. We were flattered, even though there were

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-75535876679220961622009-11-16T21:41:00.000-08:002009-11-16T21:50:28.628-08:00

In today's Phil Bronstein's column:Sure enough, [Obama] lured us in with his charm, his looks, his intensity and a certain languid but magnetic sense of power. Since then, he's wanted to tax and spend us dry while injecting his own federalist serum into our veins.Obama has wanted to "tax and spend us dry"? Phil sure sounds like Sarah Palin, doesn't he? In the real world, Obama has passed the

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-75730745257126802422009-11-13T22:15:00.000-08:002009-11-13T22:17:33.503-08:00

You got to love the Chronicle's sense of perspective. Giants prospect loses U.S. visaAngel Villalona is stripped of his U.S. visa after he was charged with killing a man in the Dominican Republic.The guy killed a man, but what matters is that he lost his visa? Has the Chron any decency left?

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-15189963771632598402009-11-03T13:43:00.000-08:002009-11-03T13:52:46.017-08:00

A couple posts below, I reacted to a silly blog post by Phil on the topic of the Clinton marriage. But I missed the most controversial aspect of it:Not enough action for the Secretary of State? She then goes to the Mideast and high fives the Israelis for slowing down West Bank Settlements, infuriating the Palestinian leadership. So much for the Obama tilt toward the Muslim world.This all seems

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-22911213052297341932009-11-03T12:13:00.000-08:002009-11-03T21:36:38.296-08:00

We have laid off the Meredith beat for quite some while, for over a year actually. So we cannot feel responsible for the SF Weekly parting ways with her. Actually, we feel a little sad. Lately, she had pointed me to some interesting places: a Korean restaurant in the Richmond or a Chinese restaurant on Ocean ave. My last reviews of her reviews were that she had turned into a good food critic.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-8935650394448432962009-11-02T16:16:00.000-08:002009-11-03T13:43:07.620-08:00

Phil Bronstein is a mystery to us: on his blog and his Monday column, we have yet to find an interesting idea. One. Single. Fresh. Smart. Novel. Idea. Part of it is that we don't share the same viewpoint, Phil is a conservative, but there are still people whom I don't agree with who can write with some substance and who can interest us on some topics. Not Phil.Today, he delves into one of his

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-61837650649758919232009-10-29T22:20:00.000-07:002009-10-29T23:17:44.682-07:00

I computed some odds in this post that ended up very wrong. So I modified the post accordingly. So what is needed is: the odds that a randomly picked word starts with a given letter. At the Bay Guardian, commenter Frouglas chose to be the probability that a word starts with a given letter, but that's assuming all the words are equally likely. Of course, some words are more likely than others.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-44581337750147214762009-10-29T18:03:00.000-07:002009-10-29T21:37:09.889-07:00

[updated: I goofed in my numbers, so I've modified significantly] So Arnold Schwarzenegger has embedded a big "fuck you" to Ammiano in the text explaining why he vetoed an otherwise uncontroversial measure. This was first uncovered by the SF Bay Guardian.In a follow up post, they discuss the odds of this being innocent, rather than carefully planned.Of course, they got their number from a

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-31683191739363620602009-10-29T10:31:00.001-07:002009-10-29T10:45:53.162-07:00

Oh, Carolyn Lochhead, why does Heast pay you, and not the GOP directly? Here she goes:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's gambit to include a government-run insurance option in health care legislation has given a fresh tailwind to the idea despite opposition from conservatives.But lost amid the ideological battle for or against a public option is a key overlooked fact: The vast majority of

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-79617485403147883222009-10-04T11:03:00.001-07:002009-10-04T11:05:55.728-07:00

I did not read Debra, I assure you, but here's what on the front page of SFGate (I put in the headline and the subheadline, but no link, because you should not read it).Traffic, trash, soda, cigarettes & the cityNanny Newsom is picking on personal behaviors when he should be focusing on real problems. Debra Saunders.Since when blocking city streets, trashing the city, and littering with cigarette

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-44890404062700076522009-09-25T10:21:00.000-07:002009-09-25T10:29:39.400-07:00

Chuck Nevius is a conservative, which means, among other things, bending over in front of the wealthy. So when Gap Founder Don Fisher wanted to pluck his art collection into a museum in the middle of the Presidio, and said to SF: jump!, Chuck said: how high?Chuck's argument was of the concern-troll kind: if we don't do ask Don says, Chuck argued, his art collection will go to some other city, and

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-8098366790116983032009-09-16T09:51:00.000-07:002009-09-16T10:00:04.804-07:00

Bruce Jenkins is ready to follow the tracks of CW Nevius and move up from his sports perch to become a mainstream columnist. How do we know?Tennis is the elegant dance of Evonne Goolagong and a sweet backhand volley by Stefan Edberg, but it's also a John McEnroe temper tantrum, a Connors crotch-grab, a transsexual player (Renee Richards), an openly gay champion (Martina Navratilova), and

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-66613551695637786392009-09-12T00:09:00.000-07:002009-09-12T00:14:42.149-07:00

There are political journalists at the Chron who are not Republican propagandists. Of course, they are no Democrat advocates either, or they'd be out of a job fast, but they manage to stay grounded. One such writer is Joe Garofoli, who will check stuff on factcheck.org and not eat the GOP propaganda whole. What is he writing about today?Third person in week drowns in Lake Berryessa.That will

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-1541329349875052292009-09-11T23:55:00.000-07:002009-09-12T00:08:08.333-07:00

This post as well is fascinating.It's not fun to criticize Barack Obama anymore now that everyone's doing it.For Bronstein, you print criticism of the President not because he's doing something wrong, but because you want to be out of sync with your peers, so as to be viewed as an independent thinker. Or a visionary. Or something. Fact-based criticism? Oh no, then everybody would criticize at the

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-91186602314971386002009-09-11T23:31:00.000-07:002009-09-12T00:20:00.968-07:00

The good news is that the "experiment" is over: Phil's Monday column, when he feels like writing it, will be online. The bad news is that the on-line world will be even more polluted by yet another ill-informed and uneducated conservative pundit.We admit being fascinated by Bronstein. Take this blog post, for instance, in which Bronstein French kisses John McCain.But damn if John McCain didn't

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-29154326300005463842009-09-11T23:21:00.000-07:002009-09-11T23:26:11.375-07:00

A Republican congressman does something that no one in the history of Congress has ever done, call the President a liar in front of the congress, and the Chron's reaction is...you know, he got a point.No one expected a town hall-style moment during President Obama's health care speech Wednesday night.But when Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted "You lie!" after the president said

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-85088309531367304182009-08-18T22:54:00.000-07:002009-08-18T23:19:56.266-07:00

Shorter Phil Bronstein:Lying for a conservative pundit is totally cool by me, unless it is impugning on my courageous heroic war journalist heroism.Longer version: Today, Phil draws the line in the sand where it is not fine for a conservative pundit to lie. As a journalist, I know I should revere Bob Novak,...Bob Novak, the guy who outed a CIA agent to advance Bush's case for a useless war in

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-13294102669787673122009-08-14T01:17:00.001-07:002009-08-14T01:23:32.531-07:00

But just for the record, I saw that Carolyn Lochhead wrote a piece which opens with:A president famous for his campaign skills has let the opposition define the debate on health care reform, the central issue of his party and his presidency.If by defining you mean: lying the shit out of it, then yes, they have been successful. And as long as Lochhead won't call them for it, they will be

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-73796127350862148832009-08-14T00:47:00.000-07:002009-08-14T01:16:38.635-07:00

We're not sure what this bring to the discourse, except a self-satisfied smug smirk on Phil's face, but here you go!Shorter Phil Bronstein: Hillary is a lesbian.Title: Hillary comes out of the Bill closet.Get it?I've never been a huge Hillary fan, [ed note: no shit, sherlock. It would difficult to be even a tiny fan when Phil has been a thorough hater] but this was both heartbreaking and

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-68058425962557418092009-08-10T13:05:00.001-07:002009-08-10T13:13:17.083-07:00

You know, that's the question Phil Bronstein asked in one of his print-only emails (the one that went on-line anyway). His answer was: look for leaders in the new economy, in the leaders of twitter or google. Our take was: Bronstein endorses e-Bay's Meg Whitman, it was so transparent. And today, we get Carla Marinucci making the case that: e-Bay's Meg Whitman is the savior to not only win the

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-24010557355264893482009-08-10T10:08:00.000-07:002009-08-10T10:35:57.612-07:00

We were looking on Lexis-Nexis for the weekly Mondays PRINT ONLY column of Chornical editor-at-large Phil Bronstein, and it's nowhere to be found. And the reason is? Phil is a brand new daddy! Congratulations Phil. And we hope that the, how to put it, less than stellar piece from last week was due to other things on Phil's mind.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-20192992814301239732009-08-10T09:00:00.000-07:002009-08-10T09:39:01.427-07:00

The title is the headline for this at SFGate's main page, and I don't have to read it to know it's an article by Carla Marinucci. Because she is so invested in finding (and broadcasting) hope for her beloved GOP.Now, before clicking on the link, let's just say that it's absurd on its face to look at California as an example to lead the GOP. CA has an R-governor and a Republican minority in the

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-6581400967755029732009-08-09T23:30:00.000-07:002009-08-09T23:46:32.852-07:00

We find this so ironic: Phil Bronstein's last blog post (has not been updated since July 27) and was taking sides with Palin against Obama, in their relative disputes with the media.Sarah Palin might not be able to see Russia from her house, but her basketball diaries riff yesterday [admonishing the media to "stop making things up"]at least spoke more to her life experience than Obama playing

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-6887220189206853122009-08-06T10:38:00.000-07:002009-08-06T13:56:59.986-07:00

Bike sharing won't work in SF because Critical Mass is offensive to me, and we need to accommodate the needs of car drivers first.Money quote:At the core of this is a simple proposition: the wishes of the few versus the needs of the many. There are a lot of bicyclists in San Francisco. But there are far more drivers and public transit commuters.Screw you, bikers. We won't build bike lanes to

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-58088353902743183142009-08-05T10:17:00.000-07:002009-08-06T14:01:36.879-07:00

Only a conservative newspaper such as the Chron would describe the top .1% as "the other half."For reference the median household income in the US is a tad over $50,000. That's where the boundary between the two halves is. Nowhere near buying you a $4.5 million beach house.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-10215291861032876432009-08-04T16:17:00.000-07:002009-08-04T16:59:05.550-07:00

Oh my, I just realized that I have access to LexisNexis through my work library. Which means: Phil Bronstein, you can run, but you can't hide! This week (no link, because hey, would you like the world to link to your high school essays? Phil neither) the theme is forgiveness.Shorter Phil: I have no clue what redemption mean, but I've been a journalist in war zones, so I can take a cheap shot at

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-55647252577505001342009-07-31T20:36:00.000-07:002009-07-31T20:41:32.755-07:00

My RSS reader showed a post which linked to the death of Corazon Aquino. I was going to post: start your countdown until Phil Bronstein writes about how he was in the Philippines, and how intrepid he was. Because that's one of the favorites stories that gramps likes to tell by the fireplace. Anyhow, he beat me to it.

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-83748110136581175862009-07-30T11:31:00.000-07:002009-07-30T11:35:44.786-07:00

The Chron has been drooling over Schwarzenegger ever since he announced on Jay Leno he was running in the recall election. So we recently had this "analysis" of the budget fight:Winner: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. His approval ratings are in the dumps and he's not popular with his fellow Republicans, but the "post-partisan" governor summoned his Conan persona, sword intact. He held the GOP line,

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-83610123628503113492009-07-30T08:38:00.000-07:002009-07-30T08:45:37.714-07:00

Gavin Newsom - a 'pretty boy with baggage'?The Chron cherry picks the quote above from an article in Fast Company, and that's the headline, but the full quote is:Described as a "pretty boy with baggage," Newsom talks at length with reporter Ellen McGirt about changing the way California operates.So, Gavin is a pretty boy, which I understand to mean: no substance, vacuous, a nice face but not much

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-90216609785358688042009-07-28T12:07:00.001-07:002009-07-28T12:34:09.016-07:00

C.W. Nevius' column today:"Well, its trash day in my neighborhood, Bernal Heights," David Brame wrote... "Beginning last night, a parade of shopping carts began their march up and down the street, picking through the blue (recycling) bins."Among the vexing annoyances in the city, recycling rustlers are one of the worst.But, but, but, how do you know Chuck, I thought we established you lived in

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-47514662329547217892009-07-28T09:27:00.001-07:002009-07-28T09:45:52.283-07:00

Phil's wisdom:Police arrests a black man in his own home, the president finds this "stupid," the media makes a fuss that forces him to address the issue again. The media is right.Sarah Palin attacks the media for going after one of her many ethics violations or reporting one of her confounding statements. The media is, of course, wrong. Leave that poor woman alone.Quote:The President, in his

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-776665081986959622009-07-27T23:13:00.001-07:002009-07-27T23:19:40.425-07:00

Phil's column comes with an extra helping:Phil's Luddite of the WeekMaster of digital outreach Barack Obama. He might be a whiz in the virtual world, but his White House web site's "new media" page hasn't been updated since May 21. Dude! How Web 0.5.Obama's been busy trying to fix health care, Phil, he'll write some fresh html, maybe a little ajax, as soon as America gets universal coverage.We

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-37883857864330373302009-07-27T22:08:00.000-07:002009-07-27T22:35:46.743-07:00

It's Monday, Phil Bronstein pens an op-ed column in the print-only version of the Chron. Last week's piece was such a train wreck, we could not help but take a look today at our local coffee house."Godless bloodsuckers," it's called, and we can't link to it because we're not supposed to make fun of it on-line. Phil had more spine in Vietnam or wherever it was he was doing war coverage.There's now

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-83139066668050691802009-07-27T21:53:00.000-07:002009-07-27T22:02:22.509-07:00

The Chron had two articles on Gavin Newsom, tackling a "problem": does Gavin lies to us, or does he just stretch the truth? Actually, the articles studied the "question," and failed to come up with demonstrative evidence. I mean, they get quote from Supervisors who sponsored the SF Healthcare measure and feel Gavin is taking too much credit. But that's hardly an indictment, just read the articles

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-69852909268632870862009-07-27T10:00:00.001-07:002009-07-27T10:00:32.331-07:00

Phil Bronstein wrote a piece on how Bay Area fresh faces were conspicuously absent in Obama's entourage. Where is the next generation of leaders, Phil asked, and if you answer Gavin, he added, then:Gavin Newsom is our shining hope? Really?Young, charismatic, engaged on gay rights or the environment: not enough for Phil who is going to dismiss you without as much as an explanation. So how about

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-61856461890337710642009-07-24T22:53:00.000-07:002009-07-24T23:11:59.983-07:00

I see, by way of the SF Appeal that Marisa Lagos (first time mentioned here!) scored the Daly interview to explain the move of his family out of San Francisco.Critics accuse Daly and his liberal allies of fighting for low-income tenants at the expense of middle-class families by making it harder for them to buy property here, and have called his family's move hypocritical. Daly said he is just

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-45955161943226473952009-07-24T09:11:00.000-07:002009-07-24T09:58:03.573-07:00

Chuck Nevius got himself a spot on the Chron cover. That's easy: if you want the front page on the Chron, just make baseless accusation against a liberal.The preferred accusation? That a politician is a hypocrite because he is not personally taking advantage of the policies he is advocating. It works perfectly with Democrats, since most are richer than the people they intend to help.Today's

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-43998226227679847242009-07-23T14:12:00.000-07:002009-07-23T14:19:53.647-07:00

Yesterday, the cover of the Chron was: "Gavin, is he lying or just stretching the truth too much? Our ace team investigates." Truth was: Gavin's claims were pretty sensible. Even quaint, by current politicians' standards. But the Chron has its knife out for Gavin, and it will use it.Today, Phil Bronstein jumps in the fray. We paraphrase:Gavin said that water conservation is important, yet he did

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-61603190134199306362009-07-22T21:53:00.000-07:002009-07-22T22:07:06.008-07:00

Carla Marinucci delivers The spin on winners and losers in budget dealYeah, the Chron's mission is now to spin the news. No pretense here. Who will be the biggest loser when a $26.3 billion deficit in California's state budget finally gets patched together with duct tape and super glue? California.... So while everyone lost, spinners will claim victories. Here's how both parties are likely to

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-82268435367631028672009-07-22T21:25:00.000-07:002009-07-22T21:52:07.403-07:00

Phil Bronstein's disappeared op-ed has resurfaced. And guess what? It's not worth putting for posterity on the Internets, that at least the Chron got right. "Where is our next generation of leaders?," he asks.The short version is: "I, Phil Bronstein, endorse Republican Meg Whitman for Governor."The slightly longer version: "Biz Stone, twitter co-founder, cannot protect his company's strategic

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-89178383552538321402009-07-22T21:23:00.001-07:002009-07-22T22:13:32.393-07:00

Our handsome mayor graces the cover of the Chron today. The headline: "Is Gavin Newsom stretching the facts?" The link to the article from the sfgate main page states: "Newsom the exaggerator." Woaw, Gavin is being given the Al Gore treatment! Newsom is making stuff up, is exaggerating his accomplishments, is taking credit when none is due. Harsh headlines from the Chron! And, as for Al Gore, it

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-80695602571539746512009-07-22T10:25:00.001-07:002009-07-22T11:10:13.914-07:00

So, in the post below, we saw how Phil's article wound up on-line, then withdrawn. According to the Chron, Phil is such a hot commodity that his column will be print-only, and that will get people to go out of their way and buy the paper on Mondays, instead of just free loading it on-line.Yeah, right. Phil is so insightful, there's going to be a line at the newsstand on Monday morning. We saw how

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-60879993901876626182009-07-22T09:44:00.000-07:002009-07-22T11:27:59.017-07:00

There was a funny episode, about an article by Phil Bronstein regarding Gavin Newsom. The article was online, then was removed. The Newsom haters go crazy, hilarity ensues:I guess Gavin Newsom’s PR machine will go any length to bury a story they don’t like — it’s no secret that Newsom’s shills regularly berate Chronicle reporters and editors.I guess that sinking ship called the San Francisco

Cedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347023.post-79072379929410705832009-07-12T10:38:00.000-07:002009-07-12T23:04:49.757-07:00

The Chron is not in the business of giving you news, it's a GOP propaganda outlet. Take today's cover story (by Carolyn Lochhead, of course):The record-breaking $787 billion fiscal stimulus package that Congress passed in February is not breaking records on the job front. In California, with 11.5 percent unemployment, it has done little more than prevent layoffs of state workers.In response,

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Phil Bronstein used to be the editor of the Chron. He still has an "editor at large" title, and you would think that issues of journalism ethics would be close to his heart. After all, Bronstein climbed up the ranks not on the strength of his intellect, but on being a good, old fashioned, journalist: courageous, even fearless, in war zones. The kind of stuff that kids want to become journalist

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Phil Bronstein, in a blog post about Sarah Palin's resignation, discovers that, gasp, politicians have, wait for it, a big ego. There's a new N-word permeating our culture and it has nothing to do with racial epithets.The warm bath of public narcissism is getting as crowded as the rooftop hot tub at SF's kink.com on a Friday night. Instead of luxuriating in it, or watching a few privileged porn

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The person next to me on the train was holding is Chron in such a way that I couldn't but notice Carla Marinucci's front page article:Schwarzenegger holds his ground on budgetGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has played an astonishing range of roles in California's budget dramas - bipartisan peacemaker and people's advocate among them. Now, the governor is reprising a classic familiar to millions: the

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I have withheld commenting on Phil Bronstein's blog for a while. The guy has no responsibility at the Chron anymore, besides this "at large" gig, and he hasn't had an interesting idea in a long time. Typical blog post is: "Gavin is an absent mayor, ha, ha," or "the press has been giving a pass to Obama for too long." Actually, that's not true, Phil also manages to weave in his past as an

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The guy spent 14 years wrongfully accused in prison and now, he'll be able to go get himself a venti frappucino at Starbucks. Four buck fifty, that's about 30 cents per year in the clink. Hey, maybe 14 years ago, five dollars was a big deal.He may actually get $4.5 millions, but millions, shmillions, who can tell the difference? The picture is from the front page at SFGate. The Chron's new motto:

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GOP could use Pelosi torture woes against Obama: that's the title of a piece by Carolyn Lochhead, and a fair summary of it.Carolyn indeed describes the attempts of the Republicans to use torture and what Nancy Pelosi knew about it to tarnish Obama and his effort for health care reform (spearheaded by Pelosi).And that's why it's pointless to even read the Chron: either the previous Republican

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The Chron, ah, the Chron. We'll honestly miss them after they crash and burn. Today's lesson in obliviousness, at the link above, by Carla Marinucci:Schwarzenegger's vaunted salesmanship testedIn the wildly diverse worlds of bodybuilding, movies and politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger has consistently marshaled one critical skill - an uncanny knack for salesmanship - to catapult him to the top of his

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Carolyn Lochhead, propagandist for the GOP:Facing a conservative primary challenge, moderate Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is switching to the Democratic Party.If Al Franken wins the Minnesota seat, that gives Democrats a 60-vote filibuster-proof Senate majority and President Obama an LBJ-style shot at history.If? You mean, if he had received more votes on election day? You mean,

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We were listening to NPR this morning, turns out the Chron has started a series of 144 days of surprise. We guess it started in January, so we're late on this one. But we could not help wondering, why celebrate the 144th birthday? Why is 144 a milestone by any yardstick? Of course, it's also the 100th birthday in you write it in a dodecadecimal system, but hey, it's the Chron, they're so

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Ok, it's not the Chron, it's the AP. As it should be, it's national politics, not SF local. But it's at SFGate. What is it?Coleman attorney: Appeal next week in Senate fightYeah, you see, Al Franken has won the election in Minnesota. His opponent, Norm Coleman, had a suit to overthrow the result, and lost. The decision was announced today. The NYTimes goes: Franken Had Most Votes, Court Says.The

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