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San Franciscans Will Vote on Street’s Touch of Flash

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:35:30 GMT

On Tuesday, San Francisco voters will try to answer that question when they take up a ballot proposition that, if passed, would allow a down-and-out two-block area of a central city thoroughfare to be ringed with a variety of electronic marquees,...
Source: The New York Times

Prop. D: Turn out the lights

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:35:08 GMT

As they see it, the key to making it happen is voter approval of a proposition that would allow owners of 50 buildings to erect digital billboards of up to 500 square feet. "It (Prop.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Quoted in 'Jello Biafra Calls Out Bush and Obama on 'The Audacity of Hype''

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:09:23 GMT

Jello Biafra said in Spinner.com:

The problem with letting the war criminals walk, well, I'm not worried as much about people like Rumsfeld and Cheney as I am the people who worked right under them whose names are barely known -- you know, David Addington, John Yoo, Douglas Fife, the rest of them

Billboards and blight

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:47:08 GMT

N. Plaza on one side and the bustling Westfield Mall and Powell Street cable car stop on the other. It's a two-block stretch that is neglected and ignored by much of the outside world.
Source: San Francisco Bay Guardian

Haynes’ Multiple Choice Memos

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:56:18 GMT

Back in May, I wrote a post observing that when David Addington testified before the House Judiciary Committee, he seemed to be carefully choosing which August 1, 2002 Bybee Memo he answered questions about.
Source: Emptywheel

Rancor and Stereotypes Mar Debate Over Detention Policy

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The problem is twofold. First, the national dialogue has been dominated by a pair of dueling narratives that together reduce the space available for nuanced, practical solutions that may require compromise from both camps.
Source: The Washington Post

Addington: Unitary Theory? I Don't Know What That Is

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:58:14 GMT