Identity Theft: Food Network "star" Guy Fieri has...

Food Network "star" Guy Fieri has a real life impostor roaming Middle America. He even managed to get on the TV broadcast of the Kansas City Royals game. EMD wonders, "how many diners, drive-ins, and dives has this guy gotten ...

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Pics from the 9th Annual Masturbate-a-thon

Photo by Lauren Smiley C/o SF Weekly , please enjoy (or balk at) these NSFW photos from the 9th Annual Masturbate-a-thon which went down last Saturday at the Center for Sex and Culture ... Among the celebrity, um, judges, er, guests, was Sister Roma (link semi-NSFW) of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and among the competitors was record-holder and current world champion wanker, Masanobu Sato (pictured), who flew all the way from Japan to defend his title. He in fact bested himself,

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Really, Oakland?: According to the East Bay Express,...

According to the East Bay Express, the people behind the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery—you know, the one involved in the murder of Chauncey Bailey, various rape charges and even health code closures—have opened a new bakery in Oakland called ...

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Charging Critical Mass?

Joe Vazquez, who took to the streets with critical massers last month, has posed a question: Why isn't critical mass paying its fair share for the cost of their monthly ride? After all, according to Vazquez, an event permit would be $1,000 (that's $12,000 for the year), required portable bathrooms (?!) are another $500 each time ($6,000 for the year), a $1,000 cleaning deposit ($12,000 a year), police protection at 20 officers comes to more than $112,000 a year, and another $13,000 for two

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What do you do on public transit? Nothing… or something?

Local photographer Thomas Hawk made a very interesting post on his website today, reporting his “unscientific survey” of what commuters were doing on his 9 a.m. BART train from MacArthur to Embarcadero this morning. He didn’t ask anyone what they were doing, relying on his own observations. Most people were “doing nothing,” he found; others [ ... ] ...

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You Should Get AIDS and Die, You Pig... and Drink Rockstar

"You want me to tell you what makes me sick? When I see two puffy white males kissing each other, I want to puke. When I see two women kissing each other, on the lips, as lovers, I want to vomit." ... But it's not just the queers who choke on his (surprisingly entertaining) venom. Anti-war activists, Obama, the conscientious, people with dark skin, or anyone left-of center get slammed on his show on a daily basis ... And while he's suddenly turned into a proponent of free speech (something he

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Spotted: Another Coffeehouse Headed to the Mission

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The Mission: This pretty gal above is the latest coffee joint to pop up in the Mission, seemingly out of nowhere. Located on 24th Street, just off the corner of Folsom, ...

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Oakland Mayor Seeking Federal Grant to Avoid Laying Off Police Officers

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Bauer Chronicles: Following a wine markup post (not...

Following a wine markup post (not to mention his epic Acme takedown), Miketastic takes to his blog today to defend himself from the backlash: "I feel duty-bound to point out those places that give customers a great value and great ...

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AutoTuning the News, Obama Edition

This guy, Michael Gregory (who previously gave us this charming clip that wended its way across the webs and onto Rachel Maddow's show, among other places) has a great talent for making monotonous news more musical -- all with the help of a little thing called AutoTune, beloved by Akon, and now by Obama ...

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