Bashing CW Nevius, the Regatta Pinata – He Still Doesn’t Realize That the...
TweetTo the list of failed America’s Cup proposals that San Francisco Chronicle writer CW Nevius considers “just fine,” add the current proposal. “The America’s Cup came to San Francisco with a trumpet...
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Fantastic Graphic for Rich White People: Renting a House in Pacific Heights...
TweetCheck out this splash screen for so-called Auld Mug Hospitality. See? You’ve got the rented house, the Golden Gate Bridge and the America’s Cup going on down below. How romantic! Click to expand...
View ArticleOMG, Your Best Way to Spend $125: 2012 Farallon Island Whale Watching Season...
TweetCheck it, our very own Oceanic Society is kicking off annual Farallon Island whale watching season on May 26, 2012. All the deets: “WHALE WATCH/NATURE CRUISES TO FARALLON ISLANDS BEGIN MAY 26...
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We’re Already Well Into May 2012, So Whatever Happened to that Long-Promised...
TweetI haven’t heard word one about the long-promised lawsuit what was going to overturn SFGov and re-install the old tenant as the operator. “The civil lawsuit begins March 2012 and will expose the...
View ArticleOMG It’s Here! The Best San Francisco Car Driving Video Ever: Ken Block’s...
TweetOnly 305 Views so far, but this one will end up with tens of millions of viewers, soon enough. Ten minutes – full screen and 1080p please: So that’s what was going on when the Bay Bridge was shut...
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Writes His Big America’s Cup 2013 Op-Ed on an...
TweetWow. Last night’s deficient op-ed from San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is still live this AM on the San Francisco Examiner website, as Erin Sherbert notes in the category of ”Media, WTF?” Here it is:...
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So the First Part of the America’s Cup is Almost Over and About 1000 People...
TweetWork with me here, this is a bus ad seen yesterday: Click to expand Note that it doesn’t say “World Series race” or whatever. It says America’s Cup August 21st – 26th, 2012. Was this thing...
View ArticleOMG, Remote Controlled Chopper Video of the Best San Francisco Car Driving...
TweetAll right, 27 million YouTube Views later, it’s safe to say that Ken Block’s Gymkhana Five was the best thing to ever hit the 415. See below. But now, via Spots Unknown, there’e this: “A short...
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San Francisco Welcomes South Korean Navy – Gangam Style on Market Street –...
TweetHere they are: Click to expand [UPDATE: Upon further review, these aren't Chinese naval uniforms after all: At first I thought they could have been from the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy....
View ArticleOh Look, It’s Another Staged “Viral Video” From Those GoPro Camera People:...
TweetOh look, a Sony Camera what’s better than the GoPro. (For some applications, anyway. Certainly it’s less dorky-looking, wouldn’t you agree?) Now, where was I? Oh yes, the GoPro people are back...
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CW Nevius Spanking Machine: “America’s Cup will be good for SF”– ORLY?
TweetOf course, the solution to all of the problems associated with Larry Ellison’s boat race is to have Larry Ellison pay for Larry Ellison’s boat race, don’t you think? I’d say about $40,000,000...
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Here’s What the Artemis Racing AC72 America’s Cup Yacht Looked Like Getting...
TweetYou can see a little bit of the port hull and also the places where it ripped away: “Hauling out Artemis AC72“ by Turtle Moon World From the Newcastle Herald: ‘Nathan told me [the turn] didn’t...
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Our Fucked America’s Cup: Larry Ellison’s Huge AC72 Yachts Called “Death...
TweetVia Andrew Alderson of The New Zealand Herald comes this quote from an America’s Cup 2013 competitor: “I hope like hell that whoever survives this thing and wins it changes the boat class to...
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Artemis Racing Lawyers Up: Check Out This Official Statement Coming From a...
TweetThis is from yesterday, May 13, 2013: “Statement from Nathan Outteridge: The description of the accident in the Newcastle Herald while quoting my father is not correct and does not reflect the...
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PRADA Makes a Mockery of the America’s Cup Safety Review Committee – Foiling...
TweetHere’s the latest from the Larry Ellison People: “We appreciate the vote of confidence Mr. Bertelli, president of Luna Rossa Challenge, gave to the America’s Cup continuing as planned this summer...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup Update: Team New Zealand Protests “Last-Minute Proposals”...
TweetLooks like things aren’t all rosy in Larry Ellison’s already-failed America’s Cup 2013 yacht match. Let’s hear the news of the day from straight-talking New Zealand nerd Russell Green: “I cannot...
View ArticleUh Oh: “Substantially Lower” Prices for Some Tickets for the Exceedingly...
TweetCrowd estimates for some days of our so-called “Summer of Racing” have gone down more than two orders of magnitude from just last year. Yes, that means that the estimates are now at less than 1%...
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Island/ Blimp/ Boat – 2000/ 10/ 1000 Souls Aboard – Belvedere/ “Despicable Me...
TweetTony Belvedere is on your left, and there’s the DreamWorks “Despicable Me 2″ blimp, and then there’s Pacific Princess steaming away towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Click to expand MS Pacific...
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Tiny Startup Poaches Larry Ellison’s Debaculous America’s Cup – Elephanti.Com...
TweetHey, you know who hates, just hates, Larry Ellison right now, even though he’s a billionaire and could help out whenever a museum needs money and whatnot? SFGov! And you who hates, just hates...
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Our U.S. Military Conducts Exercises in Plain View at Ocean Beach – Coast...
TweetThusly: Hey, you know who doesn’t train for this type of water rescue? The SFPD, which is sort of funny because they have the exact same kind of aluminum-hulled rescue boat, Marine One or whatever...
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