District 5 Diary
Rob Anderson's commentary on San Francisco politics from District 5
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The Brits and Trump
Labels: Trump
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Message to Iran
Labels: Hate/Terrorism, Iran, Israel
After pointless Repug delay, aid for Ukraine
Labels: Russia, The Repugnant Party, Ukraine
Daniel Dennett
An outspoken atheist, he at times seemed to denigrate religion. “There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion,” he said in a 2013 interview with The New York Times.
Labels: Atheism and Religion, Science
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Nobody knows more than Trump
Labels: Trump
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Blaming Newsom
“I blame [Gavin] Newsom,” said Rick Juarez, 53, referencing the California governor as he entered the store to stock up on batteries. He had shopped at this location for “at least” 20 years. “Too many taxes, too high the minimum wage. These companies just can’t compete, and so they have to close. And it’s poor people like us who end up suffering.”
Labels: California, Democratic Party, Gavin Newsom, High-Speed Rail, History
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Where condors soar
Labels: Biden, Democratic Party, Environment, President Obama
Tuesday, April 09, 2024
Labels: Abortion, Biden, The Repugnant Party, Trump
Sunday, April 07, 2024
The eclipse: Who cares?
Labels: Atheism and Religion, Science
Friday, April 05, 2024
Thursday, April 04, 2024
"Monstrous": Israel destroys an aid convoy
Tuesday, April 02, 2024
Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Labels: Trump
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Gaza and the sky-god cults
Philip Munger on Daily Kos last year:
Labels: Atheism and Religion, History, Sunday Sermon
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Bridge failures in the US
Labels: Bay Bridge Bike Path, History, Kevin Drum
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
Accident or assault?
Less than a week after a fatal crash that killed a family of four at a bus stop in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood, authorities were called to the scene of another collision across from Golden Gate Park that sent one man to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.On Saturday at approximately 4:50 p.m., police and firefighters arrived at the intersection of Fulton Street and Park Presidio Boulevard to find a “yield to pedestrians” sign toppled over and a man on the ground near the bus shelter, which services the 5 Fulton route.The man, who had reportedly been struck by an oncoming vehicle, was transported to the hospital, and the driver was “cited on scene for multiple moving violations,” SFPD public information officer Robert Rueca told SFGATE in an email.It’s not clear if the pedestrian has been released from the hospital, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation.The collision was less than a mile from Fulton Street and Arguello Boulevard, where a 72-year-old man was struck and killed by a car in February — the first pedestrian death in the city this year, according to Walk SF, an organization that advocates for pedestrian safety in San Francisco.Fulton Street is part of the “high-injury network” identified by Vision Zero SF, an initiative implemented by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to eliminate traffic deaths and injuries in the city, meaning it is among the 12% of streets where 68% of crashes occur.Fulton Street from Arguello to 2nd Avenue and Fulton Street from 42nd Avenue to 43rd Avenue are two of the corridors in consideration for 33 speed cameras that are set to be installed by SFMTA by 2025; the agency cited “unsafe speed” as “one of the most common primary collision factors in crashes that result in injuries.”Anyone with more information on Saturday’s crash is encouraged to call SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411.
Labels: Anti-Car, Language, Streetsblog, Vision Zero, Walk SF
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Republicans: Same old crap
- Cut the pay of federal workers and make it easier to fire them
- Reduce funding for the EPA, SEC, FTC, NLRB, OSHA, and presumably any other agency that annoys the business community
- Raise the Social Security retirement age even more
- Block grants for Medicaid
- A big pile o' deregulation proposals
- Drill baby drill
- Welfare
reformcuts - Fight waste fraud 'n abuse
- Defund the IRS
- Eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Tax cuts for businesses and the rich
- Eliminate the estate tax
- Convert SNAP into a block grant
- More defense spending
- Health Savings Accounts
- Premium support for Medicare
- Block grant SSI
- Balanced budget amendment
- Make tax increases essentially impossible
- Kill Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Eliminate climate funding wherever it's hiding
Labels: Democratic Party, The Repugnant Party