Secretary of State Kerry explains the Iran deal

Kerry makes a stout defense of the deal. The only incredible thing about Kerry has always been his hair. An old white guy with hair like that? But I suppose the Republicans have always known that the hair was real. Getting caught wearing a rug would have been more damaging to Kerry than the Swift Boat lies.

See also this.

The US Fact Sheet on the deal.

2014: 31 homeless people died in SF last year

Based on the Department of Public Health's Homeless Death Forms, these 31 homeless people died in San Francisco in 2014 (The previous year's count was 23):

Name: Alfred Jeter

Date of Death: 1/03/14

Place of Death: Southbound 280

Circumstances of Death: Ped vs. Auto

Birthdate: 5/06/14

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Antonio Flores

Date of Death: 1/08/14

Place of Death: I.F.O. 1200 Hollister Ave.

Circumstances of Death: IPV

Birthdate: 10/02/73

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Lou Ellen Bass

Date of Death: 1/11/2014

Place of Death: Friend’s Residence

Circumstances of Death: Poss. Drug Rela

Birthdate: 10/02/53

Sex: Female

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Charles Stevens

Date of Death: 1/13/14

Place of Death: IFO 1680 Bay Street

Circumstances of Death: IPV

Birthdate: 7/27/46

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Doe #6

Date of Death: 1/18/14

Place of Death: IFO 3550 16th Street

Circumstances of Death: IPV

Birthdate: 

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Doe #8

Date of Death: 445 O’Farrell Street

Place of Death:

Circumstances of Death:

Birthdate:

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Tilmon Brooks Jr.

Date of Death: 1/27/14

Place of Death: CPMC

Circumstances of Death:

Birthdate: 4/11/42

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Jacob Boatright

Date of Death: 3/15/14

Place of Death: Outside, Western Addit

Circumstances of Death: App. Hanging

Birthdate: 12/24/81

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Phat Sin

Date of Death: 4/05/14

Place of Death: St. Francis

Circumstances of Death: Unknown

Birthdate: 1/07/50

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Asian

Name: Donald Smith

Date of Death: 4/06/14

Place of Death: I.F.O. 2505 3rd Street

Circumstances of Death: IPV

Birthdate: 3/26/1959

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Rene Hilton

Date of Death: 4/15/2014

Place of Death: IFO Storage Unit

Circumstances of Death: 

Birthdate: 2/06/59

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Salvador Vargas

Date of Death: 4/17/2014

Place of Death: Potter Hotel

Circumstances of Death:

Birthdate: 6/09/66

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Other

Name: David Winn

Date of Death: 4/17/2014

Place of Death: VA Hospital Heli Pad

Circumstances of Death: Unknown

Birthdate: 12/03/64

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Wendy Thomas

Date of Death: 4/21/14

Place of Death: IFO 150 Valencia Street

Circumstances of Death: Jumper

Birthdate: 1/25/64

Sex: Female

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Adam Erb

Date of Death: 5/04/14

Place of Death: Great Highway and JFK

Circumstances of Death: IPV

Birthdate: 12/08/70

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Joseph Woods

Date of Death: 6/21/14

Place of Death: SFGH

Circumstances of Death: Fall

Birthdate: 7/21/56

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: De Audry Carr

Date of Death: 6/25/14

Place of Death: 5th Street Exit of Interstate 8

Circumstances of Death: MVC

Birthdate: 4/13/71

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Ian Muraguri

Date of Death: 6/05/14

Place of Death: UCSF Medical Center

Circumstances of Death: 

Birthdate: 7/03/64

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Other

Name: Mark Vellez

Date of Death: 8/31/14

Place of Death: Mission Inn, 5630 Mission

Circumstances of Death: Unknown

Birthdate: 10/03/58

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Ivory Walker

Date of Death: 9/07/14

Place of Death: 140 Jones Street #509

Circumstances of Death: Possible Drug Relate

Birthdate: 4/29/56

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Ryan Flint

Date of Death: 9/18/14

Place of Death: Galindo Avenue and Ch

Circumstances of Death:

Birthdate: 12/16/79

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Joseph Briones

Date of Death: 9/24/14

Place of Death: 865 Market Street

Circumstances of Death: App. OD

Birthdate: 12/06/81

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Cynthia Nowicki

Date of Death: 10/01/14

Place of Death: Across from 88 King St.

Circumstances of Death: 

Birthdate: 11/13/74

Sex: Female

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Doe #82

Date of Death: 10/10/14

Place of Death: Lake Merced

Circumstances of Death: IPV

Birthdate: 

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Gerardo Usi

Date of Death: 10/24/14

Place of Death: 165 Turk Street 1st floor hall

Circumstances of Death: Sudden Collapse

Birthdate: 4/19/68

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Asian Filipino

Name: Guillermo Alamo

Date of Death: 11/02/14

Place of Death: CPMC, St. Luke’s

Circumstances of Death: Drug Related

Birthdate: 4/26/1950

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Donald Felton

Date of Death: 11/04/14

Place of Death: Sidewalk @ 400 block

Circumstances of Death: Unknown

Birthdate: 1/12/75

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Henok Ayele

Date of Death: 11/05/14

Place of Death: IFO 34 Turk Street

Circumstances of Death: Ped vs Auto

Birthdate: 8/02/79

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: John Doe #92

Date of Death: 11/11/14

Place of Death: Pier 22

Circumstances of Death: Floater

Birthdate: 

Sex: Unknown

Race/Ethnicity: Unknown

Name: Roger Cruz

Date of Death: 11/15/14

Place of Death: SFGH

Circumstances of Death: Stabbing

Birthdate: 10/08/89

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Tai Lam

Date of Death: 11/24/14

Place of Death: IFO 130 Sutter Street

Circumstances of Death: Blunt force

Birthdate: 11/20/47

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: Asian

The drought and hamburgers

From the above video:

KIP ANDERSEN: I found out that one quarter pound hamburger requires over 660 gallons of water to produce. Here I’ve been taking the short showers trying to save water and to find out just eating one hamburger is equivalent of showering two entire months. So much attention is given to lowering our home water use, yet domestic water use is only 5% of what is consumed in the U.S. versus 55 percent for animal agriculture. That’s because it takes upwards of 2500 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. I went on the government’s Department of water resources save our water campaign where it outlines behavior changes to help conserve our water like using low flow shower heads, efficient toilets, water saving appliances, and fix leaky faucets and sprinkler heads, but nothing about animal agriculture. When added up, all of the government’s recommendations, I was saving 47 gallons a day but still that is not even close to the 660 gallons of water for just one burger.

From Alternet

Republican: "My political party wants war" with Iran

The Iranian people want peace.

Thanks to Harry's Place and Daily Kos.