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God bless you, Sen. Feinstein
God bless you, Sen. Feinstein In an effort to prevent small-time dealers from buying allergy and cold drugs and cooking them into methamphetamine, she pushed through legislation requiring consumers to...
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If you're a taxpayer, you're with stupid
If you're a taxpayer, you're with stupid If President Obama, the Republican House and Democratic Senate cannot cut $85 billion from this year's $3.8 trillion budget without laying off first-responders,...
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Does this broomstick go with my prison stripes?
Does this broomstick go with my prison stripes? In its wisdom - and yes, I am being ironic - the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued a ruling Tuesday that revives a California...
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Brits, murder and laundry
Brits, murder and laundry PBS interrupted the season finale with four pledge breaks. The ghost of Alistair Cooke tweeted that "Masterpiece" was "tawdry soap." Changed his mind, said he would host a...
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In denial over 'Zero Dark Thirty'
In denial over 'Zero Dark Thirty' Some of the film's defenders believe that the controversy robbed "Zero Dark Thirty," Bigelow, actress Jessica Chastain and screenwriter Mark Boal of well-deserved...
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Will dumb cuts trump smart cuts?
Will dumb cuts trump smart cuts? When Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, met with The Chronicle's editorial board last week, she said reasonable people could pass a bill to apply $85 billion in...
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Woodward-Sperling flap may turn tide
Woodward-Sperling flap may turn tide There is a rule in Politics 2013 that's evident in the flap about a White House aide who may or may not have threatened Washington Post veteran reporter Bob...
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Obama the merciless
Obama the merciless Except that while Obama rightly used his clemency power to wipe clean the criminal records of 17 individuals who had served their time - that's what a pardon does - to raise his...
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Same-sex marriage needs voters' stamp
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If you cover your ears, you can't hear the bomb go off
If you cover your ears, you can't hear the bomb go off "Barack Obama of 2007 would be right down here with me arguing against this drone-strike program if he were in the Senate," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,...
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CPAC speakers lineup: Who needs winners?
CPAC speakers lineup: Who needs winners? The folks at the American Conservative Union did not get the memo about the GOP's painful election loss of 2012 - so the group forgot that you win elections...
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Sanctimony city
Sanctimony city Pamela Geller, most famous for fighting what she called the "Ground Zero Mosque" in New York, bought ads on the sides of 10 Muni buses that feature hateful quotes from Osama bin Laden,...
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State should stay out of your kitchen, living room
State should stay out of your kitchen, living room Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, has introduced a bill to make it illegal for people to smoke in their own homes - if they live in an apartment...
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San Francisco's new muzzle zone
San Francisco's new muzzle zone San Francisco Supervisor David Campos is about to introduce a law to end the city's 8-foot "bubble zone" around reproductive health clinics in favor of a new 25-foot...
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NRA's best friend: gun ban proposals
NRA's best friend: gun ban proposals If you want to know why Sen. Dianne Feinstein's assault-weapon ban couldn't muster 40 votes - that's according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who says he...
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