SF Giants Parade
 

Streaming live now online here:
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/ktvu-live-news/vFXTT/

:)

Now that is something we can really get behind! Just forget all the other bullshit going on in the world and put all your attention on this crap!

Pro sports can take a hike!

Isn't there a yearly Halloween parade in SF too?
(or maybe I'm thinking of the gay rights parade.... )

Envious?:D;) Must be a hockey fan....

In the Castro. Also in West Hollywood.

John

IIRC, they just call it Pride Parade these days or close to it. They used to do an annual candlelight walk from Harvey Milk's camera shop to city hall. Have no clue if they do it anymore. They used to have a large Halloween thing but people shooting people ended that.


Carl

I could not live for all the "bullshit" 24/7/365. You can with my blessings though, I am a whatever floats your boat guy. :)


Carl

Oh shit! It's Halloween. Thanks for reminding me. I need to turn all the lights off and hide in the back of the house. Hopefully, the little angels will not damage my yard or vehicles. Since I'm up late, I'll be listening and watching for the larger more destructive teenagers.

A tip of the cap is due to the Giants,they certainly kicked the Tigers asses.

There is much reduced baseball talk in this big city since the Yankee October failure. The most hated man......A Rod.
The Yankees players were stunned, bewildered when their fans booed them. they suggested that the booing contributed significantly to their failure to hit. Whiners!

Frankly, without the Yanks there is a feeling of diminished interest countrywide.

Yankees have the largest fan base I'm sure. They have won more than their fair share of World Series too. F Arod, for that kind of money you show up to work on time and sober and do not bite the hand that feeds you.


Carl

DANG! Something tripped your trigger. Kinda harsh for the neighborhood peacemaker. ;)

Regards,

D-Ray

It really gets under my skin when I see thousands of people turn out to celebrate/riot (take your pick) over the win or loss of something as meaningless as a ball game. If they would all show the same concern and enthusiasm about how they want their country to be run, no matter their political leanings, we would all be better off.

I'm not picking on baseball. I include all the major ball sports (and hockey too). People die, property is destroyed, etc. all for a few numbers on a scoreboard. Meanwhile, we are all getting the shaft no matter who is in office. Where is the sense in that?

I suppose that most everybody wishes to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

And bearing that in mind, I need to withdraw from Political Chat once again, before I once again become addicted to it. I really do have more pressing concerns than cheering for the home team.

Chas

Yes, life goes on though.
The ballpark announcer did ask for cash donations for the east coasters when she was up there. The Giants players are going to make their cashcontributions and the organization is going to match them all. I have seen my electrical utility worker uniforms in pictures of guys working on restoring electricity. Not much else we can do from here.
Even Bruce is doing a concert.



Carl

Way off topic, much of the parade route 106 years ago. Looks better full screen.
http://archive.org/details/EdisonNe1906



Carl

1906 was not a good year for us.:(

Now what I do not understand is this NY marathon being run on Sun.? All those people and no infrastructure. They can't even get garbage bags off the street and they want bring in porta potties and an create an even greater amount of garbage. There must be a bit of news I do not know about is all I can figure.


Carl

I don't know the answer to this but I suspect it's because the marathon route is, or has been shifted to, a part of the island that didn't end up under water.

I'm sure the motivation is to convey the sense that things in NYC are returning to normal. Whether, under the circumstances, that's a good idea? Well, we'll see.

John

The mayor has a change of heart after a barrage of criticism. Marathon now postponed.

Great news, maybe he will give the generators, tents, and such to those that actually need them to survive.


Carl

Yeah, I heard that. Good news. NYPD sure has better things to do than stake out a 26 mile race course and NY Sanitation Department doesn't need a few million more water bottles to clean up.

John

I'm sure that the mayor thought that the symbolism of going forward with a big event and showing that New Yorkers know how to "buck up" had much to do with initial decision. Perhaps he thought that the city could use the influx of money that the event entails. But when it got down to considering the logistics of running the event, and the diversion of resources, it was a good idea to change the plan.

Regards,

D-Ray

That's the way I saw it. Once the magnitude of the damage sunk in Bloomberg woke up- and then threw his endorsement to Obama!;)