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Saving Private Nevius: Spending Time Teaching CW Nevius How To Do His Job...
TweetHere it is: S.F. vote on report big hurdle for America’s Cup Go ahead, take a look. Larry Ellison, the Neve’s latest bromance crush: Click to expand “Although the turnout… were disappointing, that...
View ArticleAll the Lies About the Already-Disappointing America’s Cup Boat Race in San...
TweetAll that fuss about the America’s Cup started with a grossly-distorted report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. Here’s the start of it: “Executive Summary: The America’s Cup is the...
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Is the America’s Cup Actually “the World’s Third-Largest Sporting...
TweetI understand that Mayor Ed Lee has a cheerleading function as a part of his job. Fine. But what’s this? What the Hell? “We expect to have some 500,000 people on a daily basis…” Take a look on the...
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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...
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The Simpsons had a Monorail, We have the America’s Cup: “Benefits” Slashed...
TweetOh, no no no no no. The original estimate of the “economic benefits” (whatever the Hell that amorphous amorphism means) of the 34th America’s Cup was $9.9 B-as-in-boy billion. Check it: So that...
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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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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 ArticlePR Misstep from the America’s Cup People: Comparing Andrew Simpson Death to...
TweetIMO, this recent statement from Larry Ellison Person Stephan Barclay* is a misstep, but you make the call. Check it: “For example, following the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994, a number of measures...
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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Here’s an Explanation of How the America’s Cup Rules are Being Changed, In...
Tweet“OR can quite legitimately claim that they need this change to improve the safety of their boat to acceptable levels. ETNZ/LR can quite legitimately claim that the issue is created by design...
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The 2013 America’s Cup 2013 is a Lie – This Empty “Village” Shows Why Mayor...
TweetI understand that Mayor Ed Lee has a cheerleading function as a part of his job. Fine. But what’s this? What the Hell? “We expect to have some 500,000 people on a daily basis…” Take a look on the...
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Cheeky Devils! EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND (ETNZ) Allows Omega Watch to...
TweetCan you believe this? This new 17-foot-tall ad from New Zealand sponsor Omega at the foot of Sansome Street is all: “AMERICA”S CUP? NOT FOR LONG” See? With a certified lead-free forward king post...
View ArticleActual Sailors Weigh In on Christopher Caen’s Bizarre Attack on the Respected...
TweetWell, I guess you have to start off with this: Cup of Caen: Follow the Money So that’s what I’m calling a Bizarre Attack on the Respected America’s Cup International Jury.* (Speaking of our...
View ArticleHarsh: “Hitler Reacts to Oracle Team USA’s America’s Cup Loss”– This is How...
TweetThis bit here has elements that are somewhat old and hackneyed, and yet it’s also brand new and it’s also informative:
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Third-Largest Sporting Event in the World, on a Nice Saturday in the Marina,...
Tweet“One million” visitors per day “expected.”
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Larry Ellison Pulled Down by the Spirit of San Francisco – A Ginger Lady...
TweetNo no, that’s not a leaden kingpost King Larry Ellison has in his hand. And it’s not a mixing stick to make lead slurry neither. ‘Cause you see, Larry Ellison isn’t being punished by the...
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