Irony: Google ads on the Chronicle’s Barry Bonds doping story include links to buy human growth hormone and other drugs, complete with teasers like “Buy before FDA ban!” …

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Craigslist founder Craig Newmark on his support for New Democrat Network President Simon Rosenberg for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee: “I haven’t really made it an endorsement, but Simon’s really good, and maybe we need someone perceived in the center to get restarted. That’s not to dimish Howard Dean’s contributions, to whom we…

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M&R of the Chron have nice words for the competition, who went looking for contacts through Pro SF’s e-mail list: “Marisa, thanks for the note – we will certainly keep you in mind. Just don’t try to scoop us too often. Best, Matier & Ross, SF Chronicle.” … Nice to meet you too I’m sure.…

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Cops, hoops: Last night, the young men from the Bayview beat the Bayview officers 61-60 at Joe Lee Gym. …

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According to the S.F. Medical Examiner, Eric Allen Bass died at S.F. General on Thanksgiving, of pneumonia. He was 36 years old. RIP to one of the many wonderful characters who help keep local politics from getting too grim. …

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The Board of Supervisors next week considers a resolution asking the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority to find an acceptable compromise over concenrs that the widening of Martin Luther King Drive through the park will create hazards for pedestrians and bicyclists. Supervisor Aaron Peskin made it clear the board, with final say on how traffic…

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Interesting piece at Beyond Chron about local campaign consultants’ involvement in the LA mayor’s race. … In the Body Politic today, some background on the supervisor who’s got a lock on the next board presidency, and the scoop on who’s sending Chris Daly flowers. …

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Mayor Gavin Newsom is on Nightline tonight, talking about efforts to build a new Niners stadium. …

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This resolution is on the Dec. 7 Board of Supervisors agenda: “Resolution urging the California Department of Transportation and members of the California Assembly and Senate to name the new additions to the San Francisco Bay Bridge in honor of Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. Supervisor Peskin presented.”…

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Supervisor-elect Ross Mirkarimi says he’s surprised by the worldwide reaction to a Department of Environment proposal to flat-tax plastic bags to reduce waste. He’s received e-mails from Britain and Australia, and requests for radio interviews on the plan with stations in New York and L.A. (he’s letting the department do the talking for now). Mirkarimi,…

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