As part of the Twelve or So Days of Crassmas project, we are soliciting ideas for useless shit you do not need to give or ask for for Christmas. Suggestions to Fesser of the gmail dot com variety are welcome. As important, if you know of any useful and good outfits soliciting money as alternatives, please send those along. Small but legit is the idea, but will entertain any and all ideas.
Also, in re L'affaire Yelp -- the big remaining question is if the mayor of SF was right to pull the plug on Yelp Day when Mr. Yelp pulled the plug on Prop. 8. Signs point to yes. While it's impossible not to be political, sez me, Mr. Yelp has the privelege to regulate the content of his site however he sees fit, and censor explicitly political content.* A mayor, however, cannot claim to be above/outside/beyond politics, and thus, it seems to me, must make a call on what best reflects the will of his constituents. Mr. Yelp could have chosen not to put a sock in the mouths of Yelpers who wanted to use it as a platform for Prop 8, but he did. As such, the mayor made the right choice in cancelling Yelp day.
*These disavowals of the political? Waiter! There's day job in my blog!
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