ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Election surprises What surprised you about the election results? What outcomes were you pleased with? Upset about? Post your comments on the election and share your reactions on this thread!
... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online, on Nov 7, 2006 at 5:01 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 10, 2006 at 11:34 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Ask questions at the polls and read the paper receipt!! I voted this morning at Stanford and had a problem with my vote. I previewed the paper receipt that comes with electronic voting and discovered that my vote had been cast for... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Concerned about Electronic Voting, a resident of Stanford, on Nov 7, 2006 at 1:04 pm There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 10, 2006 at 3:47 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Saddam Hussein It seems we are very selective in denouncing tyrants. Flash back to 1982 when our very own Donald Rumsfeld warmly greeted Saddam Hussein and promised to normalize relations af... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Nov 6, 2006 at 9:13 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Crashing the Party Crashing the Party
For all their quibbling, the Democrats and Republicans have much in common- their support of the “War on Terrorism,” “the PATRIOT Act, “Homeland Sec... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Carol Brouillet, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Nov 4, 2006 at 10:34 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 6, 2006 at 7:09 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO ISRAEL Robert Fisk, the renowned Middle East expert working for the London Independent, accuses Israel of committing the most heinous war crimes. In addition to the saturation cluste... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2006 at 9:53 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 9, 2006 at 9:12 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO ISRAEL A new book, Der Krieg im Dunkeln (War in the Dark) by Udo Ulfkotte, formerly a correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, casts a disturbing light on Israel’s world... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 31, 2006 at 8:14 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 1, 2006 at 12:39 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Congress Rolling Stone contributing editor, Matt Taibbi, confirms what most Americans decry, namely the 109th Congress is ˇ§the worst ever.ˇ¨ He describes our lawmakers (or law breaker... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2006 at 1:36 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO A Troubled Sister City -- Oaxaca I have been feeling great empathy for the situation in Oaxaca, Mexico. As you know Oaxaca has been a sister city for more that 20 years. It seems as we are "family", there cou... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Bob Wenzlau, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2006 at 10:09 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2007 at 12:16 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Do not enter signs on the children's bedroom doors Hello,
I have been reading this newgroup on a regular basis and there is a wealth of information that gets exchange. Occassionally discussions go down the 'flame' path - bu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Wondering, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood, on Oct 26, 2006 at 2:39 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 2, 2006 at 6:05 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Rachel Corrie The release of a play, ‘My Name is Rachel Corrie’ was originally scheduled to open last March at New York Theatre Workshop, but was indefinitely postponed under intense pressu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 11:55 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 25, 2006 at 7:17 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Proposition 89: hope for democracy I am proud that Palo Alto City Council has endorsed Proposition 89, the Clean Money and Fair Elections Act. This comprehensive package of election campaign finance reform is ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Nancy Neff, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Oct 23, 2006 at 11:40 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 26, 2006 at 10:51 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Is The New Addition Really The Internet? Or Are Psychiatrists "Excuse Addicts"? PA Online just posted this article about yet another addiction identified by the busy "addict-discovery" bees in the psychiatric community
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by anonymous coward, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood, on Oct 19, 2006 at 2:09 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 20, 2006 at 3:50 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO The fate of independent bookstores This article in the Mecury
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/peninsula/15765757.htm
says that independent bookstores such as Kepler... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Stephanie, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Oct 16, 2006 at 12:33 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 16, 2006 at 10:56 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO War stats The National Security Archive at George Washington University deserves much credit for their persistence in extracting the number of injured war veterans from the Department o... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 13, 2006 at 5:50 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 16, 2006 at 1:26 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Stanford and Cal performing arts centers As David Gross, Portola Valley, wrote in his letter to the Editor of the Palo Alto Daily News, Wed., Oct. 11, the current Stanford Lively Arts series "is only an anemic cous... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Marvin Lee, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Oct 11, 2006 at 5:27 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 16, 2006 at 11:18 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO North Korea Add the Bush administration’s policy of containment of North Korea’s nuclear testing to the litany of foreign policy debacles. As a nation that has actually exploded nuclear b... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 11, 2006 at 1:36 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 14, 2006 at 1:54 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Shoreline traffic Last month it was a Cisco meeting at Shoreline that had traffic backed up to Milpitas. Tonight it was a Roger Waters concert. Around 8pm when the concert had already suppose... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Giraffe, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 10, 2006 at 10:51 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 14, 2006 at 6:47 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Gas Prices - a prediction! Isn’t it remarkable that just a few weeks prior to the mid-term election, gas prices have been on a downward trend. Also, the maintenance problems which plagued BP at their Al... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 9, 2006 at 7:28 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 17, 2006 at 1:24 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO TALIBAN Contrary to Bush’s February 2002 speeches at Florida's Eglin Air Force Base and Ft. Bragg, N.C. delivered with much fanfare, "the Taliban are out of business," N.C., .they app... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 9, 2006 at 7:18 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Did anyone see Dunn on 60 Minutes? I thought Pattie Dunn shed some interesting light on the internal politics of the HP board room. If you believe her, it sounds like she has been hung out to dry by Mark Hurd a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by HP shareholder, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 9, 2006 at 11:33 am There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 11, 2006 at 11:27 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Lebanon A fact-finding delegation has just completed an initial assessment of the damage inflicted on south Lebanon by Israel. A blizzard of cluster bombs, banned by international law... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 5, 2006 at 9:42 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 6, 2006 at 8:45 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO FOLEY Once again prominent Republicans have been caught lying. Mark Foley’s press secretary claimed that attacks on Congressman Foley were partisan, but his boss abruptly resigned w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 3, 2006 at 12:37 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 4, 2006 at 3:35 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO The Derry project If the multi-story Derry condominium project near the Menlo Park trains station is built and they put a roof garden on top, residents could say, when they're headed for the ga... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Horace Jakes, a resident of Menlo Park, on Sep 29, 2006 at 7:43 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO IRAQ - WAR ON TERROR Spy agencies have confirmed what most Americans already know, namely, that the Iraq war has exacerbated the so called ‘war on terror’ and made America more vulnerable and less... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Sep 28, 2006 at 11:54 am
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO HP's performance today in Washington I heard this morning that the HP general counsel resigned and will refuse to testify at today's congressional hearing. This mess is now at Mark Hurd's doorstep. I'd be interes... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by HP shareholder, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Sep 28, 2006 at 10:39 am There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 17, 2006 at 7:24 am.
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