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Russia says U.S. no longer world's superpower
Russia's new President Medvedev says U.S. bit more than it could chew. Russian, btw, happens to have the largest cash reserves i, the world. The U.S., uh, happens to be billio... |
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on Jun 11, 2008 at 5:39 pm by Palo Alto Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Bush Resolved to Attack Iran by August
This president who has an approval rating in the single digit range is the death of the United States. He will bring ruin upon all of us! This is the final nail in the coffin!... |
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on Jun 2, 2008 at 2:01 pm by Jane, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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McCain's public relations officer has ties to Myanmar military junta
The public relations executive whom Senator John McCain’s campaign had chosen to run the Republican National Convention this summer resigned his post on Saturday after a magaz... |
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on May 13, 2008 at 5:27 pm by sara, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Truth or Fiction from Fox News
The Myanmar cyclone. The earthquake off the coast of Japan. The Chilean volcano. Has Earth gone bonkers?
Not at all. This level of natural activity is normal for Earth, sci... |
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on May 12, 2008 at 12:16 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Global Warming makes California more Earthquake prone
Isostasy, which is the rebalance of the Earth's outer layer, occurs when ice melts. Scientists have found that with the melting of glacial ice, areas near active tectonic plat... |
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on May 12, 2008 at 11:29 am by a, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Myanmar Cyclone
Since no one else is talking about it here, I guess I will. Disaster fatigue is what I'm starting to feel. Are these natural weather related disasters going to become more com... |
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on May 9, 2008 at 10:46 am by a, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Tesla - the new electric car
Now I can finally get the electric car I've been dreaming about! It's finally here, it's the Tesla. Web Link... |
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on May 5, 2008 at 2:40 am by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Bay Area local Dean Kamen invents clean water technology
This guy is great. I want to get one of these.
Part of saving our environment relies heavily on figuring out new ways to process our natural resources in a self-sustaining, ... |
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on May 1, 2008 at 10:14 am by RS, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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The Big Problem with Ethanol
Well, it turns out ethanol is less efficient than oil, causes skyrocketing food inflation to the point where the U.N. declares today that we have a global food crisis, and mak... |
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on Apr 27, 2008 at 7:49 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Buy American made goods to reduce your carbon footprint
In Palo Alto, we like to pride ourselves on eating locally grown foods, buying the food from places like community farms, farmer's markets and Whole Foods. All this is great a... |
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on Apr 25, 2008 at 6:40 pm by a, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Nuclear bomb to go off in 40 to 90 days in San Francisco
Listen to this funny tongue in cheek British interview on 04-10-08.Web Link. This guy who claims to be a prophet for the end times says tha... |
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on Apr 20, 2008 at 11:07 am by a, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Pole Shift
This is interesting and I put this out to the community for either laughs or serious consideration. I have been of late more and more concerned about a coming apocalypse broug... |
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on Apr 13, 2008 at 4:14 pm by Spock, a resident of another community |
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Congress to investigate Federal Reserve
Good! My call to Eshoo made a difference! Let's get more transparency and more accountability! No more free and easy money for the bankers!
Congress to probe Fed's role in ... |
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on Mar 24, 2008 at 8:15 am by 13 x-ray, a resident of another community |
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Abolish the Federal Reserve
The Bear Sterns bailout with taxpayer money so those incompetent bankers can drive around in fancy cars and keep their million dollar bonuses is a sham! It's my tax money and ... |
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on Mar 19, 2008 at 10:17 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
China calls U.S. human rights pedestal a hypocrisy
For those of us in America who want to take the high road and say the Iraq war is righteous, that the U.S. can do no wrong, and point the blame at China for pollution, take a ... |
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on Mar 17, 2008 at 9:02 am by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Electric Cars could triple demand on scare water resources
Thirsty Hybrid And Electric Cars Could Triple Demands On Scarce Water Resources
ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2008) — Eco-minded drivers in drought-prone states take note: A new stu... |
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on Mar 14, 2008 at 2:24 pm by Green is for Money, a resident of Stanford |
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Torturer in chief
Bush to ban bill that would outlaw water boarding
I can only guess why his approval rating is in the 20s - not. He tortures Americans simply by being our president.
See ... |
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on Mar 11, 2008 at 2:29 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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global warming could cause another ice age
As the world warms up from people increasingly putting CO2 into the atmosphere, I believe there are two scenarios which could result from the warming: a) extreme heat in which... |
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on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:47 pm by Jarred, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Diane Feinstein's Conflict of Interest in Iraq
Dear Weekly, please don't delete this.
Thank you.
Peace and Love,
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Feinstein’s Conflict of Interest in Iraq
Source:
North Bay Bohemian, January 24, 2007
Title: “... |
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on Mar 3, 2008 at 1:43 am by litebug, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Adios Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin's inauspicious departure speech from the Alaska Governorship is yet one more nail in her political coffin. Petty, rambling, support the troops rhetoric with no cl... |
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on Jul 29, 2009 at 6:09 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Hey Bush, We DID Torture
Shrub asserted publicly when he was camping out at 1600 PENN that there was no torture under way. Public record, no dispute that he made such statements.
Cheney has public... |
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on Apr 22, 2009 at 3:47 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Obama After W at Int'l Conferences
I will state up front that most international conferences for heads of state accomplish nothing.
One of the last such meetings that Shrub attended included a quote from him... |
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on Apr 17, 2009 at 12:52 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Adios Mr. Shrub
David Brooks, a conservative columnist with the NY Times, and also appears on the public TV News Hour and on National Public Radio, put it very well and very cryptically today... |
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on Jan 21, 2009 at 5:33 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Sarah Palin's Daughter's Motherhood
Stuff happens with families. Teenage pregancy is one of them.
Sarah Palin seems to have a moral compass as long as it does not apply to her family. News stories today abo... |
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on Jan 9, 2009 at 8:01 pm by Marvin, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The Real Problem With Sarah Palin
I view Gov. Palin as having some inate capabilities that a succesful politician must have, and the potential to go from her current office under certain circumstances. I don'... |
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on Nov 26, 2008 at 4:16 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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