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Romney now leads in Wisconsin.
Paul Ryan has definitely helped Romney, including in Wisconsin, where Obama won by 14% in 2008. Romney is now up by 1% (a 15% swing). Web Link... |
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on Nov 10, 2012 at 11:11 am by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
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Feature story: Palo Alto WWII veterans look back
Leland Felton, 95, flipped through a scrapbook Monday of photographs he took during his service in World War II. Young, handsome and bespectacled, Felton, who was a 27-year-ol... |
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on Nov 10, 2012 at 8:19 am by Wayne Martin, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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David Petraeus resigns
Patraeus has been a very good militaty leader. He says he had an extramarital affair. Was this affair known of by the White House, especially during the Libya scandal? Patrae... |
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on Nov 9, 2012 at 3:05 pm by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
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National Election Prediction Thread
No rhetoric, no noise. Just your prediction for electoral vote count, Senate +/-, and House pick ups.
First prize? Why, bragging rights, of course!
Mine? Not too far off... |
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on Nov 8, 2012 at 12:52 pm by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
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Judge throws out murder charge in Lewis killing
Gregory Elarms Sr., the man accused of gunning down East Palo Alto community activist David Lewis in a Hillsdale Shopping Center parking garage in 2010, had his murder charge ... |
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on Nov 8, 2012 at 11:16 am by the_punnisher, a resident of Mountain View |
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Hill cruises to victory in state Senate race
Jerry Hill continued his climb up California's political ladder Tuesday night when he convincingly defeated Sally Lieber in the race to represent the Peninsula in the State Se... |
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on Nov 7, 2012 at 2:54 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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National Polls: Skewed and unskewed
Looks like the biggest winner last night, after Obama, was Nate Silver and the composite poll blogs. Biggest losers? Karl Rove, who kept claiming to the losers on Fox that Ohi... |
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on Nov 7, 2012 at 2:49 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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California Supreme Court forced revelation of $11m
California Supreme Court forced 'Americans for Responsible Leadership' to reveal the source of $11 million dollars they used to campaign against prop 30 and for prop 32.
It... |
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on Nov 6, 2012 at 10:52 am by money laundering, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Interesting views on bike riding in Berlin.
I think that both bike riders and non bike riders will find this BBC article interesting and informative. It is not just about helmet wearing, but lots of areas we often discu... |
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 12:18 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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An experiment in aging gracefully, in place
It's one thing to say you intend to age gracefully in your own home and avoid institutionalized care -- and something else entirely to accomplish it. Several hundred Palo Alto... |
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 10:52 am by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Feature story: Passionate about politics
As Nov. 6 nears, out-of-state volunteers are flocking to "battleground states" -- namely Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, New Hampshire and Virginia -- where polls sh... |
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on Nov 4, 2012 at 9:10 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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David v Monsanto
Imagine That a storm blows across your garden and that now genetically-manipulated seeds are in your garden. A multinational corporation pays you a visit! Demand that you surr... |
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on Nov 4, 2012 at 4:57 pm by laughing at an economist, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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EPA police receive $300,000 anti-gunfire grant
A new project to reduce gun violence in East Palo Alto has received a $300,000 "Smart Policing Initiative" grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Read the full story here... |
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on Nov 3, 2012 at 11:52 pm by Malia, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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No more excuses!
Tropical storm/hurricane Sandy is a result of global warming. Al Gore is right.
97% of climate scientists agree. We do not need to wait any longer. Fossil fuels are the cau... |
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on Nov 2, 2012 at 5:36 pm by Time to go Green, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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The Santa Clara County Board of Education race
This race has always gotten very little attention from the media. The people who run for that Board have usually not run in a political race before. They meet once a month. Th... |
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on Nov 2, 2012 at 5:16 pm by C.O.C., a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Clocks 'fall back' on Sunday
This weekend, it's time to turn clocks back one hour. Sunday at 2 a.m. is the official end of daylight saving time.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Nov 2, 2012 at 4:42 pm by Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Slim chances, but worth fighting for
When Democratic and Republican presidential or vice-presidential candidates come to the area for their campaigns, they fly in on Air Force One, or something like it, and they ... |
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on Nov 2, 2012 at 4:17 pm by Sanda, a resident of another community |
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National JOBS numbers released
171,000 new jobs last month, a pretty good number as we recover from the recession.
Here's what the job growth numbers have looked like for October in the most recent 10 ye... |
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on Nov 2, 2012 at 9:29 am by Chas S, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Peninsula residents volunteer on East Coast
Ten local American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter volunteers -- including one from Palo Alto -- are heading to storm-devastated areas on the East Coast to help with disaster... |
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on Nov 1, 2012 at 10:04 pm by Unions-Strike-Out-Again, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Chris Christie in 2016?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has gone on TV several days in a row to praise Obama's response to Hurricane Sandy. Obama could not have asked for a better endorsement than... |
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on Nov 1, 2012 at 4:19 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Answering Weekly's call on Prop 37
Regarding The Palo Alto Weekly's recommendation to vote no on Prop 37,10/19/12,I submit the following:
PA Weekly's statement that "genetic engineering has been used for som... |
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on Nov 1, 2012 at 2:55 pm by just thinkin\', a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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FEMA is disaster
FEMA is boondoggle federal bureaucracy. The American Red Cross is much more effient. Individuals and neighbors and religious communities are the most efficient in overcoming s... |
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on Oct 31, 2012 at 12:49 pm by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Don't bail out Brown for spending enormous public money on HSR instead of on CA schools. Vote NO on Prop. 30.
Regarding Prop. 30, let's not forget that Gov. Jerry Brown is responsible for a large part of the school funding problem. He's the one that pushed through state funding of the... |
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on Oct 30, 2012 at 8:15 pm by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
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Romney flip-flops on FEMA
A year ago, Romney went on record saying he wanted to kill FEMA and privatize national disaster relief programs. Today, Republican governors and mayors all along the East Coas... |
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on Oct 30, 2012 at 4:39 pm by flip flop, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Stanford-affiliated firms generate $2.7 trillion a year
Companies formed by Stanford University graduates or professors generate global revenues of $2.7 trillion annually and have created 5.4 million jobs since the 1930s, according... |
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on Oct 29, 2012 at 9:18 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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