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religius extremism
I hope the people who are always ready to condemn Muslims for religious extremism and violence read this article in today's online New York Times.
(I can just hear the rema... |
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 12:37 pm by naive?, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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The French are starting to get it
Sarkozy is bringing his country around. He got rid of his petulant, unelected and anti-American wife, and he wants to be a tough part of the answer in the Mid-East. The mercu... |
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 12:01 pm by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Bay Area journalism
I'm looking for a few media watchers who would be willing to chat with me about the current diversity and quality of Bay Area journalism.
No Ph.D. necessary, just an avid i... |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 6:54 pm by hmm, a resident of another community |
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I've had it with Bush and Cheney
I've just about had it with this President. And I've had it with the Democrats. I thought the Dems would end the war, they have not. Instead I've got a President who seems hel... |
js |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 6:41 pm by anon, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Clocks fall back on Sunday morning
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday so people should set their clocks back one hour before they go to bed Saturday night or when they get up Sunday morning.
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on Nov 4, 2007 at 10:55 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Pete Stark: Off the Deep End
Web Link
He says that President Bush is amused by having American kids getting their heads blown off in Iraq.
Is he writing scripts for Michael... |
Gary |
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on Nov 3, 2007 at 10:48 pm by Reggie, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
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Who is a patriot?
Recently there was a topic regarding the “Pledge Of Allegiance”, or the lack of it in schools. The exchanges shifted to whether it should/must be recited in schools. The opin... |
Norm |
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on Nov 3, 2007 at 9:55 pm by richard dawkins, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Video on War Profiteering
This video was not allowed to be shown as part of Congressional testimony by the Republicans.
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Anonymous |
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on Nov 3, 2007 at 7:02 pm by pL.scum, a resident of another community |
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The Internal Contradictions of Command (socilaist) Economies
The following link, about China's most recent price regulations for diesel, are classic.
Web Link
If, by some a... |
Gary |
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on Oct 31, 2007 at 4:31 pm by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Draft for State Department
For the first time since the Vietnam War, the State Department has been forced to declare that diplomats must choose between serving in Iraq and facing dismissal. There have ... |
Carol Mullen |
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on Oct 28, 2007 at 7:24 pm by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Oil Rises to Record $92.22 on Increased U.S.-Iran Tension
There's nothing out there to stop oil from going to $100,'' said Chip Hodge, a managing director at MFC Global Investment Management in Boston, who oversees a $4.5 billion oil... |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 6:24 pm by Dr. Ferragamo, a resident of Stanford |
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THIS JUST IN: Donald Rumsfeld charged with torture during trip to France
Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got an unpleasant surprise during his visit to France today when human rights groups filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor... |
Dr. Ferragamo |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 12:25 pm by Dr, Ferragamo, a resident of Stanford |
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Palo Alto's link to State wildland fires
I read a headline on AOL. "Aircraft sat idle as flames burned","How much the aircraft would have helped will never be known"
Forestry Department Head Ruben Grijalva... S... |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 7:35 am by Fireman, a resident of another community |
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Local firefighters battling SoCal blaze
Santa Clara County has sent 17 fire engines and 74 firefighters to help combat the Southern California wildfires, including one engine from Palo Alto.
Read the full story he... |
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on Oct 25, 2007 at 3:08 pm by Fireman, a resident of another community |
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Eshoo supports state look at chloramine safety
In an effort to help dozens of Peninsula residents, including 30 from Mountain View and others from Palo Alto, who say their sensitivity to chloramine has caused skin rashes a... |
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on Oct 24, 2007 at 5:29 pm by Gregory, a resident of another community |
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Secret scars
Amanda's best friend in seventh grade was the one who first told her about cutting.
Read the full story here Web Link pos... |
Editor |
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on Oct 24, 2007 at 10:44 am by Jeanette, a resident of another community |
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Hoover director to meet with faculty Nov. 8
John Raisian, the director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford, will attend the university's Faculty Senate meeting Nov. 8 to answer questions about the controversial appoin... |
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on Oct 24, 2007 at 7:43 am by reflections, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Three people killed in East Palo Alto
Three people were shot to death Wednesday night as they sat in a parked car in the driveway of a house at 2367 Dumbarton Ave. in East Palo Alto -- the 11th, 12th and 13th homi... |
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on Oct 23, 2007 at 10:10 am by William S. Barretta, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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A Minority-Race Governor of Louisiana
I have to bring to the attention of all of us who still believe that Louisiana is a hot-bed of racists the fact that out of a field of 12 candidates for Govenorship of Louisia... |
How far we have come, baby |
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on Oct 22, 2007 at 1:41 pm by yank, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Edwards wins San Mateo County Democratic Presidential Straw Poll
Official Results
Thank you all for making our event such a big success!
Overall Results
Votes cast: 761
Vote Count Percentage
JOHN EDWARDS 221 29.0%
DENNIS KUCIN... |
Straw Poll Attendee |
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on Oct 22, 2007 at 6:50 am by Great Example of self-selecting data, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Veto override of child health bill falls short
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, voted today to override President George W. Bush's veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program, HR 976, but the override fell 17 votes short.... |
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on Oct 20, 2007 at 1:12 pm by Let\'s get serious about reform, not just grandstand, a resident of Stanford |
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Loma Prieta earthquake -- 18 years later
Eighteen years after the Loma Prieta earthquake ravaged the Bay Area, geological scientists continue to make significant breakthroughs in earthquake research and forecasting.
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Editor |
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on Oct 20, 2007 at 10:13 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Stanford fund-raising tops $3 billion
Stanford University President John Hennessy has announced that the university's five-year, $4.3 billion fund-raising campaign has now topped $3 billion.
Read the full story h... |
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on Oct 20, 2007 at 6:28 am by Can Stanford Help Us?, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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NSA sought warrantless wiretaps months before 9/11
According to the former Qwest CEO, the Bush Administration sought warrantless wiretaps Feb 27, 2001, months before the September terrorist attack. Then NSA allegedly canceled... |
TorturersRUs |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 12:45 pm by eric, a resident of Mountain View |
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One Year After the Elections: Still think gas prices weren't manipulated?
Here's a chart of gas prices for the last year. Please write about the seasonal factors, refinery maintenance, crude prices and the unusually warm weather.
Web Link... |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 12:37 pm by eric, a resident of Mountain View |
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