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Why do manufacturers still use molded plastic pkgs?
I like to recycle or reuse whenever possible. I've noticed that most syrofoam packaging (eg. raw meat packages, styrofoam takeout packages and Jamba juice cups) are labelled ... |
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on Mar 13, 2007 at 3:20 am by annette, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Al Gore in the Bay Area? How did he get here?
I see that Al Gore is in the bay area. Did he fly here? If he's concerned about global warming, should he really be flying around so much? In England, Prince Charles was recen... |
Curious Observer |
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on Mar 12, 2007 at 11:04 pm by MAA, a resident of another community |
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Patty Fisher Column About Priuses Does Disservice
Patty Fisher, San Jose Mercury News columnist, recently wrote a piece entitled "Priuses lack the cachet they had at first."
Web Link... |
Prius Owner |
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on Mar 12, 2007 at 3:36 am by Another mother here, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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George McGovern's speech
The following is a link to George McGovern's excellent speech he delivered at the National Press Club. Hope you appeciate his wise words.
An Impartial Interrogation of G... |
Jag Singh |
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on Mar 9, 2007 at 7:53 pm by paul, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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US funding al Queda?
According to Seymour Hersh’s explosive new article in the New Yorker Magazine, it now appears that our tax dollars are being used to fund our arch nemesis, al-Queda. US Covert... |
Jag Singh |
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on Mar 8, 2007 at 3:41 pm by Silver Bullet, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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PAGE uses derisive and divisive approach in latest flyer
This is an event scheduled for March 6. The Title : Building Community: making citizens out of residents. (yes, I thought we were all citizens.)
Who are their citizens? ... |
Carol |
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on Mar 5, 2007 at 4:45 pm by Not Going Either, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Extend Medicare to others
We currently have a national Medicare system that works quite well and has over the many years since President Lyndon Johnson introduced it. Why not expand it to young childre... |
Marvin and Alison Lee |
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on Mar 2, 2007 at 4:37 am by Marvin and Alison Lee, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Al Gore's Use of Electricity
I just read this story - curious to see if old Al will have a response. Its funny how the "Warmies" accuse every scientist who casts any skepticism on the alarmism as just a ... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Mar 1, 2007 at 7:44 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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The most serious threat to our security
This Administration is a Threat to Our National Security
Bush and Cheney Must be Impeached Before it's too late.
The invasion-occupation of Iraq has been described as a cl... |
Albert |
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on Mar 1, 2007 at 7:38 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Freedom of Speech in Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - An Alexandria court convicted an Egyptian blogger on Thursday for insulting both Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced him to ... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Feb 28, 2007 at 11:47 am by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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Internet house shoppers
For our Spring Real Estate special section, I'd like to include a trend story on people who have begun their house-hunting expeditions by going online. What sites have been mo... |
Carol Blitzer -- Asst. Editor, Palo Alto Weekly |
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on Feb 28, 2007 at 11:38 am by Carol Blitzer -- Asst. Editor, Palo Alto Weekly, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Will Al Gore call for the shutting down of coal fired electric generating plants?
Since coal fired power plants emit enormus amounts of CO2 and other toxic pollutants, including mercury and radioactive materials into the atmosphere they must be phased out ... |
GGRick |
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on Feb 26, 2007 at 9:07 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Tips on visiting Santiago, Chile?
We are traveling to Santiago for spring break with our son's soccer team with a mixed group of 16 year-old boys and parents, and are looking for any suggestions on sight-seein... |
Terri L |
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on Feb 26, 2007 at 11:41 am by D, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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To live with violence or live in peace?
I went alone to the Live in Peace march and rally held in East Palo Alto on Saturday, Feb. 3.
My best friend found that was pretty bold of me. She felt at least when you go ... |
Mikaya Strickling |
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on Feb 24, 2007 at 4:20 am by Matthew Kortenhoven, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Vulture Funds
A recent BBC report has exposed an extremely insidious operation to drive cash strapped third world counties into deeper debt. A shadowy group of companies, known as the “vult... |
Jag Singh |
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on Feb 19, 2007 at 3:02 pm by Tim, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Jimmy Carter accuses Jewish group of "falsehood and slander"
Fox news report:
Web Link
WASHINGTON — Jimmy Carter has accused an international Jewish human rights group of "falsehood and s... |
Robin |
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on Feb 16, 2007 at 4:08 pm by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Israeli Spies on U.S. soil prior to 9/11
A troubling new development reported by investigative reporters at Counterpunch, ABC’s 20/20, the Jewish newspaper, The Forward, and Salon.com was the presence of Israeli Secr... |
Jag Singh |
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on Feb 12, 2007 at 11:06 am by Boaz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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The Peace March in East Palo Alto
I think that the people should have marched to were the people died. Then go around other places were it is starting to happen. Then I think that theyshould have walked to E... |
Vita Talakai |
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on Feb 9, 2007 at 11:17 am by People Have Been Marching, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Iraq
29, January 2007
A startling new book authored by Barry Lando, a former 60 Minutes producer, sheds new light on the complicity of Western nations arming Saddam Hussein when h... |
Jag Singh |
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on Feb 4, 2007 at 10:01 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Norm Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein, professor of political science at DePaul University in Chicago, delivered an enlightening talk at Stanford University last Thursday to a packed audience. H... |
Jag Singh |
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on Feb 3, 2007 at 11:40 am by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Why can't the American public see what's coming?
The American public and the US Congress are getting their backs up about the Bush Regime's determination to escalate the war in Iraq. A Massive protest demonstration is occurr... |
The Cohen Brother |
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on Feb 3, 2007 at 8:50 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Suicide Bombing in Israel
A suicide bomber killed 3 people at a bakery in Eilat, Israel today. Strange we didn't see the usual crowd of Israel haters comment on that today.
Here's a link to the sto... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Jan 31, 2007 at 7:33 am by Marvin, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Edits
It would be instructive if, when editing or deleting a comment, that comment would be returned to the author with guidance.
We all decry the personal attack as a response to ... |
Walter_E_Wallis |
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on Jan 30, 2007 at 8:34 am by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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The Stanford Daily fails to justify labeling Dr. Norman Finkelstein a holocaust denier
Rather than furnishing quotations from Dr. Finkelstein's books or commentaries, Stanford Law School fellow Amichai Magen paraphrases Finkelstein's thesis:
"Finkelstein’s ar... |
Robin |
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on Jan 30, 2007 at 6:58 am by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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So Much For Us Being Greeted As Liberators
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four of the five Americans killed when a U.S. security company's helicopter crashed in a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad were shot execution st... |
EnoughAlready |
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on Jan 29, 2007 at 5:40 pm by Ron, a resident of another community |
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