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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... |
Concerned about Electronic Voting |
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on Nov 10, 2006 at 3:47 pm by J.L., a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Election is Over. Gas prices go up...
Web Link |
anonymous |
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on Nov 10, 2006 at 2:11 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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IRAQ - a human tragedy
The human suffering in Iraq has reached epic proportions. Iraqi doctors report that more than 50% of the fatalities (estimated in excess of 655,000) could have been avoided if... |
Jag Singh |
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on Nov 10, 2006 at 1:16 pm by Journalist, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Nov 9, 2006 at 9:12 pm by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Nov 6, 2006 at 9:13 pm by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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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... |
Carol Brouillet |
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on Nov 6, 2006 at 7:09 am by Steve, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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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... |
Wondering |
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on Nov 2, 2006 at 6:05 am by Leslie, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Nov 1, 2006 at 12:39 pm by Boaz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Oct 30, 2006 at 1:36 pm by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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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 ... |
Nancy Neff |
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on Oct 26, 2006 at 10:51 am by Nancy Neff, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Oct 25, 2006 at 7:17 am by Boaz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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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
Web Link... |
anonymous coward |
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on Oct 20, 2006 at 3:50 pm by Guest, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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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... |
HP shareholder |
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on Oct 17, 2006 at 7:24 am by bwu, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Oct 17, 2006 at 1:24 am by kiki, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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The fate of independent bookstores
This article in the Mecury
Web Link
says that independent bookstores such as Kepler... |
Stephanie |
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on Oct 16, 2006 at 10:56 pm by J.L., a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Oct 16, 2006 at 1:26 pm by Larry, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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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... |
Marvin Lee |
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on Oct 16, 2006 at 11:18 am by Leon Kaplan, a resident of another community |
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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... |
Giraffe |
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on Oct 14, 2006 at 6:47 pm by Geoff, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Oct 14, 2006 at 1:54 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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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... |
HP shareholder |
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on Oct 11, 2006 at 11:27 pm by J.L., a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Oct 9, 2006 at 7:18 pm by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Oct 6, 2006 at 8:45 am by Boaz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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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... |
Jag Singh |
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on Oct 4, 2006 at 3:35 pm by Marvin, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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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... |
Horace Jakes |
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on Sep 29, 2006 at 7:43 pm by Horace Jakes, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez stinging diatribe against his nemesis, George Bush, was hardly unexpected given the CIA attempt... |
jag singh |
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on Sep 29, 2006 at 7:51 am by Steve, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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