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Will Congress finally cut them off?
On Monday, April 9, 2007, the Boston Herald reported that the US military had announced the Easter weekend deaths of 10 more American soldiers, including six killed on Sunday.... |
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on Apr 14, 2007 at 1:03 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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Oil and the Empire
The oil men of the Bush administration are trying to set up one of the biggest swindles in history--the great Iraq oil robbery.
The cabinet of the new Iraqi government, u... |
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on Apr 3, 2007 at 6:38 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... |
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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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David Frum identifies conservative pay-for-play scam
Sneak peek inside the right-wing echo chamber. How Heritage buys street cred with the fringies over Cato, the American Enterprise Institute, the Manhattan Institute and other ... |
Alfred E Newman |
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on Jun 20, 2011 at 6:11 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Debt Ceiling reached
from the WSJ: Web Link "The U.S. government is expected to hit the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling Monday, ... |
Alfred E Newman |
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on May 17, 2011 at 9:34 pm by Alfred E Newman, a resident of Atherton |
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Do you like to eat Genetically Modified Foods?
I find it amusing that anyone would eat a genetically modified food that can cause infertility, liver damage and even cancer. Yet 90% of all soy produced in the U.S. is geneti... |
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on Sep 4, 2010 at 7:10 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Tiananmen Mothers Remember
This Wednesday marks the 19th anniversary of the military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.
One of those gunned down in the mayhem was a young ma... |
Alice |
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on Jun 3, 2008 at 3:34 pm by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Disaster Planning for Earthquake and Pandemic is Essential
I received this Link, today, to the website of the US Geological Survey (a local resource in Menlo Park), which shows how fast the earthquake moved in 1906. An earthquake gre... |
Alice Smith |
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on Apr 19, 2007 at 5:04 pm by www.ReadySmart.com, a resident of Mountain View |
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Palin Using Her Kids For Cheap PhotoOps
"Right now, it looks like they're being used by the campaign more than the media are using them," said John Matviko, a professor at West Liberty State College in West Virginia... |
Alice in Wonderland |
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on Sep 3, 2008 at 9:53 pm by Yeah, i can believe it, a resident of Stanford |
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Royal Wedding Fever- What was it abou?
Now that I’ve returned to Palo Alto its time to sum up my experience of royal wedding fever in London and seek to make some sense of it.
I have now laid my own eyes on t... |
Alice L. Glass |
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on May 13, 2011 at 10:39 am by Mr. Glass, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Following Royal Wedding Fever Palo Alo to London
Do you know 2.4 billion people are expected to watch the upcoming royal wedding? That's 35% of the world's population! Why do we care? Why should we?
I will be traveling to ... |
Alice L. Glass |
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on Apr 27, 2011 at 2:03 am by Alice L. Glass, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Please Don't bulldoze the voters in order to bulldoze our baylands.
Open Letter To the City Council, Redwood City
As a resident of Palo Alto, I will be directly impacted by any development on the bay; your Cargill project appears to me to ... |
Alice Schaffer Smith |
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on Apr 20, 2012 at 10:51 am by Alice Schaffer Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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SAFE CA Act
Save CA is a way to reduce cost and save taxpayers' money.
SAFE CA Act press conference to replace the
death penalty with permanent imprisonment (very well organized by ... |
Alice Schaffer Smith |
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on Sep 5, 2011 at 5:17 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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High Speed Rail Authority's Conflict of Interest
Here is an interesting legal opinion about conflicts of interest amongst the leaders of HSR.
Web Link
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Alice Schaffer Smith |
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on Sep 28, 2010 at 9:33 pm by Alice Schaffer Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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To Senator Harry Reid, and all other US Senators: an Open Letter
Health care reform legislation must guarantee access to comprehensive and essential benefits to all U.S. residents. It is universal coverage that will determine the humanity ... |
Alice Schaffer Smith |
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on Feb 1, 2010 at 5:36 am by But not for Victims of 9/11, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
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Tuesday: Global Day of Action for Troy Davis
Lytton Plaza, Tuesday May 19th at 7.30 is where you can show your opposition to the pending execution of Troy Davis. There is no evidence to support his incarceration, no mur... |
Alice Schaffer Smith |
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on Jul 15, 2009 at 8:54 am by Marcantonio Luisi, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Lytton Plaza on June 20th: 100s of Iranians protested
I walked out of Stanford Theatre on Saturday evening around 7 pm to be greeted by a chanting I couldn't distinguish from Lytton Plaza.
I crossed over and watched with adm... |
Alice Schaffer Smith |
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on Jun 22, 2009 at 7:13 pm by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
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Election Protection and Election dishonor
I am amazed to find just how disgusting this election has become. The dishonor to the integrity of America and American "values" can be witnessed by this website:
http://r... |
Alice Schaffer Smith |
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on Oct 26, 2008 at 9:42 am by The Real Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Here is an opportunity to do good. Fistula Foundation
This organization helps girls and women after they have been raped, brutalized or impregnated at 10 or older and suffer horrific damage to their organs. Organized by a loc... |
Alice Smith |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 12:20 pm by Alice Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Today is World Humanitarian Day. Please read and help
Your readers may wish to provide support to a devastated region.
To find out more about the International Committee of the Red Cross, here is a link. Copy it into your bro... |
Alice Smith |
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on Aug 19, 2010 at 10:05 am by Alice Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Why I am a liberal.
I would like to remind people that being a liberal means according to Wikipedia: By voting No on 4 and No on 8 you would be supporting individuals' right to be left along by g... |
Alice Smith |
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on Oct 26, 2008 at 11:15 am by Mary, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Obama's Credentials
In one of the long-winded articles re Obama, someone stated that he had not written any law review articles at Harvard. That claim has been refuted:
Web Link... |
Alice Smith |
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on Oct 10, 2008 at 2:33 am by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Darfur and Ms Palin
In today's Huffington Post, the following article Web Link
shows that Ms Palin is an opportunist ... |
Alice Smith |
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on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:17 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Earthquake in Peru: Information
I received the following news announcement from the Red Cross and thought this might be of interest to Palo Alto residents. We all need to be alert to the possibility of terr... |
Alice Smith |
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on Aug 18, 2007 at 11:27 pm by Alice Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Leadership Mountain View Recruiting for the Class of 2010
Each year Leadership Mountain View, a nonprofit run by the Chamber of Commerce, brings together several dozen people who live or work in the city to help them learn about what... |
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on Aug 6, 2009 at 10:13 am by Alicia Crank, a resident of Mountain View |