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first election results are in - New Hampshire
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire is the first precinct to vote in US Presidential elections. This year, the results are 71% for Obama, 28% for McCain. The residents there vote ... |
Donald |
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on Nov 3, 2008 at 10:01 pm by Donald, a resident of Stanford |
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McCain Campaign Blog: Reports from Battleground States
If you are one of the hundreds of local residents traveling to Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and other battleground states to help turn out the vote and monitor polling places ... |
Tyler Hanley |
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on Oct 31, 2008 at 3:47 pm by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Fantasy Football - Obama Style
This sportswriter asks each candidate to help him pick a Fantasy Football team for a week. Only Obama goes along. Here's his ESPN story on his experience picking Fantasy ... |
Fantasy Football |
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on Oct 23, 2008 at 7:31 am by Fantasy Football, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Anti-Proposition 6 rally planned in EPA
People opposing Proposition 6 on the state ballot in November will hold a rally at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bell Street Park, located at Bell Street and University Avenue in East ... |
Editor |
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on Oct 21, 2008 at 1:23 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Cindy McCain reports $4.2 million in 2007 income
Yea, I can certainly see just how Joe Six-Pack and Joe the Plumber can relate to McCain - you betcha!
Web Link
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Trust Me I'm Richie Rich! |
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on Oct 17, 2008 at 3:59 pm by Trust Me I'm Richie Rich!, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
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"Creative Mortgage", Anyone?
The lastest issue of the Palo Alto Weekly saw a significant amount of content on real estate advertisement. One of the articles, apparently by Weekly staff, featured local mor... |
Wake-Up |
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on Oct 11, 2008 at 8:57 am by Wake-Up, a resident of another community |
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Bail-Out
Steve,
I have an idea that would allow me to support a "bailout" package. What if the government stepped in and offered to purchase the toxic mortgages from various compan... |
Irvin Rushall |
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on Oct 1, 2008 at 2:22 pm by Irvin Rushall, a resident of another community |
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Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman
Web Link
Web-based programs like Google's Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary s... |
tj |
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on Sep 30, 2008 at 12:55 pm by tj, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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House passes $25 billion Detroit bailout
Will this make it through the Senate given all the uproar over
earmarks?
Or is $25B now chump change when you are spending $700B to bail out Wall Street? |
chris |
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on Sep 24, 2008 at 7:26 pm by chris, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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The Debates
C'mon eds, neither of those threads were particularly rancorous as political debates go around here and this is big news.
And, again, if you want a way to restrict sock-p... |
OhlonePar |
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on Sep 24, 2008 at 2:58 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Health Insurance Experiment has Failed, or, What Could YOU Do With $1 Trillion a Year?
Estimates of what private medical insurance costs our system range from around three quarters of a trillion dollars (around $750 billion) to just over $1 trillion annually. E... |
old-fashioned conservative |
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on Sep 21, 2008 at 6:30 pm by old-fashioned conservative, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Parenting these days
Here's an interesting article for parents with grown kids and young children: Web Link
Palo Alto parenting in the present is much more difficult th... |
\"Kids, I biked 2 miles to school everyday!\" |
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on Sep 10, 2008 at 2:53 pm by \"Kids, I biked 2 miles to school everyday!\", a member of the Jordan Middle School community |
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McCain Speaks, Repubs Check Out The Football Game
Back to cold reality: Repubs have a "dead fish" Presidential pick on their hands. As the days go by, their enthusiasm will wane as they lament that their newly-anointed Madonn... |
Zzzzzzzzzz |
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on Sep 4, 2008 at 10:20 pm by Zzzzzzzzzz, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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McCain claims he fought pork-barrel spending for the "bridge to nowhere", a bear DNA study, and a Woodstock museum
The truth: McCain voted in favor of the bear study; he was absent for votes on the Woodstock museum; and he never tried to eliminate the bridge earmark and missed some cruci... |
HEAVE-HO |
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on Aug 19, 2008 at 9:20 pm by HEAVE-HO, a resident of Stanford |
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Pickup/Dropoff at Castro light rail Sunday mornings?
I frequently have to drop off/pick up passenger at Castro St. light rail. I drive South on Central and turn right into Castro and then left and left to get to the parking lot.... |
Driver |
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on Jun 8, 2008 at 12:38 pm by Driver, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Iran
The reputation of the former hallowed New York Times continues to falter. The latest debacle was triggered by a recent article by Michael Gordon in which he claimed that the ... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jun 5, 2008 at 1:39 pm by Jag Singh, a resident of Los Altos |
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RFK in Palestine
Robert F. Kennedy, the 40th anniversary of whose assasination we will mark soon, was once a 22 year old reporter for the Boston Post. In 1948 he visited Palestine.
Here are ... |
Sharon |
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on Jun 5, 2008 at 12:09 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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22% of democrats Want Hillary to Drop Out; 22% say Obama Should Withdraw
Tonia Harding returns!
Forty-seven percent (47%) of Obama supporters think Clinton should drop out. Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Clinton supporters say Obama should drop... |
joel |
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on Mar 26, 2008 at 1:16 pm by joel, a resident of Stanford |
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Leap Year's Day - Fun
Anyone with a Feb 29th birthday, or giving birth today? Anyone with an anniversary? Anyone with a funny leap year story to tell?
We can celebrate, and commiserate, together... |
Resident |
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on Feb 29, 2008 at 9:49 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Mission Hospice Volunteer Meeting
Looking for ways to help others? No experience necessary only the desire to serve others at one of the most meaningful times of life. Mission Hospice of San Mateo County will ... |
I. Kanturek |
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on Jan 10, 2008 at 2:29 pm by I. Kanturek, a resident of another community |
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Here's Looking At You
Web Link
A fascinating short film, about first impressions. |
Sanford Forte |
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on Jan 8, 2008 at 4:46 pm by Sanford Forte, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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Christmas Tree Story...a Slice of Life
The following link is to a poignant personal story with international dimensions, war, fear, peace. It is not religious, per se, but has a real fealing about it.
Check it... |
Sean |
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on Dec 25, 2007 at 3:10 pm by Sean, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Christmas Time
The Christmas Season is upon us, I saw my first two Christmas plays from my infants. One did a Nativity Play, my 4 year old was a shepherd we watched and listened in the schoo... |
michael casey |
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on Dec 14, 2007 at 10:52 am by michael casey, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills 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... |
Gary |
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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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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... |
Fireman |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 7:35 am by Fireman, a resident of another community |
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