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Development plans could push out JJ&F market
Late last year, a dispute over back rent and rising rental costs threatened to shut down the family-run JJ&F Food Store in the College Terrace neighborhood. The 60-year-old ma... |
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on Apr 28, 2008 at 1:53 am by Resident, a member of the Walter Hays School community |
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Why was Juan Williams fired by NPR?
I'm not a big fan of NPR, becasue they are leftists, but I must say that even I could not have devised a better method of toning them down, compared to what they just did to t... |
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on Oct 28, 2010 at 6:37 am by Privatize NPR, a resident of the Meadow Park 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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Palestinian Rights in Israel
Here is an article that our Middle East correspondent Jag Singh has not posted or commented on:
Web Link&... |
Boaz |
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on Dec 15, 2006 at 3:17 pm by Baoz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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ISRAEL (AIPAC)
The recent results of the mid-term election have resulted in a stunning repudiation of Bush’s foreign policy and turned the spotlight on the activities of lobbyists such as th... |
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on Nov 22, 2006 at 11:29 am by Boaz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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Thanks to Len Ely for being a great guy
Twenty eight years ago Len Ely welcomed me to Menlo Park. I was from Los Angeles and barely out of college. Len gave me my first impression of Palo Alto: a university town wit... |
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on Jan 10, 2007 at 8:35 pm by Bob Heinen, a resident of Menlo Park |
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ISRAEL
In March of this year, Professor Stephen Walt of Harvard University and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, published a highly acclaimed paper in which they argued ... |
Jag Singh |
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on Aug 30, 2006 at 8:43 pm by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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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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ISRAEL
Once again the Israeli government of Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert’s Kadima and the Labor Party has reneged on its promise to halt further settlements in the West Bank. Dismiss... |
Jag Singh |
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on Sep 16, 2006 at 7:24 pm by Your Neighbor, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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The Bufoon-In-Chief
The latest gaff of ‘president’ Bush while addressing Queen Elizabeth is the latest indication that the current resident of the white house is a bufoon of unprecedented proport... |
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on May 13, 2007 at 5:52 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Stifling Debate: Reflections of the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Explotations of Jewish Suffering
Please join us on Thursday, January 25 at 7:30PM
for an evening with Professor Norman Finkelstein.
Web Link
Title of Event:
Stifling Debate: Reflecti... |
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on Jan 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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DAFUR
Nicholas Kristoff of the NYT and Jonathan Gurwitz of the San Antonio Express-News, deserve considerable credit for their relentless efforts in focusing the spotlight on the ap... |
Jag Singh |
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on Dec 7, 2006 at 12:29 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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IRAQ - WAR ON TERROR
Spy agencies have confirmed what most Americans already know, namely, that the Iraq war has exacerbated the so called ‘war on terror’ and made America more vulnerable and less... |
Jag Singh |
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on Sep 28, 2006 at 11:54 am by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Clinton, Obama open PA campaign offices
Enthusiastic volunteers crowded into a suite of offices Monday afternoon for the grand opening of a Palo Alto office for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, about a week ... |
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on Feb 23, 2008 at 11:24 pm by Mr. Edumaction, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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ParkTheater deemed eligible for historic registers
An evaluation of Menlo Park’s Park Theater, conducted by a San Francisco firm of architects, planners and conservators, concludes that the Theater “…appears to be eligible for... |
winter dellenbach |
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on Sep 21, 2006 at 2:38 pm by winter dellenbach, a resident of the Barron Park 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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Why is the Stanford Women's Basketball Team Forced to Face Unfair Competition?
Brittney Griner is a superstaar 'woman' basketball player for Baylor, which Stanford women will need to beat, in the Final Four. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Karen |
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on Apr 2, 2012 at 10:24 pm by nuts, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Medicare for all
re Our recent discussion here of Medicare as a model for National Health Insurance consider this news item.
www.calnurse.org
March 9, 2007
California Nurses Association/... |
Marvin and Alison Lee |
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on Mar 17, 2007 at 9:56 am by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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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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Somalia
Compounding the Iraq war debacle, the Bush Administration is off and running squandering more lives and US tax money on ill-fated adventures in Somalia. During the cold war al... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 5:51 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Even conservatives want AG out
To hear the conservative voice online here, you'd think that all the fuss about US attorneys and Attorney General Gonzales was politics as usual, just a bunch of liberals tryi... |
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on May 17, 2007 at 4:11 pm by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura 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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Oh Dear... it seems Condi "Mushroom Cloud" Rice is not very nice to honest workers
"You are behind the counter because you have to work for minimum wage. I'm on this side asking to see the good jewelry because I make considerably more."
It's an excerpt fr... |
Dr. Ferragamo |
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on Sep 1, 2007 at 4:50 pm by GMC, a resident of the Fairmeadow 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.
Web Link |
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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Tour of California coming to Palo Alto
Professional bicycle racers -- and about 50,000 other people -- will congregate in Palo Alto Feb. 17, 2008, for the "prologue" time trials and ceremonies that kick off the Tou... |
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on Jul 29, 2007 at 9:54 pm by student, a member of the Gunn High School community |