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A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Missile hitting Poland: Almost certainly Ukrainian, not Russian. Creating false memories with slow release of detailsDoes the corporate media understand that it is fueling demand for escalations that could result in nuclear war? Do they care in the slightest? Do they see themselves...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Nov. 16, 2022Last comment by Stacy Windom, on Nov 21, 2022 at 8:38 am | 26 comments | 5985 Views
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Considerations on City Council CandidatesComplaints about difficulties differentiating this group of candidates have become common. Blogger Diana Diamond discussed this in her September 15 ^
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Oct. 11, 2022Last comment by Norman Beamer, on Nov 2, 2022 at 9:10 pm | 61 comments | 5498 Views
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Primary for local Congressional seat might not be uninteresting + Uncomfortable with Weekly's endorsementAnna Eshoo has been the Congresswoman for this area since 1993 and has won primary and general elections by margins in the range of 20-40% of the vote. In 2020,...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 28, 2022Last comment by Tyler Prescott, on Jul 19, 2022 at 1:53 pm | 22 comments | 4131 Views
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Recall Election Reform: Forgetting that the talking points were only thatCampaign talking points that make no sense can take on a life of their own simply through repetition. Competent politicians interested in good government would know...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Sep. 16, 2021Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Sep 26, 2021 at 2:52 pm | 16 comments | 8327 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Foothills Park Referendum: ConsiderationsMy three previous blogs critiqued the lawsuit seeking to overturn the residents-only access policy for Foothills Park.(foot#1) Here I will explain various aspects...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Dec. 9, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Jan 12, 2021 at 12:49 am | 7 comments | 8060 Views
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Plethora of propaganda provides media literacy lessons"If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do, you are misinformed." (^
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Nov. 12, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Nov 27, 2020 at 1:11 am | 10 comments | 3947 Views
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Lie down, Roll Over, Play Dead: City Attorney and Manager to Council - Unasked/Unanswered QuestionsTonight, City Council is being asked to settle a lawsuit on Foothills Park for which there are too many major unanswered questions for them to make such a decision....
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Nov. 2, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Nov 4, 2020 at 10:32 am | 9 comments | 5383 Views
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Democracy loses again at City Hall: "Pig in a poke" lawsuit settlementCity Hall is again subverting the democratic process by settling a lawsuit filed by two Palo Alto residents and 8 others who are incensed that City Council did not...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Oct. 27, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Oct 28, 2020 at 8:10 pm | 6 comments | 5720 Views
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Foothills Park Pseudo-Lawsuit: Is the City going to cave-in & defame its residents as "racists"?At the September 28 City Council meeting, there was a closed session to discuss a lawsuit against the City seeking to open Foothills Nature Preserve (previously...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Oct. 12, 2020Last comment by rita vrhel, on Oct 15, 2020 at 2:56 pm | 9 comments | 8390 Views
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Palo Alto's Woke proto-Authoritarians"You don't put civil rights to a vote." That was Mayor Adrian Fine after his position on access to Foothills Park was defeated. I was surprised not...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Aug. 18, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Oct 12, 2020 at 8:34 pm | 10 comments | 6631 Views
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Tanaka resurfaces false 2016 accusation against Burt: PA City Council electionToward the end of the City Council Candidate Forum hosted by Palo Alto Neighborhoods, candidates were asked to direct a question to another candidate. Greg Tanaka's...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Oct. 5, 2020Last comment by mjc, on Oct 8, 2020 at 10:11 pm | 6 comments | 4890 Views
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The most important question, and biggest lie, of the Presidential Debate & relevance to Palo AltoModerator Chris Wallace was responsible for the biggest lie in the portions of the Presidential Debate that I could listen to. He asked of Trump ==I "This month,...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Oct. 1, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Oct 1, 2020 at 2:33 pm | 5 comments | 8060 Views
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Examining Candidates' Donations: Palo Alto City CouncilScanning who is contributing to which candidates can provide insight into what each candidate has done, what can be expected of them, and how they are regarded....
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Sep. 29, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Sep 30, 2020 at 5:48 pm | 8 comments | 4766 Views
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Vote-by-Mail concerns: Integrity, Accuracy, CredibilityThe article here "Mail-in voting has no partisan...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Sep. 8, 2020Last comment by Sunshine, on Sep 14, 2020 at 1:37 pm | 9 comments | 6098 Views
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Foothills Park: City does NOT want to hear from most of youPalo Alto's Parks & Recreation Commission (PRC) has scheduled a special meeting to have a two-hour panel discussion on "Foothills Park Access",...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jul. 27, 2020Last comment by Justin McKensie, on Jul 29, 2020 at 9:17 am | 19 comments | 7204 Views
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Foothills Park controversy back to Council yet-again on Tuesday: Why, oh, why?((Update 2020-06-23: This has been removed from the current agenda on a motion by Councilmember Lydia Kou supported by Vice Mayor Tom DuBois (
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jun. 21, 2020Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Jul 8, 2020 at 4:12 pm | 24 comments | 7765 Views
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Never let a crisis go to waste: Overloading the City Council agenda"Never let a crisis go to waste" is one of those sayings that has conflicting interpretations. One is to force a focus on what needs to be done,...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jun. 14, 2020Last comment by mjc, on Jun 19, 2020 at 2:15 pm | 21 comments | 6999 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Obsolete Guesstimates Keeping Businesses ClosedIf you had a mathematic model that produced the same result despite substantial changes in crucial parameters, would you use it in important policy decisions? Apparently...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 28, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Jun 1, 2020 at 9:15 pm | 15 comments | 4758 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Spotting non-false fabrications in the news: Coronavirus-Origins as exampleHow to assess the credibility of a "news" story? After dismissing those whose vocabulary and structure clearly mark them as advocacy -- selling a particular...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 5, 2020Last comment by uk guy, on May 25, 2020 at 11:44 pm | 14 comments | 9375 Views
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Confusing a means-to-an-end with being the goal -- Shelter-in-PlaceA common problem in carrying out plans is to become so focused on your part of the plan that you think of it as a goal. As a goal, it is immutable, whereas you should...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Apr. 23, 2020Last comment by Resident, on May 23, 2020 at 12:27 pm | 38 comments | 7635 Views
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