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Out Sourcing Sex Ed
I am disturbed to hear that some school systems may farm out their sex education needs to evangelical churches. Coming from my own strict religious background, I can say that ... |
Lynn Grant |
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on Mar 23, 2007 at 8:46 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Landslides: Should We Be Concerned?
Earthquakes aren't the only natural disasters for which area residents need to prepare. Given the number of landslides that have occurred locally within the past few weeks, re... |
Henrietta J. Burroughs |
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on Mar 23, 2007 at 8:30 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Definition of Asian
It has occurred to me recently from reading some of these threads and from elsewhere, that we all define the term "Asian" as something different. For example, is someone from ... |
Curious |
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on Mar 21, 2007 at 9:09 am by Indian, a resident of the Crescent 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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Shamrocks and St. Patrick's Day
To add to the festivities of St. Patrick's Day being celebrated by almost everyone, I thought I would share the story of St. Patrick.
Patrick was an English boy who was kid... |
Irish Connected |
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on Mar 16, 2007 at 4:24 pm by JustMe, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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US heading for bankruptcy?
David Walker, the highly respected head of the General Accountability Office, or GAO, issued a dire warning when he appeared on CBS’s 60 Minutes last Sunday (March 4, ’07). He... |
Jag Singh |
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on Mar 14, 2007 at 2:45 pm by Carol, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Global warming: the bogus religion of our age
Interesting article by Richard Lindzen.
Web Link=
Discu... |
Snowman |
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on Mar 14, 2007 at 9:22 am by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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New Rector Debuts Sunday at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
The new rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, the Rev. Michael Spillane, will make his first Sunday appearance at all four services – 8:00 am, 9:10 am (family service), 1... |
Linda Hubbard Gulker |
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on Mar 13, 2007 at 12:46 pm by Linda Hubbard Gulker, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Why do manufacturers still use molded plastic pkgs?
I like to recycle or reuse whenever possible. I've noticed that most syrofoam packaging (eg. raw meat packages, styrofoam takeout packages and Jamba juice cups) are labelled ... |
Lisa |
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on Mar 13, 2007 at 3:20 am by annette, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Al Gore in the Bay Area? How did he get here?
I see that Al Gore is in the bay area. Did he fly here? If he's concerned about global warming, should he really be flying around so much? In England, Prince Charles was recen... |
Curious Observer |
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on Mar 12, 2007 at 11:04 pm by MAA, a resident of another community |
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Patty Fisher Column About Priuses Does Disservice
Patty Fisher, San Jose Mercury News columnist, recently wrote a piece entitled "Priuses lack the cachet they had at first."
Web Link... |
Prius Owner |
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on Mar 12, 2007 at 3:36 am by Another mother here, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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George McGovern's speech
The following is a link to George McGovern's excellent speech he delivered at the National Press Club. Hope you appeciate his wise words.
An Impartial Interrogation of G... |
Jag Singh |
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on Mar 9, 2007 at 7:53 pm by paul, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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US funding al Queda?
According to Seymour Hersh’s explosive new article in the New Yorker Magazine, it now appears that our tax dollars are being used to fund our arch nemesis, al-Queda. US Covert... |
Jag Singh |
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on Mar 8, 2007 at 3:41 pm by Silver Bullet, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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PAGE uses derisive and divisive approach in latest flyer
This is an event scheduled for March 6. The Title : Building Community: making citizens out of residents. (yes, I thought we were all citizens.)
Who are their citizens? ... |
Carol |
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on Mar 5, 2007 at 4:45 pm by Not Going Either, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Extend Medicare to others
We currently have a national Medicare system that works quite well and has over the many years since President Lyndon Johnson introduced it. Why not expand it to young childre... |
Marvin and Alison Lee |
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on Mar 2, 2007 at 4:37 am by Marvin and Alison Lee, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Al Gore's Use of Electricity
I just read this story - curious to see if old Al will have a response. Its funny how the "Warmies" accuse every scientist who casts any skepticism on the alarmism as just a ... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Mar 1, 2007 at 7:44 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... |
Albert |
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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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Freedom of Speech in Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - An Alexandria court convicted an Egyptian blogger on Thursday for insulting both Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced him to ... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Feb 28, 2007 at 11:47 am by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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Internet house shoppers
For our Spring Real Estate special section, I'd like to include a trend story on people who have begun their house-hunting expeditions by going online. What sites have been mo... |
Carol Blitzer -- Asst. Editor, Palo Alto Weekly |
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on Feb 28, 2007 at 11:38 am by Carol Blitzer -- Asst. Editor, Palo Alto Weekly, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Will Al Gore call for the shutting down of coal fired electric generating plants?
Since coal fired power plants emit enormus amounts of CO2 and other toxic pollutants, including mercury and radioactive materials into the atmosphere they must be phased out ... |
GGRick |
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on Feb 26, 2007 at 9:07 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Tips on visiting Santiago, Chile?
We are traveling to Santiago for spring break with our son's soccer team with a mixed group of 16 year-old boys and parents, and are looking for any suggestions on sight-seein... |
Terri L |
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on Feb 26, 2007 at 11:41 am by D, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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To live with violence or live in peace?
I went alone to the Live in Peace march and rally held in East Palo Alto on Saturday, Feb. 3.
My best friend found that was pretty bold of me. She felt at least when you go ... |
Mikaya Strickling |
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on Feb 24, 2007 at 4:20 am by Matthew Kortenhoven, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Vulture Funds
A recent BBC report has exposed an extremely insidious operation to drive cash strapped third world counties into deeper debt. A shadowy group of companies, known as the “vult... |
Jag Singh |
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on Feb 19, 2007 at 3:02 pm by Tim, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Jimmy Carter accuses Jewish group of "falsehood and slander"
Fox news report:
Web Link
WASHINGTON — Jimmy Carter has accused an international Jewish human rights group of "falsehood and s... |
Robin |
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on Feb 16, 2007 at 4:08 pm by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Israeli Spies on U.S. soil prior to 9/11
A troubling new development reported by investigative reporters at Counterpunch, ABC’s 20/20, the Jewish newspaper, The Forward, and Salon.com was the presence of Israeli Secr... |
Jag Singh |
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on Feb 12, 2007 at 11:06 am by Boaz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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