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ISRAEL
There has been extremely disturbing reports that Israel has dramatically expanded its ethnically cleansing of the West Bank and Gaza by effectively denying the return of natio... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 29, 2007 at 7:00 am by Batman, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Bush's Private Army
Largely ignored in the ongoing debate of planned troop escalation is the role of US private security firms such as Blackwater. Since its founding in 1996, Blackwater has bec... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 27, 2007 at 9:00 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Senator Dianne Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions to her husband's firms
In her annual Public Financial Disclosure Reports, Feinstein records a sizeable family income from large investments in Perini, which is based in Framingham, Mass., and in URS... |
Robin |
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on Jan 27, 2007 at 3:13 pm by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Iraq's Oil
In breaking news, the London (UK) Independent has published details of a new law – the ‘Hydrocarbons Law’, drafted to ensure the ‘sale’ of Iraqi oil on terms extremely favorab... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 26, 2007 at 9:33 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Dear Mr President
Dear Mr. President,
Thanks for your address to the nation. It's good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November.
Listen, can I be frank? Sendi... |
The Cohen Brother |
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on Jan 26, 2007 at 9:24 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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The Criminal Mind of george Bush
Not "cogito ergo sum," but "I think; therefore it is so."
Let's see now. What was that guy's name, the psychologist whose area of expertise was the criminal personality? I ... |
Senior Blues |
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on Jan 26, 2007 at 9:04 am by Senior Blues, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Colonialism and Israel
Prior to the onset of European colonization a century ago, generations of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Palestinians cohabited in the Holy Land with little or no conflict. Zio... |
The Cohen Brother |
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on Jan 26, 2007 at 8:33 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Condi Rice plans return to Stanford where she will "look back and write books"
This is an article from December 2006:
Web Link
An excerpt:
"Once her tenure as secretary of state is over... |
Robin |
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on Jan 26, 2007 at 7:37 am by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Agony Of Victory
An article in todays Chronicle deals with life after football for the SF 49rs Super Bowl winning roster. Almost all of the players willing to be interviewed suffer from very s... |
green |
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on Jan 23, 2007 at 11:58 pm by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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RIP Larissa Keet
I just read the piece on the Palo Alto Online home page about the death of Larissa Keet in Kenya. Web Link
I hope there ... |
Theresa |
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on Jan 23, 2007 at 9:26 am by Theresa, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Horses need to be banned on peninsula trails
I did a couple long runs in Huddart, Phelger and Wunderlich parks this week and almost twisted an ankle a couple times in the hoof shaped mud holes. There are mosquito ridden ... |
Bret |
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 6:06 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, 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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Iraq Surge
Our fragile nation, indeed the whole world is in urgent need to protect itself with a ‘surge protector’ from our warmongering president. The newly elected Democrats have vo... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 1:05 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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TORTURE
It is encouraging to learn that Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are holding Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, ‘feet to t... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 7:45 am 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... |
Robin |
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on Jan 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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ISRAEL (A courageous Israeli Jew)
Susan Nathan, an Israeli Jew was in Stanford University last week to discuss her widely acclaimed book, ‘Other Side of Israel’. After experiencing the sting of racism in Engla... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 16, 2007 at 6:53 pm by Roy, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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A Troubled Sister City -- Oaxaca
I have been feeling great empathy for the situation in Oaxaca, Mexico. As you know Oaxaca has been a sister city for more that 20 years. It seems as we are "family", there cou... |
Bob Wenzlau |
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on Jan 16, 2007 at 12:16 pm by Gail Sredanovic, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Jimmy Carter
Norman Finkelstein, professor of political science at DePaul University in Chicago latest article, titled "The Ludicrous Attacks on Jimmy Carter's Book" (posted on Counterpunc... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 11, 2007 at 7:12 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Court martial of Ehren Watada
Efforts by the Pentagon to force journalists to testify against anti-war ‘refusniks’ poses a major threat to freedom of speech, the hallmark of a free democratic society. Inde... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 11, 2007 at 7:35 am by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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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... |
Bob Heinen |
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on Jan 10, 2007 at 8:35 pm by Bob Heinen, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Do You Travel to a Foreign Country for Major Medical Care?
I can't take this anymore. I am sick of the paperwork nightmare, of being chronically sick because I'm not able to fully get the care I really need even though I am insured, ... |
The Palo Altan next door |
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on Jan 4, 2007 at 4:54 pm by Hulkamania, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Gerald Ford
It is customary to look favorably on the life of a demised public figure. Thus, the accolades accompanying President Ford come as no surprise. Documents made public after his ... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 3, 2007 at 8:25 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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No mail delivery on Tuesday
For the next three days - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - our mail boxes will stay empty because the USPS decided to observe a national day of mourning for Gerald Ford on Tuesday. ... |
EmptyMailBox |
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on Jan 3, 2007 at 5:18 pm by mail?, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Jimmy Carter
It is troubling that so many letters have recently appeared vilifying Jimmy Carter who had the moral courage to expose the appalling plight of the oppressed Palestinians in hi... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 1, 2007 at 8:14 am by Free speech, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Bogus News Reports
The Center for Media and Democracy exposed another major threat to our democracy - a damning report of 46 stations in 22 states using bogus new clips disguised as news reports... |
Jag Singh |
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on Dec 31, 2006 at 2:20 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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