Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

pertaining to government, the public sector, governance, democracy, politics, issues pertaining to such, like “freedom of speech” concepts

Springtime for H-tler and Bill Johnson

Posted on November 29, 2018 by markweiss86

hey i just subscribed 10/mo because I had posted something sensitvie about Nazis (or “natzi’s” which might mean “not Nazis”????) at Stanford and then the computer logged me out for having read a whole 10 articles in one month!! I … Continue reading →

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McNellis v Weiss, 2018: Ward v Rock Against Racism, 1989

Posted on November 29, 2018 by markweiss86

(I was standing in the entry of Hotel President apartments and John McNellis walked by, with a colleague, at I stopped him for a selfie, reprising our stunt from 2014 when we bumped at Peets ie a few doors up … Continue reading →

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Garaj Mahal, Palo Alto w Garaj Mahal, Cambridge

Posted on November 29, 2018 by markweiss86

Garaj Mahal is a jazz/jam/world band featuring Fareed Haque and Kai Eckhardt guitar and bass that, for instance, played House of Blues Cambridge Massachusetts in 2000 the exact same night that my dear friend Dr. Brian Moore had his bachelor … Continue reading →

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Commission aspirant pitches “tape and plungers” as traffic measure

Posted on November 27, 2018 by markweiss86

Elaine Uang, millennial growth zealot, suggests, in response to question about Ross Road bike lane boondoggle, that according to a guru with a blog “plungers and tape” work surprisingly well. I taped 3 minutes of this thread — tape in … Continue reading →

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Hey, you 16 developers, what else can we do for you?

Posted on November 26, 2018 by markweiss86

and remind me, How much did we pay the consultant to help us help you?   edit to add, it’s only 9:12 actually: 1)  lobbyist  Duffy Daugherty  hopes the city will throw him a bone. 2.  He’s not leadership, he’s … Continue reading →

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Artist stands down right wing provocateurs: killing it softly with her song

Posted on November 26, 2018 by markweiss86

Strolling campus with Stanford alum Steve and Eric: Cohen today I picked up the Stanford daily and found an interesting story that took me a while to translate into “real world.”  Are young rapper and activist named Melinda Hernandez made … Continue reading →

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Ken Holtzman in Vietnam

Posted on November 22, 2018 by markweiss86

  Ken Holtzman missed the 1967 Major League baseball season, or most of it, because of military service. That’s what it says on the back of his 1971 black-border Topps card. It actually says he was 9-0 for the Cubs … Continue reading →

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‘We’re just following orders’ says U. S. Military spokesman to NPR on asylum speakers approaching our border with Mexico

Posted on November 16, 2018 by markweiss86

Tv on the radio happy idiot War on drugs pain

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G’bye, Fry’s, hello…???

Posted on November 15, 2018 by markweiss86

edit to add: 1, this started in 2011; Mike Cobb, a former mayor posted on PAW urging caution on development and housing (see graphic); I posted similarly but pro “Park” per se, in 2014, while running for office (see below); … Continue reading →

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This is America/Mohegan, by Beto and Donald

Posted on November 11, 2018 by markweiss86

Amy is watching Last of the Mohicans in the other room with the kids. We started it last night after Ulysses’ basketball game. Pizza, carrots, Mohicans and then early to bed. This morning, before everyone got up, I went on … Continue reading →

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