Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

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

Selma and Louise

Posted on January 9, 2015 by markweiss86

Colman Domingo plays Abernathy in the new biopic hagiography about MLK, while a Nigerian Brit named David Oyelowo plays the Nobel laureate martyred peace activist and leader. I would do the opposite, have Colman Domingo as MKL and Big O … Continue reading →

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Weiss on Weekly cache: Berman sucks

Posted on January 9, 2015 by markweiss86

might run.
I would spend $100.000 of my own money on this, and like my three Palo Alto races ( or strolls) would not accept your money or that of special interests,
I could probably garner 500 endorsements, mostly average 650 folks, … Continue reading →

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Price lauds c.b.a. and labor in farewell address

Posted on January 5, 2015 by markweiss86

Thank you, Gail, for your service and role model. Good luck mayor-elect Karen Holman. Good luck, vice mayor-elect, mayor to be, we hope, Greg Schmid. Politics make strange bedfellows. I gave brief speech for Nancy Shepherd about how I voted … Continue reading →

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Happy new years and back to work, on the ‘stinkers’

Posted on January 5, 2015 by markweiss86

I posted this on the Weekly site and will check back every few hours to see how long until they censor me. I suggest rather than censoring me outright, they substitute a euphemism “stinkers” for my word of choice, “asshole”. … Continue reading →

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Gunn grad victim of ‘graffiti hate crime’ hoax, not the perp

Posted on January 4, 2015 by markweiss86

“Yell ‘FIRE’ yo, eo yo yo”, Michael Franti, 2006* Sean Berry, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, a stones throw – but be careful — from Stanford University, will be sentenced January 26 by … Continue reading →

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Yes, Peggy, there is a Jerry Garcia thread to the Palo Alto jazz story

Posted on January 3, 2015 by markweiss86

Peggy McKee, a history teacher and board member of PAHA, asked me, while advancing our Jan. 25, 2015 event, whether there would be any Jerry Garcia discussions during the event, a discussion of jazz here. I said no, that Jerry … Continue reading →

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Talking of Kiri te Kanawa

Posted on January 3, 2015 by markweiss86

1. I went into Starbucks not Peets because Terry’s brother Gary gave me a gift card of $10 for Channukah. There was $2 left on it, the coffee was $1.80 and I asked the young clerk if I could donate … Continue reading →

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My message to neighbor Eric Rosenblum versus what his computer may have told him I said:

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

What I said: Hi Eric, Mark Weiss, 
I can’t resist. I didn’t see the meeting
 and I haven’t seen the tape, either, but 
The Post quotes you regarding the term “privatization” 
as it applies to Downtown North parking 
and I … Continue reading →

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Economics of Happiness Portland, Earthwise and Weiss for Palo Alto roots

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

I left a pursuit of corporate happiness in 1993 and moved my belongings via a rented truck from Cow Hollow to Byrd Lane and studies activism, environmentalism and “right livelihood”. Part of that effort landed me at Bay Area Action, … Continue reading →

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Amy Goodman, Matt Taibbi, Alayne Fleischmann, on Democracy Now with a bang

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

I think my new years resolution is to write off entirely the 20 years in the music biz and go back to my first love, journalism. Hence my fascination with this episode of Democracy Now I caught while flipping thru … Continue reading →

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