Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

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

‘Dirt it tough’ at Dartmouth: jah and shakespeare in the reagan irie

Posted on February 9, 2022 by markweiss86

“‘Dirt it tough’ at Dartmouth: jah and shakespeare in the reagan irie” Actually Peter OutLoud had a great story this week about the history of the tenderloin but he could’ve name checked “the hard crowd” by Rachel Kushner whose parents … Continue reading →

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Music is truthful

Posted on January 30, 2022 by markweiss86

This is the Caroline Davis Quartet at soundcheck on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at 7:19 pm. The band features Julian Shore, piano, Christopher Tordini, bass, Caroline Davis, leader, composer, alto sax, Allan Mednard, drums: Briefly recreating my monologue from last … Continue reading →

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Shave and a hair cut two bits

Posted on January 25, 2022 by markweiss86

I buy three newspapers most mornings at Mac’s for seven bucks and leave a buck in sales tax. When we built the new Mitchell Park library we spent $250,000 of the $25m budget on art: the Beasley arch, a laser … Continue reading →

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Arrillaga’s Xanadu is our new gym?

Posted on January 23, 2022 by markweiss86

Did he already build this gym, the “well-ness center” two-levels — maybe figurative and literal levels. Is the gym actually his famous residence, his fortress in the hills, next to Foothill Park? His Xanadu, him Kubla Khan, his “pleasure dome … Continue reading →

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Go, badgers!?

Posted on January 20, 2022 by markweiss86
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Dial M, or dialing for dollars

Posted on January 5, 2022 by markweiss86

Silicon Valley Business Journal reported recently that Palo Alto companies give and get more than a billion dollars each year in venture capital. Billion with a “B”, a thousand times million with an “M”.  Meanwhile I noted, in an “Uplift” message … Continue reading →

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Let’s add 101 acres of parks to our inventory at Fry’s, Cubberley and Castilleja, now to be known as ’FCC’

Posted on December 19, 2021 by markweiss86
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McFaul v McCaul

Posted on December 18, 2021 by markweiss86

d This is bad. There was a guy quoted in yesterday’s New York Times named Michael McCaul a right wing hawk pol in Texas including parts of Austin. Not to be confused with Michael McFaul hero of these same pages, … Continue reading →

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How does Charlie do it?

Posted on December 16, 2021 by markweiss86
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Straw man argument for the replacement of the human race by pets for their computers by Barbara Manning Vargas, Maureen Dowd and Mark Weiss, circa 2021 or so we were led to believe

Posted on December 10, 2021 by markweiss86
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