Day August 10, 2002

Prisons are wonderful money-makers!PDF detailing how prison factories make money.  Not satire.  Prisoners in 2001. by Bureau of Justice Statistics. [PrisonSucks.com]

Court upholds Vermont’s right to limit campaign spendingVermont, one of my favorite places, continues to quietly be perhaps the most progressive state in the country. A federal appeals court panel upheld a Vermont campaign-spending law today in a ruling that…

This should be satire, but it’s notGame show prize:  A six month job Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Other countries may have television programs that lure entrants with offers of a million dollars, a new car or a luxury holiday. But in…

 US puts its oil interests ahead of human rights The Bush Administration has thrown its weight behind a global oil corporation in a court battle against human rights claims.  The State Department has asked a federal court to dismiss a…

Dick ArmeyA few weeks ago, House Majority Leader and Texas Republican Dick Armey came out against the noxious spy-on-your-neighbor TIPS program.Today Armey was quoted as being in favor of lifting the Cuba embargo and  being opposed to an Iraq war. …