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TIPS getting tapped outThe noxious spy-on-your-neighbor TIPS program appears to be slithering off to die unmourned in a forgotten corner. At least one hopes so. “As far as I can see, the TIPS idea is nothing but a big PR…

They’re cutting and running  Bush May Drop SimonThe fate of Republican Bill Simon’s troubled campaign for governor in California and President Bush’s hopes to capture the state in 2004 could be decided next week when a new private poll is…

 Angelyne to run for proposed Hollywood City Council!If you don’t live in L.A. you probably have no idea who Angelyne is.  Well, she is famous for being famous, for driving pink Corvettes, and for having her photo on billboards for…

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…