june 3

Forget lobbyists or pregnant teenagers, this takes the cake:

DUMPED NSW police minister Matt Brown has denied he was drunk at the wild Parliament House party where he allegedly stripped to his underwear.

Some states will throw out your ballot if you die before the votes are counted:

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According to Jeff Woods, "Chamber of Commerce types" lobbied the School Board and the Re-districting Task Force to exempt Germantown, Hope Gardens, Salemtown, and Downtown from the MNPS redistricting plan because allegedly white parents here do not want to send their kids to school with black kids.

Homeless folks fighting back....

Last updated June 3, 2008 9:22 a.m. PT

Homeless advocates sue Lacey over tent city ban

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Thank goodness someone has pushed this issue into the public eye. I mentioned the other day that there were gazillions of new faces around town and they just keep coming in.

We’ve been talking extensively today about the current debate of the Lieberman-Warner-Destroy-The-American-Economy Climate Legislation. We talked with Brian Kennedy from Institute for Energy Research as well about the bill prospects.  I’ll write more later, but check out their website.  They have lots of good info.

My new good friend at Business Week wrote me today and needs help.

It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant people can be, especially considering that in this particular instance, the author of the piece below, Mr Watts, seems quite capable of using a computer and as such has all the research power he needs at his fingertips.