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Hard News 10/09/03 - Vices
HARD NEWS 10/09/03 - Vices
The Moral
Lottery |Sep 10, 2003 09:59
Russell Brown's Hard
News
What kind of family-friendly party uses its limited
political leverage to procure changes in gambling laws that
will, without a shadow of a doubt, destroy a few more
families? United Future, apparently. The new Gambling Bill,
which passed another stage in Parliament yesterday, has
caused "very grave concern"...
http://publicaddress.net/default,hardnews.sm#post665
Déjà vu all over again |Sep 10, 2003 08:58
Jolisa
Gracewood in NYC
It's Tuesday, warm and mild, the first
leaves drifting off the gingko trees under a cloudless sky
of vivid autumnal blue. According to the calendar, the
anniversary falls on a Thursday. But Tuesday is the day
that feels like the day it happened, the true anniversary...
http://publicaddress.net/default,busytown.sm#post664
Caught in the Act |Sep 09, 2003 15:37
Damian
Christie - Cracker With Attitude
I'm often concerned if,
God forbid, I ever make it into a position of public
notoriety, what random details from my past will come out to
haunt me. In a vain attempt to stave this off, I try to
wear many of my embarrassments on my sleeve...
http://publicaddress.net/default,cracker.sm#post662
Grab your coat / let's get out of here |Sep 09, 2003
12:53
Now playing in the Muse Lounge
The tumbling
Sputnik that was Warren Zevon has finally fallen from orbit.
The singer died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday after
being diagnosed about a year ago with mesothelioma - a lung
cancer associated with asbestos...
http://publicaddress.net/default,muselounge.sm#post661
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