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Recall Tells Politicians Exactly Where to Stick It

October 7, 2003 by Henry Sarria

It comes as no surprise. And as the deadline of Oct. 7, 2003 approaches, I truly hope that soon-to-be former Governor Gray Davis isn't surprised as well.
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Tribes Don’t Deserve Arnie’s Unfounded Criticisms

October 7, 2003 by Ashley Doty

In a pre-election poll released on Wednesday, 61 percent of those polled say they will recall Davis, and 45 percent say they will vote for Schwarzenegger. It appears evident that California will soon ...
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Pornographers: The Champions of American Values

October 7, 2003 by Loren Williams

I'm appalled at the lack of civility being shown to an upstanding segment of our community: pornographers. These paragons of America's defining value - freedom - are inexplicably reviled despite cease...
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Nexus Election Endorsements: The Recall

October 6, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

This recall is costing the state of California $70 million that definitely don't need to be spent. Especially not on a sideshow.And there's already talk of a new recall campaign to begin if Schwarzene...
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War on Leaks

October 6, 2003 by Staff

The Bush people are being accused of blowing the cover of a CIA agent to get back at her anti-war husband, and some people are wondering why it took the administration several weeks after finding out ...
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Nexus Election Endorsements: Governator

October 6, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Ah, the least of 152 evils. Picking Cruz Bustamante as the best candidate to replace the present governor is like spotting the least soiled corner of a discolored Motel 6 mattress.
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Nexus Election Endorsements: Prop. 53

October 6, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Proposition 53 is the closest thing to being boring to the point of death that anyone at this office has ever encountered. An interesting scheme, really, if its intent is as malicious as its possibili...
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Nexus Election Endorsements: Prop. 54

October 6, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Although UC Regent Ward Connerly would like for the ethnically diverse state of California to cease differentiating between black, white, brown and every other shade of skin color, a ban on racial cla...
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Bus-ted

October 3, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Watergate, Monicagate, Fajitagate. And now a scandal to top them all: Bus Gategate. The label "scandal" possibly casts too poor a light on a simple device, but the gate installed to allow only Santa B...
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It Wasn’t Funny Anyway

October 3, 2003 by Staff

A weatherhuman and its readers have nothing without trust, so I'll be up front with you. The words you read in yesterday's weather were not mine-somebody fucked up and my words were lost.
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Arnold Schwarzensexist

October 3, 2003 by Nico Pitney

Let's start with a few recall election truisms. A week from now, the zany recall circus will be over and California's tax-loving, business-loathing government might just be in the hands of family man ...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Medicinal Mayhem in the War on Cannabis

October 3, 2003 by Cory Anthony

The war on drugs has sunk to a new low. Last Sunday, Sept. 28, the San Joaquin County District Attorney's office filed charges against Aaron Paradiso, who lives outside of Stockton. Aaron is a quadrip...
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Presidential Hopeful General Wesley Clark Isn’t All He Claims to Be.

October 3, 2003 by Drew Atkins

This is the story of 135 power-hungry status seekers, seemingly chosen at random to take part in the latest and most embarrassing display of political absurdity this side of the 2000 Presidential deba...
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Disposing of the Evidence

October 2, 2003 by Josef Manuel Liles

By now, many of you have undoubtedly heard about Proposition 54. This initiative, which is backed by Ward Connerly, the UC Regent behind Proposition 209, proposes to ban the state of California from c...
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Check the Weather Before You Leave

October 2, 2003 by Staff

The weathercomputer is on the fritz once again. The friendly technical support representative diagnosed my grumblings as resulting from a faulty motherboard.
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