Saudi Man Murders Daughter Caught Using Facebook
• GinnDetails have emerged of a young Saudi woman who was beaten, then shot to death by her father after he caught her chatting on the popular website, Facebook.
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Human Rights Violations in Israel and Palestine
Stephen LendmanIsraeli human rights violations against Arabs and Jews.
Michael Schwartz on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio.
Mark JokelMichael Schwartz, Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook will be the featured guest on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, 12:15PM Eastern, Monday, March 31.
CIA chief says Iran has nuclear weapons drive
• News.Yahoo.com"Personal belief, yes. It's hard for me to explain. This is not court of law stuff," the Central Intelligence Agency director said on NBC television.
Tenet's War<br>by Gordon Prather
• AntiwarWell, now that you’ve seen the Frontline expose, entitled "Bush’s War," based upon documentary videos and more than 400 extended interviews with major participants and media sycophants, you may yet have a few unanswered questions.
Engineers society accused of disaster probe cover-ups
• APCritics now accuse the group of covering up engineering mistakes, downplaying the need to alter building standards, and using the investigations to protect engineers and government agencies from lawsuits.
ANALYSIS: Iraq fighting a reality check
• APThe Iraqi capital locked down by curfew. U.S. diplomats holed up their workplaces, fearing rocket attacks. Nearly every major southern city racked by turmoil. Hundreds killed in less than a week.
Dozens still jailed in China over 1989 protests
• APA human rights activist says at least 60 people are still jailed in China for protests by pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989 at Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Between 60 and 100 such protesters remain jailed and he urged China to release them befor
Sometime this morning fascism will be officially proposed for Amerika
• APIn proposing the broadest overhaul of financial oversight since the Great Depression, the Bush administration has kicked off a fierce debate. It pits those eager to revamp an antiquated system against an industry opposed to excessive regulation.
Congress readies activist housing agenda to get re-elected
• APCongressional leaders are racing to push through an array of election-year housing measures that already have stirred up much political wrangling and the White House is examining its own plan to further help homeowners caught in the mortgage meltdown
Presidential candidates plan to pour more gas on the fire
• APHillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain have diagnosed the swooning economy and come up with rival plans to revive it. One will get a chance to try to sell their proposal to Congress as president. [3 plans, no difference, print money]
Cheney road trip: Pack the green duffel bag
• APVice President Dick Cheney is not your regular road warrior. [puke!] He doesn't wait in airport security lines or take off his shoes to walk through metal detectors. But then, most people do not go to war zones, hobnob with Saudi royalty or dine
"Ron Paul Billionaire" Update
• by Stephen GordonBack in January, Third Party Watch covered the "Ron Paul Billionaire" thread. The story: A billionaire wished to mount a parallel campaign to augment Ron Paul’s official campaign for president. I now confirm the story is correct.
Accident Nightmare
• MondorebYou think you're having a bad day? Two minutes and 48 second video of possibly the worst accident in cinematic history. [WARNING: Very violent graphic in nature.]
Torture in Our Own Backyards: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons
• AlternetIn Supermax prisons, 23 hours a day of solitary confinement is the norm. How did our prison system become so cruel? You go eight years without shaking a hand or experiencing any physical human contact. The prison guards bark orders and touch you only
Obama's National Public Education Plans
• American ThinkerWhile Clinton's and Obama's health care plans attract attention, Obama's plan for public education largely goes unnoticed. National Health Care is on his first term agenda. Is National Public Education on his second?
U.S. business interests at risk from domestic spying
• MarketWatchAt what point does government snooping become a hindrance to commerce? That must be the question a lot of companies are asking themselves after a recent episode in Canada where a controversy over the use of online tools has emerged.
Police call for help from volunteer spies
• News LinkPOLICE are seeking hundreds of volunteers to spy on crime hot spots and trawl through surveillance tapes to help catch criminals. Volunteers would be given binoculars, CCTV access.
Protester 'will go to prison again'
• News LinkA COUNCIL tax protester faces prison for the second time this year for refusing to pay £65 of last year's bill.
Germans Fear Meltdown of Financial System
• der SpiegelGermany and other industrialized nations are desperately trying to brace themselves against the collapse of the global financial system. The crisis has taken its toll on the German economy, where the weak dollar is putting jobs in jeopardy
Going fishing? Pack your passport
• USA TodayRick Ungar's charter fishing service promises a great time on Lake Erie. But there's a catch — and it's not freshwater fish. It's the Homeland Security Department's new anti-terrorism rules.
Why the US is collapsing
• by Rick FalkvingeThis is how the US went bankrupt in 1971, and has been covering it up through an accelerating whack-a-mole borrowing frenzy that is bursting right now. It has been paying rapidly growing VISA bills using MasterCard and vice versa for 37 years.
JP MORgan Chase mortgage memo pushes 'Cheats & Tricks'
• OregonianA newly surfaced memo from banking giant JPMorgan Chase provides a rare glimpse into what fueled the mortgage crisis. It is a primer on how to get risky mortgage loans approved by Chase's in-house automated loan underwriting system.
Attorney General Gets Emotional In Calling for Surveillance Power
• NY SunMr. Mukasey grimaced, swallowed hard, and seemed to tear up as he reflected on the weaknesses in America's anti-terrorism strategy prior to the 2001 attacks. "We've got 3000 people who went to work that day and didn't come home
Time To Wake The Hell Up!<br>by Judith Moriarty
• RenseGWB's surge consisted of handing out DUFFLE BAGS of loot to various tribes to bribe them into NOT fighting or attacking American forces. We've been handing out dollars to the same people who planted bombs that left over 4,000 US dead and
Mike Maloney interviews Ron Paul
• Google VideoWhere does this country's financial future lie? Presidential Candidate Congressman Dr. Ron Paul warns what lies ahead for our country if we maintain the status quo. Congressman Paul portends economic collapse soon.
U.K. seeks to extend detention to six weeks
• Guardian.co.ukHtein Lin, the Burmese artist and former political prisoner, said: 'In Burma many people are detained for months, or even years, without a chance to appear in court. I do not want to see that happen in Britain.'
Are We Heading Into a Depression?
• ABCnews.go.comMr. Parks, he sees a further steep fall in housing prices, a tumbling dollar, and a weak stock market leading to a genuine depression with 30 to 35 percent unemployment, greater poverty, plunging bond and stock prices, even some starvation.
If I were to run for state office, this would be my speech to the Republican party
Tom WestbrookOur federal government has trampled nearly every facet of our constitution. It provides illegal appropriations designed to undermine the sovereignty of our state. We have wide-open borders with border patrol agents designed for show. We infringe on t
Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border
• RIA NovostiHe also said the U.S. Naval presence in the Persian Gulf has for the first time in the past four years reached the level that existed shortly before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
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