*BUSH REGIME/DICTATORSHIP*

Pentagon says they will hold detainees even if they're
cleared in military tribunals:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3487958.stm

"Guilty? You're held, even after the end of the
endless war. Not guilty? You're held, to keep you
from doing something you might be guilty of later,
during or after the endless war. (Lee Hall)"



*SOCIAL SECURITY*

US central bank chief calls for cuts in Social
Security:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/feb2004/soc-f27.shtml

"...Simply repealing the Bush tax cuts—in other words,
taxing the rich by no more than they were taxed in
2001—would generate three times as much revenue over a
75-year period as the projected Social Security
shortfall..."

Steven Pearlstein--Greenspan working for the
Clampdown:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10940-2004Feb26.html



*SPYING on the UN*

US/UK bugged Hans Blix's mobile phone:
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1054743.htm

UK spied on UN's Kofi Annan (BBC):
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3488548.stm

Tony Blair attacks Clare Short for stating the UK
bugged Annan:
news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp



*EDUCATION*

Congress approves school voucher plan for nation's
capital:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/feb2004/vouc-f27.shtml


"...Rather than provide the funds to lower class size,
increase the number of teachers, repair the thousands
of dilapidated school building around the country and
provide quality public education to all children, the
Bush administration is pushing vouchers as another
step in the destruction of public education..."



*PEAK OIL*

Another death for oil? Plane crash kills Macedonia's
President (Yahoo):
tinyurl.com/2ceoe

US oil majors Exxon Mobil and Chevron Texaco deny
Balkan pipeline interest:
realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp

(Fun facts from Nico: Djordjev was on a King Air
B-200 twin engine turbo prop. Wellstone was on a King
Air A-100 twin engine turbo prop.)



*HEALTH*

A turning point for cancer? Anti-cancer drug approved
(Washington Post):
tinyurl.com/38kkf

DU said to be causing significant health effects
worldwide:
www.unobserver.com/index.php



*FILM*

At the Charles theater thursday night, "Au Hasard
Balthazar (1996, Black & White)":

www.thecharles.com/schedules/now.asp
www.imdb.com/title/tt0060138/
worldfilm.about.com/cs/frenchfilm/fr/hasardbalthazar.htm

Balthazar is about a donkey's sad life. Cinematic
perfection.