*MARYLAND: ICC*

Nature continues as hurdle for ICC
snipurl.com/d6z5

"...Now, for the third time in the past 22 years, the federal Environmental Protection Agency is pointing to the proposed crossing of the Paint Branch watershed as one of the leading reasons it objects to the route most often discussed for a highway that would link Rockville and Laurel..."





*911 TRUTH: PENTAGON HOAX*

Missing Pentagon unobstructed Citgo videos:
www.rense.com/general63/unob.htm

(The FBI was on the scene within minutes to confiscate the video.)

The Amazing Penta-Lawn 2000!
thewebfairy.com/killtown/pentalawn.html



*911 TRUTH: MEDIA SHILLS*

1. Doug Henwood says 9/11 is fruitless and pointless:
snipurl.com/d7w7

(USA PATRIOT Act, Guantanamo Bay, Homeland Security are among the many changes to our society since the fictional story of 9/11/01 began to be told.)


2. Justin Raimondo--How Close is the US to Fascism?
etherzone.com/2005/raim030405.shtml

(Note: "...The events of 9/11 were an enormous defeat for the U.S., and it is precisely in these circumstances – the traumatic humbling of a power once considered mighty – that the fascist impulse begins to find its first _expression...")


3. Baltimore Chronicle editorial mentions "the bin-Laden sponsored attacks of 9/11..."
www.baltimorechronicle.com/021105Editorial.shtml

(It is very sad to see the Chronicle pushing the Ludicrous Official Story of 911.)




*LEFT GATEKEEPERS*

Loughrey--The Age of PsyOps. 911 and Bush's second inauguration:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/309292.shtml



*INDYMEDIA: INFILTRATION*

Loughrey--Is Indymedia infiltrated by Homeland Security?
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9629/index.php



*SEVEN DEGREES of SEPARATION*

How Ronald Reagan invented Gangsta rap:
www.lycaeum.org/drugwar/DARKALLIANCE/reganr.html



*GLOBAL WARMING*

Washington Post - Companies profit by reducing C02 emissions (tx Alice):
snipurl.com/d7w8



*US LIVING*

We're #1! America by the numbers (tx Jim):
www.citypages.com/databank/26/1264/article12985.asp

"Americans are now spending more money on gambling than on movies, videos, DVDs, music, and books combined"


Kirwan-Who will tell the people?
www.rense.com/general63/who.htm


Jonathan Schell on the decline of the American empire:
www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm



*NATIONAL ID*

New federal ID standard approved:
snipurl.com/d7wb

(This article was linked to the Homeland Security newsletter.)



*VIDEO GAMES*

Time-The Army's killer app (tx Mike):
snipurl.com/d7wc



*EDUCATION*

Bill Gates "appalled" by high schools:
snipurl.com/d7wj

"...I am terrified for our work force of tomorrow,' [Gates] said..."

(Note to Bill Gates: The 99% of the world that isn't rich is not made up of machines to be enslaved.)



*ALAN GREENSPAN SPEAKS*

US central bank chief backs budget cuts and privatization
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/gpan-m04.shtml


Greenspan pushing for a consumption tax. It appears to be designed to gradually replace the income tax:
snipurl.com/d71h

Greenspan thinks Social Security benefits need to be reduced:
snipurl.com/d7wr

(he'll never need SS.)

Why do the Democrats pamper Greenspan?
www.counterpunch.org/lindorff03032005.html



*PRIVACY*

UAV close surveillance employed at the Oscars:
snipurl.com/d7wm

"In support of joint security operations provided by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Tactical Aerospace Group (TAG) was on site at the Academy Awards with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) helicopter to provide an aerial downlink..."



*SECRECY*

Bush wielding secrecy privilege to end suits:
snipurl.com/d758

"The Bush administration is aggressively wielding a rarely used executive power known as the state secrets privilege in an attempt to squash hard-hitting court challenges to its anti-terrorism campaign..."



*GANNON-GATE*

Male escort given White House press priveliges and access to the White House:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/312742.shtml



*IRAQ: TROOPS*

US death toll in Iraq tops 1,500:
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C7374-1509108%2C00.html



*IRAQ*

Iraq suicide bombing campaign: a reactionary diversion from the
political struggle against imperialism
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/iraq-m04.shtml

(Graphic.) Photographs from Iraq-Feb 21 - Feb 28, 2005:
www.uruknet.info/



*ISRAEL*

Israeli nuclear terrorism:
www.rense.com/general63/isuk.htm



*SYRIA*

Texas Republican Congressman says "nuke Syria":
snipurl.com/d7wp



*VENEZUELA*

Venezuela detects US battleships off its coast:
snipurl.com/d7wq

US digging its claws in Venezuela:
www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/marzo/jue3/10vene.html



*UNITED KINGDOM*

Britain: house arrest legislation a fundamental attack on democratic rights
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/hous-m04.shtml



*LEBANON*

Justin Raimondo--Lebanon's hollow "cedar revolution":
www.antiwar.com/justin/



*HAITI*

Interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a year after the US-sponsored coup d'etat:
www.voltairenetwork.net/article26.html



*PROHIBITION*

Texas ponders reforming marijuana laws!
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149303,00.html

"...Dutton, a Democrat, wants to avoid another costly prison-building binge. His solution: rewrite some sentencing laws, beginning with marijuana. Dutton's bill would dramatically change the punishment for possessing up to 2 ounces of pot — the equivalent of about 50 joints. Instead of going to prison, an offender would get a ticket with a fine. Prison beds would be saved for harder criminals..."


2005 Global Marijuana March:
www.cannabisculture.com/march



*ASTRONOMY*

NGC 1427A: Galaxy in Motion:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050304.html



peace,
NJS

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