On the March

March 3rd, 2006 at 10:26 Björn Hallberg

Paying Credit Card Triggers Homeland Security - “They paid down some debt. The balance on their JCPenney Platinum MasterCard had gotten to an unhealthy level. So they sent in a large payment, a check for $6,522. And an alarm went off. A red flag went up. The Soehnges’ behavior was found questionable.”

Why Americans Know More About The Simpsons Than The Constitution - “Only one in a thousand Americans can name all five first amendment freedoms.”

Video shows Bush Katrina warning - “Video showing President George W Bush being warned on the eve of Hurricane Katrina that the storm could breach New Orleans’ flood defences has emerged. It appears to contradict Mr Bush’s statement four days after Katrina hit, when he said: ‘I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees.’”

U.S. Fascists In Washington Want To Put Muzzle On “Bad Dogs” In The Alternative Press - “But now legislators and attorneys in the Justice Department are busy at work drafting ‘Nazi-like’ speech suppression laws, geared at putting “the finishing touches” on any serious movement that could topple the fascist neo con agenda.”

Calif. School Suspends 20 Who Saw Web Site - “A middle school student faces expulsion for allegedly posting graphic threats against a classmate on the popular MySpace.com Web site, and 20 of his classmates were suspended for viewing the posting.”

Bomb squad disarms bike sticker - “[...] an Athens cop was making the rounds near the center of the Ohio University campus. He soon came upon a bicycle with a sticker that read “this bike is a pipe bomb” chained outside the school-owned Oasis restaurant. Taking the sticker at its word, the cop blocked off the area and called in the bomb squad from the Columbus police 65 miles away.”

Senate Approves Patriot Act Renewal - “In a vote of 89 - 10, the United States Senate today overwhelmingly approved reauthorization of 16 controversial Patriot Act provisions. In the deal, 14 will become permanent, with two more requiring reauthorization in another four years.”

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