Today in History

Mar 16 George Clymer born, 1739

Mar 16 James Madison, 4th President of the United States, born in King George County, Virginia, 1751

Mar 16 First liquid-fuel-powered rocket flight, 1926

Mar 16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by US infantrymen

Mar 16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926

Mar 16 Black Press Day; first US Black newspaper founded in 1827

Mar 16 First european demonstration in Bruxelles, 1997

Mar 16 Se inaugura, fundada por Mariano Moreno, la Biblioteca Nacional, 1812

Mar 16 Bonne fête aux Bénédicte !

Mar 16 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Benoîte.

Mar 16 N'oubliez pas les Julien !

Mar 16 Wiedereinführung der allgemeinen Wehrpflicht in Deutschland, 1935

Mar 16 Henrietta

Mar 16 День морской пехоты



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Daily Kos: US Congress passes authoritarian anti-protest law -- why no coverage? http://fukn.me/aP

A bill passed Monday in the US House of Representatives and Thursday in the Senate would make it a felony—a serious criminal offense punishable by lengthy terms of incarceration—to participate in many forms of protest associated with the Occupy Wall Street protests of last year. Several commentators have dubbed it the “anti-Occupy” law, but its implications are far broader.



The bill—H.R. 347, or the “Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011”—was passed by unanimous consent in the Senate, while only Ron Paul and two other Republicans voted against the bill in the House of Representatives (the bill passed 388-3). Not a single Democratic politician voted against the bill.



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The virtually unanimous passage of H.R. 347 starkly exposes the fact that, despite all the posturing, the Democrats and the Republicans stand shoulder to shoulder with the corporate and financial oligarchy, which regarded last year’s popular protests against social inequality with a mixture of fear and hostility.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/03/1070673/-US-Congress-passes-authoritarian-anti-protest-law-why-no-coverage-

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