The BBC World News report on the latest developments on the protests in Burma. The country's military leadership has turned its guns on the people.
According to a report on yesterday's Rachel Maddow radio show, similar events occurred 19 years ago when the people rose up against the government. Back then, the military disguised themselves as protesters and acted out violently, in order to legitimize a military backlash. This resulted in the slaughter of thousands of innocent people, and suppression of the revolution. Well, the dictatorship is at it again. According to sources, the military has recently invested in hundreds of monk's robes and encouraged soldiers to shave their heads, so that they can disguise themselves as protesting monks and repeat the violence of the past.
Meanwhile, Bush has been trying to stick his nose into the situation, because - ahem! - Burma has oil...
KNBC News in California recently did a report on Blackwater, the White House's secret army. Iraqi leaders want them out of their country for the lawless slaughter of innocent civilians. And now the company has announced plans to build a massive training camp in California, but nobody wants them there either.
Every 15 seconds in America, a woman is abused by someone she loves.
Diane Sawyer sat down with a woman who suffered years of physical & verbal abuse at the hands of her husband. The son of a bitch had his head planted so firmly up his own ass that he came up with the bright idea of having their 13 year-old son videotape one of his cruelty sessions. He wanted to prove how much she deserved it.
Her crime? Asking him if he wanted lunch...
In the end, the abuser provided her with enough evidence to have him sent to jail under one of the longest prison sentences ever handed down for spousal abuse. (WOOOHOOO!!!)
Ladies, if this is happening to you (and statistically it very well might be!), I want you to grab the biggest frying pan in your house and smash it upside the motherfucker's head right now! Then chase his low-life bullshit ass out of your house immediately and call the police! Domestic violence is unacceptable. Condone it once and it will happen again. And it won't stop until you make it stop.
In this edition of Countdown's Worst Person in the World, the title goes to repeat champion Bill O'Reilly for claiming that Washington, DC is being overrun by lesbian gangs. Bill also manages to be his own runner-up.
BBC documentary about British football hooligans who started riots throughout Germany during the 2006 World Cup Tournament, and caused a national disgrace. Features undercover footage from inside street mobs and confessions from fight organizers and thugs.
