Mel Gibson's "Hate Crime" (tags)
The odd episode of a "drunk" (1.2% blood alcohol level) Gibson resisting arrest after being pulled over for DUI in Malibu, then allegedly making "anti-Semitic" statements about Jews being responsible for the war, has now been reported throughout the world. However, "Jews Against Anti-Semitism" has publicly called for this incident to be prosecuted as a "hate crime" under the "anti-terrorism" provisions of The PATRIOT Act.
Famine and Lack of Human Rights Loom in Present-Day Zimbabwe: Chaos Lurking (tags)
Robert Mugabe has been in power 24 years. He and his ZANU-PF and it's youth militia are driving the country into severely increased poverty along with muders, rapes and beatings.