Republicans and Israel

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Stories of sexual abuse are so common anymore, they are not news. I’m not sure why people do not keep some things in their lives private. The public does not need to know EVERYTHING

Scott Brown's Shocking Confession

Samuel P. Jacobs – Thu Feb 17
NEW YORK – The superstar GOP senator reveals he suffered sexual abuse in his new memoir. Samuel P. Jacobs on his new book and the beginning of Brown's re-election campaign.
With word that the memoir contains revelations about the future senator suffering sexual abuse as a child, the bookseller knows that interest in the politician’s memoir is likely to exceed its current supply.

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The House steps on enough toes, they will the Egyptian Solution

House Republicans seek to block FCC Internet rules

By Joelle Tessler, Ap Technology Writer – Fri Feb 18
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Thursday moved to block the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing new rules that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic on their networks.
With a 244-181 vote, Republican leaders succeeded in attaching an amendment to a sweeping spending bill that would bar the FCC from using government money to implement its new "network neutrality" regulations.

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What I can’t understand is why the House has NEVER, NEVER cut off funding for ANY war. They don’t mind supporting killing people but they object to supporting sustaining people.

House votes to deny Obama healthcare law funds
By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro Richard Cowan And Thomas Ferraro – Fri Feb 18, 4:39 pm ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Friday to choke off cash to fund President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, stepping up a fight with Democrats over budget cuts and deficits.

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Well, if the government won’t put the bad guys in jail, at least SOMEBOYD may get repaid.

Allstate sues Citi, Deutsche Bank over mortgages
By Aspan Jonathan Stempel And Maria Aspan – Fri Feb 18
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Allstate Corp (ALL.N) sued Citigroup Inc (C.N) and Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE), accusing the banks of causing losses by hiding the risks on more than $385 million of mortgage securities it bought.
Allstate, the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, has filed similar lawsuits against two other lenders, Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N).
It is so far seeking to recover losses on more than $1.8 billion of securities, including more than $757 million from JPMorgan and more than $700 million from Bank of America and its Countrywide unit.

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In case it wasn’t clear before, in diplo speech, the message is screw you to the vast Middle East--including the Palestinians. We set up the Security Council so we could control the world with one vote. And we are doing our best to do it. The Israelis have us in their pocket.

US vetoes UN resolution on Israeli settlements
By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press – 2 hrs 44 mins ago
UNITED NATIONS – The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution Friday that would have condemned "illegal" Israeli settlements and demanded an immediate halt to all settlement building, a move certain to anger Arab countries and Palestinian supporters around the world.
The 14 other Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution, reflecting the wide support for the Palestinian-backed draft which had over 100 co-sponsors.
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said the United States agrees with the rest of the council and the wider world "about the folly and illegitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity." But she said the U.S. believes "it is unwise" for the U.N.'s most powerful body to attempt to resolve key issues between the Israelis and Palestinians.