One Republican World

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Oh the places the Republicans could help us go.[...]

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London police allegedly drag studen fee protester
from wheelchair, twice

post from AMERICAblog News on 14 December 2010 04:00:11 AM. © AMERICAblog News

There never seems to be any progress with the Metropolitan police and problems such as this. During the G20, someone died as they innocently passed through and this year there has already been a report of a brain injury allegedly from a police baton. You can see the video here where the student who suffers from cerebal palsy was dragged across the road, including an interview with the BBC. The student protester is unable to move his wheelchair by himself due to his condition and his brother was pushing the chair.

Decide for yourself if this looks like they are dragging him to a curb "for his own safety" or not. The Guardian:

Police launched an internal investigation last night after footage emerged of a man allegedly being pulled out of his wheelchair and dragged across the road by an officer during Thursday's demonstration.

The grainy video, which was posted on YouTube, does not show the moment Jody McIntyre leaves his wheelchair but appears to show the 21-year-old being dragged to the side of the road by an officer as onlookers voice their concerns.

McIntyre said it was the second time police had pulled him from his wheelchair during the protest. He said in the first incident several officers lifted him from his chair and carried him 100 yards "for his own safety".

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The Road to Hell is Lined With Suicide-Prevention
Billboards

post from Jesus' General on 14 December 2010 04:00:05 AM. © Jesus' General

Lana Hiskey
Public Relations Officer
Nebo School District
Spanish Fork, UT

Dear Sister Hiskey,

I couldn't agree more. It's inappropriate to post a sign urging gay kids to not commit suicide. And, yes, it's even worse if the sign is posted at a location where gay kids can see it. I also agree that the sign exposes children to "adult themes" by declaring that "gays are born gay."

One can only imagine what effect such an adult themed sign is having on the kids. No doubt at least half the third grade is donning smoking jackets or bustiers while swilling martinis and flinging ashes from smokes dangling from long cigarette holders.

However, I must object to your treatment of the sign-maker's ten-year-old granddaughter. Sure, she deserved to be interrogated--after all, her grandfather posted the sign on his property facing the school. But why stop with a simple grilling? You suspected she might have lesbian tendencies. Why didn't you subject her to a BYU-style reparative therapy session and jolt her with 10,000 volts of soul-healing love?

Heterosexually yours (in a chaste and thoroughly Book of Mormon appropriate way),

Gen. JC Christian, patriot

Here's the video (I must say that Sister Hiskey just radiates the spirit of the Relief Society).

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Make the bird fly -- even when dreams die.

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 14 December 2010 03:46:51 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

"All I ask is a tall ship...and a star to steer her by..." You could feel the wind at your back, about you... the sounds of the sea beneath you. And even if you take away the wind and the water, it's still the same. The ship is yours...you can feel[...]

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Asian Markets Remain Quiet, FOMC Rate Decision On
Tap

post from Jutia Group on 14 December 2010 03:31:01 AM. © Jutia Group

Source: Advanced Currency Markets | G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD EUR 0.19 JPY 0.03 GBP -0.15 CHF -0.17 The US Dollar continued to trade weaker against currencies and commodities after China held interest rate hike and positive sentiment of growth in US propped up markets. Asian markets were mixed after Japan cut 5% . . . → Full Story: Asian Markets Remain Quiet, FOMC Rate Decision On Tap

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Late Night Karaoke

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 14 December 2010 03:00:00 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

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Project Censored Announces Writer's Award

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 14 December 2010 02:21:16 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

From our friends at Project Censored:"Nominations are being accepted for the Fair Sharing of the Common Heritage Award. These submissions can be published or unpublished articles, or works in progress that express the ideas behind the original economic[...]

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Markets Cautious Ahead of FOMC Meeting Statement

post from Jutia Group on 14 December 2010 02:18:14 AM. © Jutia Group

Source: ForexYard Markets Cautious Ahead of FOMC Meeting Statement

The Federal Reserve is expected to keep its benchmark Interest Rate unchanged near zero today, as traders get ready for a busy news cycle. The Fed Statement is expected to provide an assessment of the current economic condition in the world's largest economy and . . . → Full Story: Markets Cautious Ahead of FOMC Meeting Statement

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Ready to Rumble

Kicking off his reelection campaign, Michael Steele says the GOP establishment doesn't like him because "I'm a street guy." Watch the video. [...]

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Wall Street on target for record year thanks to
government handouts

These are the people who claimed to want unbridled capitalism, so let them have it. Cut off the latest handout, also known as QE2, and see how they do without their sugar daddy. They're complete frauds and our political leaders in Washington continue to be as gutless as ever. The Wall Street crowd is not nearly as important as they think they are. Even worse they provide little, if any, benefit to society. It's sickening to see so many Americans struggling to get by while Wall Street sucks up more and more easy money from the government. Here is yet another reason why Ben Bernanke was a bad choice for the Federal Reserve. Giving the Fed the freedom to extend so much influence over the economy is an equally bad decision. Disgraceful, but typical.

Wall Street?s biggest banks, rebounding after a government bailout, are set to complete their best two years in investment banking and trading, buoyed by 2010 results likely to be the second-highest ever.

The five largest U.S. firms by investment-banking and trading revenue -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley -- will likely have a better fourth quarter than the previous two periods, driven by equity underwriting and higher volume in stock and bond trading, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Even if this quarter only matches the third, the banks? revenue will top that of any year except 2009.

The surge has come after the five banks took a combined $135 billion from the Treasury Department?s Troubled Asset Relief Program and borrowed billions more from the Federal Reserve?s emergency-lending facilities in late 2008 and early 2009 following the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Since then, the firms have benefited from low interest rates and the Fed?s purchases of fixed-income securities.