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from (major HAT TIP!) DEADENDERS: When you don’t listen to 75% of your state you know somethings fishy. Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the final Democratic holdout on health care, announced to his caucus Saturday morning that he would support the Senate reform bill, clearing the way for final passage by Christmas. “We’re there,” said Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), as he headed into a special meeting to outline the deal. Democratic leaders spent days trying to hammer out a deal with Nelson, and worked late Friday night with him on abortion coverage language that had proved the major stumbling block. Nelson also secured other favors for his home state. Under the new abortion provisions, states can opt out of allowing plans to cover abortion in insurance exchanges the bill would set up to serve individuals who don’t have employer coverage. Plus, enrollees in plans that do cover abortion procedures would pay for the coverage with separate checks – one for abortion, one for rest of health-care service...

b y Ze'ev Segal The grave indictment against former prime minister Ehud Olmert was written in anger. The outrage of its drafters, three devoted civil servants - State Prosecutor Moshe Lador, Jerusalem District Attorney Eli Abarbanel and Abarbanel's deputy, Uri Corb - comes clearly through the text. It is not often that an indictment against a senior public figure accused of fraud, deceit and abusing his position and status is worded the way this one is. The gravity of the consolidated indictment, comprising three different cases, lies not in the serious offenses they detail, involving fraudulent record-keeping and fraudulent receipt of funds. Rather, it lies in the aggravating circumstances under which the offenses were allegedly committed. The very serious charges leveled in one case, the Rishon Tours double-billing affair, list these aggravating circumstances one by one: "abuse of his position and status, the scope of the fraud and the systematic manner in which it was c...

What kind of person can be bought? A WHORE. Call 1-888-4OL-MERT whore (def.) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain. Only a 'guilty person' would try to keep someone from talking. The last thing guilty people want out? is the TRUTH. They will kick, scream, cry 'foul', smear or propagandize to silence the TRUTH. Attorneys for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his former bureau chief, Shula Zaken, are fighting to keep state prosecutors from questioning American businessman Morris (Moshe) Talansky in the investigation against their clients. Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz was granted permission by the Jerusalem District Court on Friday to take a deposition from Talansky, a well-known philanthropist and fundraiser for numerous causes. Talansky raised money for a number of Olmert's election campaigns. Part of the investigation centers on whether he transferred large sums of cash to Olmert during his tenure as mayor of Jeru...

GREED LEADS TO ABUSE OF THE LAW... AND FAMILIES This is a must read. One very greedy judge allowed wealthy litigants in divorce cases to pay him off with no regard for the welfare of the children, the other parent or the families involved. I feel compelled to post this to show how horrific some judges can be in divorce cases and how money rather than truth often talks when it comes to the law. This digusting man should rot in prison and all his cases should be re-evaluated and the children given therapy to help them cope with the greedy and unfair decisions in these cases. My prayers for these mothers today. Mothers tell how crooked judge ruined their lives BY NANCIE L. KATZ DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Crooked judge Gerald Garson faces up to 15 years in prison for taking bribes to fix divorce cases. But the Brooklyn parents whose lives were ruined in his courtroom say no penalty could make up for the pain he caused. Here are some of their stories: Frieda Hanimov The Israeli-born mother of...