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Scott Brown Was Mole
Scott Brown Was Molested and Assaulted as a Child
The news that Scott Brown, the new senator from Massachusetts, was molested by a camp counselor is getting a lot of attention. It’s a sickening revelation, of course. But what was more painful for me to listen to and read about is that he was regularly beaten and abused by his stepfathers. Yes stepfathers, plural. What goes on in a mother’s mind when she brings men into her home – when she marries more than one of them! – who assault her son? How many times did young Scott have to try to come “rescue” her, only to be beaten himself, before she got a clue that her job was to protect her son, not vice versa. I don’t know what kind of relationship Brown has with his mother. I hope she’s abjectly apologized to him. But often such parents think of themselves as victims, too, and never do confront their own culpability.
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AFP: New York oil re
AFP: New York oil rebounds amid Middle East jitters
New York oil rebounds amid Middle East jitters(AFP) – 11 hours ago
NEW YORK — Oil prices in New York sharply rebounded Thursday in volatile trade once again dominated by concerns about spreading unrest in the oil-rich Middle East.
New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), light sweet crude for March, surged to $86.36 a barrel, adding $1.37 from Wednesday's closing level.
In London, Brent North Sea oil for delivery in April moved in the opposite direction, losing $1.19 to settle at $102.59.
"WTI had been depressed for a long time," said Tom Bentz of BNP Paribas, adding "so we have a kind of adjustment."
The price difference between the sinking WTI and the rising Brent contracts had spread to about $20 dollars since anti-government protests erupted in Egypt in late January.
Traders bought up Brent amid worries that any disruptions to Middle East supplies would affect the main European market.
On the other hand, the WTI had fallen, weighed down by abundant crude supplies in the United States that raised concerns about weak demand.
Thursday, the trajectories switched: prices rose in New York and fell in London.
The action was accentuated by technical factors, Bentz said: the approach of the expiration of the March WTI contract, next Tuesday, prompted traders to adjust their positions.
In addition, "we've still got worries about the Middle East," the analyst said.
Demonstrations against autocratic regimes under way in the region were met with sharp clampdowns, which left three people dead in Bahrain, at least two dead in Libya and two in Yemen.
Unlike Egypt, Libya is a major crude oil producer and a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries cartel.
"With unrest now escalating in Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria and Libya, there is a greater concern for a disruption of oil supply as these countries are net exporters of oil -- supplying roughly four million barrels a day of oil to global markets," analysts at JPMorgan Global Commodities Research said in a client note.
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