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Jan. 17:

U.S. to pay Iran $1.7 billion in legal settlement - CNNPolitics.com

The U.S. State Department announced the government had agreed to pay Iran $1.7 billion to settle a case related to the sale of military equipment prior to the Iranian revolution, according to a statement issued on Sunday.

Iran had set up a $400 million trust fund for such purchases, which was frozen along with diplomatic relations in 1979. In settling the claim, which had been tied up at the Hague Tribunal since 1981, the U.S. is returning the money in the fund along with "a roughly $1.3 billion compromise on the interest," the statement said.

 

But they didn't mention the pallets!

 

The purge of Tea Party state lawmakers -- by Republican primary voters no less -- is being viewed in the state as a referendum on Brownback’s agenda on cutting taxes and shrinking government to minuscule levels.

 

Michael Wolff boils it down. Who you got @Dick Whitman?

 

"Obama, he negotiates the best deals. He does. Believe me. It's true, no really it is. Believe me. $10 billion down to $1.3 billion. That's yuuuuuge!"

 

This all could have been avoided if the US had just sent a pre-loaded debit card over to Iran, because "PALLETS OF CASH!" makes it easy for low-information types to get played by the screech machine of conservative media.

 

Re: Kansas and Brownback

What a surprise: Tea Party extremism doesn't work.

He's pretty much bankrupted the state.

Did this really need to be an experiment ?

 

Peter was Brownback's inspiration.

 

We gave $400 million to the Saudis?

 

Liz Mair Calls Trump a ‘Loudmouthed Dick’ Live on CNN

 

Pretty much the same in all the teabag states. Shovel billions in tax cuts to the Kock Bros while your public schools go to hell.

 

"But he's onto something, because secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy generation. Everybody's walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren't called racist."

Clint Eastwood Is Not Impressed by America's 'Kiss-Ass Generation'