CIA says it thwarted suicide attack with new & improved underwear bomb, but your humble host smells a rat; filibuster in Senate blocks student loan rate bill, no talk of the real problem. Also:
--NY Times editorial page editor takes strong position against targeted killings, and buries it on his blog
--Yemenis react to latest drone kill, attack base and kill 22
--US reveals another wayward air strike in Afghanistan, 14 more civilians killed
--American hostage begs to be swapped for prisoners in video
--Netanyahu brings critic into government, cancels early elections plan
--Biden's comments trigger backlash from connubial narcs on marriage equality, Obama shows failure to lead on an obvious civil rights issue
--appeals court dismisses suit by veterans who wait more than 4 years to get mental health care, shameful and callous ruling
--ALEC's new push is for laws requiring drug testing of welfare and unemployment recipients
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