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Toyota

Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Friday, January 17, 2014

Kochs plan to buy next election...again

Interesting article below about the Koch strategy to elect extremist candidates to promote their agenda who aren't as irrational as Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock.....


New Koch-Linked Political Firm Aims to Handpick "Electable" Candidates


Meet Aegis Strategic, the latest affiliate of the Koch brothers’ political empire.

| Fri Jan. 17, 2014


Charles and David Koch.





http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/koch-brothers-candidate-training-recruiting-aegis-strategic


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IN OTHER NEWS


By Dana Liebelson

To Montanans, Missoula is a college town of about 68,000 with a laid-back, hippie vibe. But elsewhere, Missoula is also known as the "rape capital" of the country.

Between January 2008 and May 2012, Missoula police received more than 350 sexual-assault reports, including multiple cases of assault allegedly committed by college football players. And the US Department of Justice mantains that city officials and the local university have not adequately handled all of these reports—going so far as to charge that the city was discriminating against female victims who report rape.

Last month, after a federal inquiry produced evidence of victim-blaming and botched investigations, the Justice Department proposed an agreement that would require the Missoula County Attorney's office to make a number of changes. Among them, the DOJ recommended adding two or three new staff positions—including an advocate for victims—ramping up training for county supervisors and prosecutors, and collecting more data on sexual assault cases. Last week, the county's chief prosecutor rejected the offer and told the feds to take a hike, insisting they have no authority to tell his office what to do. [READ MORE]


Duke University


THIS WEEK'S NEWS ROUNDUP


The Chris Christie bridge scandal roared into its second week. You can catch up with the whole story on our explainer. If you want to watch Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon make fun of the governor, we've got that, too.

A mysterious chemical spilled in West Virginia, contaminating drinking water.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced a new bill that could save taxpayers billions.

We uncovered video of one Republican congressional candidate comparing food stamps to slavery, another Republican congressional candidate making strange remarks about spousal rape, and a third complaining that Hollywood doesn't depict Muslims as villains often enough.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a crucial abortion case.

And a super-PAC backing Hillary Clinton held a fundraiser at a DC gay dance club, and we were there.





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