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NEW CONTENT MOVED TO MIDDLEBORO REVIEW 2

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



Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Rest in Power, Chokwe Lumumba, Beware: Clarence Thomas Is One of America's Top Legal Minds, '3-Parent Babies' et al




Carl Gibson | Rest in Power, Chokwe Lumumba
RIP Chokwe Lumumba. (photo: Lumumba for Mayor)
Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News
Gibson writes: "Chokwe Lumumba was a longtime civil rights attorney who was moved to start his political career following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr."
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Beware: Clarence Thomas Is One of America's Top Legal Minds
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "It's a bit of an exaggeration to suggest that Thomas has reshaped the law in his own image - Thomas wants to shrink the federal government's power."
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Obama Orders Pentagon to Prepare for Full Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Spencer Ackerman, Dan Roberts, Guardian UK
Ackerman and Roberts report: "Barack Obama formally ordered the Pentagon on Tuesday to make plans for a full pullout of American troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, pointing to a way out of the conflict that is reminiscent of his end to the Iraq campaign."
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FDA Panel Debates Idea of '3-Parent Babies'
Ariana Eunjung Cha, Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post
Cha and Somashekhar report: "The provocative notion of genetically modified babies met the very real world of federal regulation Tuesday, as a government advisory committee began debating a new technique that combines DNA from three people to create embryos free of certain inherited diseases."
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A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers
Binyamin Appelbaum, The New York Times
Appelbaum reports: "Mr. Marks's nonprofit organization...has $10 billion in funding from Bank of America to make loans on its own terms over the next decade. It does not require down payments. It does not consult credit scores. Its loans all carry interest rates below 4 percent."
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California Senator Introduces GMO Food Labeling Bill
John Dieke, EcoNews
Dieke reports: "California Sen. Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) has breathed new life into the controversy by introducing Senate Bill 1381, which would require GE food labeling."
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