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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



Monday, March 31, 2014

RSN: Obamacare, Fighting the Militarized State, Neo-Nazis, Plutocracy Without End, A High Seas Fishing Ban?, et al

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FOCUS: Robert Parry | Ukraine's Inconvenient Neo-Nazis
Neo-Nazis at Ukrainian protests. (photo: Drugoi)
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "Ukraine's neo-Nazis are not some urban legend. Their presence is real, as they swagger in their paramilitary garb through the streets of Kiev, displaying Nazi insignias, honoring SS collaborators from World War II, and hoisting racist banners, including the white-power symbol of the Confederate battle flag."
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FOCUS: Charles Pierce | The GOP's Last Line of Defense on Obamacare
Rick Santorum. (photo: unknown)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Apparently, the last line of defense that the Republicans have on the Affordable Care Act is to argue that the administration is cooking the books."
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Chris Hedges | Fighting the Militarized State
Alexa O’Brien speaks to reporters during a news conference on March 29, 2012, in New York. (photo: AP/Mary Altaffer)
Chris Hedges, TruthDig
Hedges writes: "The lawsuit, Hedges v. Obama, challenges Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). It was signed into law the last day of 2011."
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Thomas Frank | Plutocracy Without End
Thomas Frank, Salon
Frank writes: "I've been writing about what we politely call 'inequality' since the mid-1990s, but one day about ten years ago, when I was traveling the country lecturing about the toxic curlicues of right-wing culture, it dawned on me that maybe I had been getting the entire story wrong."
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Anonymous Strikes Albuquerque Police in Retaliation for Shooting
Russell Contreras, Associated Press
Contreras writes: "A protest over deadly police shootings turned from peaceful into 'mayhem,' Albuquerque's mayor said late Sunday, as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators."
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Disgruntled Worker Sets Fire, Destroys US Nuclear Submarine
David Sharp, Associated Press
Sharp writes: "The Navy said farewell Friday to the USS Miami, the nuclear-powered submarine whose service was cut short when a shipyard employee trying to get out of work set it on fire, causing $700 million in damage."
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FBI to Probe Killing of Homeless Man by NM Police
Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor
Jonsson writes: "The FBI has now launched a criminal probe into why Albuquerque police officers on the scene killed the man, James Boyd, as he appeared to be giving up."
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US Joint Chiefs Chairman to Israel for Talks on Mutual Strategic Interests
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "The chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff is heading to Israel for talks on mutual strategic interests after Israel's defence minister upset Washington with remarks criticising US foreign policy."
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A High Seas Fishing Ban? (Almost) Everybody Wins
John Upton, Grist
Upton writes: "When it comes to fishing, most of the ocean is lawless."
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