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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



Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The Road From Baghdad to Crimea, A New World Order?, Sea Shepherd Claims Japan Whalers Attacked its Vessels



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Marc Ash | The Road From Baghdad to Crimea
Pro-Western demonstrators sit after being overpowered by pro-Russia demonstrators after clashes at the local administration building in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. (photo: Olga Ivashchenko/AP)
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes, "March marks the 11th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. With Russian forces taking up key positions in Crimea, and US rhetoric sounding as self-righteous as ever, it might be a good time to lament the credibility America left behind in Baghdad."
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It's Our Act of Killing, Too
Brad Simpson, The Nation
Simpson writes: "In The Act of Killing, one of the nominees for an Academy Award for best documentary, a group of elderly Indonesian men re-enact their role in the killing of alleged Communists following a purported coup attempt in late 1965."
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Tom Engelhardt | A New World Order?
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
Engelhardt writes: "Geopolitically speaking, when it comes to war and the imperial principle, we may be in uncharted territory."
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Juan Cole | Peeping Toms of the Intel World
Juan Cole, TruthDig
Cole writes: "In the same way that pedophiles are attracted to professions where they come into frequent contact with children, peeping Toms surely are attracted into electronic surveillance work."
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Tibet's Enduring Defiance
Tsering Woeser, The New York Times
Woeser writes: "There, in the shadow of a 98-foot-tall monument to the gods of longevity, the man burst into flames - thus sparking the first of many self-immolations that spread across the Tibetan regions of China."
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7 Ways Americans Have Been Robbed of a Comfortable Retirement
Paul Buchheit, AlterNet
Buchheit writes: "The dream of a comfortable retirement is dying for many Americans. It's being extracted as a form of tribute to the very rich, a redistribution of our nation's wealth, a "tax" imposed on the middle and lower classes and paid for with their retirement savings."
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Sea Shepherd Claims Japan Whalers Attacked its Vessels
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd claimed Monday that Japanese whalers attacked its vessels in the Southern Ocean, and accused the Australian government of 'broken promises' to monitor whaling operations."
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