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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:

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Friday, April 25, 2014

CLG: Fear of Christie's ties to U.S. Attorney kept Hoboken mayor from reporting alleged Sandy Aid threats - letter, Obama official responsible for copyright chapters of TPP and ACTA gets job at MPAA; his replacement is another copyright lobbyist, et al


News Updates from CLG
24 Apr 2014



Previous edition: US sends 600 troops to Eastern Europe, warship USS Taylor enters Black Sea (Google subscribers: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.)


Obama breaks 2008 campaign pledge on net neutrality --This is what one might call a net-discrimination rule, and, if enacted, it will profoundly change the Internet as a platform for free speech and small-scale innovation. 24 Apr 2014 In 2007, at a public forum at Coe College, in Iowa, Presidential candidate Barack Obama was asked about net neutrality. Specifically, "Would you make it a priority in your first year of office to reinstate net neutrality as the law of the land? And would you pledge to only appoint F.C.C. commissioners that support open Internet principles like net neutrality?" "The answer is yes," Obama replied. "I am a strong supporter of net neutrality." If reports in the Wall Street Journal are correct, Obama's chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Thomas Wheeler, has proposed a new rule that is an explicit and blatant violation of this promise.


'Net Neutrality' Overturned by FCC in Cave-in to Cable Lobbyists --One top cable executive said, 'I have to say, I'm pleased.' 23 Apr 2014 Regulators are proposing new rules on Internet traffic that would allow broadband providers to charge companies [and, in turn, consumers] a premium for access to their fastest lanes [and slow delivery of items such as the CLG Newsletter]. The Federal Communications Commission plans to put forth its new rules on Thursday. The proposal marks the FCC's third attempt at enforcing "net neutrality"--the concept that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Net neutrality was a key part of President Barack Obama's campaign platform in 2008.


Obama official responsible for copyright chapters of TPP and ACTA gets job at MPAA; his replacement is another copyright lobbyist --When Obama was campaigning for office, he vowed that 'lobbyists won't work in my White House.' 23 Apr 2014 Stan McCoy is the assistant US Trade Representative who oversaw the creation of the disastrous, far-reaching copyright provisions in ACTA and the Trans Pacific Partnership. He's left the Obama administration for a high-paid job at the MPAA, which represents companies that stood to reap massive profits and permanent control over Internet governance and innovation thanks to his efforts while in government. Now, the Obama administration has headhunted a software industry lobbyist (who supported SOPA) to take over his job. McCoy is one of more than a dozen USTR officials who've left the government to work for copyright lobbying bodies...


F.B.I. Informant Is Tied to Cyberattacks Abroad --Attacks were coordinated by snitch Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka Sabu 24 Apr 2014 An informant working for the F.B.I. coordinated a 2012 campaign of hundreds of cyberattacks on foreign websites, including some operated by the governments of Iran, Syria, Brazil and Pakistan, according to documents and interviews with people involved in the attacks. Exploiting a vulnerability in a popular web hosting software, the informant directed at least one hacker to extract vast amounts of data from the government servers of a number of countries and upload it to a server monitored by the F.B.I., according to court statements. The details of the 2012 episode have, until now, been kept largely a secret in closed sessions of a federal court in New York and heavily redacted documents.


Govt must turn over info on CIA prisons to defense 22 Apr 2014 Prosecutors must turn over never-revealed details about the time a Guantanamo Bay detainee spent in secret CIA prisons after his arrest in connection with the deadly attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a military judge's order released Tuesday. The five-page order was a victory for defense lawyers representing Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri, accused of orchestrating the Oct. 12, 2000, bombing of the USS Cole. Prosecutors, who can appeal the judge's ruling, had argued that information about his time spent [being tortured] CIA custody was irrelevant to the case.


US Navy to deploy combat dolphins for Black Sea military drills - report 22 Apr 2014 American combat dolphins and sea lions will undergo a lengthy plane flight in order to participate in NATO war games in the Black Sea, a spokesman for the US Navy's marine mammals program reportedly said. Twenty dolphins and ten sea lions will take part in the drills, which will last between one and two weeks, spokesman Tom LaPuzza said, as cited by Izvestia newspaper. The war games are one of eight joint NATO-Ukrainian military exercises scheduled to take place this year. [US nutjobs: STOP using animals in your perverted, psycho war games. WHO can rid us of this miserable regime?]


US troops arrive in Poland for drills amid rising tensions over Ukraine 24 Apr 2014 The first wave of US troops has arrived in Poland to begin military drills "promoting peace and stability" [?!?] across Eastern Europe. Tensions continue to mount in the region, as Ukraine teeters on the brink of a civil war. A contingent of 150 American soldiers arrived in the Polish town of Swidwin on Thursday and will be shortly joined by another 450 troops...Defense Department spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby, who announced the drills Tuesday, said they sent a clear message to Moscow.


U.S. says will act 'in days' if no Russian action in Ukraine 21 Apr 2014 The United States government said on Monday it will decide "in days" on additional sanctions if Russia does not take steps to implement an agreement to ease tensions in Ukraine reached in Geneva last week. The steps include publicly calling on pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine to vacate occupied buildings and checkpoints, accept an amnesty and address their grievances politically, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.


US responsible for Ukrainian crisis after investing $5bn in regime change - Russia's envoy to UN 23 Apr 2014 The US is to blame for the events in Ukraine as it invested 5 billion in regime change in the country, taking a more radical stance that its EU allies, Vitaly Churkin, Russia's envoy to the UN, said. "It seems it was the Americans, who tried to push through the most radical scenario," Churkin said in an interview with Rossiya 24 channel. "They didn't want any sort of compromise between [ousted President Viktor] Yanukovich and the opposition. And, I think, they came to the conclusion that it was time to cash in those 5 billion and handle the matter towards abrupt regime change, which, eventually, happened." This explains why the US, but not the European Union, took center stage when the coup resulted in legal vacuum in Kiev, he added.


3 US physicians killed in Kabul hospital shooting 24 Apr 2014 A man in Afghan military uniform has shot dead three US physicians and wounded a nurse at a hospital in the capital city of Kabul. The incident occurred on Thursday morning at Cure International Hospital in western Kabul. Afghan police sources said the assailant was a member of the Afghan Public Protection Force assigned to guard the hospital.


Israel suspends peace talks in response to Palestinian unity deal 24 Apr 2014 Israel's security cabinet has suspended peace talks with the Palestinians in response to the unity deal between the PLO, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas. The Cabinet unanimously decided to cut off contacts after a five-hour meeting Thursday. According to Israeli media, the country will also impose economic sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Reuters reports.


U.S. soldier convicted in WikiLeaks case granted name change 23 Apr 2014 Former U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, who is serving 35 years in prison for turning over classified files to WikiLeaks, can exchange the name Bradley for Chelsea to reflect her desire to be treated as a woman, a judge in Kansas ruled on Wednesday. Manning's name is legally changed to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning, according to the decision handed down by Leavenworth County District Judge David King. Manning will be issued a new birth certificate to reflect the name change.


Saudi Arabia Sees 11 New MERS Cases as Virus Sweeps to Mecca 23 Apr 2014 Saudi Arabia reported another 11 cases of a potentially deadly respiratory virus, including the first in the Muslim holy city of Mecca. Six of the people to have newly contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, were in Jeddah, the kingdom's largest city, with another four in the capital, Riyadh, and one in Mecca, according to a health ministry statement. That brings the total number of cases in the country to 272.


Report into missing jet MH370 to be released 'next week': Malaysian PM makes surprise announcement as relatives cling to hope it was not destroyed --Yesterday it emerged material on Australian beach was not from MH370 24 Apr 2014 Malaysia's preliminary report into the disappearance of flight MH370 will be released next week, the country's Prime Minister has said. Najib Razak made the surprise announcement as his government continued to be besieged by angry families, some of whom refuse to accept the plane was destroyed unless they have hard evidence. The report has already been sent to the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization but not made public.


MH370 Relatives In Death Certificate Fury 22 Apr 2014 Relatives of flight MH370 passengers have expressed outrage after the Malaysian government suggested it was considering issuing death certificates for those on board the missing flight.


NRC extends post-Fukushima fix deadline for Limerick nuclear plant 23 Apr 2014 (PA) The Exelon nuclear plant has been given two more years to make a crucial upgrade to the reactor buildings intended to prevent explosions like those that occurred during the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. In March 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ordered the Limerick Generating Station to take a number of steps designed to prevent the building-up of explosive gas in the reactor containment building...On Feb. 26, Exelon wrote to the NRC and asked for a two-year extension on the deadlines for installing the new safeguards in each of its two reactors. On April 14, the NRC informed Exelon that its request for an extension had been granted.


Georgia's sweeping new gun law allows guns in bars, churches 23 Apr 2014 In Georgia, it will soon be legal to carry a gun in more places -- including bars, churches and government buildings -- following Gov. Nathan Deal's (R) signing Wednesday of a bill celebrated by supporters as a victory for the 2nd Amendment but decried by critics as the "guns-everywhere bill." The Safe Carry Protection Act, which takes effect July 1, will allow licensed gun owners to take firearms into houses of worship if the congregation allows it, into bars unless the owner objects, into non-secure areas of airports, and into government buildings, except past security checkpoints.


NYPD's Twitter Request for Photos Backfires 23 Apr 2014 A request by the New York City Police Department has backfired -- in a very public way. Its request that Twitter users share pictures of them posing with police officers has caused people to start sending in photos of police brutality...Other photos included an elderly man bloodied after being arrested for jaywalking.


Fear of Christie's ties to U.S. Attorney kept Hoboken mayor from reporting alleged Sandy Aid threats - letter 22 Apr 2014 Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has often been questioned as to why she didn't come forward last year when threats she says were made by the Lt. Governor over her Sandy Aid occurred. This week, Zimmer attempted to explain her reasoning in a letter to the Democratic leaders of the legislature. In what she says are previously unreported entries to her personal journal, Zimmer says she discussed coming forward with the city's redevelopment attorney, but ultimately decided it was pointless.


Grazing Welfare Recipient Cliven Bundy Is a Grammatically-Challenged Racist: A Defiant Rancher Savors the Audience That Rallied to His Side 24 Apr 2014 For 55 minutes, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy held forth to a clutch of supporters about his views on the troubled state of America -- the overreaching federal government, the harassment of Western ranchers, the societal upheaval caused by abortion, even musing about whether slavery was so bad... "I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro," he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las Vegas, "and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids -- and there is always at least a half a dozen people sitting on the porch -- they didn't have nothing to do. They didn't have nothing for their kids to do...They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I've often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn't get no more freedom. They got less freedom."


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