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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



Thursday, April 24, 2014

RSN: 'Jobs vs. the Environment': How to Counter This Divisive Big Lie, Desmond Tutu: Climate Crisis Demands Boycott of Big Oil, et al



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Andy Borowitz | Supreme Court Calls Lying by Politicians an Expression of Their Religion
Supreme Court justices. (photo: Larry Downing/Reuters)
Andy Borowitz, New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of the United States declared on Tuesday that lying by politicians is protected by the First Amendment because it is an expression of their religion."
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Charles Pierce | The Wonderful World Where Justices Dwell
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "We learned that the only real form of political corruption is a direct quid pro quo, and that influence peddled is not influence at all, goes on and on at the Supreme Court, where today yet another decision was handed down that was not About Race, because nothing is ever About Race."
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Albuquerque PD Kills Again
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Albuquerque police said an officer shot and killed an auto theft suspect early Monday, the third shooting by officers in the troubled department in just over a month and the first after a federal investigation faulted the department for excessive force and a culture of abuse and aggression."
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How Feminism Became a Great Way to Sell Stuff
Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian UK
Mahdawi writes: "After decades of being berated for objectifying women, adland is leaning in to the debate on women's rights with unprecedented enthusiasm."
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GM Seeks U.S. Court Protection Against Ignition Lawsuits
Supriya Kurane, Arnab Sen, Reuters
Excerpt: "General Motors Co (GM.N) filed a motion in a U.S. court to enforce a bar on lawsuits stemming from ignition defects in cars sold before its 2009 bankruptcy as it fights proposed class action litigation that seeks to set aside the restriction."
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Desmond Tutu: Climate Crisis Demands Boycott of Big Oil
Jon Queally, Common Dreams
Queally writes: "Archbishop of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu is saying their is no longer any excuse for not doing everything humanly possible to fight climate change and has called for an international 'anti-apartheid-style boycott' against the fossil fuel industry."
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'Jobs vs. the Environment': How to Counter This Divisive Big Lie
Jeremy Brecher, The Nation
Brecher writes: "In an era in which our political system is dominated by plutocracy, grassroots social movements are essential for progressive change. But too often our movements find themselves at loggerheads over the seemingly conflicting need to preserve our environment and the need for jobs and economic development."
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