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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



Wednesday, April 30, 2014

RSN: More Than 2/3rds of Afghanistan Reconstruction Money Has Gone to One Company, corporate welfare, Ralph Nader Rolls Back the Stone, et al



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Andy Borowitz | Sterling Says He Will Miss Being Around People He Hates
Donald Sterling. (photo: Reuters)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "After being banned by the N.B.A. Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling told reporters that he would miss being around people he hates."
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Charles Pierce | Ralph Nader Rolls Back the Stone
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "The best thing that ever happened to the careers of John Roberts and Samuel Alito, and the worst thing that ever happened to the Voting Rights Act, campaign-finance regulation, minority students in Michigan, the people of Iraq, the people of New Orleans, and the people of the United States generally, is back."
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Ralph Nader | The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
Ralph Nader, The Nader Page
Nader writes: "Establish rigorous procedures to evaluate the claims of businesses looking for a government handout which would end most corporate welfare and bailouts."
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More Than 2/3rds of Afghanistan Reconstruction Money Has Gone to One Company
Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov
Brinkerhoff writes: "If not for the federal government, contractor DynCorp International wouldn't be in business. Virtually all of its revenue (96%) comes from government contracts. That includes the vast majority of the taxpayer dollars that the State Department has awarded to companies to help rebuild Afghanistan."
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Jeffrey Toobin | Yes, John Roberts, Race Still Matters
Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Toobin writes: "Bundy and Sterling represent an ugly corner of contemporary American life, but it is one that is entirely invisible in recent Supreme Court rulings."
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Senate: Americans Don't Need to Know Drone Death Toll
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman reports: "At the behest of the director of national intelligence, US senators have removed a provision from a major intelligence bill that would require the president to publicly disclose information about drone strikes and their victims."
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Elizabeth Kucinich | The Link Between Parkinson's and Your Produce
Elizabeth Kucinich, Reader Supported News
Kucinich writes: "According to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, one major environmental factor is pesticide exposure. A meta-analysis in 2012 found that those who live in rural areas or near farming communities where pesticides are used are at a greater risk of developing Parkinson's."
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