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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, May 22, 2014

RSN: 560 Tons of Radioactive Water Pumped into Pacific Ocean at Fukushima, Civil Liberty Groups Dismayed by House's Gutted USA FREEDOM Act, et al




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Andy Borowitz | Philip Roth Says He Has Had His Last Sandwich
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The novelist Philip Roth announced today that a sandwich he ate last week, a turkey one with lettuce and tomato on wheat, would be his last."
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Obama on VA Misconduct: 'I Will Not Tolerate It'
Carrie Dann, NBC News
Dann reports: "President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to get to the bottom of alleged misconduct at Veterans Affairs agency hospitals, calling the reported activity 'dishonorable' and 'disgraceful' but expressing confidence that VA Secretary Eric Shinseki will continue working with the administration to solve the problem 'at this stage.'"
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China Arrests Former CEO of JPMorgan Asia
Cathy Chan, Jasmine Wang, Bloomberg
Excerpt: "Fang, a 12-year veteran of JPMorgan, resigned from the New York-based firm in March, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News at the time. His departure came amid a U.S. investigation into whether the firm employed people in Asia so that their relatives in government would steer business to the bank, people with knowledge of the probes have said."
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Civil Liberty Groups Dismayed by House's Gutted USA FREEDOM Act
Mark Jaycox, Nadia Kayyali, Lee Tien, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Excerpt: "Since the introduction of the USA FREEDOM Act, a bill that has over 140 cosponsors, Congress has been clear about its intent: ending the mass collection of Americans' calling records. Many members of Congress, the President's own review group on NSA activities, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board all agree that the use of Section 215 to collect Americans' calling records must stop."
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Kansas State Schools Reserve the Right to Fire Professors for Using Social Media
Lauren C. Williams, ThinkProgress
Williams writes: "Employees at any public Kansas university or college can now be fired for tweeting statements that could tarnish the school's reputation thanks to a new policy that has raised free speech concerns, The Witchita Eagle first reported."
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Bill McKibbon | A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change
Bill McKibbon, Rolling Stone
McKibbon writes: "This is an invitation, an invitation to come to New York City. An invitation to anyone who'd like to prove to themselves, and to their children, that they give a damn about the biggest crisis our civilization has ever faced."
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560 Tons of Radioactive Water Pumped into Pacific Ocean at Fukushima
Justin McCurry, Guardian UK
McCurry writes: "The buildup of toxic water is the most urgent problem facing workers at the plant, almost two years after the environment ministry said 300 tonnes of contaminated groundwater from Fukushima Daiichi was seeping into the ocean every day."
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