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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



Monday, June 30, 2014

RSN: Natural Gas Industry Hires Family Members of Leading Politicians



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Andy Borowitz | Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form
President Barack. (photo: Reuters)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: “After announcing, on Thursday, that it would seek $500 million to help ‘train and equip appropriately vetted elements of the moderate Syrian armed opposition,’ the White House today posted the following Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form.”
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Juan Cole | Baghdad Strikes Back: Al-Maliki Launches Battle for Tikrit
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: “Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki is fighting for his political life as well as for the territorial integrity of Iraq. On Saturday he launched a large military operation in an attempt to take back control of Tikrit (the capital of Salahuddin Province) just to the north of the capital, Baghdad.”
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Facebook Conducted Psychological Experiments on Unknowing Users
Annie-Rose Strasser, ThinkProgress
Strasser writes: “The latest way that Facebook has been peeking into its users’ personal lives may be the most surprising yet: Facebook researches have published a scientific paper that reveals the company has been conducting psychological experiments on its users to manipulate their emotions.”
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Natural Gas Industry Hires Family Members of Leading Politicians
Lee Fang, Republic Report
Fang writes: “In May of last year, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, now considered the favorite to win West Virginia’s open Senate seat, stood on a small platform in Charleston, behind a row of tiny trophies in the shape of drilling rigs. She was there to congratulate the Energy Corporation of America, a major gas exploration and distribution company, on its plans to open a new building in the state capital."
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Video Released in Arrest of ASU Professor
Kristine Harrington, AZFamily.com
Harrington writes: “’The reason I’m talking to you right now is because you are walking in the middle of the street,’ Officer Stewart Ferrin said to ASU professor Dr. Ersula Ore after stopping her near campus. She was crossing College Avenue, just south of Fifth Street. But in less than a minute, the conversation quickly began to escalate.”
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Soul Legend Bobby Womack Dead at 70
Jason Newman, Rolling Stone
Newman writes: “Bobby Womack, the legendary soul singer whose career spanned seven decades, died Friday at age 70. A representative for Womack's label XL Recordings confirmed the singer's death to Rolling Stone, but said the cause of death was currently unknown.”
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Elizabeth Kolbert | Save the Elephants
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker
Kolbert writes: “Satao, a bull elephant who lived in the arid plains northwest of Mombasa, had tusks so long that when he walked they nearly scraped the ground.”
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