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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



Sunday, July 20, 2014

RSN: Enough. It's Time for a Boycott of Israel





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Naomi Klein | Enough. It's Time for a Boycott of Israel
Naomi Klein. (photo: Ed Kashi)
Naomi Klein, Guardian UK
"Every day that Israel pounds Gaza brings more converts to the BDS cause - even among Israeli Jews. In the midst of the assault roughly 500 Israelis, dozens of them well-known artists and scholars, sent a letter to foreign ambassadors in Israel."
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Officer in Fatal NY Arrest Stripped of Gun, Badge
Verena Dobnik and Jake Pearson, Associated Press
Excerpt: "A New York City police officer involved in the arrest of a man who died in custody after being placed in an apparent chokehold has been stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk duty, police said Saturday."
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Largest US Sentence Reduction in History Approved for Drug Offenders
Evan Hill, Al Jazeera America
Hill writes: "The federal agency that sets criminal sentencing policies for judges voted on Friday to allow tens of thousands of inmates serving time for drug crimes to apply for reduced sentences, the largest such sentencing reduction in modern U.S. history."
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Federal Court: No Execution Unless Arizona Reveals Drug Source
Michael Kiefer, Arizona Republic
Kiefer writes: "The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Saturday that Arizona must divulge information about the drugs and executioners it will use to put a man to death Wednesday or the execution will not go forward."
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Bolivia Legalizes Child Labor for Kids From Age 10
Associated Press
Excerpt: "While most of the world is trying to diminish child labor, Bolivia has become the first nation to legalize it from age 10. Congress approved the legislation early this month, and Vice President Alvaro Garcia signed it into law Thursday in the absence of President Evo Morales, who was traveling."
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Deploying Drones to Get an Overview of Factory Farms
Peggy Lowe, National Public Radio
Lowe writes: "An independent journalist says he's found a way around the so-called 'ag-gag' laws by flying drones over large livestock operations to document animal welfare problems and pollution."
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Plastic 'Trash Islands' Forming in Ocean Garbage Patch
Tia Ghose, Yahoo News
Ghose writes: "After returning from the Transpacific Yacht Race — an annual sailboat race from Los Angeles to Honolulu — in 1997, Capt. Charles Moore was guiding his boat through the doldrums when he noticed some plastic debris floating in the water."
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