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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, July 10, 2014

RSN: Tar Sands Linked to Cancer in First Nations, Leaked Memo Reveals Scientists Pressured to Reverse Decision on Protecting Wolverines



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Charles Pierce | His Eminence, Ross Cardinal Douthat
Ross Douthat. (photo: HBO)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "His Eminence, Ross Cardinal Douthat, primate of the Archdiocese of Dorkylvania, having issued a previous pastoral letter in which he warned gay people that they ought not to celebrate their right to marry quite so ... gaily was back over the weekend crowing just a bit over the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case which, he says, liberals ought to celebrate, because Hobby Lobby is not a sweatshop."
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How This California Police Officer Escaped Charges for Shooting a 13-Year-Old Dead
Nicole Flatow, ThinkProgress
Flatow writes: "Last October, protests erupted over the fatal, racially charged police shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez in Santa Rosa, California, after his BB gun was mistaken for a real AK47."
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US Military Studied Occupy on Twitter to Learn How to Spread Propaganda on Social Media
Ben Quinn and James Ball, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The activities of users of Twitter and other social media services were recorded and analysed as part of a major project funded by the US military, in a program that covers ground similar to Facebook's controversial experiment into how to control emotions by manipulating news feeds."
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Edward Snowden Applies to Extend Stay in Russia, Lawyer Says
The Associated Press
Excerpt: "Anatoly Kucherena said the former National Security Agency contractor had made the application to Russia's migration authorities because his one-year permit was due to expire at the end of July, according to Russian news agencies."
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Behind Harry Reid's War Against the Koch Brothers
Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico
Vogel writes: "At first, it seemed like just another example of Harry Reid being Harry Reid. The Senate majority leader, whose unscripted attacks can veer into bellicosity and take liberties with facts, spoke on the Senate floor last October and appeared to blame billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch for the government shutdown."
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Tar Sands Linked to Cancer in First Nations
Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America
Lewis writes: "Canada's tar sands development, in the Alberta province, has been linked to environmental contaminants in wildlife and increasing incidences of cancer in indigenous communities, a new report released this week said."
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Leaked Memo Reveals Scientists Pressured to Reverse Decision on Protecting Wolverines
Center for Biological Diversity, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "According to a leaked memo obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity, scientists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been ordered to reverse their own conclusions and withdraw last year's proposal to protect American wolverines under the Endangered Species Act."
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