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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



Tuesday, August 5, 2014

RSN: Scientists Discover Vast Methane Plumes Escaping From Arctic Sea Floor




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Glenn Greenwald | Cash, Weapons and Surveillance: The US Is a Key Party to Every Israeli Attack
Glenn Greenwald testifies before a Brazilian Congressional committee on the NSA's surveillance programs in Brasilia. (photo: Reuters)
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "The U.S. government has long lavished overwhelming aid on Israel, providing cash, weapons and surveillance technology that play a crucial role in Israel’s attacks on its neighbors. But top secret documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shed substantial new light on how the U.S. and its partners directly enable Israel’s military assaults – such as the one on Gaza."
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Paul Krugman | Con Men Aren't Stupid
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Why not pretend that we’re having a nice, honest discussion? Because I’m trying to inform readers about what’s going on -- and the attempt to sell right-wing goals under false pretenses is an important part of the story."
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Obama's Cuban Destabilization Campaign
Desmond Butler and Jack Gillum, Associated Press
Excerpt: "An Obama administration program secretly dispatched young Latin Americans to Cuba using the cover of health and civic programs to provoke political change, a clandestine operation that put those foreigners in danger even after a US contractor was hauled away to a Cuban jail."
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Google Image Scanning Software Revealed in Child Pornography Arrest
Stephanie Mlot, PC Magazine
Mlot writes: "The news comes about a year after Google announced that it would spearhead a new, shareable database intended to make it easier for organizations to report and remove images of child sexual abuse from larger portions of the Web."
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Florida to Begin Redrawing Unconstitutional Congressional Maps on Thursday
Bill Cotterell, Reuters
Cotterell writes: "Florida legislative leaders said on Sunday they plan to call a special session on Thursday after a judge ordered them to redraw the state's U.S. congressional maps and held open the possibility of delaying general elections in November."
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Farming Practices and Climate Change at Root of Toledo Water Pollution
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK
Goldenberg writes: "The toxins that contaminated the water supply of the city of Toledo -- leaving 400,000 people without access to safe drinking water for two days – were produced by a massive algae boom. But this is not a natural disaster."
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Scientists Discover Vast Methane Plumes Escaping From Arctic Sea Floor
EarthSky
Excerpt: "Methane has the potential to create a feedback loop in global warming. That is, as Earth’s climate warms, methane that is frozen in reservoirs stored in Arctic tundra soils -- or marine sediments -- may be released into the atmosphere."
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