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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



Sunday, September 21, 2014

RSN: California Spends $62,300 to Keep Inmate in Jail Per Year, $9,200 to Educate Child in K-12 School, Five Reasons We're Joining the People's Climate March




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*NEW DONORS, WE HAVE TO REACH YOU: It's the first time donors we have to convince. We have easily 500 times the potential donors that we need. Who are you? What will it take to get you to step forward. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News*




Steve Weissman | Doesn't Someone Have to Do Something to Stop Islamic State?
An image made available by the Jihadist Twitter account al-Baraka news on June 16, 2014 allegedly shows ISIS militants executing members of the Iraqi forces on the Iraqi-Syrian border. (photo: AFP)
Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News
Weissman writes: "Which bothers you more? General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, publicly warning that Obama might have to send in ground troops to defeat Islamic State? Or former president Jimmy Carter supporting Obama's new war?"
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Get Ready for the Biggest Climate Protest Ever
Brooke Jarvis, Rolling Stone
Jarvis writes: "On Tuesday, September 23rd, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will meet with world leaders to discuss the global threat of climate change. Two days earlier, he'll be marching in the streets of New York alongside activists hoping to put pressure on the summit's high-powered attendees."
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Five Reasons We're Joining the People's Climate March
Wenonah Hauter and Sandra Steingraber, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "People will be marching with a wide range of views and agendas, but as we prepare for this momentous and powerful event, here are five reasons the two of us will hit the streets of New York on Sunday."
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Jim Wallis | It's About More Than Football
Jim Wallis, Sojourners
Wallis writes: "Athletes - at the professional and college levels - have been engaging in these violent crimes against women for a long time and regularly get away with it - we all know that. The National Football League, in particular, has taken little or no action against violence against women by its players."
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Catholic Nuns Take On Dark Money in Politics With Nationwide Bus Tour
Jack Jenkins, ThinkProgress
Jenkins writes: "A group of Catholic nuns gathered outside the Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday to kick off a nationwide 'We the People. We the Voters' bus tour, seeking to use their moral weight to highlight the evils of 'dark money' in politics and encourage disenfranchised people to register to vote and show up on election day."
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NYT Reveals Threats Against Turkish Reporter as Pro-Government Media Turn Her Into Target
Hurriyet Daily News
Excerpt: "The New York Times revealed Sept. 19 that its reporter Ceylan Yeginsu, who wrote a striking story on the recruitment efforts of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) at the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara earlier this week, has been receiving 'messages that threaten her safety.'"
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Russell Simmons | California Spends $62,300 to Keep Inmate in Jail Per Year, $9,200 to Educate Child in K-12 School
Russell Simmons, Reader Supported News
Simmons writes: "For far too many children who live just a few miles away from where my daughters are being raised in Los Angeles, going to prison is a norm. And this standard is sadly reinforced by the investment, or lack thereof, of our taxes in their future."
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