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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



Wednesday, November 19, 2014

RSN: On Obamacare, the GOP Lays a Trap for Itself, South Dakota Sioux Tribe Calls Keystone XL Pipeline Approval "Act of War",





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Glenn Greenwald | On Media Outlets That Continue to Describe Unknown Drone Victims as "Militants"
Glenn Greenwald. (photo: Salon)
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "Days after the Times article, most large western media outlets continued to describe completely unknown victims of U.S. drone attacks as 'militants' - even though they (a) had no idea who those victims were or what they had done and (b) were well-aware by that point that the term had been 're-defined' by the Obama administration into Alice in Wonderland-level nonsense."
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French Government Refuses to Sign TTIP Agreement in 2015
Cecile Barbiere and Anne-Claude Martin, EurActiv
Excerpt: "Europe's fears over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are not abating, while America is beginning to show signs of impatience."
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South Dakota Sioux Tribe Calls Keystone XL Pipeline Approval "Act of War"
Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK
Holpuch writes: "A Native American tribe in South Dakota has called a congressional vote to approve the Keystone XL pipeline an 'act of war' and vowed to close the reservation's borders if the US government tries to install a pipeline there."
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On Obamacare, the GOP Lays a Trap for Itself
James Surowiecki, The New Yorker
Surowiecki writes: "Republican politicians are, as of now, gleeful at the prospect of the Court delivering a blow to Obamacare. But, once the economic and political consequences of those disappearing subsidies kick in, Republicans could well end up wishing King v. Burwell had never seen the light of day."
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Female Indonesian Police Recruits Forced to Undergo 'Virginity Tests'
Kate Hodal, Guardian UK
Hodal writes: "Female recruits hoping to join Indonesia's police force are forced to undergo two-finger 'virginity tests,' a rights group has found, a practice that leaves the women traumatized, humiliated and in pain."
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Angela Davis | From Michael Brown to Assata Shakur, the Racist State of America Persists
Angela Davis, Guardian UK
Davis writes: "Although racist state violence has been a consistent theme in the history of people of African descent in North America, it has become especially noteworthy during the administration of the first African-American president, whose very election was widely interpreted as heralding the advent of a new, postracial era."
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Meet the World's Most Wanted Environmental Criminals
Taylor Hill, TakePart
Hill writes: "Taking a page out of the FBI's playbook, Interpol has released the first 'Most Wanted' list of the worst of the worst environmental criminals. The international police organization hopes that publicizing the photos and crimes of the world's most egregious poachers, ivory traffickers, and illegal loggers will help bring the suspects to justice."
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