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NEW CONTENT MOVED TO MIDDLEBORO REVIEW 2

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



Friday, December 26, 2014

RSN: Have People of Color Been Locked Out of the Green Economy?, The Government Problem




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Robert Reich | The Government Problem
Economist, professor, author and political commentator Robert Reich. (photo: Richard Morgenstein)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Some believe the central political issue of our era is the size of the government. They're wrong. The central issue is whom the government is for."
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The Obama Boom
Reihan Salam, Slate
Salem writes: "Having come of age in the late 1990s, when the American economy was the envy of the world, the past half-decade has been a dispiriting slog. So, while I've learned to temper my enthusiasm about even the best economic news, I'll admit that even I'm getting a little pepped up."
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USA Today Wants You to Think Killings of Police Are on the Rise
Peter Hart, FAIR
Hart writes: "'Ambush Recharges Debate,' declares the front page of USA Today, a headline over a story about the killing of New York police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. The 'debate' being recharged is presumably linked to the national protests against police brutality-protests that are in no way connected to this brutal murder."
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Christmas Letter From Jailed Al Jazeera Journalist Peter Greste
Peter Greste, The Sydney Morning Herald
Greste writes: "I write to all our friends and supporters from my jail cell in Mazraa Prison, Cairo. As we approach Christmas and the rather inauspicious anniversary of our arrest on December 29, there is a temptation to become morose over our continued detention. After all, on paper we don't seem to have made much progress."
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Netanyahu Hires Republican Strategist John McLaughlin For Election Campaign
JTA
Excerpt: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly hired Republican strategist and pollster John McLaughlin ahead of Israel's March 17 election."
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Wall Street Had a Merry Christmas. The New Year's Still Up for Grabs.
Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future
Eskow writes: "It's almost as if Wall Street's been expecting a break all along - but then, maybe it has. After all, instead of shoring up Dodd-Frank by restoring Glass-Steagall and breaking up too-big-to-fail banks, lawmakers have looked the other way."
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Have People of Color Been Locked Out of the Green Economy?
Brentin Mock, Grist
Mock writes: "Here's the problem: The lack of racial parity in solar economic benefits makes it more difficult for Jacobs to do this kind of pushing back. 'It's a horror show,' said Jacobs when I asked him about the climate for black enterprisers in the solar sector in Florida. 'African-American entrepreneurs had little chance to get in that mix.'"
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