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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, December 25, 2014

RSN: The Police Aren't Under Attack. Institutionalized Racism Is.




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The Police Aren't Under Attack. Institutionalized Racism Is.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (photo: Unknown)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME Magazine
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "According to Ecclesiastes, 'To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose.' For me, today, that means a time to seek justice and a time to mourn the dead. And a time to shut the hell up."
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No Indictment for Officer in Houston Shooting of Unarmed Black Man Jordan Baker
Ben Kamisar, The Hill
Kamisar writes: "Janet Baker, the victim's mother, held a rally Sunday at the spot where her son died. She's said that Castro profiled her son because he wore a black, hooded sweatshirt."
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ALSO SEE: The Country Should Know How Many People Die in Police Custody


As US Troops Return to Iraq, More Private Contractors Follow
Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart, Reuters
Excerpt: "The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack Obama's growing effort to beat back Islamic State militants threatening the Baghdad government, a senior U.S. official said."
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A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf writes: "This is the story of John Brennan's CIA spying on Congress and getting away with it."
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Cuba Will Not Return Assata Shakur to US
Andrew Jerell Jones, The Intercept
Jones writes: "Cuba delivered a blow late Monday to federal and state authorities who had hoped Assata Shakur, the famously exiled Black Liberation Army member, would be extradited back to the United States, vowing that the fugitive has 'legitimately' earned political asylum."
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A Christmas Wishlist From America's Children to Policymakers
Elaine Weiss, Moyers & Company
Weiss writes: "As children across the country send their wish lists to Santa, we put forth our own. Looking back on a year marked both by record-high levels of income inequality, and by increasing recognition of the damage that inequity brings, we wish for all of our children the life basics that better-off children can take for granted."
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5 Reasons the World Needs an Arctic Sanctuary
Mary Sweeters, Greenpeace
Sweeters writes: "As climate change makes this already fragile ecosystem even more vulnerable, Greenpeace is campaigning to establish an Arctic Sanctuary to protect the area. Why an Arctic Sanctuary? Here's my list of reasons to protect the North Pole."
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