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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



Sunday, January 18, 2015

RSN: BP's Maximum Fine for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Is Cut by Billions, They Are Not Exactly Charlie



BP gets pat on the head to keep destroying the environment!





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Matt Taibbi | They Are Not Exactly Charlie
David Brooks. (photo: David Levene/Guardian)
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Eight days after the attacks on the French satirical magazine, we're already in full-fledged backlash mode against the content of the victimized publication."
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Jeremy Scahill | Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: We Directed Paris Attack as 'Vengeance for the Prophet'
Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept
Scahill writes: "Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has now officially taken responsibility for the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris last Friday, but denied any involvement in the subsequent attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris."
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Obama to Seek to Raise Taxes on Rich to Aid Middle Class
Julie Hirschfeld Davis, The New York Times
Hirschfeld Davis writes: "President Obama will use his State of the Union address to call on Congress to raise taxes and fees on the wealthiest taxpayers and the largest financial firms to finance an array of tax cuts for the middle class, pressing to reshape the tax code to help working families, administration officials said on Saturday."
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Outrage Over Charlie Hebdo Cartoons Spreads in Islamic Nations
Anne Chaon and Boureima Hama, Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Five people were killed and churches set on fire in Niger in fresh protests against the French weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoon of Mohammed, as France condemned the violence and asserted its commitment to freedom of expression."
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Bernie Sanders Promises to Defend Social Security
Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
Taylor writes: "The senator representing Democrats on the Budget Committee vowed Friday to fight efforts by Republicans to prevent money dedicated to paying retirement benefits from being shifted to the disabled."
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Outrage After South Florida Police Use Black Mugshots as Targets
Zachary Fagenson, Reuters
Fagenson writes: "A Miami-area police department responded on Friday to public outrage over its snipers using photos, for target practice, of black suspects the agency had previously arrested, saying that photos of real people were often used for training."
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BP's Maximum Fine for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Is Cut by Billions
Reuters
Excerpt: "BP will face a maximum fine of $13.7bn under the Clean Water Act for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010, several billion less than feared."
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