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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



Monday, February 23, 2015

RSN: Fuel-Hauling Trains Could Derail at 10 a Year, How Chicago Police Condemned the Innocent: a Trail of Coerced Confessions



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Andy Borowitz | Obama Says He Even Loves America's Idiots
Barack Obama. (photo: Bloomberg)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In his weekly radio address, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his love of country, telling the nation, 'I love America-even its idiots.'"
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How Chicago Police Condemned the Innocent: a Trail of Coerced Confessions
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "In what he considered a sign he had nothing to hide, the 24-year-old Boyd had given the white detective permission to search his swank loft. It would be clear, he thought, that Boyd was no murderer."
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Ex-CBS Colleague Disputes Bill O'Reilly's 'War Zone' Story: He 'Should Be Ashamed'
Matt Wilstein, Mediaite
Wilstein writes: "Fox News' Bill O'Reilly has tried hard over the past 48 hours to discredit reports from Mother Jones that claim he exaggerated his experience covering the Falkland Islands war more than 30 years ago. But those efforts may get a good deal more difficult after the latest development."
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Malcolm X's Public Speaking Power
Gwen Thompkins, National Public Radio
Thompkins writes: "Malcolm X died in midday, in mid-life, and perhaps most importantly, in mid-sentence. His killers robbed the audience of the ideas it had come to hear."
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When Americans Lynched Mexicans
William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Americans are largely unaware that Mexicans were frequently the targets of lynch mobs, from the mid-19th century until well into the 20th century, second only to African-Americans in the scale and scope of the crimes."
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Work of Prominent Climate Change Denier Was Funded by Energy Industry
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK
Goldenberg writes: "A prominent academic and climate change denier's work was funded almost entirely by the energy industry, receiving more than $1.2m from companies, lobby groups and oil billionaires over more than a decade, newly released documents show."
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Fuel-Hauling Trains Could Derail at 10 a Year
Matthew Brown and Josh Funk, The Associated Press
Excerpt: "The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly killing hundreds of people if an accident happens in a densely populated part of the U.S."
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