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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



Friday, March 27, 2015

RSN: Lobbyist Claims Pesticide Safe to Drink; Bolts When Offered a Glass, WikiLeaks Releases Classified Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Proposal





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Matt Taibbi | Regulatory Capture, Captured on Video
Securities and Exchange Commission. (photo: Reuters)
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "The would-be enforcement official cravenly compliments the industry he supposedly polices and then - get this - jokingly puts forward his own son as a candidate for a job in private equity. On video."
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WikiLeaks Releases Classified Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Proposal
Jonathan Weisman, The New York Times
Weisman writes: "An ambitious 12-nation trade accord pushed by President Obama would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment 'expectations' and hurt their business, according to a classified document."
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Iraqi Gov't Fighters Threatening to Attack Americans, Boycotting Attack on ISIS
Rod Nordland and Helene Cooper, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Thousands of Shiite militiamen boycotted the fight, others threatened to attack any Americans they found, and Iraqi officials said nine of their fighters had been accidentally killed in an airstrike."
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Trevor Timm | Leaking Government Secrets Is Fine - As Long as It Benefits Politicians
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "It is hypocritical that some leaks will land you in jail, while others just lead to a slap on the wrist."
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Law Enforcement Spent $600,000 on Drones It Didn't Fly
Jesse Byrnes, The Hill
Byrnes writes: "The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) spent about $600,000 on six drones 'but never flew them,' according to a Justice Department inspector general report released Wednesday."
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Could Wisconsin's Scott Walker Now Abolish the Weekend?
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Hiltzik writes: "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a leading aspirant for the Republican nomination for president, made his state the 25th 'right-to-work' state in the nation on March 9 when he signed a measure passed by the Republican-controlled legislature."
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Lobbyist Claims Pesticide Safe to Drink; Bolts When Offered a Glass
David Edwards, Raw Story
Edwards writes: "A controversial lobbyist who claimed that the chemical in Monsanto's Roundup weed killer was safe for humans refused to drink his own words when a French television journalist offered him a glass."
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