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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, April 17, 2015

RSN: Secrecy Shrouds Decade-Old Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico, GOP Passes Massive Tax Break for Millionaires, Billionaires




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Glenn Greenwald | NBC's Conduct in Engel Kidnapping Story More Troubling Than Brian Williams Scandal
Richard Engel. (photo: NBC News)
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "The Brian Williams scandal is basically about an insecure, ego-driven TV star who puffed up his own war credentials by fabricating war stories: it's about personal foibles. But this Engel story is about what appears to be a reckless eagerness, if not deliberate deception."
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Obama Partners With Republicans to Fast-Track TPP Trade Deal
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "The 'fast-track' legislation comes as Obama seeks a sweeping trade agreement with 11 Pacific nations. It would renew presidential authority to present trade agreements that Congress can endorse or reject, but not amend."
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GOP Passes Massive Tax Break for Millionaires, Billionaires
Steve Benen, The MaddowBlog
Benen writes: "Today's bill, called the 'Death Tax Repeal Act,' quite literally benefits multi-millionaires and billionaires exclusively."
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It's Not Just Guns. Police Often Use Tasers All Wrong, Too.
German Lopez, Vox
Lopez writes: "Law enforcement experts have increasingly criticized how police use stun guns in recent years, particularly as police use of force comes under mounting scrutiny following the deaths of unarmed black men like Eric Garner in New York City and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri."
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TSA Trained Disney, SeaWorld Security to Spot Terrorists
Jana Winter, The Intercept
Winter writes: "TSA has trained security teams from SeaWorld, Disney World and Busch Gardens to use the same checklist of behavior indicators, which includes 'wearing a disguise,' 'whistling,' 'exaggerated yawning' and 'excessive laughter,' according to interviews and documents obtained by The Intercept."
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Cubans to Open Talks About US Fugitives Including Assata Shakur as Ties Warm
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The US and Cuba will open talks about two of the United States' most-wanted fugitives as part of a new dialogue about law-enforcement cooperation made possible by President Barack Obama's decision to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terror, the State Department has announced."
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Secrecy Shrouds Decade-Old Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
Michael Kunzelman and Jeff Donn, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Outside experts say the spill could be even worse - possibly one of the largest ever in the Gulf."
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