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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:

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

RSN: Matt Taibbi: Media "Shamelessly Trumpeted and Cheerleaded" for Iraq War, How the Cleveland PD's Shooting of Tamir Rice Was Supposed to Work, US Rejects Proposal for WMD-Free Zone in Middle East




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Charles Pierce | How the Cleveland PD's Shooting of Tamir Rice Was Supposed to Work
Demonstrators block Public Square in Cleveland, during a protest over the police shooting of Tamir Rice, on Nov. 25, 2014. (photo: Tony Dejak/AP)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: 'Recently obtained documents from the Cleveland Police Department, displayed below, show that Tamir Rice was going to be charged with the outrageous crimes of 'aggravated menacing' and 'inducing panic.'"
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Matt Taibbi: Media "Shamelessly Trumpeted and Cheerleaded" for Iraq War
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Where was MSNBC on Iraq back in the day? I mean, they were letting go of people like Phil Donahue and Jesse Ventura for having, you know, unpatriotic positions on the Iraq War. Everybody was in on this thing, except for maybe this program and a few other scattered journalists."
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Edward Snowden: 'My Work Is Not Finished. It Has Only Begun.'
Alan Rusbridger, Janine Gibson and Ewen MacAskill, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "In an exclusive interview from Moscow, Snowden cautions that more needs to be done to curb NSA surveillance two years after his disclosures."
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Senate Approves Fast-Track for TPP Trade Proposal
Paul Kane, The Washington Post
Kane writes: "President Obama won a big victory for his trade agenda Friday with the Senate's approval of fast-track legislation that could make it easier for him to complete a wide-ranging trade deal that would include 11 Pacific Rim nations."
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US Rejects Proposal for WMD-Free Zone in Middle East
Carole Landry, Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Nuclear non-proliferation talks ended without agreement on Friday after the United States, Canada and Britain opposed a plan to set up a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East."
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Senate Blocks House Bill Reforming NSA Spying
Julian Hattem, The Hill
Hattem writes: "The Senate failed to move forward on legislation to reform the National Security Agency or renew the Patriot Act early on Saturday morning, making it almost a sure bet that portions of the Patriot Act expire at the end of the month."
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Obama: Climate Change 'Serious Threat to Global Security'
Timothy Cama, The Hill
Cama writes: "Obama will argue in his address to graduates at the United States Coast Guard Academy that the fight against climate change is a fight for global peace and against the conflicts that lead to war, according to a White House preview of the remarks."
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