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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



Monday, June 8, 2015

RSN: Pipeline Firm Assured California a Spill Was 'Unlikely', Anticipatory Bribery, The Pointlessness of the Workplace Drug Test



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Robert Reich | Anticipatory Bribery 
Robert Reich. (photo: Richard Morgenstein) 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's blog 
Reich writes: "Washington has been rocked by the scandal of J. Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker in the history of the U.S. House, indicted on charges of violating banking laws by paying $1.7 million (as part of a $3.5 million agreement) to conceal prior misconduct, which turns out to have been child molestation." 
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Texas Officer Suspended After Pool Party Video Shows Him Pulling Gun on Teens 
Martin Pengelly, Guardian UK 
Pengelly writes: "A Texas police officer has been suspended after video posted online showed him breaking up a pool party in an extremely aggressive manner, including drawing his gun." 
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Federal Court Offers Ray of Hope to Obama's Immigration Programs 
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress 
Millhiser writes: "A string of bad luck for immigrants - and for the Obama Administration - might be coming to an end. On Thursday, a federal appeals court indicated that it is not bound by a previous decision that would make it very difficult for the administration to prevail in litigation challenging its immigration policies were this decision actually binding upon the court." 
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World Cup for Russia and Qatar Could Be Cancelled 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "The FBI has confirmed it will extend its investigation of bribery at FIFA to include how Russia and Qatar gained hosting rights." 
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Plunged Into Uncertainty, Turkey Could Face Early Election 
Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses, Reuters 
Excerpt: "Turkey faced the prospect of weeks of political turmoil after the ruling AK Party lost its parliamentary majority in weekend polls, dealing a blow to President Tayyip Erdogan's ambitions to acquire sweeping new powers." 
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The Pointlessness of the Workplace Drug Test 
Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic 
Pinkser writes: "Cup-peeing and mouth-swabbing are Reagan-era relics that frequently do little more than boosting the revenues of companies that analyze samples." 
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Pipeline Firm Assured California a Spill Was 'Unlikely' 
Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "A Texas company whose ruptured pipeline created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years had assured the government that a break in the line while possible was 'extremely unlikely' and state-of-the-art monitoring could quickly detect possible leaks and alert operators, documents show." 
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