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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



Wednesday, July 15, 2015

RSN: ExxonMobil Gave Millions to Climate-Denying Lawmakers Despite Pledge, Revenge of Citizens United, Lots of Other Countries Mandate Paid Leave. Why Not the US?




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Andy Borowitz | Obama Squandering America's Precious Supply of Enemies 
Representatives of their respective countries pose for a photo after reaching an agreement limiting Iran's nuclear enrichment. (photo: Joe Klamar/Pool/AP) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "'Our adversarial relationships with Cuba and Iran took years of frostiness and saber-rattling to maintain,' Harland Dorrinson, the executive director of the Washington-based Institute for Infinite Conflict, said." 
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ACLU Sues to Stop Bulk Phone-Data Collection, Even if It's Only Temporary 
Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept 
McLaughlin writes: "The nation's secretive surveillance court should not have reinstated the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone call data even temporarily, because an appellate court ruled that the program was illegal in May, the American Civil Liberties Union argued in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday." 
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Far Right Will Be Strengthened by More Austerity, Former Greek Finance Minister Warns 
Helen Davidson, Guardian UK 
Davidson writes: "Varoufakis also dubbed the bailout agreement reached in Brussels this week as a new Treaty of Versaille, and a coup d'état which used banks instead of tanks." 
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Lots of Other Countries Mandate Paid Leave. Why Not the US? 
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR 
Kurtzleben writes: "If you've been paying attention to the political news in the last couple of years, you know that the US stands virtually alone in not mandating paid leave of any type for its workers." 
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Revenge of Citizens United 
Kenneth P. Vogel and Tarini Parti, Politico 
Excerpt: "Republicans could barely contain their glee when the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision cleared the way for unlimited spending in political campaigns. But now - headed into a crowded presidential primary that promises to be longer, nastier and more expensive as a result of the ruling - some are having buyers' remorse." 
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Michael Brown's Death Put on Display 
Justin Glawe, The Daily Beast 
Glawe writes: "An artist made a life-like replica of him to start a conversation about 'white privilege.'" 
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ExxonMobil Gave Millions to Climate-Denying Lawmakers Despite Pledge 
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK 
Goldenberg writes: "Under pressure from shareholders, company promised eight years ago to stop funding climate denial - but financial and tax records tell a different story." 
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