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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



Saturday, August 29, 2015

RSN: Bankers Are Buying Baltimore's Debt, Charging Families Crazy Interest Rates, Then Taking Their Homes, 6.5 Million Americans Drink Water Contaminated With the Chemical Used to Make Non-Stick Pans




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Julian Assange | What WikiLeaks Teaches Us About How the US Operates 
Julian Assange at a press conference with Ecuador's foreign minister. (photo: Getty) 
Julian Assange, Newsweek 
Assange writes: "At the time of writing, WikiLeaks has published 2,325,961 diplomatic cables and other US State Department records, comprising some two billion words. This stupendous and seemingly insurmountable body of internal state literature, which if printed would amount to some 30,000 volumes, represents something new." 
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Bernie Sanders Grassroots Planning Huge March on Washington 
Brent Budowsky, Observer 
Budowsky writes: "First, the breaking news: A Facebook-driven grassroots movement of Bernie Sanders supporters is seeking 100,000 or more RSVP's from other Sanders supporters to attend a mass rally at the Washington Mall on or around October 17, with the theme 'enough is enough,' in support of the Sanders candidacy." 
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DNC to Vote on Resolution Supporting Black Lives Matter 
Darren Sands, BuzzFeed 
Sands writes: "The resolution, the language of which was made available to BuzzFeed News, will be voted on by the full body during the general session on Friday at the DNC's summer meetings in Minneapolis." 
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Bankers Are Buying Baltimore's Debt, Charging Families Crazy Interest Rates, Then Taking Their Homes 
Alice Ollstein, ThinkProgress 
Ollstein writes: "The death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore and the ensuing protests brought the nation's attention to the economic devastation that continues to grip the city. Now, new data shows powerful hedge funds are profiting off of struggling families in Baltimore by buying up debts as small as $250, charging high interest rates, and taking their homes when they fail to pay." 
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Unions Set Sights on Organizing E-Commerce and Manufacturing Firms After NLRB Ruling 
Nathan Layne and Mica Rosenberg, Reuters 
Excerpt: "U.S. union leaders said on Friday that a landmark U.S. labor board ruling on companies' obligations toward contract and franchise workers would help them organize manufacturers and e-commerce companies as well as fast food chains." 
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As Attacks on Refugees Dominate Headlines, a New Movement Aiding Asylum Seekers Has Started in Germany 
Der Spiegel 
Excerpt: "From medical care to security services, locals are organizing what the state won't." 
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6.5 Million Americans Drink Water Contaminated With the Chemical Used to Make Non-Stick Pans 
David Andrews, Environmental Working Group 
Andrews writes: "When you drink a glass of water, you expect it to be clean and pure, not contaminated with invisible toxic chemicals. But nationwide testing has found that 6.5 million Americans in 27 states are drinking water tainted by an industrial compound that was used for decades to make Teflon." 
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