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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:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Wednesday, September 23, 2015

RSN: Leonardo DiCaprio Joins $2.6 Trillion Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement, A Drug Company Raised a Pill's Price 5,500 Percent Because, in America, It Can,





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Andy Borowitz | Kochs Demand Walker Return Nine Hundred Million Dollars 
Scott Walker. (photo: CNN) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Just minutes after the Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker dropped out of the Republican Presidential race, the billionaire Koch brothers demanded that he return the nine hundred million dollars they had allocated to his campaign." 
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Bernie Sanders Joins Striking Workers Demanding Audience With Pope 
Ned Resnikoff, Al Jazeera America 
Resnikoff writes: "Hundreds of striking low-wage workers in Washington, D.C. want Pope Francis to join their cause. Members of Good Jobs Nation, the labor-backed campaign to win higher pay and union recognition for service employees at federal sites in the capital, halted work on Tuesday morning as part of a protest timed to coincide with the pope's U.S. visit." 
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Amnesty International Slams DOJ's 'Inconsistent' Response to Senate Torture Report 
Carrie Johnson, NPR 
Johnson writes: "Nine months after the Senate Intelligence Committee published a scathing report on the U.S. torture of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks, Amnesty International USA is demanding an investigation into the lackluster and 'inconsistent' response by Justice Department officials." 
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A Drug Company Raised a Pill's Price 5,500 Percent Because, in America, It Can 
Sarah Kliff, Vox 
Kliff writes: "Daraprim is a small, white tablet that looks a lot like Aspirin. It was created in the 1960s and treats a parasitic infection called toxoplasmosis. And, last month, Daraprim's price increased 5,500 percent." 
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1 in 4 Women Experienced Sexual Assault While in College, Survey Finds 
Michele Richinick, Newsweek 
Richinick writes: "Almost a quarter of undergraduate women surveyed at some of the top universities across the country said they were victims of sexual assault and misconduct as college students, according to a new report released Monday." 
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US Border Patrol Violates Human Rights of 40% of Mexican Migrants 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Close to 40 percent of Mexican migrants deported from the United States said Border Patrol agents violated their human rights, and two thirds said their families were returned Mexico separately, a study by the Kino Border Initiative and Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States revealed." 
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Leonardo DiCaprio Joins $2.6 Trillion Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement 
Damian Carrington and Emma Howard, Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "Leonardo DiCaprio and over 2000 individuals and 400 institutions are now committed to pulling their money from fossil fuel companies, together representing a remarkable $2.6tn of investments, it was revealed on Tuesday." 
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