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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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Friday, September 25, 2015

RSN: Pope Francis Tells Congress 'Every Life Is Sacred,' Says the Death Penalty Should Be Abolished




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Noam Chomsky: History Doesn't Go in a Straight Line 
Noam Chomsky. (photo: Va Shiva) 
Noam Chomsky, Jacobin 
Excerpt: "The neoliberal policies are certainly a regression. For the majority of the population in the US, there's been pretty much stagnation and decline in the last generation. And not because of any economic laws. These are policies." 
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Pope Francis Tells Congress 'Every Life Is Sacred,' Says the Death Penalty Should Be Abolished 
Mark Berman, The Washington Post 
Berman writes: "Pope Francis used his landmark address to Congress on Thursday to reiterate his belief that the death penalty should be abolished, directly tying the issue to his advocacy for the poor and underrepresented." 
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Border Patrol Agent Is Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Mexican Teen 
Nigel Duara, Los Angeles Times 
Excerpt: "Federal authorities have charged a U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a Mexican teenager in a cross-border shooting with second-degree murder." 
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The Children's Place Mega-Chain Continues to Source Clothes in Unsafe Sweatshops 
Adam Matthews and David Bergman, Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "Both styles were a bargain, just $19.95 at retail and, after discount, well under half that on TCP's website at the time of writing. Belying their carefree design, the mini surfer dude shorts came from a cheerless factory in a landlocked city in a country half a world away - Shams Styling Wears, located on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka." 
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Transgender Inmate Wins legal Victory After Mistreatment by Prison Guards 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "A transgender inmate who says she was called 'it' and 'some kind of animal' by guards who watched her shower has won a legal victory that forces the Maryland prison system to better train for how to treat transgender people, advocates say." 
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Edward Snowden to Attend Meeting on Privacy-Improving 'Snowden Treaty' 
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK 
Pilkington writes: "The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will be beamed by video link into a New York meeting on Thursday, at which a draft international 'treaty' bearing his name will be launched in an attempt to persuade governments around the world to strengthen privacy laws." 
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Colorado Supreme Court to Make Historic Ruling on Fracking Bans 
Gary Wockner, EcoWatch 
Wockner writes: "Tensions are rising to a crescendo across Colorado as the Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear the extremely controversial issue of whether fracking bans and long-term moratoriums are allowed in the state." 
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