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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, October 24, 2015

RSN:For Israel, 'Human Rights' Has Meant the Right to Dominate Palestinians, Bernie Sanders Accomplished More Than Hillary Clinton Ever Did, John Kiriakou | Saudi Arabia Has No Business Chairing the UN Human Rights Council




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John Kiriakou | Saudi Arabia Has No Business Chairing the UN Human Rights Council 
Left: Faisal Trad, Saudi Arabia's ambassador in Geneva, has been elected Chair of the UN Human Rights Council panel that appoints independent experts. Right: Michael Moller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. (photo: UN) 
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News 
Kiriakou writes: "Saudi Arabia, that champion of religious freedom, civil liberties, and human rights, seems to have found itself as the new chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council. This is despite the fact that the Kingdom is having a bad year, even by Saudi human rights standards, and has beheaded more people in 2015 than ISIS." 
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Dan Froomkin | Rare Veto Keeps Obama's Options Open for Closing Gitmo 
Dan Froomkin, The Intercept 
Froomkin writes: "President Obama broke his cycle of empty veto threats over Guantanamo on Thursday, sending a defense authorization bill back to Congress with a defiant message: 'Let's do this right.'" 
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Bernie Sanders Accomplished More Than Hillary Clinton Ever Did 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Presidential hopeful for the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders, has accomplished more as a lawmaker than his contender Hillary Clinton ever did, an in fact, he is one of the most effective members of Congress." 
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Files for El Salvador Lawsuit Against CIA Stolen From University Office 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Just over two weeks after the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights filed a lawsuit in federal court against the CIA for the intelligence agency's refusal to release declassified documents, the office of the center's director was broken into, with data and equipment stolen." 
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Ohio's Weed War: Corporations, Activists Clash Over Legal Pot 
Ben Wofford, Rolling Stone 
Wofford writes: "Why are corporate raiders and old-school activists locked in a battle for the soul of the marijuana movement?" 
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For Israel, 'Human Rights' Has Meant the Right to Dominate Palestinians 
Belen Fernandez, In These Times 
Fernandez writes: "The idea of human rights has too often been put to use by perpetrators rather than victims." 
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Strongest Hurricane Ever Recorded Barrels Toward Mexico 
Jason Samenow, The Washington Post 
Samenow writes: "Early Friday, the behemoth Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane ever measured by the National Hurricane Center. Patricia is forecast to make landfall on Mexico's west central coast late Friday with destructive winds, torrents of rain, and a devastating storm surge." 
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