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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, November 11, 2015

RSN: Climate Change Poised to Push 100 Million Into 'Extreme Poverty' by 2030, Cooks and Janitors at US Capitol Strike in Protest of the British Company We Pay to Serve Senators




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Elizabeth Warren | CEOs Got a Raise. Seniors and Veterans Deserve One Too 
Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Getty Images) 
Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Warren's Blog 
Warren writes: "Three weeks ago, the Social Security Administration made a quiet announcement. Next year, for just the third time since 1975, seniors who receive Social Security won't be getting an annual cost of living increase. Neither will millions of other Americans whose veterans' benefits, disability benefits, and other monthly payments are pegged to Social Security." 
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Report: In Tough Times, Police Start Seizing a Lot More Stuff From People 
Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post 
Ingraham writes: "Recent years have brought public scrutiny on civil asset forfeiture, which lets police seize and keep cash and property from people who are never convicted or charged. But despite a growing public outcry, a new report from the Institute for Justice, finds that the past decade has seen a 'meteoric, exponential increase' in the use of the practice." 
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Here Are 3 Important Issues That Were Missing From the Last 3 Republican Debates 
Emily Atkin, ThinkProgress 
Atkin writes: "Tuesday night marks the fourth Republican presidential debate, and for some, things are starting to feel a little repetitive. For two hours, it seems safe to say that the conservative contenders will argue for limited government, lower taxes, and free trade. They will likely spout verbal attacks at Hillary Clinton, and possibly the liberal media. And Donald Trump, as always, will stand center stage." 
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Campus Activists Weaponize 'Safe Space' 
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic 
Friedersdorf writes: "At the University of Missouri, student activists succeeded this week in forcing the resignation of President Timothy M. Wolfe, charging that he has not done enough to address persistent racism on campus. But student activists did not want their tent city or the people in it photographed, and forcibly prevented him from taking pictures." 
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Cooks and Janitors at US Capitol Strike in Protest of the British Company We Pay to Serve Senators 
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress 
Pyke writes: "Workers who serve food at the United States Capitol went on strike Tuesday morning to protest their low wages and call attention to retaliatory actions they say their employer has taken against workers who want to unionize." 
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5 Questions the Center for American Progress Should Ask Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Today 
Marc Daalder, In These Times 
Daalder writes: "This afternoon, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak at the Center for American Progress (CAP). CAP, a think tank which has close ties to the Obama administration and usually espouses left-leaning views, now faces a backlash from progressives around the country for hosting and thus validating the right-wing leader." 
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Climate Change Poised to Push 100 Million Into 'Extreme Poverty' by 2030 
Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams 
Fulton writes: "Adding urgency to the call for bold emissions cuts and a radical rethinking of the global economy, a new report from the World Bank warns that human-caused climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty within just 15 years." 
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