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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



Wednesday, December 2, 2015

RSN: Standing Up for Bernie Sanders , Corruption Is as Bad in the US as in Developing Countries, In Contrast With US, Anti-Abortion Violence Is Almost Unheard of in Europe




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Standing Up for Bernie Sanders 
'I'm tired of saying I'm fine when I'm not,' SNL's Sasheer Zamata said at the event. (photo: Mindy Tucker/New Yorker) 
Ian F. Blair, The New Yorker 
Blair writes: "I thought about Sanders himself, who has been both revered and reviled for his candor. The show raised an essential question about his campaign: Does a willingness to talk about difficult issues render them more uncomfortable or less?" 
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Chicago Police Superintendent Fired by Mayor Amid Outcry Over Video 
Mark Berman, The Washington Post 
Berman writes: "The head of the Chicago Police Department has been fired amid widespread criticism over how authorities responded to the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer last year." 
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Rebecca Gordon | Corruption Is as Bad in the US as in Developing Countries 
Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch 
Gordon writes: "These days, however, according to the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International (TI), our country comes in only 17th in the least-corrupt sweepstakes, trailing European and Scandinavian countries as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In fact, TI considers us on a par with Caribbean island nations like Barbados and the Bahamas." 
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In Contrast With US, Anti-Abortion Violence Is Almost Unheard of in Europe 
Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress 
Salhani writes: "Since 1977, anti-abortion violence in the U.S. resulted in the murder of 8 people, the attempted murder of 17, 186 arsons, and 42 bombings. Thousands of other incidents also targeted abortion clinics. But in Europe, such incidents are quite rare." 
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Inside Saudi Arabia's Campaign to Charm American Policymakers and Journalists 
Lee Fang, The Intercept 
"Soon after launching a brutal air and ground assault in Yemen, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began devoting significant resources to a sophisticated public relations blitz in Washington, D.C." 
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Obama's Quiet Transgender Revolution 
Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post 
Eilperin writes: "Years before the White House was lit in rainbow colors celebrating the Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage, President Obama used a routine bureaucratic tool that ended up significantly changing the government's understanding of gender and how it can be changed." 
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An Interview With the 15-Year-Old Who Is Suing Obama for Not Stopping Climate Change 
In These Times 
Excerpt: "Currently in Paris for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, where 15,000 official delegates from more than 190 countries have gathered in the hope of addressing climate change, Tonatiuh made headlines yesterday when he announced that he and 21 other young people are suing the Obama administration for failing to 'adequately protect the climate for our generation and those that follow.'" 
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