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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



Monday, January 18, 2016

RSN: Arkansas Governor Wants Civil War Icon Separated From MLK Holiday, To Stem Illegal Rhino Trafficking, Conservationists Shame Asian Buyers




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El Chapo: The Life and Crimes of a Drug Lord 
For the past two decades, El Chapo has led the most influential and profitable drug syndicate in the world. (photo: Rolling Stone) 
Rolling Stone 
Excerpt: "Born in the heart of Mexico's drug production, El Chapo has a history of outrageous escapes, horrific violence and pure profit." 
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US Imposes Ballistic Missile Sanctions on Iran After Prisoner Release 
Joel Schectman, Reuters 
Schectman writes: "The United States imposed sanctions on 11 companies and individuals for supplying Iran's ballistic missile program, the U.S. Treasury Department said." 
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New sanctions over Iran's ballistic missile program - here, celebrated on a military truck during a parade in Tehran last year - come a day after international nuclear sanctions were lifted. (photo: Reuters)
New sanctions over Iran's ballistic missile program - here, celebrated on a military truck during 
a parade in Tehran last year - come a day after international nuclear sanctions were lifted. 
(photo: Reuters)
he United States imposed sanctions on 11 companies and individuals for supplying Iran's ballistic missile program, the U.S. Treasury Department said.
The new sanctions come after the Obama administration delayed the action for more than two weeks during tense negotiations to free five American prisoners, according to people familiar with the matter.
The U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted the UAE-based Mabrooka Trading, and its owner Hossein Pournaghshband for helping Iran produce carbon fiber for its ballistic missile program. Financial institutions and companies are barred from dealing with those on the U.S. blacklist.
“Iran’s ballistic missile program poses a significant threat to regional and global security, and it will continue to be subject to international sanctions,” acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Adam Szubin said.
Iran conducted a precision-guided ballistic missile test capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, violating a United Nations ban last October.

Pepe Escobar | The Afghan Puzzle 
Pepe Escobar, Counter Punch 
Escobar writes: "Just like Lazarus, there were reasons to believe the Afghan peace process might have stood a chance of being resurrected this past Monday in Islamabad, as four major players - Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China - sat together at the same table." 
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Stand With Her: Black Men As Anti-Rape Activists 
Ahmad Greene-Hayes, The Root 
Greene-Hayes writes: "In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, I often wonder where are the black men mobilizing against sexual violence against black women? Have we hidden - like the Biblical David - away from the eyes of our communities because we are secretly invested in rape culture? Are we afraid because we do not actually know what sexual violence looks like?" 
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Arkansas Governor Wants Civil War Icon Separated From MLK Holiday 
Steve Barnes, Reuters 
Barnes writes: "U.S. civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil War Confederate commander General Robert E. Lee will share a common holiday on Monday in three southern states, but perhaps for the final time in one of them, Arkansas." 
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#OscarsSoWhite, Again: A Symptom of Hollywood's Racism 
Jacqueline Keeler, teleSUR 
Keeler writes: "This is the first time since 1998 that the Academy of Motion Pictures have not nominated a single African-American actor for two years in a row. Even films like 'Creed' and 'Straight Outta Compton' which were viewed as Oscar contenders only garnered nominations for Sylvester Stallone and white writers Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff." 
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To Stem Illegal Rhino Trafficking, Conservationists Shame Asian Buyers 
Lonnie Shekhtman, Christian Science Monitor 
Shekhtman writes: "Before the dust settled on this week's news that trafficking hub Hong Kong committed to ban its elephant ivory trade, and just months after the US and China promised to do the same, conservationists are moving on to another urgent wildlife target: the rhinoceros." 
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