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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



Saturday, March 26, 2016

RSN: The Global Economy Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme, Renewable Energy Investments Set New Record, Twice That of Coal and Gas, West Ignores Iraq and Yemen Massacres, Still Weeps for Brussels




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Chris Hedges With Michael Hudson: The Global Economy Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme 
The New York Stock Exchange. (photo: Ben Hider/NYSE Euronext) 
Chris Hedges and Michael Hudson, CounterPunch 
Excerpt: "We're going to be discussing a great Ponzi scheme that not only defines not only the U.S. but the global economy, how we got there and where we're going. And with me to discuss this issue is the economist Michael Hudson, author of Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Destroy the Global Economy." 
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We Asked NSA's Privacy Officer if US Spying Powers Are Safe With Donald Trump. Here's What She Said. 
Jenna McLaughlin and Zaid Jilani, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "A Question about the potential of Donald Trump wielding power over the country's eavesdropping capabilities evoked nervous laughter, and eventually a careful answer from the National Security Agency's recently installed director of privacy and civil liberties." 
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West Ignores Iraq and Yemen Massacres, Still Weeps for Brussels 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Suicide attacks killing scores of people in Iraq and Yemen in the last few days have revealed once again the fickle nature of Western sympathies, after the bloodbath failed to produce the massive outpouring of grief prompted by the Brussels attacks." 
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North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law Sparks Protests 
Joel Burgess, The Asheville Citizen-Times 
Burgess writes: "Protesters that packed the city's center Thursday evening said they were angry, shocked and embarrassed over a new anti-LGBT law in North Carolina that critics say is the most sweeping in the nation." 
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Returning Guantanamo 
Tim Reynolds, Jacobin 
Reynolds writes: "For all its historic import and feel-good photo shoots, President Obama's visit to Havana played out on familiar terms. Obama and Cuban president Raúl Castro traded barbs about human rights abuses, Obama pressed for more avenues for the flow of private capital, and both leaders called for an end to the US trade embargo." 
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Brazil's Presidential Crisis: Here's What's Happening and Why You Should Care 
Bryan Dewan Mar, ThinkProgress 
Mar writes: "While scrolling through your Facebook feed or preferred news app of choice this week, you've probably seen headlines calling attention to Brazil's embattled president, Dilma Rousseff. The political crisis, which has been worsening for nearly a year, will have lasting political and economic ramifications for the world's sixth-largest nation, and it should be a cause for much greater international concern." 
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Renewable Energy Investments Set New Record, Twice That of Coal and Gas 
Climate Nexus 
Excerpt: "Global investment in renewable energy was more than twice that of coal and gas last year, according to a new report, despite plummeting fossil fuel prices." 
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