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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:

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

RSN: Israel Arresting Palestinian Children for Their Facebook Posts, It Has Been a Really Unprecedented Year for Global Climate Action




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Robert Parry | Good Deaths in Mosul, Bad Deaths in Aleppo 
Iraqi soldiers during a training session for the battle to retake Mosul, as a shepherd led his herd in Bashiqa this month. (photo: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters) 
Robert Parry, Consortium News 
Parry writes: "Note how differently The New York Times prepares the American public for civilian casualties from the new U.S.-backed Iraqi government assault on the city of Mosul to free it from the Islamic State, compared to the unrelenting condemnation of the Russian-backed Syrian government assault on neighborhoods of east Aleppo held by Al Qaeda." 
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'Guantanamo Diary' Author Freed After 14 Years of Imprisonment 
Cora Currier, The Intercept 
Currier writes: "Mohamedou Slahi, author of a bestselling memoir recounting his imprisonment and torture by the United States government, has been sent home to his native Mauritania after more than 14 years in Guantanamo Bay." 
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Sen. McCain Says Republicans Will Block All Court Nominations if Clinton Wins 
Nina Totenberg, NPR 
Totenberg writes: "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) said Monday that if Hillary Clinton is elected, Republicans will unite to block anyone she nominates to the Supreme Court." 
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'We're Going to Call That a Win': Water Protectors Promise More Protests as Felony Charges Dropped 
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "At the Morton County Courthouse in North Dakota on Monday, authorities dropped or rejected multiple felony and misdemeanor charges against water protectors involved in the ongoing resistance to the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, including a felony charge against Marcus Frejo Little Eagle, known by his artist name Quese IMC." 
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Thousands in Indefinite Detention in Chicago's Cook County Jail Because They Can't Afford Bond 
Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, ABC7 
Excerpt: "Human rights advocates say poor people are being denied justice because they can't afford bond, a mass incarceration that includes thousands of defendants in Cook County Jail." 
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Israel Arresting Palestinian Children for Their Facebook Posts 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "As Facebook gives the Israeli government more access to posts deemed as 'incitement,' occupation forces have been raiding the homes of Palestinians children and detaining them for months over posts on the social media site, a report by the Defense for Children International-Palestine said Monday." 
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It Has Been a Really Unprecedented Year for Global Climate Action 
Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress 
Geiling writes: "The past few months have seen a historic amount of global climate action, from the official entry into force of the Paris climate agreement to a landmark agreement to begin limiting emissions from the international aviation industry." 
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