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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



Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Andy Borowitz | Study: Most Innocent People Need to Hire Thirty-Five Lawyers at Some Point





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Andy Borowitz | Study: Most Innocent People Need to Hire Thirty-Five Lawyers at Some Point 
White House counsel Pat Cipollone, left, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, listen to an Oval Office meeting in December. Cipollone is building a legal team to promote President Donald Trump's executive privilege amid several investigations into his campaign and businesses. (photo: Jabin Botsford/WP)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Most people who are innocent of any crimes will still need to hire thirty-five lawyers at some point, a new study shows."
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Attorney general nominee William P. Barr, center, arrives to meet with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) on Capitol Hill. Barr's confirmation hearing is set for Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)
Attorney general nominee William P. Barr, center, arrives to meet with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) on Capitol Hill. Barr's confirmation hearing is set for Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)

Barr Vows to Let Mueller Investigation Finish, Says It's 'Very Important' Congress, Public Told of Findings
Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post
Zapotosky writes: "Attorney general nominee William P. Barr said in written testimony released Monday that he would let special counsel Robert S. Mueller III finish his investigation of Donald Trump's campaign without political interference and that it was 'very important' Congress and the public be informed of the results."
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Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument due to a partial shutdown of the federal government on December 24, 2018, in Washington, DC. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument due to a partial shutdown of the federal government on December 24, 2018, in Washington, DC. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)



Senators Are Getting Paid During the Government Shutdown. Many Low-Wage Contractors Aren't.
Li Zhou, Vox
Zhou writes: "The partial government shutdown is expected to hit one group of workers particularly hard ... and it's not members of Congress."
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Cyntoia Brown in a PBS documentary. (photo: PBS/Rolling Stone)
Cyntoia Brown in a PBS documentary. (photo: PBS/Rolling Stone)

There Are Thousands of Cyntoia Browns: Mariame Kaba on Criminalization of Sexual Violence Survivors
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "There are thousands of Cyntoia Browns in prison."
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A Confederate monument in Orange, Texas, sits on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. (photo: RepurposeMemorial.com)
A Confederate monument in Orange, Texas, sits on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. (photo: RepurposeMemorial.com)

In the US South, Anti-Confederate Protesters Face Harassment
Patrick Strickland, Al Jazeera
Strickland writes: "In recent years, harassment has become commonplace during protests against Confederate monuments, with threats levied and brawls breaking out at rallies in Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia and elsewhere."
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Anzor, a gay man who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear for his and his family's safety, is from Chechnya, the predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia. LGBT activists said on Jan. 14, 2019, that two have died and about 40 were detained in what is described as a new crackdown on gays in Chechnya. (photo: Nataliya Vasilyeva/AP)
Anzor, a gay man who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear for his and his family's safety, is from Chechnya, the predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia. LGBT activists said on Jan. 14, 2019, that two have died and about 40 were detained in what is described as a new crackdown on gays in Chechnya. (photo: Nataliya Vasilyeva/AP)

Chechnya: 2 Killed, 40 Detained in Most Recent Gay Purge
Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press
Vasilyeva writes: "The Russian republic of Chechnya has launched a new crackdown on gays in which at least two people have died and about 40 people have been detained, LGBT activists in Russia charged Monday."
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Produced water from gas drilling in the Marcellus shale. (photo: Tara Lohan)
Produced water from gas drilling in the Marcellus shale. (photo: Tara Lohan)

Warning: A 'Shrinking Window' of Usable Groundwater
Tara Lohan, The Revelator
Lohan writes: "We're living beyond our means when it comes to groundwater. That's probably not news to everyone, but new research suggests that, deep underground in a number of key aquifers in some parts of the U.S., we may have much less water than previously thought."
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