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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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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Plowshares Sentencing Shows US Government Afraid of Peace Activists



Andy Borowitz | Republicans to Discontinue Use of E-Mail
Scott Walker and Chris Christie. (photo: unknown)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Citing the scandals embroiling Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the Republican Governors Association today ordered its members to discontinue the use of e-mail, 'effective immediately.'"
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Plowshares Sentencing Shows US Government Afraid of Peace Activists
Jim Haber, Waging Nonviolence
Haber writes: "In the end, Judge Thapar said he used age, criminal history, the nature of the offense (as he and the United States government defined it), and their background of good works to decide on sentences for the three defendants."
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Paul Krugman | The Stimulus Tragedy
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "The case for stimulus was that we were suffering from a huge shortfall in overall spending, and that the hit to the economy from the financial crisis and the bursting of the housing bubble was so severe that the Federal Reserve...couldn't overcome this slump on its own."
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Fresh From Win Over UAW, Norquist Vows Anti-Union Push
Kevin Drawbaugh, Reuters
Drawbaugh reports: "Grover Norquist's trademark cause is fighting high taxes, but the savvy conservative Republican lobbyist just scored a big win on another front - fighting unions - and he wants more, betting on what he sees as a broad shift in U.S. labor politics."
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Children Murdered, Homes Foreclosed: How the Government Makes "Mistakes" With Impunity
Falguni A. Sheth, Salon
Sheth writes: "Most people are accustomed to bureaucracies making mistakes. And even presidential administrations and U.S. Armed Forces make mistakes."
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Scott Walker Faces Potential Fallout From Leaked Email Trove
Paul Lewis, Guardian UK
Lewis writes: "He is the Republican governor whose presidential aspirations have been punctured by a scandal that won't go away. His response: fire his close aides, claim he knew nothing about improper behaviour and distance himself from an incriminating trove of emails."
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Idaho Bill Would Jail Animal Activists Caught Using Hidden Cameras
Cindy Galli, ABC News
Galli reports: "Legislators in Idaho are holding hearings today to determine the fate of a tough new bill which could have animal activists facing jail time if they carry out hidden camera investigations on farms."
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FOCUS: Carl Gibson | How Washington Is Playing Venezuela Like a Fiddle
Nicolás Maduro, shown as he cast his vote, has been named the winner of the presidential election in Venezuela. (photo: Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images)
Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News
Gibson writes: "United States foreign policy can be summed up as hard power vs. soft power...An example of the US's soft power is the current situation in Venezuela."
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