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NEW CONTENT MOVED TO MIDDLEBORO REVIEW 2

Toyota

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, April 5, 2014

RSN: The Unquenchable Thirst of an Expanding Coal Industry, A Case Study in GOP Cannibalism, et al



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ATTENTION, RSN WILL BE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE: Early Sunday morning, around 3:am eastern, April 6th, RSN will be offline for a couple of hours for scheduled maintenance. Please be patient. Thank you!




FOCUS: Andy Borowitz | Supreme Court Defends Wealthy's Right to Own Government
The Supreme Court. (photo: Larry Downing-Pool/Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "By a five-to-four decision, the United States Supreme Court today defended the right of the wealthiest Americans to own the United States government."
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FOCUS: Robert Reich | The Jobs Report and the Supreme Court's 'McCutcheon' Debacle
Economist, professor, author and political commentator Robert Reich. (photo: Richard Morgenstein)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "What does the Supreme Court's 'McCutcheon' decision this week have to do with today's jobs report, showing 192,000 new jobs for March?"
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Charles Pierce | A Case Study in GOP Cannibalism
Republican incumbent Congressman Tom Petri. (photo: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "In Wisconsin's Sixth Congressional District, there's a Republican incumbent named Tom Petri. He seems like an unremarkable sort. He has been in office for 35 years."
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Paul Ryan Accidentally Reveals the Truth About the GOP's Obamacare Replacement
Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Volsky reports: "House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) admitted on Friday that Republicans would not be able to preserve the most popular elements of Obamacare if they repeal the law as a whole."
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McCutcheon Ruling Spurs Rush for Cash in Both Parties
Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times
Confessore writes: "As constitutional scholars digest the court's decision, it has already set off a bipartisan scramble for campaign cash, thrusting party leaders, lawmakers with leadership PACs, and candidates into a fierce competition."
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Democrats Try to Make the Koch Brothers the New Face of the GOP
Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post
Parker writes: "Rush Limbaugh can relax. The popular 'demon of the right' has been replaced at least through the midterms by the Koch brothers, Charles and David."
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NYPD Officer Embroiled in Assault Trial Sued by Another Occupy Campaigner
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine writes: "A New York police officer whose allegation of assault against an Occupy Wall Street activist could send her to prison for seven years is being sued by another Occupy campaigner, who alleges that the officer injured him on the same day."
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Kumi Naidoo | The Unquenchable Thirst of an Expanding Coal Industry
Kumi Naidoo, Guardian UK
Naidoo writes: "An oasis is a body of water, ringed by greenery and beyond that, a lifeless, endless landscape that coughs up dust and sand whenever the wind touches it. It is a globally understood symbol of something precious, fragile and rare."
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