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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



Friday, May 8, 2015

RSN: How America's Biggest Swamp Could Become Fracking Wasteland, Democracy Is for Life, Not Just Elections,





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THE WING-NUTS WILL FUND THEIR ORACLES, YOU CAN BE SURE: The right wing will fund their oracles, that's a given. We are told that we will always be without means, never know stability, never be able to provide. One more lie, after another. We know what to do with a budget. We know how to apply it, how to grow something of value to the community with it. Let's give them something to talk about. Thank you all sincerely. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News




Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Baltimore Is Just the Beginning
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (photo: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME Magazine
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "The curfew has been lifted in Baltimore, and now all of God's children are once again tucked back in the snug routine of their daily lives. The black temper tantrum is over, America. We can all go back to watching Castle boyishly charm his way through murder mysteries. Order is restored."
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Russell Brand | Democracy Is for Life, Not Just Elections
Russell Brand, Russell Brand's blog
Brand writes: "I have hope. I really do believe that real, radical change is possible that the tyranny of giant, transnational corporations can be ended, that ecological melt-down in pursuit of imaginary money can be arrested and reversed, that an ideology that aspires to more than materialism, individualism and profit can be realised and practiced."
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Snowden Docs: NSA Tech Lets Government Generate Transcripts of Private Calls
Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW!
Excerpt: "The top-secret documents show NSA analysts congratulated themselves on developing what they called 'Google for Voice' nearly a decade ago. It remains unclear how widely the spy agency uses its speech-to-text capabilities to transcribe and index U.S. citizens' verbal conversations."
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Cleveland Prepares for Police Officer's Verdict With Eye on Baltimore Protests
Daniel McGraw, Guardian UK
McGraw writes: "Brelo was charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter for his firing from the hood of the car, and though there were about a dozen other Cleveland police officers firing at the car in the school parking, he was the only one charged in the death. The month-long trial ended on Tuesday."
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Chicago to Pay $415,000 to Woman Who Reported Police Raped Her in 2011
Joanna Walters, Guardian UK
Walters writes: "Chicago is due to give $415,000 on Wednesday to a woman who reported she was raped by two uniformed police officers after they drove her home in their squad car when they found her drunk on the street."
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New York Governor Proposes Minimum Wage Raises for Fast Food Workers in NYC and State
Matthew Yglesias, Vox
Yglesias writes: "New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday evening that he will raise the minimum wage for the state's fast-food workers."
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How America's Biggest Swamp Could Become Fracking Wasteland
Julie Dermansky, Al Jazeera America
Dermansky writes: "One hundred miles west of New Orleans, Belle River is considered the gateway to the Atchafalaya Basin, the largest wetland in the U.S. The area is famous for its plentiful seafood and cypress-tupelo swamps. 'This is no place to dispose of toxic chemicals,' said Dean Wilson, the head of the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper grass-roots environmental group."
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