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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, September 13, 2016

RSN: We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People: Saving the Soul of Democracy




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Bill Moyers | We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People: Saving the Soul of Democracy 
Bill Moyers. (photo: Moyers & Company) 
Bill Moyers, TomDispatch 
Moyers writes: "In one way or another, this is the oldest story in our country's history: the struggle to determine whether 'we, the people' is a metaphysical reality - one nation, indivisible - or merely a charade masquerading as piety and manipulated by the powerful and privileged to sustain their own way of life at the expense of others." 
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For Diamond Reynolds, Philando Castile's Girlfriend, Trying to Move Past 10 Tragic Minutes of Video 
Eli Saslow, The Washington Post 
Saslow writes: "The officer shot Castile four times, and then Diamond took out her phone to record, just as she had done during a few of his other traffic stops. 'Stay with me,' she told her boyfriend, as blood spread across his white T-shirt and she started to live-stream on Facebook." 
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The True Cost of Mass Incarceration Exceeds $1 Trillion 
Carimah Townes, ThinkProgress 
Townes writes: "When the financial toll on social welfare is taken into account, the estimated cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion." 
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Pharmaceutical Company Funding Anti-Pot Fight Worried About Losing Business, Filings Show 
Lee Fang, The Intercept 
Fang writes: "Pharmaceutical executives who recently made a major donation to an anti-marijuana legalization campaign claimed they were doing so out of concern for the safety of children - but their investor filings reveal that pot poses a direct threat to their plans to cash in on a synthetic cannabis product they have developed." 
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The Alt-Right Gives a Press Conference 
Marin Cogan, New York Magazine 
Cogan writes: "The alt-right, as you may have heard, is having a bit of a moment." 
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Police Forcibly Clear Teachers' Protest Camp in Oaxaca, Mexico 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "In a raid conducted in the middle of the night Saturday, at least 500 police officers forcibly cleared a sit-in protest camp set up by teachers in the center of the City of Oaxaca." 
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Toxic Algae Blooms Are on the Rise 
Rob Herman, Scientific American 
Herman writes: "Every summer, these primitive organisms erupt in vast blooms in ponds and lakes, soaking up the sun's energy. Feeding on nitrogen and phosphorus, these bacteria colonies multiply and eventually die, releasing toxic waste products called cyanotoxins that accumulate during their growth. These events are known as harmful algal blooms, because the pose a threat to public health." 
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