Saturday, September 5, 2015

READING FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND (8-5-15)


Arizona spent over $1.7 million drug testing welfare recipients to catch one person (AntiMedia).

13 sexist vintage airline ads from the '60s: "Someone may get a wife" (Vox).

Decades before Kinsey, Stanford professor Clelia Mosher polled Victorian-era women on their bedroom behavior - then kept the startling results under wraps (Stanford Magazine).

The simple truth that helps to explain why mass incarceration happened in the U.S. (Vox).


CONSERVATIVE VALUES ... REALLY?
'Family Values' hypocrite Ted Cruz to deny workers paid family leave (Occupy Democrats).

Gunmaker creates 'Crusader' assault rifle with Bible verse on it (Huffington Post).


KIM DAVIS AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
Rubio: 'There should be a way' for Kim Davis to keep her job while not doing it (Daily Kos).

Judge orders clerk, her entire staff to court after refusing licenses yet again (TPM).

Anti-Defamation League: Step aside if religious values keep you from doing your job (TPM).

Bigoted Kentucky clerk Kim Davis jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples (Occupy Democrats).


THE WATER WARS IN THE WEST
This is a quick overview of the water issue in the west ... "California's drought is part of a much bigger water crisis. Here's what you need to know" (Bill Moyers & Company).

This monster report (with awesome interactive) is what you really need to start with ... "Killing the Colorado" (Pro Publica).

Is this device the future of drinking water (Entirely Water)?


MISCELLANEOUS
Americans increasingly spied on by corporate internet-connected devices (Glitch).

Dick Cheney to be charged in $180 million Halliburton bribery case (CSM).

The most conservative and liberal cities in America (Forbes).

Man killed by cops in UK's first fatal police shooting in 4 years (AntiMedia).

- Mark 

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