WEEKEND READING (for 4-27-13)

Challenging the myth that more guns leads to less crime (Mother Jones).

This week's village idiot, New Hampshire State Rep. Stella Tremblay (Huffington Post).

These guys are in the running for next week's village idiot (TPM).

How the prison industrial complex destroys lives (Truthout).

White collar crime pays ... JPMorgan gambles away $6 billion and gets a slap on the wrist (Mother Jones).

Argentina is taking on the vulture capitalists that purchased their debt for pennies on the dollar and now want full payment (Truthout).

Relatedly, is piracy now legal? It might be if the people you're after are tied to a nation-state that owes your client money (Forbes).

Is there a 90 percent debt to GDP threshold that says we can't spend anymore to get out of the recession? Nope, it's just more GOP nonsense (Truthout).

With just one phony AP tweet we have learned something important. The mechanics behind High Frequency Trading (HFT) is problematic and our financial markets aren't as liquid (financially healthy) as we think (Mother Jones).

The George W. Bush manure locker is now open (Esquire).

Sherrod Brown takes on the mega banks and the Obama administration (TPM).

FROM WIRED MAGAZINE
Much abused "state secrets privileges" is under fire in Congress (Wired).

Never one to let a good tragedy go to waste, these defense contractors are already pimping their products as the next solution for terrorist strikes (Wired).

For the math geeks ... How strong is this pole dancer? (Wired).

- Mark