READING (7-10-14)

Hurting For Work: How disdain for government regulation sparked a 'Texas Miracle' economy while, at the same time, tearing down protections for the workers who built it (The Texas Tribune).

25 photos of shadows that tell a different story (Bored Panda).

The case against Hobby Lobby, by the man who won Citizens United (The Atlantic).

Gallup poll ... Confidence in the Supreme Court falls to 30% (LA Times).

How Fox News and Drudge push the Mexican 'Germ Invasion' myth (Alternet).


MARKET CORRUPTION / MARKET CRASHES
Congress makes a clean sweep of corruption ... under the rug (Shah Gilani / Money Morning).

Why we might be on the verge of another financial crash (Alternet).

A somewhat humorous way of understanding the next market crash (Shah Gilani / Money Morning).

TAKING ANOTHER LOOK
A period is questioned in the Declaration of Independence ... if only Thomas Jefferson could settle the issue (NY Times).

The lies we believed (and still believe) about Iraq (Bill Moyers).

One look at the United States-Canada border reveals some ridiculous things (Upworthy).


HAVING FUN WITH OPEN-CARRY LAWS
Too funny ... After walking into a store sporting their firearms two guys have ridiculous 'showdown' on the first day of Georgia's 'Guns Everywhere' law (TPM).

How to tell the difference between an open-carry patriot and a deranged killer (Boing Boing).


WORKING POOR IN AMERICA
Working poor in America (Oxfam).

The largest concentration of low-wage workers ranked by state and congressional districts ... FYI, California's Central Valley has two congressional districts ranked in the top 5 of America's lowest-wage workers (Rep. David Valadao's district is ranked #3, while Rep. Jim Costa's is ranked #5) (Oxfam).

Working Poor in America, interactive (Oxfam).


MISCELLANEOUS
Manhattan, just another island haven for laundering dirty money (Center for Public Integrity)?

Tell BLM to stand up to ranchers ... and reduce private livestock grazing on public lands (American Wild Horse Preservation).

Dark Lands ... The grim truth behind the 'Scandinavian Miracle' (The Guardian).

The high cost of a free college education in Sweden (The Atlantic).

- Mark