The 10 craziest stories from Rick James' memoir (Rolling Stone).
7 papers, 4 government inquiries, 2 news investigations, and 1 court ruling proving that voter fraud is - yup, you guessed it - pretty much a myth (Washington Post).
The secretive billionaire who built Silicon Valley (Fortune).
Because it needs repeating ... Studies show tax cuts don't lead to growth (Business Insider / Henry Blodget).
SWEET LITTLE LIES
Why we lie to ourselves ... the science of why we don't believe science (Mother Jones).
Rich Republicans are the worst climate deniers (Mother Jones).
After last months Abramski v. United States decision we learn that the Justices Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito and the NRA say it's OK to lie (Blue Nation Review).
Justice Department says federal contractor routinely faked security clearance reviews (Center for Public Integrity).
Dozens of intelligence contractors submitted false claims for federal funds ... with most typically keeping their security clearances (Center for Public Integrity).
LAW & SOCIETY
10 Supreme Court rulings - before Hobby Lobby - that turned corporations into people (Mother Jones).
Guantanamo detainees demand same religious rights as Hobby Lobby (Blue Nation Review).
Class-action suit: Wrong to put kids into immigration court with no lawyers to help (Center for Public Integrity).
MORE LIES ... MEDICARE FRAUD
Privately run Medicare insurance plans have overcharged Medicare by billions simply by exaggerating how sick some of their patients were (Center for Public Integrity).
Health insurers have their way with regulators (Center for Public Integrity).
Feds seek new authority to recoup Medicare Advantage overcharges from privately run insurance plans (Center for Public Integrity).
MAPPING / CHARTING OUR WORLD
The 10 most corrupt states in America (Fortune).
This chart helps explain culture around the world (Business Insider).
Do you live in an uptight state (Mother Jones)?
MEANWHILE, IN CRAZY LAND ...
In the WTF department ... If evolution is true, "is rape wrong?" (Blue Nation Review).
How America's Biblical ignorance enables the Christian right (Salon).
Yes, Cantor-slayer David Brat is just as crazy as the other free market Tea Baggers (Blue Nation Review).
17-year-old daughter of idiot GOP abstinence advocate is pregnant (AATTP).
MISCELLANEOUS
The truth about almonds and its impact on water demand in California (Mother Jones).
Go figure ... better pay = a better economy (Blue Nation Review).
Cold war code breaker and one of the NSA's original whistleblowers says the goal is 'total population control' (Business Insider).
After hitting $3.3 trillion in 2007 the FX currency trading market is now at $5.3 trillion per day (Bank for International Settlements).
FX dark pool trading expected rise (Euromoney).
- Mark
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