WEEKEND READING (Feb. 6, 2016)

Black History Month ... Malcolm X.

Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (BBC News).

The presidential candidates ranked by their usefulness in a bar fight (Bitter Empire).

Tesla's Modell III goes 320km per charge and costs $35,000 (The Peak).

Former lawyer for the "D.C. Madam' says names in her records could be 'relevant' to election (Washington Post).


YEAH, THE GOP IS JUST ABOUT SCANDAL MONGERING
Congressman who led Benghazi investigation says he succeeded by hurting Hillary's poll numbers (Think Progress).

Powell, Rice received sensitive info through private emails (MSNBC).

That time Karl Rove deleted 22 million White House e-mails and the media said nothing (Occupy Democrats).


STUFF WE SHOULD ALL KNOW
The secret history of cowboy socialism (The Week).

Obama nails it: Gerrymandering is the biggest source of blame for political gridlock (Ring of Fire).

It's time to say it: Creationists aren't Christians. They're a cult (Forward Progress).


THE BUNDY IDIOTS
Note to media: The heavily armed, law-breaking Oregon militants aren't protesters' (Think Progress).

No bail for Bundys: Authorities call militants who occupied Oregon wildlife refuge 'flight risks' (Raw Story).


BERNIE SANDERS
The Washington Post's wrongheaded attack on Bernie Sanders's health plan (Robert Reich).

How Bernie pays for his proposals (Bernie Sanders).

WTF
Congress outraged that cure developed by VA scientist sells for $1,000 per pill, out of reach to vets (RT).

Nancy Pelosi: Elizabeth Warren doesn't speak for the Democratic Party (Politico).

What a coward ... Goldman Sachs chief threatened by 'dangerous' criticism from Sanders (Common Dreams).


AMERICAN CAPITALISM RUN AMOK
10 things they won't tell you about the Flint water tragedy. But I will (Michael Moore).

Christie signs bill privatizing New Jersey's water supply (The Contributor).

American capitalism has failed us: We're overworked, underemployed, and more powerless than ever before (Salon).

David Cay Johnson: The Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens our liberty (Common Dreams).


MISCELLANEOUS
California's new vaccine law is already a success (LA Times).

Here are 9 reasons Denmark's socialist economy leaves the U.S. in the dust (U.S. Uncut).

Under new Oregon law, all eligible voters are registered unless they opt out (LA Times).

Naomi Klein: Climate change is not just about things getting hotter ... it's about things getting meaner (Common Dreams).

- Mark