Colorado Floodwaters Cover Fracking And Oil Projects: ‘We Have No Idea What Those Wells Are Leaking’ [Think Progress]
The Constitution-free Zone: Fact and Fiction [Panam Post]
What Witchcraft Is Facebook? [The Atlantic]
Mass psychogenic illness—historically known as “mass hysteria”—is making a comeback.
Yosemite Rim Fire is taste of things to come [New Scientist]
Shrinking Water Supply under Threat in U.S. Farm Breadbasket [Scientific American]
Here’s Why America Stopped Caring About The Public Good [Robert Reich]
The Official Transportation of the Apocalypse [Slate]
Bike-sharing programs prepare us for the end times.
3 germs are urgent threats to USA’s health, CDC says [USA Today]
IEA’s Birol Says Oil Prices Still Too High for Economic Recovery [Bloomberg]
Dear Capitalism, It’s not us, it’s you. [Injustice By Design]
August jobs report: Hiring continues as unemployment falls [CNN]
Only 63.2{ebf8267f808eac43d24742043db51eeeb004db6334271e1bb6fe8c21c7925753} of Americans now participate in the labor force — meaning they have a job or are looking for one. That’s the lowest rate since August 1978.
Radioactive Water from Fukushima Nears the Ocean [Time]
‘Oligarchic tendencies’: Study finds only the wealthy get represented in the Senate [Raw Story]
In all of the five Congresses examined, the voting records of Senators were consistently aligned with the opinions of their wealthiest constituents. The opinions of lower-class constituents, however, never appeared to influence the Senators’ voting behavior. … Contrary to popular opinion, it was Democrats — not Republicans — who were more responsive to upper-class opinion in the 111th Congress.
How Billionaire ‘Philanthropy’ Is Fueling Inequality and Helping To Destroy the Country [AlterNet]
Bookshelf: Sorry, but psychopaths are running the world [Progressive Review] (short book review)
When you are on top, ‘might makes right’ is ‘rule of law’ [Systemic Disorder]
