Linkage

• There's a Pernicious Economic Theory Creeping into the Heart of the Democratic Party | Alternet
• Tech companies outsourcing foreign workers via H-1B visas pay low wages — Quartz
• Toxic waste from U.S. pot farms alarms experts
• Federal Court Confirms: Patent Troll Doesn’t Control The Entire Idea Of “Podcasting” – Consumerist
• A sarcasm detector bot? That sounds absolutely brilliant. Definitely • The Register
• Comcast Tries, Fails To Kill Lawsuit Over Its Hidden, Bogus Fees | Techdirt
• Dick Pic Internet Costume Party Tweet - Clementine Ford
• Rich SF residents get a shock: Someone bought their street - San Francisco Chronicle
• Bankers and Big Pharma lawyers: We are the left! (Carl Beijer) A good anecdote proving Upton Sinclair's saying, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

John Oliver describes the cluterf%$# that is the US Border Patrol: