Morning Constitutional – Monday, 2 August 2010

Good morning, everybody. After 14 days, Lindsay\’s finally out of jail. Now, your morning constitutional:

Rescuers having trouble reaching 27,000 people still stranded after Pakistan suffers some of the worst flooding it has experienced in decades. The floods are already responsible for over 1,100 deaths.

An ongoing famine in Niger threatens millions of people who already suffer from food insecurity.

A rocket that was likely aimed at an Israeli resort actually hits a nearby Jordanian resort, killing one and injuring four Jordanians.

On the leaked Afghanistan documents and \”war crimes.\”

According to a new national poll, Wyoming and Mississippi are the two most conservative states in the U.S.

The Great Recession increased already-prevalent wage stagnation and income immobility.

Two former Republican economic officials criticize current Republican economic policy. Bruce Bartlett: Time for new thinking on stimulus. David Stockman: How the Republicans ruined the economy.

Still, America\’s still the wealthiest country in the world.

William Saletan: The threat to American values does not come from those who want to build a mosque near the World Trade Center site in Manhattan, but from those who are trying to stop it.

Wheat bread is now more popular than white bread.

Finally, California bans the use of welfare cards at strip clubs.