Saturday Long form reads

• How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Get Its Way in Mexico NYT
• Amazon CEO Bezos in shareholder letter: Authors are our customers, too — paidContent http://bit.ly/ZjAtlu
• How to Save American Finance from Itself | New Republic http://bit.ly/11PBOBL
• "Why do some people want to cut off a perfectly healthy limb?" http://bit.ly/Zdsu6o 
• Felix Baumgartner’s Story: Who Is the Man Who Pierced the Sky? | Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/Zfzgsn 
• When your house is burning down - The Oatmeal http://bit.ly/WurVTl 
• Stay-at-Home Mom Debate: It's About Work Hours | New Republic http://j.mp/Y9EbPM  (via Instapaper)
• The Invincible Mrs. Thatcher | Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/17mVFuv 
• Walter Kirn on Gun Owners | New Republic http://bit.ly/WPXGIK
• Modern Farmer | This Is What Humane Slaughter Looks Like. Is It Good Enough? http://bit.ly/1766hgg
• Why is it so hard to make a phone call in emergency situations? - Boing Boing http://bit.ly/1767ggt
• GM, Ford, and Chrysler: The Detroit Three Are Back, Right? - Businessweek http://bit.ly/15p28pi
• The Upside Of Being An Introvert (And Why Extroverts Are Overrated) -- Printout -- TIME http://bit.ly/15p2aO1