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* David Duke of the Ku Klux Klan is on a listening tour in advance of possibly declaring for the Republican Presidential Primary. I know this looks like Godwin's law, but he's an actual KKK leader and has run before. Many of you are likely too young to remember the last time, but you can look it up. I weep for my country.

* Rick Perry just called Oprah Winfrey a harbinger of the antichrist. O.o The Republicans are also courting him for a Presidential bid.

* Meanwhile Michelle Bachman and Rick "frothy residue" Santorum have signed a pledge that among other things claims African American children were better off in 1860 than under Obama. Right now is worse than slavery for African Americans? Really? REALLY???!!!

* I know the last three items look like parody, but I assure you they are not. This is not Betty Ford's party, my father's party. We've reached a stage where the Birchers and the Kluckers are mainstream and reasonable, reality based folks like Meghan McCain are now the fringe. That, my friends, is ******** up. I miss sane, pragmatic people arguing about how to fix things. I would love for us to go back to that, because this scares the piss out of me.

* Meanwhile, the Republicans continue to block regulations that would mandate modern clean up technology and safety measures. After all, reality has a well known liberal bias, so should be ignored.

* Interesting thing on Diversity and the English judiciary: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/07/on-diversity-and-judiciary.html

* Greenwick's making custom icons: http://teenycom.livejournal.com/971740.html

* Charlotte's Inspiration: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/07/biographer-spider-charlottes-web?CMP=twt_gu

* Neville Longbottom's actor has grown up. O.o: http://cdn02.cdn.gofugyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/118400457-Matt-Lewis-Dreamy-419x628.jpg

* 1879 London murder mystery solved: http://news.yahoo.com/1879-london-murder-mystery-solved-192701803.html

* "What Your Favorite ’80s Band Says About You:" http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/what-your-favorite-80s-band-says-about-you

* Happy Birthday, tibicina!

* Gah! http://thedevilspanties.com/comics/20110709.gif

* Alas! http://catalogliving.net/post/7304136848/fretting-over-it

* D'aw! http://www.dorktower.com/images/comics/DorkTower961.gif

* Interview with Nichelle Nichols and George Takei on the last mission of the Space shuttle, amoung other things: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43692791#43692791