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It's the end of July. The days are hot. The news is slow. And Twitter is growing restless.
The AP's Phil Elliott whiled away the hours by playing bookie.
Any bets when Blago verdict comes back?
Balloon Juice John Cole pondered a matter of etiquette...
How far from Ground Zero are atheists allowed to live? What are the rules on this stuff?
@dannychun which is worst, snark, camp or whimsy? I say whimsy. Poured milk on my Brizzly/it was grisly/so wack/my hair grew back frizzy/now my tweets/are soggy like Frosted Mini-Wheats/I roast beets
...while Mindy Kaling mused on what ails America
Reihan Salan's Twitter came down with heat stroke
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza gained a new appreciation for one of Owen Wilson's lesser works.
RESOLVED: "Starsky and Hutch" is an underrated movie. Talk amongst yourselves.
Liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas didn't let a mild day in D.C. change his mind about climate change.
Pakistan just set a record for the entire Asian continent -- 128.3F degrees -- but it snowed last winter so there's no global climate change
Chris Lehmann just told it like it is.
Dear last week of July: What the fuck did I ever do to you? Begone.
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