* Rioting in England keeps spreading to more towns and cities. I'm surprised there is so little coverage.
* Sparkindarkess on the London Riots: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/08/on-riots.html
* The biggest Aid group serving Africa, the World Food Program, is down to less than three weeks of food, yet they expect famine for the rest of this year at least. To help out: http://www.wfp.org/get-involved
* The markets started recovering a little, on the news that the Fed plans to keep rates low.
* Despite this being an off season recall election, there have been traffic jams and 45-1 hour long lines at the polls.
* Oops: http://cakewrecks.squarespace.com/home/2011/8/9/the-worlds-most-unfortunate-wedding-monogram.html
* A Tea Party candidate in Nebraska compared Welfare Recipients to beetle eating racoons.
* Glen Beck is now claiming that Obama works for the KGB and has since birth. O.o
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