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?
...while Mindy Kaling mused on what ails America
@dannychun which is worst, snark, camp or whimsy? I say whimsy.
Reihan Salan's Twitter came down with heat stroke
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
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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