The Denver Road Is A-Goin' To Melt
Republicans are crashing the Dems' convention, and Democrats will crash the GOP convention, due to the end of civility and the rise of dumb hate. [ New York Times ]
Tonight: Twisted psychodrama as Hillary and her supporters maybe sort of don't entirely 100% say "You complete me" to Obama, because there's never been candidate rivalry at a Democratic convention before (except for the other times). [ Associated Press / U.S. News ]
Russia has officially recognized the pro-Russia breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which are currently part of Georgia. This means (cold) war. [ Washington Post ]
Yikes: A fourth dirtbag has been arrested in the "Kill Obama at the Stadium" plot. [ CBS 4 Denver ]
The sirens and ruckus you didn't hear in Denver's Civic Center Park around 7 o'clock last night? DNC protesters were attacking, uh, trees on 15th Street. [ Rocky Mountain News / Denver Post ]
Home prices are still dropping, but not as much as last quarter, so the housing collapse may or may not be nearly over. [ Bloomberg ]
Barack Obama must prove to America that he's somehow a normal American, without offending the "Muslim socialist vampire lesbian community." [ Dave Barry ]