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* Jude Law has alleged his phone was hacked by News Corp in the US, which means that there may be US charges filed in the near future. It turns out Rudolph Giuliani's extremely corrupt jailed police commissioner was likely in Murdoch's pocket. Giuliani keeps defending Murdoch. Um hum.

* Why history matters: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/07/gblt-history-and-teaching.html

* A different set of Harry Potter cocktails.

* How ******** up is it that I didn't here about South Sudan winning their Freedom until it was mentioned on colbert? Fake news scoops real news again! Let's hope this helps.

* Looks like the anti-scientific anti-gay bullshit around giving blood is getting even stupider; http://www.suntimes.com/news/6495246-417/man-says-blood-center-rejected-him-because-he-appeared-gay.html

I still don't understand why we don't base blood policy on the current blood borne disease technology instead of subjective jusdgements about who's gender presentation pisses off the people collecting blood, or old policies made 30 years ago before they knew what caused AIDS. I mean there is a serious blood shortage going on. Shouldn't science and technology decisions be based on science and technology instead of prejudice?