Read this. and then go to the awesome libraries in Fishtown or Holmesburg to read some more!

Animal Collective have possibly released their next album’s tracklist. It’s called Merriweather and I really hope it touches back to their Sung Tongs sound. I’d say that the song titles hint at this, but there’s really no telling at all. Album is out January, maaaaybe.

McCain selects Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.

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Will the Hillary democrats now vote for a republican just because his running mate is a woman?

Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for President on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

i don’t care what your opinion on either man is, you have to admit that it’s a pretty amazing and fantastic milestone.

This all started when the president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, ordered an attack on the Russian territory of South Ossetia. South Ossetia was once part of Georgia but declared independence in the early 90’s. When Georgia first moved into South Ossetia, the Russian diplomat warned Georgia that they will defend the new country if a conflict breaks out. Saakashvili offered a ceasefire but then let conflict break out anyhow. So that’s the background.

Now the Russians are pummeling the Georgians, our military is flying the Georgians back home to defend their country, and all the world seems to be crying foul on the Russians for attacking this “beacon of democracy” in middle east.

Did I miss something? What the fuck is going on here? Georgia unilaterally attacked another country and Russia defended it. Granted, South Ossetia is acting as a de facto country and is not internationally recognized, but still. Georgia attacked! Even NPR’s Daniel Shore seemed to sympathize with Georgia, and that dude’s always spot-on. So what am I missing?

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Apparently PBS is airing a new show called YourWeek in cooperation with the social news site reddit.com. So at long last, XKCD comics, Ron Paul, lolcats, and telling Clintons states to go fuck themselves will finally have a place on national television.