A FREE FOURTH OF JULY SHORT STORY: The Bombs Bursting In Air.

SOME 4th OF JULY READING: Independence Day links.

THIS IS A MUST FOR MY FAMILY AND ME EVERY FOURTH: This Patriotic Film Honors Life, Liberty the Pursuit of Song and Dance.

OH, WHAT TANGLED WEBS THEY WEAVE: Weenies burn flag to protest cops, get attacked by bikers, need cops to save their asses.

FOR GOD’S SAKE, BARACK, SIT DOWN: How To Talk To Your Family About Obamacare On July 4.

THEY KEEP TRYING: Democrat Milwaukee County prosecutors tapped the email and text communications of conservative activists as part of a five-year probe aimed at bringing down Republican Gov.Scott Walker.

JIMMY CARTER WORKS ON HIS LEGACY OF “NO LONGER WORST PRESIDENT”: Jimmy Carter: Obama’s Foreign Policy Accomplishments ‘Minimal’.

NOT A DREAM. AN ILLUSION BORN OF THE MIASMAS OF WWI: Europe’s dream is dying in Greece. Perhaps a warning too.  These super-states controlling everything in the lands under their sway are never a good idea.

AND AFTER SHIRTSTORM, WHO’D BE SURPRISED: Vagina Vigilantes never sleep.

THEY REALLY, REALLY SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THATCHER: The Greek Crisis: Too Little Democracy, Too Much Bureaucracy.

THEY SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THATCHER: The Decadence of the liberal mind in one sentence.

THE FUTURE OF THE PAST: Cooking With Glass: How Pyrex Transformed Every Kitchen Into a Home-Ec Lab.

NEW YORK’S BIGGEST SLUM LORD: Time to evict New York’s public-housing slumlord.

IN CASE YOU WONDER WHY I’VE BEEN SCARCE HERE:  I’m attending Liberty Con in Beautiful Chattanooga TN.  There is a high preponderance of members of the Evil Legion of Evil, and we’re having a great time.  I’ll return to my right (ah!) mind sometime in the afternoon on Sunday.

WELL, IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Toyota Channels ‘Back to the Future Part II’ With a Lexus-Branded Hoverboard.

THE WORLD OF THE CONFUSED: Some were, of course, the usual “gay” or “lesbian,” but in addition to these were “demisexuals,” “androsexuals,” and “therians” (which, she explained, are people who are only attracted to individuals who commune with the same spirit animal). One identified as a “panromantic polyamorous asexual non-binary space god.” Even as the mother of twenty somethings AND a member of the science fiction community, therians is new to me!

OLDER SON WHOSE SECOND DEGREE IS CHEMISTRY: Would have LOVED this.  (He might still want to play it with our friends’ kids.)

NOT MUCH TO SAY IN DEFENSE OF CONFEDERATES: But to be fair they didn’t kill a hundred million people.

COURT RULES AGAINST IRS IN Z STREET CASE: Paving way to discovery. Nonprofit claims IRS official said org was singling out pro-Israel groups for scrutiny.

PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT “ART” MEANS: Artist Posts 17th Century Word on Billboard, Asks That Nobody Else Use It.

ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING UP LATE: is that I can post some seriously weird stuff with the excuse I’m slap happy.  Right? Velociprincess.

WELL, IT’S BOULDER: Moose on the loose in downtown Boulder, not fazed by police.  It’s actually stranger that no one offered the moose a joint.

OF COURSE THEY DO:  Reports downplay key Hillary aide’s role in suppressing State Dept. investigations.

JORGE LUIS BORGES THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST DISPENSABLE BOOK EVER WRITTEN: Terry Gilliam Makes Seventh Attempt at “Don Quixote” Movie. Nobody expects the Don Quixote movie, I guess?

NEXT THEY’LL WANT YOU TO SURRENDER YOUR TEETH AND YOUR FISTS:  British Police Call On Nation To ‘Save a Life, Surrender Your Knife’ As ‘Knife Violence’ Continues. You can never be safe enough. Also, reality seems determined to put the Onion out of business.