Linkstorm: How Far We've Come

Eddie Izzard-Loves Britain, plus Olympics.

io9 does a piece on a piece about distinguishing conservative denialism from reasonable, scientific debate.

More riots are going on in France, as the fundamental inequalities that fueled the riots years ago still haven't been addressed. More notable is that President Hollande isn't interested in addressing the underlying causes of this violence, just directing more funding to suppress it when it happens again. Truly, The West has much to teach the rest of the globe about the merits of civilized democracies.

This Week

The first panel of Friday's Shortpacked says it all.

Syria's in an open civil war, complete with fighting in the capitol, suicide bombings, and refugees.

Punishing heat and drought across the world, with dire warnings about food prices to come.

The London Olympics seem to be disintegrating on arrival with attempted torch thefts, clothing issues, preemptive arrests, customs and public transportation protests, and manpower, competence, and cost issues in the security force.

Of course, there was also the shooting at the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises that left 12 dead and 58 injured.

Hell of a week.