GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Everytime I'm near ya, I get that urge to feel ya. Just touching you and loving you, makes everything right. LET'S GO TO PRESS.

In a poll that makes you doubt the intelligence of Americans even more than usual, more voters than ever see President Obama as "the worst president of modern times." DEAR GOD.

Meanwhile Obama doesn't seem to give a single fuck, telling John Boehner and the Republicans who are threatening to sue him, "So sue me—I'm not going to apologize for trying to do something." WAKE UP, AMERICA.

One of the top muckety-mucks at private security company Blackwater threatened to kill a US State Department investigator for investigating the company's performance.

Clashes erupt between Israeli police and rock-chucking Palestinians, after an Arab teen is kidnapped—revenge for the deaths of three Israeli teens is suspected.

Scientists who claim they found a super simple way to make stem cells are taking it all back after colleagues cry, "BULLLLLLL SHIIIIIIIT!"

Lawyers in Florida are the latest to present arguments today to finally bring legal same-sex marriage to the state.

In case you missed it, the USA may have fallen to Belgium in the World Cup—but we got a brand new American hero out of the deal: TIM HOWARD!!! (Swooooooon!)

Director/writer Paul Mazursky—who created such American classics as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and An Unmarried Womandied yesterday at the age of 84.

Good news and bad news on the "human infection" front: Good news, salmonella outbreaks are dropping. Bad news, certain strains are becoming resistant to our antibiotics. (Get ready for a lot of "I told you so's.")

Now here's what's going on in your neck of the woods: Partly cloudy today and cooler, with a high of only (!) 81. And your Fourth of July forcast is looking perfect!

And finally, here's actor Daniel Radcliffe trying to not attract attention at all.

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