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Tortoise re-releases Standards (1,000 copy LE) on red vinyl - Our copy has already shipped—get yours ASAP!

The Orwell Diaries - “From 9th August 2008, you will be able to gather your own impression of Orwell’s face from reading his most strongly individual piece of writing: his diaries.” This is freakin’ awesome, in case you didn’t know.

Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition) - “Ophelia joined the group Maidens Who Don’t Float.”

Garfield Minus Garfield - While not new, G-G is still worth a second look. “The result is astounding; all of a sudden, an unfunny, dated comic strip becomes a dark feature about a lonely, possibly insane man.”

How to blur your license plate - Californians, look no further! Now you can speed through those red lights!

American Voices: Wal-Mart wants Republican president - What do you think? “It’s true. We all know how Wal-Mart just barely squeaked by during the Clinton administration.”

Remember the Debates? - Recently The Atlantic’s James Fallows took on the laudable but unenviable task of watching all 47 of the primary debates. He arrives at some fascinating conclusions…that were hard to see when the debates machine gunned through the early part of the season.

Texas district will let teachers carry guns - Next on the school board’s agenda is a petition allowing teachers to pistol-whip behaviorally-challenged students.

Climate change caused widespread tree death in California mountain range, study confirms - Pff. Those liberals are always using words like “science,” “study,” and “confirm” to foist their agenda upon us.

Bush wants some endangered species rules extinct - Since de-listing imperiled animals has proved difficult for the administration, Bush wants to give Biff the construction worker scientific authority to decide sensitive species’ fates (no seriously). Meanwhile, the administration is also working to relax rules on workplace exposure to toxins. Great people, they are.

Atlanta International Airport’s ban on guns upheld - The article calls the judge’s ruling “a blow to gun rights groups,” but neglects to mention the ruling’s negative effects: it really fucks up the plans of currently law-abiding murderers and terrorists.

Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life - For republicans, it’s only difficult to be both punitively and family-oriented if you let the statistics win. The real question, though, is why articles like this always read as if the “profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males” are unintentional?

Since 2006, Navy submarine leaked radioactive water all over the world - No, really, it’s no big deal. We swear.