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* There has been modest progress on fighting the Colorado fires. They went from less than 1% containment to about 30% today mostly thanks to the weather breaking. *fingers crossed for continued progress tomorrow and that there be no more loss of life*

* "Black Forest burning -- Update IV -- Sanity Crumbles:" http://il-volpe.livejournal.com/37129.html?view=57865&style=mine#t57865

* Art Pope buys horrible policies in North Carolina as he feels the government isn't nearly corrupt enough:

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* SCOTUS is likely to rule on DOMA nd Measure 8. Meanwhile, Rick Perry promises to save you from the Gays and the Imaginary War on Christmas, Marco Rubio talks about how important it is to deny gay people their civil rights, and Ron Portman insists on your right to discriminate against his son.:

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* "Antarctic ice melting from below, finds study:" http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0613/Antarctic-ice-melting-from-below-finds-study

* "Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories:" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/why-rational-people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?_r=1&

* "Anniversary Of The 1959 Bermuda Theatre Boycott:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/06/anniversary-of-1959-bermuda-theatre.html

* TW: Rape. "GOP congressman Trent Franks: It's hard to get pregnant from rape:" http://americablog.com/2013/06/trent-franks-rape-pregnant-congressman-video.html

* Greenwick found, "America's Worst Charities:" http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/

* Signal boost: Help a lady escape an abusive husband: http://www.gofundme.com/38ujs8?utm_campaign=Emails&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email

* Today I was meant to go for blood work, but I was so tired. Instead I read for a while then Mache and I watched the rest of the hot mess that is Dead Snow. Then we went out to do a little gardening. (For her this consisted of some light grazing.)

* I had a dream I thought might amuse y'all.

I dreamed I was in some weird alternate version of Sherlock in which they were going to dress like Pirates. We were backstage getting dressed. I was playing Sherlock and as I pulled on the floppy topped black leather thigh high boots, I asked what inspired them. The costumer said, "Sherlock believes the boots are frivolous and unnecessary, but he is strangely attracted to them. You know, like John."

* "‘Game Of Thrones’ Characters As Named By A Dad Quizzed Right After Watching The Season Finale:" http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/06/game-of-thrones-characters-dad-names/#ixzz2WHApN7Zk

My favorite of these is the title for Arya's assassin.

* "Missing:" http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/pets/2013/06/14/missing/

* The Clutch: