The Far Right once again thinks that by conflating German National Socialism with American Liberalism they can woo moderates to their Authoritarian Theocratic Southern Confederate Party. Once again they are wrong, but when did things like facts ever stop them? This element of the Right Wing is in full on desperation mode in the looming post-Palin era. Things have gotten so very bad for the Right that their farthest fringe are beyond Astroturf Tea Parties and are moving on to fighting for anti-immigration amendments in Congress .

Triple Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt set a new meeting record in Lausanne with a stunning run over 200 meters of 19.59 seconds despite appalling weather conditions. In the pouring rain the Jamaican sprinter clocked just one hundredth of a second outside of the fastest time of the year set by American Tyson Gay, in his first and only European 200 meters apearance before next month’s World Championships in Berlin.