More political experts weigh in

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Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets made a twitter comment somewhat in support of Palestinians. His own teammate (an Israeli) weighed in and Howard backed off but not everyone is so ready to concede.

If only Brazil had this many blocks.

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Immigration Crisis

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The New Republic has a nice article on what people, the kids, are trying to leave behind - the lords of Kentucky Fried Chicken and Beer and the new rich of the drug gangs: "Guatemalans Aren't Just Fleeing Gangs" by Saul Elbein

Actually, some people might regard what they are trying to leave as a libertarian paradise and a gun utopia.