Norway

The latest news on the Oslo/Utoeya Island massacre can be found here. 

Although Wikipedia articles on the massacre itself and Anders Behring Breivik himself have already been written, I prefer PZ Myers' more opinionated take on his heavily cut and pasted rant. Just for the sake of (unintentional) comedy relief PZ also brings up  Weepy the Bloviating Turd and Pat Buchanan's completely ridiculous "responses" to this tragedy, not that we should expect anything else from those 
two. 

I'm sure that condolence books are being set up at the Norwegian embassy and consulates in the US and elsewhere. I intend to sign one when the Chicago consulate makes one public. So should you, if you're near one.

And Scott Wa*ker...

...is still an incredible asshat:

Earlier this year, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker became one of the many GOP governors to sign a law disenfranchising voters who do not have a photo ID— a law that disproportionately affects elderly voters, young voters, students, minorities and low-income voters. Having disenfranchised tens of thousands of Wisconsin voters, Walker is now making it harder for many of these voters to obtain the ID they need to regain their right to participate in the next election:

Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is working on finalizing a plan to close as many as 10 offices where people can obtain driver’s licenses in order to expand hours elsewhere and come into compliance with new requirements that voters show photo IDs at the polls.

One Democratic lawmaker said Friday it appeared the decisions were based on politics, with the department targeting offices for closure in Democratic areas and expanding hours for those in Republican districts.

Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, called on the state Department of Transportation to reconsider its plants to close the Fort Atkinson DMV center. The department plans to expand by four hours a week the hours of a center about 30 minutes away in Watertown.

"What the heck is going on here?” Jorgensen said. “Is politics at play here?”

Remember when Wisconsin wasn't a stand-in double for Old South-style electioneering chicanery a few years ago? Those days are dead, and you can largely "thank" Der Burgher for it.