Blog roundup while listening to BR-549's first album:

Eursoc links to this article from Tech Central Station on poverty on Europe.

Kalebeul posts on "Barcelona's role as a Disneyland of absurd and forgotten ideologies," and on a medieval BCN public brothel.

Patrick Crozier has an excellent historical post on the Battle of the Somme.

Samizdata opines on the Swiss and American constitutions.

Angie Schultz takes Stephen Hawking to task.

¡No Pasarán! finds non-idiotarianism at the Guardian and idiotarianism at the Telegraph. They've also got the video of Zidane's head-butt. Like everything Zidane does, perfectly executed.

Sgt. Mom at the Daily Brief comments on North Korea.