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William K. Wolfrum paints a vivid portrait of America's fascist future. Enjoy (?) this glimpse into things to come...

Rachel, AKA @girldetective, treats us to her live commentary on the Law & Order: SVU marathon. Guest stars will steal the show, bodily fluids will be spilled, and mayhem will reign!

Twitter users @hocinedim and @maztec discuss the Troy Davis case and the essential moral questions it raises. Can someone truly be proven guilty? Is the death penalty ever ethical? Has justice been down?

Sharp, terse, and at times very emotional, this conversation encapsulates all the of the reasons that this case has captured the world's attention. Read, share, and discuss.

Diplomat Nasser H Al-Khalifa shares his thoughts on Palestine, Israel, and President Obama. Is the US President a hypocrite in his calls for support of universal human rights? Why have the people of Palestine been without a state for so long?

@Valerie0714 treats us to a rogues gallery of the dumbest laws in the United States.

You think the government is bad? It's so much worse than you know!

Al Jazeera's Melissa K. Chan covers a violent protest in China's Zhejiang province, where hundreds of villagers have supposedly been displaced in a giant land grab. Each side claims that the other lied. Who's to blame?

Elizabeth Tsurkov live Tweets a September 16 demonstration in front of the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv. A fascinating look at this "demonstration of love."

Please feel free to expand with additional news and commentary from the event.

Egyptian blogger (and superb Twitter user) Sarah Carr invites her followers to define that most nebulous of notions, the "random thought." It's harder than it seems!

Please feel free to add your own ideas in the comments section below.

Dan Sinker (mastermind behind the satirical @MayorEmanuel Twitter account) and @HuffPostBooks present a literary experiment: an entire science fiction short story written entirely in Tweets.

Is this the birth of a new literary genre? Read and share your thoughts!

Why do authors write? Is it an innate desire, or can money be a motivating factor? Have short stories declined in the past several decades? Is short fiction little more than a proving ground for future novelists?

These are just a few of the questions in this excellent discussion by @NormsBookClub, @Old_Strings, @KatyRadcliffe, @nyquil4me, and others.