By lambert strether

Neil Armstrong: ‘One of the greatest American heroes of all time’ Independent

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet. I felt very, very small.”

Neil Armstrong, 82, has died Cincinatti Enquirer. Home-town paper (pic: Neil Armstrong plays the ukulele).

E.B. White: The Moon Landing , New Yorker, July 26, 1969

GOP Delays Start of Convention WSJ. It’s an ill wind…

Death metal, the sound of Tampa, won’t be heard at Republican convention Reuters. Where’s Hunter Thompson when we need him?

For RNC week: No more eviction notices Tamba Bay Times (KL). Sherrifs overloaded.

Dems on track to break records with LGBT convention delegates Washington Blade (CB)

AP interview transcript with President Obama HuffPo. “I’m prepared to make a whole range of compromises, some of which I get criticized from the Democratic Party on, in order to make progress.” (Yep.)

So, Mitt, what do you really believe? Economist. Ouch.

Lid Blowing Off Romney Tax Secrecy Angry Bear

Box Office Shocker: Anti-Obama Doc Bests Other New Films on Friday Hollywood Reporter

Full Recovery by 2018, says the CBO Conversable Economist. I can hardly wait!

CBO: Ending High-Income Tax Cuts Would Save Almost $1 Trillion Off the Charts

Will Stock Markets Survive? Macrobusiness

Chris Hedges on ‘Empire of Illusion’ and a Vignette of The Fall of Berlin 1945 Jesse’s Café Américain

Israel breaks silence over army abuses Independent

Hollande Says Greece Must Stay in Euro Zone WSJ

Hollande Tells Samaras to Show Greek Commitment to Get Support Bloomberg

France refuses to back Greece’s call for more time to enact reforms Guardian

Greece not lost, say Merkel and Hollande FT

No Virus to Blame for New AIDS-Like Disease—It’s an Autoimmune Response Discover (NEJM)

Widespread vaccine exemptions are messing with herd immunity Gizmodo (American Journal of Public Health)

Men, Who Needs Them? Op-Ed, Times

New state laws make undercover probes of farm operations risky McClatchy

Analysis: U.S. government mandate or no, fuel ethanol is here to stay Reuters

Water Trumping Carbon Spreads $17 Billion Market Bloomberg

Russia Plays Game of Arctic Roulette in Oil Exploration Der Spiegel

Spirited legal fight expected over failed Fresno County vodka investment McClatchy

Detroit Votes to Raise Taxes to Save Cash-Strapped Museum ABC

The Citizen Kane Era Returns David Sirota, Harpers

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Antidote du jour: The cat in the wat (from my visit to Thailand)