So, I was going to pull up some links to the RNC (and attendant riots), with some sort of 'Oh, isn't there?' smug message to go with them ... but in the process of trying to find something appropriate, I've just gotten depressed, as I always do when reading news reports of clashes between protesters and police.

Anyway, the point is that there is still something of a Left (even a radical Left) in the US. It's just that it's a lot less visible than in Europe, and the police are a little more brutal than in the UK. But trust me, the same mis-reporting and crap goes on here! It is an uphill struggle, always. Damn it.