The 2012 Summer Olympics start on Friday, July 27th in London, England. Much has been made about the security plan to keep the Olympics safe.

The good folks at Google Ideas, Tribeca Enterprises and the Council on Foreign Relations met last week for the Info Summit 2012 to discuss the ever-interesting topic of "Illicit Networks".

From Info Summit:

Here is a list of top four absurd, yet humorous foreign relations gaffes to date. Enjoy! 

The United States has some of the lowest voter turnout and voter participation rates of any industrialized country in the world. Low voter turnout is typically ascribed to voter ignorance and apathy or to the lack of choice in our two-party dominated political system.

The recent tragedy in Aurora, Colorado has prompted a variety of responses from lawmakers on the issue of gun control and a semi-automatic weapons ban. Senator Dianne Feinstein said Sunday on Fox News Sunday, "weapons of war don't belong on the streets."

Despite being known for its strives in independent leaders, like Angus King, Mainers have held stead fast in their republican and democrat labels. Maine has showed a .8% decrease in registered republicans (down to 28%) since 1996, and a .4% increase in registered democrats (from 31.7 to 32.1), the number of registered independent voters in main has only increased 0.1%.

Check out the Chart here.

The last two presidents to lose a re-election campaign were Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. This cycle, Romney is trying to lump Obama in with them. Regardless of his fundraising and campaign spending, the GOP hopeful seems to be facing an uphill battle that is being ignored elsewhere as Obama's approval rating is climbing.

Joining the looming budget sequester cuts with seemingly no conclusion in site, is another major national issue: the farm bill, in the form of a giant piece of legislation which comes up every 5 years.