So you may have heard about the Romney campaign's difficulty with Venn diagrams. Here is an interesting Venn diagram made by Upworthy, "Everything You Need to Know About Mitt Romney in One Diagram".

We are happy to announce that IVN contributor Chris Hinyub will be on-scene at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida at the end of August.

While many independents look towards high-profile positions such as President or members of Congress for representation, a key towards future political success is occupying positions from the bottom to the top.

Of note on the subject, the governor of California announced two appointments to the California State University Board of Trustees. One of the new appointees is registered as No Party Preference.

UPDATE

As expected, members of the California State Assembly voted Thursday afternoon to approve the initial $8 billion in funding for the high-speed rail. Final vote came in at 51 to 28.

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Four facts & four charts to help explain the June jobs report:

• The unemployment rate was unchanged in June at 8.2%.
• U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended.
• The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined by 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 374,000 in the week ending June 30.
• Nevada, Rhode Island and California have the highest unemployment among U.S. states.

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It's been a monumental week for physicists, who have found the "strongest indication to date" to prove the existence of the Higgs boson particle, or the "God particle."

And while scientists around the world celebrate the discovery, most people are unaware of the implications, that is, if they even know what the Higgs boson particle is to begin with.

Motherboard TV went to the streets of Williamsburg to interview hipsters on their knowledge of the Higgs boson, most of which had never heard of it. Maybe the discovery was just too mainstream...