Happy Friday, Crooks and Liars! Unlike the Russian Spy conspiring with the NRA (ALLEGEDLY!), I'm co-conspiring with some awesome bloggers to bring you some some great, thoughtful links.

Guitar and Pen has a close call with gun violence.

Egberto Willies says that the 1% has gone too far for too long.

Infidel753 tells us how corporate men in grey suits are killing blogging.

Did you see this perfect tweet from yesterday?

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Twitters, too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).