--- a/accounts/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/accounts/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 """
 import datetime
+import json
 import logging
 
 from django.shortcuts import render
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
 from django.contrib.auth import login
-from django.utils import simplejson
 
 from accounts.models import PendingUser
 from accounts.forms import RegisterForm, ForgotUsernameForm
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@
         else:
             response['error'] = 'Invalid username or password'
 
-    return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps(response),
-            content_type='application/json')
+    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(response), content_type='application/json')
 
 #######################################################################
 

--- a/antispam/decorators.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/antispam/decorators.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 """
 from datetime import timedelta
+import json
 from functools import wraps
 
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.utils import simplejson
 
 from antispam.rate_limit import RateLimiter, RateLimiterUnavailable
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                     success = (response and response.has_header('location') and
                             response.status_code == 302)
                 elif response:
-                    json_resp = simplejson.loads(response.content)
+                    json_resp = json.loads(response.content)
                     success = json_resp['success']
 
                 if not success:

--- a/bio/flags.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/bio/flags.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 This module contains country flag data & functions.
 
 """
-from __future__ import with_statement
+import json
 import os.path
 import locale
 import logging
 
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
-
 
 # Read flag data from external JSON file:
 

--- a/contests/tests/view_tests.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/contests/tests/view_tests.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 """
 import datetime
+import json
+
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.utils import simplejson
 
 from contests.models import Contest
 
@@ -81,8 +82,8 @@
                 HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
-        json = simplejson.loads(response.content)
-        self.assertTrue(json['entered'])
+        c = json.loads(response.content)
+        self.assertTrue(c['entered'])
 
         contest = Contest.objects.get(pk=self.contest_id)
         self.assertTrue(self.user in contest.contestants.all())
@@ -92,8 +93,8 @@
                 HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
-        json = simplejson.loads(response.content)
-        self.failIf(json['entered'])
+        c = json.loads(response.content)
+        self.failIf(c['entered'])
 
         contest = Contest.objects.get(pk=self.contest_id)
         self.failIf(self.user in contest.contestants.all())

--- a/contests/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/contests/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 Views for the contests application.
 
 """
+import json
+
 from django.http import (HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden,
         HttpResponseBadRequest)
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
-from django.utils import simplejson
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
 
 from contests.models import Contest
@@ -42,5 +43,5 @@
         result['entered'] = True
         result['msg'] = 'You have been entered into this contest!'
 
-    json = simplejson.dumps(result)
-    return HttpResponse(json, content_type='application/json')
+    json_result = json.dumps(result)
+    return HttpResponse(json_result, content_type='application/json')

--- a/core/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/core/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 """
 Views for the core application. These are mainly shared, common views
 used by multiple applications.
+
 """
+import json
+
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 
 
 @login_required
@@ -17,23 +19,25 @@
     """
     This view provides the Markdown help cheat sheet. It is expected
     to be called via AJAX.
+
     """
     return render_to_response('core/markdown_help.html')
 
 
 def ajax_users(request):
     """
-    If the user is authenticated, return a JSON array of strings of usernames 
-    whose names start with the 'q' GET parameter, limited by the 'limit' GET 
+    If the user is authenticated, return a JSON array of strings of usernames
+    whose names start with the 'q' GET parameter, limited by the 'limit' GET
     parameter. Only active usernames are returned.
     If the user is not authenticated, return an empty array.
+
     """
     q = request.GET.get('q', None)
     if q is None or not request.user.is_authenticated():
         return HttpResponse(json.dumps([]), content_type='application/json')
 
     limit = int(request.GET.get('limit', 10))
-    users = User.objects.filter(is_active=True, 
+    users = User.objects.filter(is_active=True,
             username__istartswith=q).values_list('username', flat=True)[:limit]
     return HttpResponse(json.dumps(list(users)), content_type='application/json')
 

--- a/downloads/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/downloads/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Views for the downloads application.
 """
-import random
+import json
 
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404
 from django.template import RequestContext
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound
 from django.core.paginator import InvalidPage
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.db.models import Q
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 
 from core.paginator import DiggPaginator
 from core.functions import email_admins

--- a/forums/latest.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/forums/latest.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
 # while with MySQL InnoDb.
 #
 import datetime
+import json
 import logging
 import time
 
 from django.dispatch import receiver
-from django.utils import simplejson
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 import redis
 
@@ -237,11 +237,11 @@
         'date': topic_score,
         'url': post.topic.get_latest_post_url()
     }
-    json = simplejson.dumps(topic_content)
+    topic_json = json.dumps(topic_content)
     key = UPDATED_TOPIC_KEY % topic_id
 
     pipeline = conn.pipeline()
-    pipeline.set(key, json)
+    pipeline.set(key, topic_json)
     pipeline.zadd(UPDATED_TOPICS_SET_KEY, topic_score, topic_id)
     pipeline.zcard(UPDATED_TOPICS_SET_KEY)
     results = pipeline.execute()
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 
     posts = []
     for raw_post in raw_posts:
-        post = simplejson.loads(raw_post)
+        post = json.loads(raw_post)
 
         # fix up the pubdate; turn it back into a datetime object
         post['pubdate'] = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(post['pubdate'])
@@ -350,20 +350,20 @@
     """
     conn = get_redis_connection()
     key = UPDATED_TOPIC_KEY % topic_id
-    json = conn.get(key)
-    if json is not None:
+    topic_json = conn.get(key)
+    if topic_json is not None:
         try:
             topic = Topic.objects.get(pk=topic_id)
         except Topic.DoesNotExist:
             logger.warning("topic %d does not exist", topic_id)
             return
 
-        topic_dict = simplejson.loads(json)
+        topic_dict = json.loads(topic_json)
 
         if topic.name != topic_dict['title']:
             topic_dict['title'] = topic.name
-            json = simplejson.dumps(topic_dict)
-            conn.set(key, json)
+            topic_json = json.dumps(topic_dict)
+            conn.set(key, topic_json)
 
 
 def get_stats():
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 
     topics = []
     for s in json_list:
-        item = simplejson.loads(s)
+        item = json.loads(s)
         item['date'] = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(item['date'])
         topics.append(item)
 
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
         'url': post.get_absolute_url()
     }
 
-    return simplejson.dumps(post_content)
+    return json.dumps(post_content)
 
 
 # Down here to avoid a circular import

--- a/forums/views/attachments.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/forums/views/attachments.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 """
 This module contains views for working with post attachments.
+
 """
+import json
+
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 
 from forums.models import Post
 

--- a/membermap/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/membermap/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 """
 Views for the membermap application.
+
 """
+import json
+
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.template import RequestContext
@@ -8,7 +11,6 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 from django.core.cache import cache
 
 from membermap.models import MapEntry

--- a/messages/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/messages/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 """
 import datetime
+import json
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponseNotAllowed
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.shortcuts import render
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 
 from messages.models import Message, Options
 from messages.forms import OptionsForm, ComposeForm

--- a/oembed/core.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/oembed/core.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """
 This module contains core functionality for the oembed application.
+
 """
-from __future__ import with_statement
+import json
 import urllib
 import urllib2
 import gzip
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@
 except ImportError:
     from StringIO import StringIO
 
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 
 
 USER_AGENT = 'gremmies python oembed'

--- a/oembed/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/oembed/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 """
 Views for the oembed application.
+
 """
+import json
 import re
-import urllib2
 
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 from django.conf import settings
 
 from oembed.models import Provider

--- a/phantombrigade/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/phantombrigade/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 Current we provide a TeamSpeak 3 status view for the PhantomBrigade.us website.
 
 """
+import json
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseServerError
-from django.utils import simplejson
 import ts3
 
 
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@
             channel['children'].append(node)
 
     tree = [channels[0]]
-    json = simplejson.dumps(tree)
+    status = json.dumps(tree)
 
-    cache.set(CACHE_KEY, json, CACHE_TIMEOUT)
+    cache.set(CACHE_KEY, status, CACHE_TIMEOUT)
 
-    return HttpResponse(json, content_type='application/json')
+    return HttpResponse(status, content_type='application/json')

--- a/podcast/views.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/podcast/views.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Views for the podcast application.
 
 """
+import json
 import os.path
 from urlparse import urlparse
 
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 
 from podcast.models import Channel
 from podcast.models import Item

--- a/sg101/settings/base.py	Wed Aug 14 14:53:21 2013 -0500
+++ b/sg101/settings/base.py	Thu Aug 15 20:14:33 2013 -0500
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Base Django settings for the SG101 website.
 
+import json
 import os
 from decimal import Decimal
 
-import django.utils.simplejson as json
 from django.contrib.messages import constants as message_constants
 import djcelery
 from celery.schedules import crontab