Madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results:

Continue reading Syrian civil war coming to American shores

"During the Nixon administration, there were attempts to use the Internal Revenue Services in manners that might be comparable in terms of misusing it. I'm not saying the actions taken here are comparable," he told a House Appropriations subcommittee. "This is unprecedented."

"In the months before President Obama declared al Qaeda was “on a path to defeat,” his aides were telling Congress that the terrorist network was expanding and was capable of inflicting mass casualties in the U.S."

Bangladesh's military is ending its search for bodies in the wreckage of an eight-story garment factory building that collapsed last month because no more victims are expected to be found, officials said Monday.

Also Monday, the government agreed to allow the country's garment workers to form trade unions without permission from factory owners as part of growing concessions for industry reform following the building collapse.

Entire town evacuated.

The Union Jack above Number 10 Downing Street has been lowered to half-staff*.

* (THANK YOU PATRICK.)

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that famed film critic Roger Ebert has died.

Warmer weather's a-coming.

Joe Weider, Founder of a Bodybuilding Empire, Dies at 93

Mostly because I'm tired of looking at the Pope.

Pope Francis I, Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Apparently the first ever Jesuit Pope?

(It seems Mr Kronos was sick of seeing the Pope. Hey Nick, fixed it for ya.)

TPW was brought down by a server switch. Lime got me back, when I was in despair.

Thank you, Lime!

Northwestern beat Mississippi State 34-20 and snapped college football's longest postseason losing streak, winning its first bowl game since 1949.