Obama wept. Media collectively orgasms.
North Korea made something big go boom.
There’s some wet weather in California thanks to El Little Boy, and brutal Arctic temperatures will blanket much of the country by this weekend.
The Taliban have killed one US serviceman, injured two others, and trapped over a dozen more in Afghanistan.
The Powerball drawing tonight has reached a $450 million jackpot.
The House Committee on Benghazi will question former CIA Chief Gen. David Petraeus in private today.
Also, the House should have enough votes to pass a symbolic Obamacare repeal.
Paul Ryan shaved off his beard.
Twitter hints that it may allow up to 10,000-word tweets.
The Feds are strategizing on how to get some protesters with guns out of a wildlife refuge’s visitor center in Oregon. The protesters say they are prepared to defend themselves if the situation devolves.
The Netflix documentary series Making A Murderer is not the last word on the case of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who was set free from prison after being exonerated of a sexual assault conviction only to be convicted of killing Teresa Halbach a couple of years after his release. Governor Walker has no plans to pardon him.
Some words that we’re supposed to consider emitted from Donald Trump’s mouth hole.
Obama wept. Gun sales skyrocket.
I don’t have much to say about any of it at the moment, but those are the main stories I came across this morning. Maybe you have something to say about those things. Or about other things. Here’s an open thread for you to discuss the things until something with a bit more substance is ready to be posted. There’s a good chance it may concern a certain popular series of science fiction films.
