ONE THOUSAND YEARS of European border changes. The relative 'recency' of Russia is interesting, but what startled me is the stability of France, Great Britain, and Spain and the fragmentation of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany down through Italy).

YA THINK? Rampant employee misconduct alleged at EPA. A Bugs Bunny quote, I think, is appropriate here: "What a bunch of maroons."

NASA CHIEF: Effects of Climate Change Visible from Space. No, the effects of weather are visible from space. We've been in space far too short a time to distinguish climate from noise.

DRONE WARS: coming to a planet near you.

U.S. BUSINESSES are being destroyed faster than they’re being created.

There is a lot of Obama- and Bush-bashing in the comments, but for the limited time slice presented, it seems to me that the trend correlates well with the increasing regulatory environment over the last 30 years. Established companies, more capable of weathering the increasing regulatory burden, are closing at a relatively constant rate; start-ups, less able to compete initially, are not starting up.

Regulatory lawfare, unfortunately, is bipartisan.

JUST THINKIN': With the modern mainstream media, that old children's riddle "What is black and white and re(a)d all over (a newspaper)?" has a whole new meaning.

AL SHARPTON versus the teleprompter. The teleprompter wins.

At least Obama can read a teleprompter.

THE INDOMITABLE BRITISH:

"[I]n the long view of history, the British Empire will be remembered only for two things.... The game of soccer. And the expression ‘f*** off.'"

Cheers.

SEVEN TO FIVE: That will be the partisan split on the Benghazi panel.

[Democrat Minority Leader Nancy] Pelosi wants it to be even, even though “Pelosi’s select committee probing global warming had nine Democrats and six Republicans.”

Heh: 9/15 = 0.6; 7/12 = 0.58. She got a better deal than she gave, and she's complaining?

A SMILE FOR THE DAY: Dog and disabled kitten are best friends [video].

FINALLY: some sanity and a slap in the face to some chronic whiners.

COWORKING: A movement grows.

SO WHY NOT just go there and pick up the real thing?

THANK GOD! Professor Smacked Down For Trying To Ban Thanking God At Graduation.

POWERLINE: The Failure of Obamanomics In Three Charts.

THE COMPLETE CHRONOLOGY of the Benghazi deception.

THE BENGHAZI INVESTIGATION as envisioned by Democrats. Trey Gowdy has different plans....

'KING' BARACK THE SURPRISED: better to be on the wrong side of his history.

AS RUSSIA prepares to take over Ukraine, the Obama administration responds.

Flame war. The only war liberals understand.

PORKULUS (aka vote-buying) is attempting a comeback in Harry Reid's Senate.

SAVING BARACK OBAMA.

MALLARD FILLMORE on the new normal.

THIS IS NEWS? High-tax states in the North and Midwest are biggest losers [of taxpayers].