Super PACs are changing the face of American politics. And it may be impossible to reverse their startling advance

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IF HE could have done one thing to avert his plunge from front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination to also-ran, Newt Gingrich told the press on the eve of the Iowa caucuses in January, he would have “pulled the plug on Romney’s PAC”. As it was, the super PAC backing Mitt Romney, a rival candidate, spent millions on advertisements rubbishing Mr Gingrich, causing his support to wilt. This new breed of electioneering outfit, brought into being by a Supreme Court ruling in 2010, has already reshaped the presidential campaign—and its influence is only likely to grow. 
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A Tennessee man, Marvin Potter (on the right), is in police custody tonight, charged with two counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of a couple who had unfriended his 30-year-old daughter on the popular social site.

The murderous spat began when Billy Payne Jr. and his girlfriend, Billie Jean Hayworth, unfriended Potter's 30-year-old daughter Jenelle. According to police, Jenelle began harassing the couple in the week leading up to the shooting on January 31st.
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Infectious Happiness of the Day: Social experiment aboard a Berlin U-Bahn train: One passenger starts laughing, ostensibly at something she sees on her smartphone. Soon, the entire car is rollicking like a bunch of carefree children.

Then, just like that, you are too.

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Pawel Kuczynski is a polish artist famous for his satirical illustrations that make you wonder about society, politics and all the biggies in life. 
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Motherfucking war... Shows a huge contrast between how video games glorify war as fun frag time. I enjoy playing those games too, just sayin´. Someone´s gotta fight it.
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