Open thread: Timbuktu, Penn State, and Mitt Romney's electoral problem

What's coming up on Sunday Kos ...

• Desecration and destruction in Timbuktu, by Denise Oliver Velez
• Sheriff Joe Arpaio's two-ring circus comes to town, by Mother Mags
• Mitt Romney's complicated path to 270 electoral votes, by Steve Singiser
• The Republicans' killer lies on health care, by Jon Perr aka Avenging Angel
• Penn State must shut down its football program, by Laurence Lewis
• California's 'special exemptions' act: The biggest threat you haven't heard of, by Dante Atkins