August 3, 2016
- Since Philippines president Duterte took office last month, over 400 alleged drug traffickers have been killed.
- Pivotal election in South Africa may wrest power away from the ANC.
- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega picks his wife to run as his vice presidential candidate.
- Trump refuses to back Ryan or McCain's reelection bids for Senate.
- Meme comparing Trumps treatment of the Khans to Bushs treatment of Cindy Sheehan is misleading at best.
- Profile of Deso Dogg, a Berlin rapper who became ISISs pop star.
- Powerpoint presentation offers "a deep dive into Saudi culture."
- Twelve Mexican tourists and two guides were killed in an Egyptian Army airstrike last year for no discernible reason.
- Australia ships thousands of undocumented immigrants to an island where they face appalling abuse and neglect.
- Alaska's frozen highways threatened by melting permafrost, thanks to climate change.
- Anthrax outbreak in Siberia affects dozens after melting permafrost exposes an infected reindeer.
- China frequently beats Silicon Valley to mobile tech: streaming, mobile payments, peer-to-peer loans.
- Women wrestling sumo shift the paradigm in Brazil.
- Artist trains rats to predict market shifts, claims their performance is comparable to that of top fund managers.
- Gap ad promotes boys as smart, girls as social, and also manages to spell Einstein wrong.
- Abusive police systems dont end with ice cream, and "feel good" cop videos are disingenuous.
- Electronic temporary tattoo can warn drinkers if they've had too much to drive.
- Dispatch from a celebrity hiking camp.