July 18, 2014

• Washington believes Moscow's behind the downing of a plane over eastern Ukraine; EU powers say wait and see.
• Ukraine releases audio from what it says are phone calls between rebels and Russian officers.
• Palestinians killed since start of invasion now stands at 28, with some 150 targets hit since Israeli ground forces entered the Gaza Strip.
• The longer Clinton can string out her non-campaign, the more likely she'll win the election.
• Eric Holder has outlasted his enemies and rivals by avoiding screwing over his boss.
• Bloody battle expected if Chicago Teachers Union president Lewis tries to unseat "murder mayor" Emanuel.
• All we can say is that Mount Fuji is now in a state of pressure, which means it displays a high potential for eruption.
• GQ factchecks—and quickly destroys—the premise of Sex Tape by simply calling Apple's technical support desk.
• Writer travels to Belize, looking for a treatment for his Multiple sclerosis to replace the $60,000 shots he takes at home.
• Art from Syria's front lines.
• FedEx faces criminal charges for shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies.
• Interview with an internet drug dealer: "It's always better to be too paranoid than not paranoid enough."
• When shown on TV, CPR never involves broken ribs, internal bleeding, or "an unnecessarily prolonged and painful death."
• Vanquished tennis player standing 5'9" uses chair to hug opponent standing 6'11".
• Many TripAdvisor reviews available for the Grand Budapest Hotel, Schrute Farms, and the Overlook Hotel.
• Good four-part business series on whether contemporary cinema is a dying or shrinking industry.
• Enjoyably lucid primer on Hegel.