May 14, 2015

• By flouting term limits, Burundi's president may have angered neighboring countries enough to support a coup.
• US argues TPP will help agriculture exports—it will also export our awful reliance on processed foods.
• After convincing—and even paying—chess grandmasters to play for the US, America is a surprise favorite.
• "Such a public and brutal method of execution as anti-aircraft gun would emphasize the cost of disloyalty."
• Austin's patronizing city hearing on working with women.
• Amtrak derailment can't be separated from Congressional hostility toward infrastructure investment.
• Lobbyists brokering major chemical legislation admit to covering up fire retardant dangers.
• If you're booking a hotel for Memorial Day, maybe check the bedbug registry.
• By asking followers to mount their own jihad, ISIS can embrace successful attacks and ignore the rest.
• "The day they remove my right ovary, Zayn fails to show up at the world premiere of the new 1D record."
• Canada's Conservative candidate withdraws nomination after revelation his campaign is performance art.
• Asset forfeiture laws allow the DEA to take all your money without arresting or charging you.
• US solves Central American migrant crisis by paying Mexico to solve it—but the journey is still horrifically unsafe.
• "The US remains involved in Mexican drug affairs [while] trying to distance itself from the impact of the drug trade in Mexico."
• How to take over a small country.
• In the last 25 years, more than two dozen new countries have been recognized by the international community.