US citizens: call for ratification of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels.

Jimmy Carter praised Snowden and said the US does not have a functioning democracy. US media ignored Carter's the speech, which goes against the official party line.

US citizens: call for abortion coverage for peace corps workers in cases of rape or medical necessity.

This is not enough, of course. Every woman should be able to get an early-term abortion at no cost.

A giant sinkhole 24 acres in area has swallowed part of Bayou Corne, and the toxic fumes make the rest of the town uninhabitable.

Many elevator Door Close buttons are dummies. (I have sometimes suspected that it was a dummy in a particular elevator.)

So are thermostats in many offices. But that would not convince me I don't feel hot — I know that from empirical evidence, and I have a thermometer to test my personal sensations against.