Billionaires are accustomed to getting the US government to do their bidding, and feeling poor compared to decabillionaires, that they believe they naturally deserve to rule and don't grasp what poor Americans suffer.

*'I Bough...—I, I Got Them': Bloomberg Almost Admits to Buying Members of Congress.*

I suppose he was going to say that he bought their offices for them rather than that he bought them. After all, slavery is still illegal in the US, and so is bribery — unless it is indirect and disguised.

*'In Chile, In Guatemala, In Iran': Sanders Applauded for Highlighting US Record of Overthrowing Governments Around the World.*

In order for the US to quit the coup addiction, it needs to start by recognizing it.

Palau has banned commercial fishing on most of its waters. The protection needs to be rebalanced, because people have entirely stopped catching tuna and now catch the more rare (and more easily threatened) reef fish instead.

People should not draw the simplistic conclusion that marine protected areas are a bad idea. Stricter protection on reefs, along with allowing some additional area for fishing for tuna, might correct the problem.

US citizens: call on Congress to pass the MORE Act, which would legalize marijuana.

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Party of famously rainy New Zealand is suffering from an unheard-of drought.