Certain members of Kosovo’s parliament are vehemently opposed to EU-backed deals the country’s government has made with Serbia and Montenegro. Fair enough. This opposition group has decided to interrupt business and force parliament to reconsider the deals, as members of the U.S. Senate might via the filibuster. Except this opposition group does not fuck around with words and novels and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-type shit. These loonies are on to chemical weapons, now.

Last night Earth came very close to being destroyed by its own moon, which, through a combination of factors, looked slightly larger than usual. Thankfully, at the last second, the planet was spared. Above is an image of what the moon might have looked like hovering ominously over New York City, had it not been snuggled down deep under a blanket of clouds.