One of the world’s biggest e-sports competitions has been thrown into chaos after more than a dozen professional gamers were caught cheating in a bid to win the top prize of $2 million.The
Source: Professional gamers caught cheating in a bid to win $2M prize
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Anyone remember the 21 Quiz show scandal?
Argh!
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The SCMP quoted Chinese state media reports that 17 officials from Jinhu County have been “put under investigation, sacked, or expelled from the Communist Party over the scandal.” At the national level, a new Vaccine Management Law is under consideration that would allow citizens to sue pharmaceutical companies if death or serious illness results from faulty vaccines.
Source: China: Angry Parents Surround Official, Yell ‘Beat Him!’ over Vaccines
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Pretty bad when Chinese citizens can do what American consumers can’t!
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The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to inspect all factories, foreign and domestic, that produce drugs for the U.S. market. But a KHN review of thousands of FDA documents — inspection reco…
Source: How Tainted Drugs Reach Market And Make Patients SickerKaiser Health News
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A great argument to make the FDA an ADVISORY body. Could we do any worse?
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DC Comics is set to release a new book featuring an out-of-touch, bungling Jesus Christ in the lead.
Source: DC Comics Set to Release Superhero Comic Book Starring a Bungling Jesus Christ
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Wonder if they would do that if it was Mohammed?
I think it’s disgraceful to mock someone’s religion!
This is a “hate crime” if something like “hate crime” did exist.
Argh!
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A suit alleges that California is retaining hundreds of thousands of innocent people’s DNA analyses in a system known as CODIS. The state of California is putting innocent people’s DNA in a national database for law enforcement. Specifically, two groups allege California collects DNA from people arrested but never convicted of crimes.
Source: State Puts Innocent People’s DNA In A National Database
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This is inexcusable. But how can it be stopped, prevented, and purged?
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A rare 1943 copper Lincoln cent — found by a Massachusetts teenager in his change after he paid for lunch at a school cafeteria — is expected to fetch up to $1.7 million when […]
Source: Rare Penny Found in Boy’s Lunch Money Could Fetch Up to $1.7 Million in Auction – Geek.com
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And folks wonder why I look at my change and dollar bills?
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A new IQ quiz from Playbuzz claims it can identify geniuses. The challenge features ten tricky questions across a variety of topics, including maths, and a score of nine out of ten shows a high IQ.
Source: Do YOU have genius-level IQ? | Daily Mail Online
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I only got 7 so now I know I’m not a “genius”. So everyone can stop comparing me to Sheldon in the Big Bang Theory!
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If the current trend of cutting taxes without decreasing entitlement programs continues, the budget deficit will likely reach or exceed $2 trillion within the next ten years. It will bloat from 3.8 percent of GDP in 2018 to an excess of 7 percent of GDP in a decade. By 2018, the budget deficit will reach 10.5 percent of GDP. Within 20 years, the national debt with be 148 percent of GDP. Americans will become hostage to massive spending and out-of-control debt. With Democrats viewing increased spending and more government expansion as a magic carpet ride, the debt explosion may already be in sight. Their siren song of “Medicare for all” is attracting a great deal of favorable attention.
Source: The American Dream is Being Held Hostage – Gold Telegraph
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This is not going to bode well for the future of the USA.
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The thing is, points out Narula’s lawsuit, the phone number listed on the Grubhub app is not actually the restaurant’s phone number. We checked the Grubhub landing pages for several Philadelphia restaurants and, sure enough, a different number is listed than the one registered to the restaurant. When you call the number on the Grubhub landing page, the call is rerouted to the restaurant’s own phone number, and you have your conversation with the restaurant directly. Grubhub has no involvement.
Source: Grubhub Class-Action Suit Filed by Philly Indian Restaurant Chain Tiffin
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That seems like an unfair business practice.
No using grubhub for me.
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Steve Shepherd, pictured, was heading to his car in West Palm Beach when the suspect hit him on the head with a bottle. Police say the suspect been seeking a victim for hours.
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That is an UNDERSTATED headline.
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