Interesting News Items

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Washington Post - We fixed Hillary Clinton’s terrible Venn diagram on gun control

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?Biggest Loser? drugged us so we?d lose weight | New York Post

Following a controversial study that claims to explain why almost all “Biggest Loser” contestants regain massive amounts of weight, numerous ex-Losers reached out to The Post to dispute its findings — exclusively revealing that the show encouraged contestants to take street drugs while starving themselves and to lie about how much weight they were losing.

“People would take amphetamines, water pills, diuretics, and throw up in the bathroom,” Season 2’s Mendonca says. “They would take their spin bikes into the steam room to work up a sweat. I vomited every single day. Bob Harper tells people to throw up: ‘Good,’ he says. ‘You’ll lose more calories.’ ”

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Marvel Just Ruined Captain America And Fans Are Pissed | Goliath

[Keith]

I like it. Good.

(I also don't read comic books.)

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Three white high school football players raped their black mentally disabled teammate with a wire coat hanger in Idaho. His mother is now suing the school for $10 million.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...a-coat-hanger/

After this story made national news today, the school received many calls, some that were threatening. Later in the day, the boy's sister was attempting to enter the side door of the school, prompting a lockdown.

http://www.ktvb.com/mb/news/crime/th...hool/215165844

The residents are pissed because the case was made public. They thought it should be quietly handled by the local sheriff's office and the LDS church, because we all know how tough religious organizations are on rape cases.

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Trump pledges to 'open up the water' to solve Calif. drought | TheHill

"Democrats and environmentalists contend California’s drought has been exacerbated by climate change. Trump has questioned the science behind climate change and called it a conspiracy hatched by China."

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Italian court allows man to pay alimony to ex-wife with pizza and calzone | Europe | News | The Independent

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'Shield' Actor Michael Jace Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder | NBC Southern California

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PayPal Refuses to Refund Twitch Troll Who Donated $50,000

Twitch has become incredibly popular in recent years and given a platform for certain streamers to earn a living via donations and sponsorship. Clearly, whenever individuals are in the public eye, they can receive trolling in various different forms. Unbelievably, one user who goes by the name of iNexus_Ninja decided to donate vast sums of money to various Twitch streamers ranging from $1,000 all the way up to $5,000. According to a NeoGaf thread, this person donated at least $50,000 and apparently comes from a very wealthy family. Judging by his Twitter account, the 18-year-old appears to have a very casual attitude towards spending thousands of dollars. Even more absurd, his masterplan involved donating the money, then waiting a month before demanding a chargeback via PayPal.

Clearly, he intended to make each streamer feel ecstatic before shocking them with the removal of funds. This is pretty disturbing and I cannot believe someone that young has access to so much money. Thankfully, Paypal delivered a very hard life lesson and refused to refund the money. This means, all the donations will remain with the streamers and now this spoilt child has lost at least $50,000 for his idiocy. Whether or not, this will help him to grow up and realise the importance of money remains to be seen. Nevertheless, it’s an interesting case and one which I doubt will happen again anytime soon.

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Axl Rose sends notice to Google demanding takedown of fat memes | Consequence of Sound