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Events kicking off in Armenia/Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan. I know next to nothing about the background but reading through a few articles it sounds like both are border/land disputes that date back to their independence and the breakup of the Soviet Union. Kyrgyzstan has claimed they...

It's time. Official fantasy league. https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/s3ojs6 Official projected standings. 1. City 2. Spurs 3. Pool 4. Arsenal 5. Chelsea 6. United 7. West Ham 8. Newcastle 9. Crystal Palace 10. Brighton 11. Leicester 12. Aston Villa 13. Southampton 14...

He's releasing his first one tonight which is said to provide an extra $1,400 relief check, raising federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15, $130B to schools for reopening, increased jobless benefits through September, $50B for COVID testing and $20B to speed up vaccinations. $1.9T in total.

Pretty amazing but also surprising that it hasn't happened before. London Gatwick has been shut down for 24 hours due to a (several?) drone that has been spotted off and on throughout the day. Hundreds of thousands of passengers affected, with no end in sight. Military has been called in...

This is pretty wild. Computers across the world have been infected with a ransomware program which locks the computer and demands $300 in 3 days to unlock the system or the ransom doubles/information gets erased forever. The UK NHS is one of those attacked which has resulted in no access to...

Pretty crazy escalation today in the protests, with at least a dozen dead protesters and police. At least 35 police officers in critical condition and likely many more protesters. Live ammunition, molotov cocktails, and anything that can be picked up and thrown is being used. Opposition party...

Time to start a new thread. Draft takes place tomorrow at 12:00pm. Revs traded up with Toronto today to get the #1 pick in exchange for #4 and undetermined allocation money. Seems pretty certain they'll take Farrell with the first pick, Chivas has stated they're taking Carlos Alvarez. I...

No thread on this?? First impression, horrible casting. I'll pull for the girl with no legs. The rest are a bunch of fail.

Perhaps I missed this, but pretty embarrassing. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/15/us-secret-service-scandal-obama Not that I have a problem with them getting some prostitutes, but you can't try and bail when the check comes.

Probably not worthy of it's own thread, but how does this happen? There's apparently 1 suspect and his girlfriend still holed up in the house some 5 hours later. It seems crazy to me that the suspect was able to take down 5 cops. It happened in Greenland, which is a town of 3,500. That's likely...

Twitter is blowing up, though nothing concrete.

Bill stops welfare recipients from using ATMs at liquor stores, casinos and strip clubs. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57370123-503544/house-bans-welfare-recipients-money-from-strip-clubs-liquor-stores/ Without getting into how silly it is to waste time putting band aids on hatchet...

Two awesome freshman guards playing in the UConn-Arkansas game. UConn's Boatright has 20 points and 5 assists on 7-10 shooting. Arkansas' BJ Young has 28 points and is 5-5 from 3pt range. UConn up 62-53 with 9 minutes to go.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/13/world/americas/brazil-shantytown/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Last time they tried this over 30 people were killed. Only 2 and half years before they host the World Cup and then the 2016 summer olympics. A lot of work to be done security wise in spots which have...

qhm-22Q0PuM That's your campaign ad? Really? How can his team think that was a good idea?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/justice/california-marijuana/index.html Haag, U.S. attorney for California's northern district, claimed that "profiteers ... motivated not by compassion, but by money" had "hijacked" the intent of voters to help those suffering from debilitating conditions. And...

Can someone explain what exactly the protest is focusing on? I just watched 15 minutes of protestors being interviewed and it seems like each person had entirely different focuses. They're supposed to be marching on the NYPD headquarters in a half hour. I did find this live stream, but I can't...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/02/wikileaks-publishes-cache-unredacted-cables This is not good for anyone. :rulz:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_0623whitey_bulger_galpalnabbed_in_california_fugitive_hub_mobster_was_on_lam_since_94/srvc=home&position=0 Whitey Bulger has finally been caught. Only took 16 years. I doubt he gets the death penalty, but it's a catchier title.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/03/us-bank-mexico-drug-gangs Had anyone heard of this before? I guess I shouldn't be shocked by anything that goes on in the world of international banking, but this sounds pretty large scale to have been completely ignored. The Guardian picks up on a...