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2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

This may not end well....  

 

This story has a twist. 
 

 

 

42 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

This story has a twist. 
 

 

 

This story has a double twist!!! How many more twists!

Edited December 1, 20196 yr by Brandon

9 hours ago, Brandon said:

This story has a double twist!!! How many more twists!

First she will apologize to Starbucks then get fired from Starbucks.

https://abc7.com/loaded-gun-inside-baby-gift-bought-at-florida-thrift-store/5733451/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/measles-who-cdc-1.5385508

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More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, say health officials, adding they're alarmed by the rapid increase in the easily preventable disease.

The measles virus is highly contagious. It can cause coughing, rashes and fever, and lead to serious complications, such as pneumonia and encephalitis, or brain swelling, especially in children younger than five years old. 

 

The number of measles cases surged globally last year, the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

"Our finding is that in 2018, there's been an increase in both the cases and the deaths that have occurred from measles," Dr. Kate O'Brien, director of WHO's immunization program, said in a video release.

"In other words, we're backsliding."

Measles can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine that's been used for 50 years, but vaccination rates have stagnated in certain countries for a variety of reasons, O'Brien said.

Reasons include:

• Those in need aren't getting access to the vaccine because of a lack of public health systems.
• In communities with widespread access, people's confidence in vaccines is lower after a surge in misinformation about them in general, and measles in particular.

"This is a very high concern for us because families, parents are really vulnerable to misinformation," O'Brien said.

 

 

15 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

"That's alright."

"Works for me."

Worked for Paul Walker.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/racism-apology-labrador-1.5393719

Well, well, well... If it isn't the consequences of your own actions.

We did it guys!   New record!

 

Edited December 18, 20196 yr by The Unknown Poster

30 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

We did guys!   New record!

 

My dead pool was set for 40.

 

😡

 

Who really cares,  everyone can watch all the commercials on youtube .

As much as I’d like to watch the us commercials too, the ruling makes sense.  What value does the game have to Canadian networks if everyone watches the US channels. 

 

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a Muslim professor of blasphemy, sentencing him to death for allegedly spreading anti-Islamic ideas.

Junaid Hafeez has been held for six years awaiting trial. He’s spent most of that time in solitary confinement because he would likely be killed if kept with the general population, local media have reported.

https://apnews.com/2cf2efdb2284dcd922b9c308e3832a8b

 

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

/me waits for 300m payment after being fired. Tough life.

https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/the-cbc-cut-donald-trumps-home-alone-2-cameo.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/pakistani-president-pervez-musharraf-s-death-sentence-treason-win-democracy-ncna1105521

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/texas-homicide-suspect-derek-cameron-whisenand-arrested-in-halifax-1.5411249

Better late than never, I suppose...?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/maple-leaf-foods-ceo-takes-aim-at-u-s-government-over-plane-crash-in-iran-1.4764217