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    New California law targets massive online ticket-scalping scheme

    The Christian Science Monitor
    September 26, 2013

    Dean Levin still hasn’t gotten over the fact that he missed The Rolling Stone’s “50 and Counting” Tour here in May. “I called Ticketmaster as soon as I heard,” says the unemployed actor, standing in line at Starbucks here. “Sold out.”;


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    Former prosecutor accused of drunkenness cites ‘Auto-Brewery Syndrome’ diagnosis

    Clark Kauffman, Iowa Captial Dispatch
    March 28, 2023
    Dickinson County’s former top criminal prosecutor, accused of being “passed out” on more than one occasion while at work, has pleaded guilty to a charge of public intoxication.

    Court records indicate former Dickinson County Attorney Amy Zenor appears to be claiming she’s afflicted with Auto-Brewery Syndrome, an exceptionally rare medical condition that causes a person to become intoxicated without consuming any alcohol.

    In November 2022, Zenor was arrested and charged with being publicly intoxicated while at the county courthouse. Four weeks later, the Dickinson County Board of Supervisors accepted Zenor’s resignation.

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    A scammer who tricks Instagram into banning influencers has never been identified — but we may have found him

    ProPublica
    March 28, 2023
    Just after midnight on Sept. 13, Kristian “Murda” Murphy was watching TV at home in Boca Raton, Florida, when his phone began buzzing.

    “Murda u always outside we gon see you,” read a message from an account he didn’t recognize.

    Murphy is a music manager, producer and entrepreneur who has worked with high-profile rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, among other artists. Hours before the threats began, 6ix9ine posted a message to his more than 20 million followers on Instagram that mocked the recent death of rapper PnB Rock. Taking exception to the post, people began blowing up Murphy’s phone.

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    How democracies are transformed into fascist oligarchies

    Thom Hartmann
    March 28, 2023
    The Republican Party has adopted a motto embraced by despots throughout history. In other democracies, people are rebelling against this embrace of fascism: will we here?

    They’re revolting in the UK against Boris Johnson’s lack of accountability, viz “Partygate.”

    In France, people are burning things in the streets protesting President Macron’s raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without subjecting it to the accountability of a vote of parliament or the people.

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