Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the Qntra Not Quite News Roundup Xtend (TM)(R). The below events are alleged to have happened, but they are decidedly innocent of newsworthiness.
- After 108 years the Chicago Cubs won the World Series1 against the Cleveland Indians.
- CNN fired contributor and interim Democratic party chair Donna Brazile for leaking debate questions to the Hillary Rodham-Clinton campaign.
- Rumours of China banning Bitcoin tempered the recent bull run reported by fiat/Bitcoin interfaces though after settling it still requires ~711 United States dollars to acquire a whole Bitcoin via this route.
- Enthusiasm for the Zcash/Z-Cash/ZNC altcoin has already faded as scheduled. Who knew it would only take another week of mining subsidies hitting the market to crash the price?
- Donald Trump-Clinton was rushed off the campaign stage in Reno, Nevada by the Secret Service.
- Playboy Playmate Dani Mathers faces charges relating to a "body shaming" incident.
- The University of Missouri Football team lost their 11th consecutive game in conference play. The team is now set to lose every game in their conference for the first time since 1971. This follow the University surrendering to a strike by the football team last year.
Despite the name this is not an international contest. In the last World Baseball Classic, an actual international contest, the Dominican Republic won while the United States was eliminated by Puerto Rice, an island it occupies. ↩
How is the Cubs winning the pennant not quite news but Kim and Kanye West are?
The World Series took 108 years to complete? That's up there with the 116-year-long "Hundred Years' War" for longest conflict ever!
It did if you are Obama and you spent the last 8 of those years abusing the powers of your office to undermine real America's baseball.