Any coincidence that here in the UK we also have a record high lottery going on?

I was wondering why all of a sudden now. And mass sexual assaults seems weird...were the groups just prowling around looking for trouble? I don't exactly doubt the news stories. More like I can't quite picture how those events happened.

I keep seeing and hearing about it, was thinking the same thing. Especially considering the paired timing with falling markets last week. Will be interesting to see how the dow and shanghai do tomorrow...

Good excerpt.

The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention. It was probable that there were some millions of proles for whom the Lottery was the principal if not the only reason for remaining alive. It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant. Where the Lottery was concerned, even people who could barely read and write seemed capable of intricate calculations and staggering feats of memory. There was a whole tribe of men who made their living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. Winston had nothing to do with the Lottery, which was managed by the Ministry of Plenty, but he was aware (indeed everyone in the party was aware) that the prizes were largely imaginary. Only small sums were actually paid out, the winners of the big prizes being nonexistent persons.” Orwell, 1984.

Sounds pretty true. Especially with the news that the lotteries are rigged.

Note: Better to cut and paste the info. Most people won't follow links.

It's not like the most important news always get the coverage they deserve. I don't care about the Powerball thing, but I'm concerned by the mass rapes in Europe. Guess what's on the news? I've watched TV yesterday. They talked about the protest in Germany, but not about the reason for the protest. So basically, you maybe be onto something, but it's old news already.