Uncle John's Bathroom Reader The World's Gone Crazy by Bathroom Readers’ Institute

convicted of first-degree murder in July 2009, and each was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.
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You are more likely get rabies from a bat than from any other animal .
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    Gang: Mad Cowz
    Base: Winnipeg, Manitoba
    History: This gang formed in the early 2000s around crack dealing in Winnipeg’s crime-ridden west end. Members are African Canadians, most of them refugees from nations ruined by decades of civil war, such as Somalia and Sudan. New members are recruited from recently arrived immigrants, mostly teenagers already accustomed to violence. The gang quickly became a successful, wealthy, and dangerous force in the city. In late 2005, their success led to a split, and a new rival gang, the African Mafia, was born. That same year, the son of a prominent Manitoba surgeon was shot and killed in the streets by battling Mad Cowz and African Mafia members. His death dominated local news for weeks, and a resulting police crackdown put most of the Mad Cowz’ leadership behind bars. Still, they continue to operate in the city and in prisons.
    Gang: Ace Crew
    Base: Ottawa, Ontario
    History: Formed sometime in the early 1990s, the Ace Crew was involved in activities common to most gangs, including drug dealing and extortion, but they became infamous all over Canada in August 1995 when they abducted four teenagers in retaliation for a perceived slight to the gang by one of the teens. They tortured all four and murdered 17-year-old Sylvain Leduc. Ace Crew member John Wartley Richardson was sentenced to life in prison for the murder, with an additional 73 years added for other crimes. The gang faded, but some members are still active in Ottawa.
    Gang: The Independent Soldiers, or IS
    Base: Vancouver, British Columbia
    History: IS became an organized gang in the early 2000s and is now one of Canada’s most well-known gangs. The membership is multiracial, but the leaders are Indo-Canadians; the gang grew up out of Vancouver’s large Punjabi Sikh community. Dealing in drugs, prostitution, gun-running, and money laundering, the gang has spread across British Columbia and into several towns in neighboring Alberta. IS has been linked to hundreds of shootings and dozens of murders, mostly in Vancouver, since 2005. In January 2009, a crackdown on Mexican drug cartels led to a brutal war between the IS and other Vancouver gangs over dwindling drug supplies, with more than 100 shootings and stabbings and more than a dozen murders in just two months.
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The 9/11 attacks in New York and the 2004 train bombings in Madrid were 911 days apart .
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EXTRAS
    • A 2008 report by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said that gang members involved in international drug smuggling had infiltrated airports in major cities around the country. Most were working as baggage handlers.
    • More than 130 gangs are based in Vancouver alone, vying for a drug business estimated to be worth more than $6 billion per year.
    • In the late 1990s, Toronto police arrested four members of the Spadina Girls, a short-lived, all-female gang led by a 16-year-old girl. The gang consisted entirely of high schoolers, who, among other things, charged other students for protection. The arrests came after gang members brutally assaulted a fellow student at a billiard hall.
    • A much more dangerous all-female gang has formed in recent years: the Indian Posse Girls, an offshoot of Indian Posse. They’re believed to be in control of the sex trade in Winnipeg and Edmonton.
    • Canada’s Criminal Intelligence Service estimates that more than 11,000 Canadians are members of street gangs.

WE’RE IN THE WRONG BUSINESS
    Most cell-phone carriers charge customers 20 cents for each text message. Actual cost to the provider: about a third of a cent. That’s a markup of 6,000 percent.
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CAN WE PLEASE HAVE
OUR (BLANK) BACK?

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