# News items that pissed you off \*because\* they were news items.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 13, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575 "2015-02-13T14:57:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575/61 "2015-02-23T03:53:45Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> The Miracle on Ice was before my time, but if I understand correctly, it was almost as if today’s USA national soccer team had defeated today’s German national soccer team in the World Cup knockout round. It would have been a massive upset victory.

No. Much more to it than that. This was at the height of the Cold War. A “game” between two bitter, nuclear armed rivals with the potential to melt most of the planet between them, on American soil, with our team of babyface amateurs against the seasoned professional Russian heels. The Russians were heavily favored, so the win was a major upset at the sporting level, but there was a lot of political pride involved as well.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575/62 "2015-02-23T16:56:47Z")

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:eek:Sharia Law in AMERICA!!!

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575/63 "2015-02-23T17:51:32Z")

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anytime there is a “not guilty” plea for a criminal case -

thats not news - thats standard procedure.

Its news if they plead guilty.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575/64 "2015-02-24T00:12:21Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> I don’t really think the Miracle on Ice needs to be relived and relived again and again by this time.

THIS.

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