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A long-abandoned favorite: Scott Adams' loop theory of the news

I haven't done this since 2016. I used to work it in fairly often: once a year or more. Scott Adams, of Dilbert comics fame, said that we're in a loop, in which a small number of news stories is endlessly repeated. As if our universe is The Matrix, and its coding economizes by repetition. Making this argument, he listed nine headline you'll find in tomorrow's newspaper.  1. EXTREME WEATHER BATTERS SOMEPLACE 2. IDIOTS KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE 3. POLITICIAN DOES SOMETHING ILLEGAL 4. PRIMATE ATTEMPTS INAPPROPRIATE SEX 5. EXPERTS WARN OF FINANCIAL CALAMITY 6. BIG COMPANY BUYS ANOTHER BIG COMPANY 7. FAMOUS PERSON DOES SOMETHING INTERESTING 8. A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY MIGHT BE USEFUL IN TEN YEARS 9. GOVERNMENT FAILS TO ACHIEVE A GOAL I'll match these up against real news, trying for some geographical diversity as we go along. 1. A hurricane just hit Bermuda.    2. Idiots who kill?  A lways too easy.   3. Politician does something illegal? Today's example (just for the sake...