“We will… withstand… penetration by overseas hostile forces…” Are we talking about the script of the latest Star Trek movie here? Perhaps some forgotten war manuscripts uncovered in some dusty Polish archive? Nah. Nothing as dramatic. Just an announcement by the Chinese authorities on their latest plans to stifle the last breath out of the country’s already crushed online gambling industry. So here’s the quote in full: “We will strengthen the blocking of harmful information from outside China to prevent harmful information from being disseminated in China and withstand online penetration by overseas hostile forces,” said the head of the governmental Information Office. Geez, these guys are even going after GOOGLE!?! With literally millions of Chinese gambling online, these guys have quite a job ahead of them…
Charlie and Tommy go into their favorite casino to play the slot machines. They enter the casino and go their separate ways, with the agreement being that once they run out of money, they would wait for the other on the benches on the side of the room. Tommy finishes his bankroll rather quickly and makes s his way to the benches, where he sits and waits… and waits… and waits. Finally, after several hours, he sees Charlie approaching with a HUGE sack of money on his back. “Wow!” exclaims Tommy, “you’ve been lucky!” “Yeah,” says Charlie with a grin, “I found this GREAT machine back there. It’s amazing. You win each time. Every time you put in a dollar, four quarters come out!!”
