Central Orbis
Vol. 629, No. 23 Central New York: Monday, May 27, 2480
Axis-­Confederation War
Ends After 15 years,
President Bolivar Calls for
Re-­elections
Too Good To Be True?
Clados Cloning Side
Effects Emerge
by: Jackson McRilay (staff) by: Rodriguez Namez (correspondent)
It has been 15 years since the troops of the South American Confederation Army first moved into the disputed Panama Territories, causing world wide uproar. An alliance was quickly formed between Mexico, Cuba and the Antilles (informally called The Axis). A couple countries tried to intervene, which resulted in the well-­known scandals of China sending aid to the Confederation and the African Union providing orbital bombers to The Axis. However, the length of the war, plus the threat of another Middle East incident caused the superpowers to withdraw their nuclear support. It seemed like everything was reaching a stalemate. However, earlier today, a corrupt scandal emerged, along with threats of revolution by the Confederation citizens, causing President-­For-­Life S. Bolivar to abdicate and call for elections. President Bolivar, who founded the Confederation thirty years ago, used the same broadcast to declare his intentions to run for the presidency and to issue the official surrender... (continued on p. 2) Clone Heroically Saves Son of Clados CEO (pg. 8) A handful of Clados Cloning’s clones have stepped forward, complaining of pounding headaches and vivid http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Homeless_pers
on_on_3rd_St_Memphis_TN_2013-­01-­20_006.jpg hallucinations. One has described visions of living as a hobo, on the streets of our very own Downtown Central New York. The disturbing part The poncho on the corner of 1st and
Johnson
is, the very same poncho that appeared in the so-­called hallucination After 15 long years, the Axis-­Confederation War finally draws to a close -­ Elections are scheduled just as a surrender is issued. is lying on the corner of 1st and Johnson. All clones who have come forward have c hosen to remain anonymous, out of fear of Clados Cloning’s Homeless Rates Continue
Dropping
generous return policy. Some have speculated that these odd visions are what the monthly Clados treatments are preventing. Others by: Augustine Day Where are all the homeless people going? Officials still cannot pinpoint the cause of this significant decrease in homeless rates. “We have investigated many local employment groups and supporting foundations, but the numbers just don’t add up.” reports CNY representative Don Deton. “We were initially ecstatic about this news, but these results are a bit worrisome…” (continued on pg. 4) wonder if this is some side effect that will eventually emerge in all Clados clones. Officials have chosen to remain silent, and no official response from Clados Cloning has been given. One of the anonymous interviewees remarked at the end of our interview, “Things that seem too good to be true usually are.” The CNY Police have promised to follow up on this investigation. MIT OpenCourseWare
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