Tuesday July 21: Daily Links
THURSDAY 7.9
NEWS STORIES
St Louis Bonnie and Clyde Have Been Charged
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St Louis couple who stood in front of their house aiming weapons at protestors while dressed for the country club will face felony charges of unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor fourth degree assault.
Any charge for greatly abusing the Ralph Lauren summer catalog?
Read more at buzzfeednews.com.
1/ Statement from Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner – Today my office filed charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey following an incident involving peaceful, unarmed protesters on June 28th. Full statement below: pic.twitter.com/zPucQ3MHs5
— Circuit Attorney (@stlcao) July 20, 2020
Mark Cuban & Ted Cruz Clash On Twitter
Mark Cuban got into a Twitter beef with Ted Cruz over kneeling during the National Anthem, China, and who has bigger balls. The exchange started when the Texas Senator indirectly took a shot at the Mavericks owner over allowing its players to take a knee during the anthem. Cuban then told Cruz to ‘have some balls for once’ and tweet him directly. Cruz responded with ‘Speaking of balls, tell us what you think about China. I’ll wait’. The Mavericks billionaire then posted a video of himself on how to deal with China regarding Hong Kong, defended Black Lives Matter and closed by accusing Cruz of having no ability to stand up to the President. Cruz didn’t return fire, but Cuban reportedly wants to challenge the Senator to a game of Horse.
Trader Joe's Rebranding Products After They Have Been Deemed Racist
Trader Joe’s has announced they’re going to rebrand some of their products that have been deemed racist. They sell ethnic food under the names “Trader Ming’s,” “Trader José” or “Trader Giotto’s which people have become upset with. The Two Buck Chuck is safe though, everyone likes Chuck.
Read more at cbsnews.com.
#traderJoes As a Hispanic let me tell you I’m not offended at ALL by you naming int’l hispanic food Trader José. If anything, I find it cute and actually honored that you changed Joe’s to the Spanish name, but obviously the PC police found it offensive, they don’t represent me pic.twitter.com/3jhXS4op94
— Lina Botero (@linisima) July 20, 2020
MIT Releases Nixon Deep Fake Just Cuz
MIT created and released a Nixon deep fake video of him announcing the Apollo 11 mission failed and the astronauts died on the moon. MIT couldn’t start with something a little more lighthearted?
SPORTS
Bob Costas lands at CNN
Bob, what are you doing at CNN. They don’t do a lot of games and if they do Anderson Cooper
will do play by play.
You will be doing Obits dude.
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everything
ENTERTAINMENT
Peter Gallagher Was Too Pretty To Have a Starring Role
Nobody wants to see anyone that pretty getting the girl. You can’t be prettier than the girl, dude. You have a shot at two roles
The douche or the evil douche.
Stallone Says Rambo Would Have Been Been An Anti Masker
In a post that seems to have been deleted, Sylvester Stallone joked that his character in the movie First Blood would have been anti mask.
He posted a photoshopped image from the movie captioned, “If FIRST BLOOD Were to be made today…”
In the image, the character was asked, “Where is the mask son?” Stallone captioned the snap:
Makes sense, he could triple his kill count with a single cough.
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Cast Reunite For Live Zoom Table Read
Ever wanted to watch Scott Pilgrim minus all the special effects and cool music but also see the characters ten years older???
Wish granted!!
Elizabeth Hurley Posts Sexy Selfie Promoting ‘The Country Life’
The ageless Elizabeth Hurley posted a sexy pic sprawled out in the English countryside with nothing but white striped bikini bottoms and an open white robe. The 55 year old ‘Royals’ actor has been quarantining there since the pandemic began in March. The farm hands must really be loving their jobs right now.
Grease Prequel Gets Green Light, Names Director
Paramount has named Brett Haley to direct the Grease prequel, Summer Lovin’. Based on the song, Summer Nights, it will show how high schoolers Sandy and Danny met and fell in love during summer vacation. Studio executives were so impressed with Haley’s promise to update the film for 2020 audiences, that they’re also looking to turn Grease into a film franchise. We’re all waiting with baited breath for a T-Birds origin flick.
Facts Of Life Star Mindy Cohn: I Sang On Michael Jackson’s ‘P.Y.T.’
While appearing at DJ Mad Marj’s virtual tea dance party, Facts Of Life star Mindy Cohn revealed that she sang background vocals on the Michael Jackson hit, ‘P.Y.T.’ Cohn said that she and Janet Jackson went to the studio to watch the future King Of Pop record tracks and producer Quincy Jones ‘put us on the mike’ for the Top 10 hit. Reps for Jones denied a report that Gary Coleman sang backup on ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
Amber Heard Ghosted Elon Musk
Amber Heard is now on the stand and it’s come out that she at one point ghosted Elon Musk. The texts were released and it seems Mollusk was thirsty as fuck for Amber. That is until her full crazy was exposed.
GOING VIRAL
Kinnison Karen
Finally a Karen that he is ready to headline! Let’s get the Outlaws back out on the road.
Dice, be ready to battle.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CC3bk3iJTU3/?igshid=er49y37vweaj
Watch Two Big Boats Crash
Yeah I get it. Canals are tight. But this is the job guys. You have to
miss.
Bumper boats are be a fun carny ride.
Another “Karen”; This Time Harassing A Landscaper and Asking for His Papers
Show this woman your papers and also your drivers license, library card, and that punch card that says you’ve had 2 of the 10 bubble teas until you get your free one!
Karens Gone Wild
Don’t pretend you wouldn’t buy this if you saw this ad at 3am when you couldn’t sleep.
STUDYS SAY!
People Who Like To Troll Are Addicted To Social Media
A new study has found that people who like to embarass and make people angry are the ones most addicted to social media. Their research must have consisted of reading any comment section on any website.
Read more at fastcompany.com.
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