Thursday August 20: Daily Links
THURSDAY 8.20
NEWS STORIES
Guess Who's Going To Save us the From Satanic Cult of Cannibals and Pedophiles?
Donald Trump just gave a public nod to Qanon. They are a virtual cult and has been labeled a potential domestic terrorist threat by the FBI. But As Don said “I don’t know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate.”
What’s in the basement of Pizza parlors?
Did You Catch the Easter Egg in Elizabeth Warren's DNC Speech?
Good on you if you caught the BLM spelled out in children’s blocks behind Warren.
Now see if you can spot Alfred Hitchcock walking by in the background?!
NYT political reporter @melbournecoal noticed something during Elizabeth Warren's #DNC2020 speech. https://t.co/wuVK7fuql3 pic.twitter.com/LWG3WV0X8B
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 20, 2020
Governor Whitmer Edits Herself Promoting Shark Week
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer edited herself while promoting Shark Week on The Discovery Channel. Somewhere Samuel L. Jackson is saying ‘Hey, that’s my motherf**king catchphrase!
Plan To Release 750 Million Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Florida Keys Gets OK
Local authorities have been given the go ahead to release over 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the Florida Keys in 2021 and 2022 to see if its a viable alternative to insecticides. Environmental advocacy groups have called the plan ‘a Jurassic Park experiment’. The state does know how the movie turned out, right?
Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Trump's QAnon Comments
During a press conference Trump big upped the QAnon movement.
And now Jeb bush has come out to rail against those comments on Twitter:
Jeb may not be in tune with Q but he’s gotta at least kinda believe in Pizza Gate, right?
Why in the world would the President not kick Q’anon supporters’ butts? Nut jobs, rascists, haters have no place in either Party. https://t.co/uWIMg7clJz
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) August 19, 2020
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SPORTS
Reds Announcer Thom Brennaman Suspended For Dropping Slur On Air
Reds announcer Thom Brennaman ended up dropping a slur live during a game into a hot mic:
He’s been suspended and has issued an apology. In the end, baseball coming back has been terrible for ol’ Thom.
Fire Thom Brennaman immediately (@JV__19) pic.twitter.com/O7b08rZDHI
— Joey Votto (@EvilJoeyVotto) August 20, 2020
ENTERTAINMENT
Shocked The Ellen Show is Toxic? Did You Miss Larry Sanders
Hollywood is a dark paranoid place . No one wins. Of course Ellen was a toxic place to work. Forget it Jake it’s Tinseltown.
Hey now.
Bill Murray's On the Rocks Trailer
Bill Is back with Sophia Coppala. Rashida Jones plays his daughter
Sounds good.
It’s also the last movie that will ever be filmed in New York.
Netflix To Test A Shuffle Button For Indecisive Viewers
Netflix has expanded its testing of a shuffle button for viewers who can’t decide what to watch on the streaming service. Is there a ‘who picked this crap’ option also?
Cher Tries To Volunteer At Her Local Post Office, Gets Rejected
Cher tweeted that she tried to volunteer at two post offices in Malibu, but was flatly told no. The local Postmaster didn’t want to field employee complaints about hearing her sing ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ everyday while she sorted mail.
OK,Called 2 post offices In Malibu.They were polite.
I Said”Hi This Is Cher,& I Would like to know If you ever take Volunteers⁉️Lady Said She Didn’t Know & Gave Me # Of Supervisor.I Called & Said Hi This is Cher Do U Accept volunteers.”NO,Need
Fingerprints & Background Check”😥— Cher (@cher) August 19, 2020
Action Park Doc To Shine Light On 80's Death Trap
If you never got to go to Action Park back in the day in New Jersey, Chris Gethard will fill you in on all its horrors.
Now You Can Watch The First Two Hours That MTV Was On The Air Remastered
Hey kids, check out MTV’s first two hours of existence. It was like YouTube but you couldn’t choose your own videos and their were no unboxings or makeup tutorials.
GOING VIRAL
Latte Art! It's a Thing
Look I’m not saying it’s not pretty. I’m just saying that I ordered a Cappuccino.
Pay attention!
T-Shirt Design Goes Viral For Asian Women
Hey dude, you married an Asian woman but every other Asian woman you meet doesn’t want to hear about it.
Just to be clear, your porn searches also don’t really qualify you as an ally either.
got my t-shirt. excited for all the conversations i won't be having. pic.twitter.com/PI3fAO04vV
— Jenny Yang (@jennyyangtv) July 23, 2020
@aasianthis is my supervillain origin story ##foryou ##filipino ##filipinorelatable ##filipinotiktok
Tik Tok User Knows That Sex Sells, Even to Save the USPS
Give everything you got, to save this WAP (Worthy American PostalService)
have a great day, everyone pic.twitter.com/uQfAlMdaDP
— Bim Adewunmi (@bimadew) August 19, 2020
STUDY SAYS
Study Shows That Male Film Critics Outnumber Female 2 to 1
According to a report titled “Thumbs Down 2020: Film Critics and Gender, and Why It Matters”, as of early 2020 (pre-pandemic), film critics are overwhelmingly male and female critics only contribute 35% of reviews.
No wonder Shawshank got such good reviews…
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