Sunday February 14: Daily Links

SUNDAY 2.14


NEWS STORIES

 



McConnell Votes Not to Convict Trump, Then Attacks Him

Mitch McConnell delivered a baffling speech on Saturday afternoon calling Trump responsible for the attack on the Capitol, just a few minutes after voting to acquit him.

If some one ever asks you to explain the phrase “have your cake and eat it too” you’ll always think of Mitch.

Read more at politico.com.




Coca Cola Working on a Paper Bottle

Coca Cola is committed to reducing or eliminating their use of plastics so they are developing a paper bottle, also known as a carton. You know, like milk.

So worried that these bottles are going to choke turtles.

Read more at BBC.


The Pet Name that Has Dominated America for a Century

The New York Times has explored Pet Cemetaries and determined that the most popular pet name of the last 100 years is Princess.

The second most popular pet name is Traci Lords.

Read more at nytimes.


330 Holocaust Survivors Got Vaccinated.

A pop up vaccination spot in Bensonhurst made sure 330 survivors of the holocaust got their Covid vaccinations because lets face it they’ve been through enough.

Hey why are these people all still together?

Read more at gothamist.



SPORTS



Indiana College Retiring the Crusader Name

Indiana’s Valparaiso University is returning their mascot, the Crusader, because of the word’s association with violence, religious persecution and a Klu Klux Klan newspaper.

Okay but Viking, Buccaneers and Raiders are still good right?

Read more at cnn.com.


Daughter Of Original Lombardi Trophy Silversmith Demands Apology From Tom Brady

The daughter of the original Tiffany’s silversmith who made the Lombardi Trophy is not happy with Tom Brady tossing it from boat to boat and she’s demanding an apology. Tom Brady can always use the excuse that he was blacked out that day so it’s not really his fault.

Read more at fox4now.com.


Johnny Manziel Says Don’t Call It A Comeback

Johnny Manziel claims that he’s playing in the new Fan Controlled Football League, not to catch the eye of NFL scouts, but because he has ‘a lot of free time for six weeks.’ The former NFL first round pick is also said he would like to coach one day. Partying too much and underachieving would make him a perfect choice to be the next Cowboys head coach.

Read more at tmz.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Ashley Judd Shares Her Recovery From Terrible Accident

An accident in the Congo rainforest nearly took Ashley Judd’s leg. While walking in a rainforest, Judd tripped on a fallen tree and shattered the bone. After lying on the ground for five hours she had travel six hours on a motorbike to get medical attention while holding her tibia.

Try to imagine to worst possible place to shatter your leg and need major surgery. It’s pretty much that.

Read more at variety.


Host of the Bachelor Stepping Aside After Racist Comment Controversy

Chris Harrison is taking time off from hosting the Bachelor after stirring up a racial controversy. He made the mistake of defending a contestant’s racial actions- actions that she herself had apologized for.

Way to bank on the– come on, no one is ever really “Canceled”– logic. Truthfully, seems to usually work.

Read more at variety.com.


Beyonce In Latex

Beyonce is looking like she took a swim in a caramel river in these new photos for Adidas.

The one thing nobody will ever notice in this picture is the sneakers.

Read more at pagesix.



Janet Jackson’s Control Album Back At No 1 On Itunes
35 years after its release, Janet Jackson’s 1986 breakthrough album Control reached #1 on the Itunes Top US Pop Album Chart last week and still remains in the Top 20. Jackson released a thank you video on Twitter saying that ‘never in a million years’ that she thought it would happen. She wanted to give Justin Timberlake the finger to close it out, but was advised to keep it classy.

Read more at people.com.


Claudia Conway Not Happy With Her American Idol Audition

Claudia Conway warned her TikTok followers that she is ‘not happy’ with her American Idol audition and that the process made her ‘nervous and sick’. Conway is afraid she’s sings in like her mother during a meltdown.

Read more at pagesix.


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TRENDING



Gen Z Tell Millennials Your Side Part is Over

Side parts make you look old, Gen Z declares.

Yeah sure next your going to tell us that millennial skinny jeans are outdated… wait wtf?!

Read more at instyle.


Of Course There Are Vagina Scented Face Masks

Yes of course there are masks that smell like pussy now. Freshly worn and shipped direct to your door.

Sorry anti-maskers. You lose.

Read more at boingboing.com. and Vice.


People Are Falling In Love With Their Peloton Instructors

The Twittersphere has revealed a side effect of the pandemic – people are falling in love with their Peloton instructors. This makes sense since most men can fall in love with a woman if they make eye contact on a subway car.

Read more at insidehook.com.



VIRAL VIRAL



Why Did This Little Piggy go to the Market

Every time they teach us a nursery rhyme, it ends up being about abuse. Mother Goose is an abusive old bitch.


Baby Eats First Chocolate

This video either looks uncomfortably like pre-diabetes, or it’s the happiest day of his life.

Either way, that’s not the first time this big boy got some chocolate.

Read more at usatoday.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



15 Famous Companies That Started Out as Something Totally Different

Want proof that there’s hope you can change your future? Cracked put together a list of 15 shocking corporate turnarounds. Like did you know Nascar was developed to sell booze? Wrigley didn’t start off selling gum- it was all about soap. And Nokia was a pulp mill.

Interestingly, the United States started out as a democracy. Crazy!

Read more at cracked.



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