Thursday October 14: Daily Links

THURSDAY 10.14
NEWS STORIES
Firefighters Concerned About Fire Danger to Ronald Regan's Home
The ranch that was once called the Western White House in Santa Barbara was evacuated due to a nearby wildfire and fire crews rushed to protect the Reagan ranch.
Did anybody tell them that Reagan is already dead?
TSA Says a Lot More People Are Showing Up at Airports With Guns
The TSA says that so far this year, they’ve confiscated 4,650 firearms at checkpoints. Most of them were loaded. That’s already topped the full year record for 2019 showing that incidents are on the rise.
This would only work for the nonstop Texas to Miami flights.
Walmart, FedEx, UPS to Operate 24/7
The White House says that “three of the largest goods carriers in the country, Walmart, FedEx and UPS, will make commitments towards moving to 24/7, working during off peak hours,” a senior administration official said. The plan is meant to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks that are causing shortages of everything everywhere.
This is great news for coke dealers everywhere
Prince Williams Wants Super Rich To Focus On Earth Not Space
In a recent interview, Prince William said that our great minds should be “trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live”. Amazon has already repaired the planet with 2 day shipping, now it’s time to bring that to Mars.
SPORTS
JR Smith Stepped on a Beehive While Golfing
Former NBA champ J.R. Smith had to leave the game during his first college golf tournament. While looking for his ball he found a nest of angry bees instead.
Are you okay honey?
Marc Cuban Won't Tolerate Unvaxxed Players
The Mavericks owner says people want him to shut up about the vaccine, but he has no plans on being silent.
“If you work for me, I require my employees to be vaccinated, unless there’s a doctor’s reason where they can’t be. Like you, I don’t want my kids to be at risk. So the consequences of you not being vaccinated is I’m not gonna shut the fuck up. I’m gonna be in your motherfucking ear driving you motherfucking crazy.
Hey, how bout trading for Kyrie?
LeBron's Media Company Is Worth $725 Million
LeBron James just sold a minority stake in his media company that brings its valuation to $725 million. Guess we’re gonna have another half dozen Space Jam sequels coming our way and the creation of the SJU.
James Harden Weighs In On Kyrie Situation
James Harden was asked about the situation with the Nets and Kyrie and he…didn’t seem thrilled.
"We just gotta focus on the guys in this locker room that are here…that's all we can control"
James Harden on Kyrie Irving not being with the Nets: pic.twitter.com/wXCCDv8qjj
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) October 13, 2021
Raiders Conspiracy: Is The NFL Trying To Oust Mark Davis?
One Twitter user is throwing this out there: the NFL wants Mark Davis OUT of their owners club and the leaked Gruden emails are all a part of that plan – mainly due to how much the league hated his dad. Billionaires must also hate bad haircuts.
Read the Tweet on Twitter.
Plenty of people around Raiders owner Mark Davis believe that the NFL is trying to find a way to get rid of him … and they have told Davis that.
— Jason Cole (@JasonCole62) October 14, 2021
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Internet is Crazy About This Robin Williams Impression
Canadian actor Jamie Costas created a YouTube video of what looks like a scene from a Robin Williams biopic. It’s got people hungry for a real biopic and they like Costas for the lead.
Yeah, it’s great to see what Robin Williams would be like if he wasn’t funny and had no charisma.
Howie Mandel Fainted at Starbucks
The comedy and AGT star passed out at a Woodland Hills Starbucks in LA. Paramedics brought Howie to a nearby hospital.
It was either low blood sugar, or sticker shock at the price of a latte.
Mick Jagger Sang Karaoke in Nashville
While hanging out in Nashville, the Rolling Stones frontman crashed a bachelorette party and sang karaoke, completely unnoticed. Just a week ago Mick hung out in another small bar without anyone recognizing him.
“I went to Printers Alley and sang ‘Honky Tonk Women’ in a karaoke bar. I crashed a bachelorette party on a pedal tavern. They loved my Goo Goo Clusters. We all ended up at the Wild Beaver riding a mechanical bull.”
Mick, are you starting to worry you’re losing your fame?
Kourtney Kardashian's Pussy Shots Called Tacky
Kourtney posted some pics of her and her man getting handsy at Disney and then posted a shot of a sliced watermelon in between her legs with the caption “Is plant-based good for your pu$$y? Yep, you read that right. Read up on how a plant-based diet can improve your vaginal health at the link in our bio.”
The internet, it seems, finds this to be tacky.
Remember when Kourtney was the normal one?
Katie Couric Says She Had Bulimia
In her new memoir, Katie Couric said she struggled with the eating disorder for eight or nine years. “Like so many women of our generation, I aspired to be thin and lanky and all the things I’m not,” says Couric with a laugh. “I think back on my formative years when Twiggy was all the rage and that period of time in the ’60s. And there seemed to be an ideal body type, which was extremely thin.”
Honey you were never that thin.
Netflix is Cool With Employee Walkout Over Chappelle Special
The executives at Netflix are not cancelling Dave Chappelle but they’re also fine with unhappy employees staging a walkout to express their unhappiness with the special.
First time in his career Chappelle is walking a crowd.
Yay Another Beatles Doc
There’s this little band you may not have heard of called The Beatles and they got a brand new doc coming out featuring documentary footage of them putting together Let It Be that’s never been seen before. Finally, a deep dive into the Beatles.
Watch the trailer on Digg.
VIRAL & TRENDING
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STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
Best Albums of the Last 25 Years As Chosen by Musicians
Pitchfork asked 33 performers what their favorite album is from 1996 forward.
33 musicians all picked the Foo Fighters.
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