Sunday May 29, Daily Links

SUNDAY 5.29


NEWS STORIES

 



McDonalds To Rebrand In Russia

All the McDonald’s in Russia may change their name to either “Fun And Tasty” or “The Same One” after the company said they were pulling out. Or they can really appeal to the Russian people and call it Vodka and Beef Incorporated.

Read more at CNN.


Jon Voight Breaks Ranks to Call for Proper Testing for Gun Owners

Voight who usually comes out speaking out for the conservatives has posted a video on his facebook page calling for stricter qualifications for owning guns. He titled the video, “My soul cries for all lost.”

“It’s not about Left, Right, guns, no guns. This is about brains that are dysfunctioning. This is mental,” he said. “This is not about healthy human beings serving the country with arms to bear or even the right of this Constitution for bearing arms.”

“We must identify every individual for their credentials, for their mental capacity to bear arms,” the Ray Donovan actor said. “There should be proper qualifications for gun ownership and proper testing. One should only own a gun if they’re qualified and schooled”

Be prepared to be called a cuck.

Read more at mediaite


Software Billionaire Running For Senate In California Attacks Elon Musk

Billionaire Dan O’Dowd is running for Sentate in California and instead of going after the man he’s running against, his ads are all about how Tesla’s self-driving software is garbage:

If this guy hates AI, he’s the only candidate we can trust.

Read more at DNYUZ.


Uvlade Had Run School Shooter Drills at The Robb School Recently

It wasn’t that long ago that Uvalde doubled their security budget, updated protocols, and learned the layout of school buildings for exactly this reason.

Was pissing your pants and freezing in place part of that training? If so, well done.

Read more at NY Times


NASA Wants to Put Humans on Asteroids

Scientists predict that the first manned trip to an asteroid with a landing on a space rock in the belt could take place in 2073

Can we start with Bruce Willis?

Read more at NY Post.


Ford Beats Tesla With Electric Truck

The Ford F-150 Lightning just became the first to market with an electric pickup, beating out Tesla for that first sale.

This is what happens when your CEO isn’t focusing on Tweets.

Read more at Bloomberg.



SPORTS



Lakers Hire Darvin Ham as Head Coach

Prepare for the Ham dynasty.

Read more at Fox News


The Biggest Controversy in Baseball Right Now is About Football

Tommy Pham slapped Joc Pedersen over their NFL Fantasy Football League.

Even baseball players prefer watching football.

Read more Via Digg.


SF Giants Manager Won't Take Field During Anthem In Protest

The manager of the San Francisco Giants “Kapler told reporters before Friday’s series opener at Cincinnati that, moving forward, he doesn’t plan on taking the field for the national anthem “until I feel better about the direction of our country” and that he needs more time to consider specific actions he might suggest be taken to prevent more tragedies of this type, such as stronger gun control laws.”

Meanwhile Aaron Boone is throwing parties in the dugout during every odd numbered inning.

Read more at ESPN.


Travis Kelce Gets Dumped For Not Buying His Girlfriend Enough Stuff

Travis Kelce, super stud NFL tight end, has been dumped after his girlfriend let everyone know they went dutch on everything. She also complained about not being able to buy enough fancy shit and that she had to shop at Zara. Hey lady, he’s got about two money making years left before his brain is turned into soup.

Read more at Barstool.


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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Kim Pete and Colin Make Staten Island Ferry Sexy

Out of the four things mentioned in this headline only one is sexy, but ever since Pete and Colin bought the damn thing, photographers want to photograph beautiful women on it

This Kim thing seems to be working out well for Pete.

Read more at NY Post.


Harry Styles Says End Gun Violence

That should do it.

Read more at Variety.


Dave Foley Doesn't Know Why Everyone Loves the Doomsday Sketch

The Kids in the Hall are back again, and their fans have embraced them like it was the first time. Dave Foley talked with AV Club about the ride and the success of one particular sketch.

They’re the Comeback Kids in the hall.

Read more at avclub.


Anthony Anderson Decides Not to Return to Law and Order

Back in 2008 Anthony Anderson was Detective Kevin Bernard and was still in the role when the record breaking series was cancelled. He returned for the first year of the series revival but won’t be coming back next year.

And in other news, Anthony Anderson was on Law and Order

Read more at Daily Mail.


Yes There are Stunts Steve O Won't Do

Here are the top 10.

One of them was getting his GED


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VIRAL & TRENDING



What Happened to the Sit Up?

We thought the sit up would be a core part of our core maintenance for the rest of our lives, but you never hear anyone talking about them anymore. The Atlantic takes a closer look.

Guess they went the way of the medicine ball.

Read more at The Atlantic


No Possums in This Dive Bar

Hey lady that’s no possum thats my date.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



64% of GOP Think Bigotry Against Whites is as Bad as Anti Black Bigotry

But if it makes you happy we can make Honkey the “H” Word and Cracker the “Other Other C Word” so you don’t go home crying every day,.

Read more at mediaite.



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