Thursday June 16: Daily Links

THURSDAY 6.16


NEWS STORIES

 



DeSantis Has a Weird Way of Thanking Elon Musk for the Support

Now that Musk has become a supporter of the GOP, and Ron Desantis in particular, the Florida governor was asked what he thought about Elon backing him for President. “I’m focused on 2022,” he said in reference to an upcoming gubernatorial election in Florida. “But with Elon Musk what I would say is I welcome support from African Americans.”

A planned line being delivered as if it was off the cuff. So sharp Ron.

Read more at The Hill


Amazon Prime Day Date Announced

Time To Save Money By Giving It To Jeff Bezos Next Month. Amazon Prime Day this year is July 12th and they promise they will offer the best deals ever this time around. Thanks to inflation everthing will be at the low low price of what it cost in November of 2021!

Read more at CNET.


Yellowstone National Park to Close Indefinitely

It may be months before the National Park can reopen after historic flooding destroyed roads, bridges buildings and other infrastructure. It has been said the landscape may be forever changed.

Why couldn’t this have happened in the tv show?

Read more at dailymail.


Did China Find Aliens?

China’s Science and Technology Daily issued a report that they may have found alien life using their Sky Eye telescope. But then later the report was curiously deleted.

They thought they detected aliens, turns out it was just Putin.

Read more at Bloomberg.


Gas Station Manager Fired After $16,000 Fuck Up

The manager cost his boss five figures after accidentally charging only 69 cents per gallon at a Cali Shell station. It was hours before the mistake was caught.

It went back to its original price of $4.20 y’all.

Read more at Jalopnik.


Restaurants Ring in the Era of Shrinkflation

Between an rock and a hard place with rising prices and struggling patrons, many restaurants are trying to stay afloat by maintaining current prices, but shrinking their food portions.

Nobody has alerted TikTok.

Read more at NY Post.


Court Rules Mandatory Skirts for Girls in School is Unconstitutional

Oh the times they are a changing…..about seventy years too late.

Read more at usa today



SPORTS



Did Vince McMahon Make a $3 Million Hush Payment?

The Wall Street Journal reported that the WWE is investigating a secret 3 million dollar settlement, allegedly between McMahon and a former employee he had an affair with.

This is shocking. She should have been paying him to please keep it quiet.

Read more at barstool


Shaq Bought an Entire Restaurant Dinner

While on a date at the Jue Lan Club, Shaquille O’Neal decided to pick up the tab for all 40 tables at the restaurant, dropping over $25k plus a huge tip for the staff.

Shaq’s. meal alone cost $22,000.

Read more at Bleacher Report


Fox News Didn't Feel Like Broadcasting Trans First Pitch

Fox Sports carried the Giants Rockies game on a local affiliate, but declined to air the first pitch, which was thrown by Trans Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider.

Unfair and unbalanced.

Read more.


Zach Wilson Does Half Hearted Wave at Yankee Game

Zach Wilson was at the Yankees game with a mystery woman and was caught on camera doing the weakest wave of all time. This is not a good sign for the Jets Wide Receivers numbers this upcoming season.


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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Check Out the All Star Comedy Cast in the Pop Tart Movie

Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer, Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant, Jack McBrayer, Tom Lennon, Adrian Martinez, Bobby Moynihan, Max Greenfield, Christian Slater and Sarah Cooper have signed on to star in Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop Tart movie. Set in 1963, the movie follows “Kellogg’s and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever. A tale of ambition, betrayal, sugar and menacing milkmen.”

Once this works out it’s just a matter of time before they’re casting the fruit roll up movie.

Read more at Variety


Christie Brinkley Update

Yep, she’s still stunning. She’s 68 years old, and positively gorgeous in a bikini with a body that most millennials would kill for.

Meanwhile Billy Joel looks like Don Rickles.


Amber Still Loves Johnny

In her Today Show interview, Heard said some people might find it hard to undertand, but she still loves her ex.

No, we get it. We all love Johnny Depp.

Read more at EW


These Actors Refuse to Work With Each Other

Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts will never act together again, neither will the Rock and Vin Diesel. Sylvester Stallone and Richard Gere have big beef, and forget about seeing Russell Crowe costar with George Clooney.

Why isn’t Arnie hammer on this list with everyone else in Hollywood?

Read more at buzzfeed.


Bam Margera Has Been Found

Bam Margers was found sober in a Florida hotel room. He apparently left his rehab because he felt he wasn’t getting the celebrity treatment he deserved.

Read more at TMZ.



TRENDING & VIRAL



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STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Half of Americans Rate Fellow Americans as Having Poor Morals

US Residents were asked to rate the morality of the American people, and 50% gave us a poor grade.

The other 50% rated US moral values as horrific.

Read more at gallup.com.



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