A tropical rainstorm is heading directly for Florida and is expected to get stronger throughout the weekend.

Let the games begin

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It’s not so much a scoop, as, they disregarded the embargo that they were asked to respect, and everyone else waited to run the story until they had clearance.

Maybe there shouldn’t be embargoed news

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New Jersey Transit has been a joke this year, with massive train service interruptions almost a daily occurance, and passengers passing out from the heat requiring emergency medical attention. The latest breakdown left two requiring medical attention and at least one person suffering repeated panic attacks as their train lost power leaving them stranded underground for hours with no AC or lights for almost 3 hours.

Is anybody in charge there.

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The last Olympics suffered during the Pandemic three years ago, but 2024 is crushing in the ratings. Prime time coverage is up 79 percent from the 2021 Tokyo Games, according to NBC, based on data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics.

Time to bring back goldbrick members.

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Awful announcing says the Olympic games are bringing out the worst in us with culture wars fighting over gender and wokeness every day.

No. The internet brings out the worst in us. Olympics is fine

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She just became the most decorated American woman in Olympic history.

Looks like the GOAT swims

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You started a transphobic fire from people who didn’t even know women box.

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The NFL is testing its new tech to measure first downs and other ball movement. The technology would replace the age old system of bringing out the chains.

Next they’ll replace the players.

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It was announced this week that Carrie Underwood would be returning to American Idol and Seacrest was first to welcome her back.

I hope she wins again.

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Chappell Roan led off the lineup with a ferociously female crowd.

i can’t believe Lolapalooza is still a thing.

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“My issue on ‘Road House’ is that we made the movie for MGM to be in theaters, everyone was paid as if it was going to be in theaters. Then Amazon switched it on us and nobody got compensated,” he added. “Forget about the effect on the industry — 50 million people saw ‘Road House’ — I didn’t get a cent, Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t get a cent, [producer] Joel Silver didn’t get a cent. That’s wrong.”

Get a better agent

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He’s got nowhere to drive anyway.

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Mid life crisis? Maybe, but he is loving his Gold Chains and Gen-Z Curls.

The last thing on our list of things to care about is Mark Zuckerberg’s look.

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