Friday February 10 Daily Links

THURSDAY 2.10


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Another NJ Councilman Shot Dead

Last week the horrifying story came out of New Jersey that councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour had been shot dead outside her Jersey home. This week another NJ Councilman was shot and killed.

And you thought bridgegate was bad.

Read more at CBS


Mitt Memoir Will Examine Authoritarianism in America

According to the Guardian,, the Utah senator Mitt Romney will consider the Republican party’s “slide toward authoritarianism” and how he may have helped empower extremists in his new biography.

Yeah mitt but what we’re really worried about is pronouns and M&Ms.

Read more at The Guardian.


State Department Issues Strongest Possible DO NOT TRAVEL Warning

Spring breakers are being warned in the strongest way possible that they should not travel to Mexico for spring break this year due to cartel activity. College students have been given notice.

Who will then promptly ignore it in search of cheap beer and topless students.

Read more at dailymail.com


White Guy Calls White Guy N Word at a Hockey Game See What Happened Next

The little man called the big dude a “Dumb-ass n***a!” and nearly got his head knocked off.

This seems oddly racist.

Read more at mediaite



SPORTS



Brett Favre Suing Shannon A Sharpe and Pat McAfee

Number 4 is calling defamation and he’s taking Sharpe and McAfee to court.

I hope they didn’t say you had a small penis.

Read more at Mediaite



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Rihanna Says She Has Considered 40 Setlists

The Super Bowl Halftime Show is a big big deal and Rihanna is taking her spot in the spotlight very seriously. In fact, she says she worked through 39 setlists to get it right

Seriously. I doubt that.

Read more at TMZ


John Candy Documentary Coming to Amazon

Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds will explore the life and career of comedy genius John Candy.

Working Title: Two unfunny guys look into a very funny guy.

Read more at The Wrap


Jennifer Lopez Partners With Virgin For Empowerment Cruise

JLO is in the cruise business now.

Hope it’s the Tom Cruise Business.

Read more at The Cut.


Seat Filler Spills The Dirt on Bennifer Grammy Spat

A woman who got close to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez says she knows what happened during that viral Grammy moment. “JLo showed Ben Affleck the phone and was like, ‘Oh my God, honey, look at this meme circulating about you!’ And he was like, ‘Oh God, this again.’
All of us could tell that from his face, seat rat.

Read more at NY Post

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Cameron Diaz is BACK

She was retired or at least not working for awhile, but now she’s on set with Jamie Foxx working on a Netflix movie, Back in Action.

It’s good to see she’s making shitty movies again.


Vanessa Hudgens is Engaged

The headlines read “Vanessa Hudgens Flashes Huge Diamond Ring”

Unfortunately most of us clicked before we saw the huge diamond ring part.

Read more at TMZ


What's This About a Nicholson and Belushi Feud

The Lewis Brothers are working on “The Cowboy & The Samurai,” a proof-of-concept short, that they want to turn into a feature about what they claim is the tumultuous relationship between show business bad boys Jack Nicholson and John Belushi.

Welcome to the era of “Based on kind of a true story.”

Read more at Variety


What Does Everyone Want to Know About Your State?

Everyone googles and every state has something that people really want to know about it. This map tells us the most googled question about each state in the US.

Is Rhode Island really carpeted?

Read more at DIGG



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