Friday February 4: Daily Links

FRIDAY 2.4
NEWS STORIES
Canadians Strike Back With Truck Protest Protest
When a convoy of trucks went through a downtown Ottawa neighbourhood protesting, these brave souls blocked their path.
And since they were Canadian it was very polite
When a convoy of vehicles led by a dump truck tried to drive through Marika Morris's downtown Ottawa neighbourhood, she and a few others decided to stand on the road and block their path. Here's why. #OttNews https://t.co/ikOYZNKe1R pic.twitter.com/vfcLaLEf5Z
— CBC Ottawa (@CBCOttawa) February 1, 2022
Guess Who Blew Up that Jeff Zucker Story?
It was Chris Cuomo, still wounded from his own scandal who outted that inappropriate romantic entanglement.
Looks like Fredo just turned into Sonny.
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SPORTS
Honduras Is Pissed About Being Forced to Play World Cup Qualifier in Below Zero Weather
Two Hondurans had hypothermia after playing qualifier matches against the USA n Minnesota in -19 degree weather, and now they’re pissed at the USA for choosing that spot for the game.
Hey when you’re playing Honduras you need every advantage you can get.
Tom Brady Tops the 5 Highest All Time NFL Earners
Brady, Brees, Big Ben, Matt Ryan, and Aaron Rodgers have made the most over the courses of their careers in the NFL.
The lowest paid was the mule that kicked field goals.
Texas A&M Coach Goes After Internet Troll in Hilarious Video
Jimbo Fisher has had it with “clown acts” criticizing the Aggies over Name Image Likeness budgets, and has a real bee in his bonnet over message board critics.
Best troll since sliced bread
More Bad News for Washington
Six new sexual harassment claims have been brought against Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder.
Spike Lee and Kaepernick Making a Doc Series
Spike will direct, and Kaepernick will tell his own story, for ESPN films.”Kaepernick, who has never given a full, first-person account of his journey, is collaborating closely with Lee who plans to use extensive new interviews and a vast never-before-seen archive to help Kaepernick tell his story from his perspective,” ESPN said in a statement.
Spoiler alert. He quits.
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The rumors were loud and frequent that Jim Harbaugh would be going to coach the Vikings, but looks like Kevin O’Connell, currently with the Rams, has been named the team’s 10th head coach after the Super Bowl.
Looks like they were playing hard ball with Harbaugh.
Read more at Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevesilverman/2022/02/03/despite-loud-rumors-minnesota-vikings-and-jim-harbaugh-were-not-ideal-match/?sh=bf0b48d4e58e
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
T Pain Wants an End Black History Month
The rap star says he doesn’t think we should just have one month of Black History. Instead, he says “we want to be a part of history, not just one month of it.”
Has it been putting you out?
Somebody Somewhere Renewed
Bridget Everett’s outstanding HBO series will be back for season two and we couldn’t be happier!
You’re welcome.
The Best Guitar Hero Player in the World Outted as Cheat
Shmooey is slinking away in shame after someone outted his record breaking scores as a cheat. In December he was brought down, shamed for his cheats and then in January he deleted all his vids and posted an apology.
If you can’t trust Shmoooey …..
The world's best Guitar Hero player was a cheat: https://t.co/UKvI0Lyfeb pic.twitter.com/k3N7tRAusp
— Kotaku (@Kotaku) February 2, 2022
Spotify CEO Gives a Lecture to Employees About Rogan
Spotify employees have long objected to bringing controversial Joe Rogan on board with the company and now that Neil Young and others have left the company, discontent is rumbling again. So the CEO gave a speech.
We already heard it from Jon Stewart.
Mark Wahlberg Takes On Brady's Retirement Statement
Brady snubbed New England and everyone’s reacting. Wahlberg said he’ll always be.a Patriot. “I think this should be about Tom and his family, and letting Tom handle it the way he wants. He’ll always be a Patriot,” Wahlberg said when asked about Brady’s message.
“I don’t think one season, one championship, or two seasons in Tampa is going to take away from the legacy and his mark that he put on New England and in the NFL as a whole. So he’ll always be a Patriot.”
Lets all have Dunkies and we’ll forget about it.
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VIRAL & TRENDING
Love on the Football Field
Get a room you two.
An @LSUfootball bond that extends far beyond football.@Real10jayy__ and @Clydro_22 shared a special moment on Sunday 💜 pic.twitter.com/e4R1zIhIz0
— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) February 2, 2022
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STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
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