Friday June 3 Daily Links
FRIDAY 6.3
NEWS STORIES
White House Will Start Paying Interns
Biden announced this week that White House Interns will no longer have to work for free. They’ll be paid $750 a week going forward.
Monica Lewinsky would like some back pay please.
Florida Old Man Punches Even Older Man Over Golf
Things can get nasty at the Villages where a 77 year old punched and 84 year old for standing on the green.
If Florida didn’t have old people fighting they’d have nobody fighting.
Tim Hortons Was Spying on Customers Accusers Say
The company changed their mobile app three years ago to track sensitive customer information even tracking their customers locations every few minutes even when the app wasn’t in use. The modification only affected Canadian residents.
If they wanted to help they would track their customers calorie intake.
Republican Congressman Really Nails What's Behind All These School Shootings
It’s abortions, duh. Thanks for connecting all the dots, hoss.
Tesla Cutting 10% Of Its Jobs
Elon Musk has a bad feeling about the economy and announced he’s laying off 10% of Tesla. Does by the economy he mean his purchase of Twitter?
SPORTS
Lebron is a Billionaire
Look who’s got nine zeros and three commas! According to Forbes, Lebron is officially a billionaire.
How much would he be willing to pay for two more rings?
Twins Broadcaster Drops Dirty Nickname On Yankees Player
Jim Kaat referred to Nestor Cortes of the Yankees as Nestor The Molestor during a Twins broadcast and people aren’t too pleased.
Luckily no one was listening.
Florida Wanted To Fine The Special Olympics $23.5 Million
The state of Florida was threatening the Special Olympics with $23.5 million in fines for having a vaccine requirement. The organization pulled it before action took place. The state needs money any way it can get it after shitting all over Disney.
Read more at Twitter.
SCOOP: The State or Florida threatened the Special Olympics with $27.5 MILLION in fines because the organization had a vaccine requirement at its games in Orlando this weekend.
Late yesterday, the Special Olympics pulled the requirement. 1/3
— Jay O'Brien (@jayobtv) June 3, 2022
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Valerie Bertinellii and Wolfie Slam TV Doc on EVH
Eddie Van Halen’s ex wife and son are furious about a tv episode about the last hours of the rock legend. The Reelz channel created the hour for their series, “Autopsy the Last Hours Of…” and Wolfgang tweeted “Fuck @ReelzChannel. Fuck everyone that works on this show, and fuck you if you watch it.”
More people saw your tweet than have ever even heard of Reelz..
Fuck @ReelzChannel, fuck everyone that works on this show, and fuck you if you watch it. Fucking disgusting trying to glamorize someone’s death from cancer. Pathetic and heartless. https://t.co/84BE5rx81C
— Wolf Van Halen 🐺 🚐 🙌 (@WolfVanHalen) June 1, 2022
Rolling Stones Dust Off a Classic to Kick Off New Tour
Out of Time has never been played live in concert, until now. The Stones kicked off their tour with it and you can watch it below.
Now we all know the power of a QT needle drop.
Harvey Weinstein Appeal Denied
A NY court has denied Weinstein’s appeal of his conviction and 23 year sentence.
Honestly Harvey never had any appeal.
Aziz Movie Has No Buyers at Cannes
After a scandal broke out over the Aziz Ansari movie, involving Bill Murray the filmmakers went to Cannes to shop the movie, Being Mortal, but kept it on the down low. But the movie, which reportedly was cobbled together from existing footage, has no buyers yet.
For Aziz it’s not Cannes it’s can’t.
How Kim K and Pete D Got Together
According to Kim, she became intrigued with Pete when they kissed on a magic carpet in an Aladdin sketch. When he didn’t show at the after party, she called SNL producers to get his phone number. She was looking for something, but not a relationship, and then she ended up falling for him.
And then later that night he kissed her magic carpet.
Kim K Willing to Eat Poop Every Single Day to Stay Young Looking
She’ll do anything to keep her looks, and said if it meant eating shit every day she’d do it.
No shock here, you were married to Kanye.
Meghan Markel Called Brazen Hussy for Smiling During Jubilee
Smiling while reading in a car during the Queen’s Jubillee will earn you an old timey slur from the Royal Biographer, with a me too from Piers Morgan.
Nothing more British than two old men attacking a woman.
Amber Heard Can't Pay
As many have already speculated, Amber Heard doesn’t have the money to pay up the $10 million plus she owes as a result of the defamation case. Her attorney says she doesn’t have the money
Perhaps she could work as Johnny’s butler. .
VIRAL & TRENDING
Elliot Page Says Trans Jokes are Not Just Joking
“It really breaks my heart. It really breaks my heart. That’s literally all we’re trying to communicate,” he wrote. “That’s what’s so funny to me. When people say, Cancel this. Cancel that. No, they get four more comedy specials and have a jillion followers! The people getting canceled are the trans people who are suffering, or killing themselves, or murdered.”
“Jokes have an impact that hurts people. I understand that people might think it doesn’t. I understand that they’re not meaning to. But: It’s not a joke. It’s not a joke. You believe what you’re saying,” Page wrote. “You believe it. It’s not a joke. They believe it. It’s clearly not a joke.”
If only the comics could get to the core of the truth with this much brevity.
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
Tall People at Risk of a Slew of Medical Problems
We knew that super tall people had tons of health issues, but a new study says that even those taller than 5’9 are at risk for 100s of health conditions.
Randy Newman has a song to rewrite.
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