Friday March 1, Daily Links

FRIDAY 3.1
NEWS STORIES
Global Freedom Drops Hard
The number of countries, and people who live free, was less in 2023 than it was in 2022. “Every single region registered a decline,” said the co-author of a new report.
Wait till it drops around here.
Tyler Boebert Sex Tape
Lauren Boebert’s son has been in the news all week, first with an arrest. Now its come out that there’s a sex tape he made with his female co-defendant.
Thank god it wasn’t his mom.
Fetterman Wants Us to Stop Being Mean to Boebert Family
He posted on Twitter, saying, “This is a family in crisis and the recreational cruelty I see on social media needs to be out of bounds. I know the impact this has on children. I’m calling for restraint because cruelty has substantial collateral damage. We can’t ever forget that they didn’t sign up for this.”
Stephen A. Smith Says Biden Fried Chicken Dinner Was Bad Move
After Biden went out to a fried chicken restaurant, Cook Out, in North Carolina, Stephen A Smith questioned the decision on several fronts. “First of all, we all know about racial tropes, do we not? Racist tropes. You ever heard of that? Where people sit up there and try to use things to intimate something else of a racially-insensitive nature? So Black folks with the president and fried chicken ain’t the greatest look.”
Fried chicken is a food that all Americans love. Can we stop stigmatizing it.
SPORTS
Tom Brady Faster Now Than When He was 21
His prior record for the 40 yard dash was an impressive 5.28 seconds. He just broke it hitting 5.12, at 46 years old.
Time for a comeback.
Keyshawn Johnson Asks Skip Bayless If He is Wearing a Diaper
“You got a diaper on right now?” Johnson asked, garnering a look of confusion from Bayless. “Because if Philly gets him, you know you’re gonna need a diaper,” referring to Saquon Barkley.
This is elder abuse.
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bradley Cooper Admits He Didn't Love His Kid for 7 Months
Cooper said when he became a daddy, he didn’t feel connected to his newborn daughter until she was 8 months old.
In fairness, for the first seven months she was really annoying.
Oprah Forced Off Weight Watchers Board
it’s hard to shill a Weight Loss Program when you yourself don’t even believe in it. Oprah was removed from the board of Weight Watchers after it was discovered that her recent weight loss was courtesy of a weight loss drug.
Her parting shot was see ya fatties.
Richard Lewis Spent ife Obsessing Over Death
Guess. he was right.
New Rust Set Information Makes Baldwin Look Real Bad
We now know that on set right before the accident that killed Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin finished a take and yelled, “One more! One more! One more! Right away!” Baldwin shouted. “Let’s reload,” rushing the armorer. A video of the moment was shown to the jury in the trial against the movie’s armorer. Baldwin’s trial is set for this summer.
Well at least he got it done.
Development Hell Podcast Talks Heath Ledger Project
A new podcast, Development Hell looks deeply into projects that never came to fruition in Hollywood. The first episode examined host Malcolm Gladwell’s own failed project with Stephen Gagan. The adaptation of his book Blink would have starred Heath Ledger, But Ledger died, and apparently had the book and the screenplay next to him when he was found.
Too bad this podcast wasn’t stuck in development hell
Larry David on Richard Lewis: Today He Made Me Sob
“Richard and I were born three days apart in the same hospital and for most of my life he’s been like a brother to me,” David wrote in a statement Wednesday, shared by HBO. “He had that rare combination of being the funniest person and also the sweetest. But today he made me sob and for that I’ll never forgive him.”
Okay but what we really want to know is, are you in the will?
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