Monday August 17: Daily Links
MONDAY 8.17
NEWS STORIES
Why Do So Many People Have Pandemic Denial!?
There are many people who trust conspiracy theories over science. Why? The experts think it’s because they were raised with Santa Easter Bunny and faith.
At least Santa brings presents.
What Happened to Ronald McDonald?
Ronald McDonald has been a cheeseburger icon for the past 50 years but in recent times he’s nowhere to be seen. We can all blame the anti-clown press over the pat 10 years for really shooting Ronald in his giant clown shoe foot.
Melania Doesn't Need To Hold Anyone's Hand
Melania seemed to be in no mood to hold Trump’s hand as they left Air Force One. Also, it seems Barron is taking HGH there’s no other explanation to how big he’s getting.
Something is wrong
She hates him and Barron saw it. https://t.co/rNqxi9Nyra— WeThePeople🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@PrincessBravato) August 17, 2020
People Of North Korea Can Longer Have Pets Due To Food Shortage
North Korea is demanding its people give up their pets since they’re in the middle of a massive food shortage. Kim sez all the pets will be sent to a farm in South Korea.
Death Valley Hit 130 Degrees
Scientists believe Death Valley had the highest temperature recorded on earth in over 100 years at 130 degrees over the weekend.
California's Death Valley hit 130°F (54.4°C) on Sunday. If verified, it would be the hottest August temperature recorded on Earth since 1913.
It comes amid a major heat wave in the U.S. west, which scientists say are getting more frequent and dangerous due to climate change. pic.twitter.com/bsB66wDkDa
— AJ+ (@ajplus) August 17, 2020
SPORTS
The Wilpons Add Stipulation For Potential Bidders For The Mets
After fielding offers to sell full ownership of the Mets, The Wilpon family now want a minority share in the team as part of any deal. This is like buying a house and the previous owners want to live in the garage.
ENTERTAINMENT
Take A Look Back At The Simpler Time Of The Pop Culture Of 2010
2010 was a simpler time and Pop Sugar has pulled 50 of the pop culture moments. movies and songs that remind of us an age without lockdowns. Now let’s all sit back and listen to Katy Perry’s California Gurls while sipping a glass of overproof hand sanitizer.
Read more at popsugar.com.
David Cronenberg Cock Blocked By Francis Ford Coppola From Crash Winning Cannes
There were two movies called Crash. One was a dark film about people who’s fetish was car crashes. The other a Lifetime type movie about racism. The wrong movie was celebrated.
Easy Francis
Dads and Sons at the Same Age
This is a quick way to play hot or not with both fathers and sons. The only time this game has been played on a Bryan Singer film set.
Prince Charles is the good looking one!?
Bruce Hornsby Gets Hate Mail
“That’s just the way it is
Some things will never change
That’s just the way it is
Ah, but don’t you believe them”
Madonna Smokes A Joint For Her 62nd Birthday
Madonna celebrated her 62nd Birthday by posting pictures on Instagram pictures partying with her kids, boyfriend and lighting up a joint. Videos of her son’s ‘interpretative birthday dance’ were deleted.
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GOING VIRAL
A Gaggle Of Karen's Protest Store Over Not Letting Them In Without Masks
How long before PornHub starts producing reverse gangbang Karen scenes? Start the countdown now.
"Today on National Geographic we have a wild pack of Karens… lets observe" pic.twitter.com/JnZjS2BlSf
— Myth (@TSM_Myth) August 16, 2020
A bunch of Trump supporting Karens went to a @MothersMarkets in Costa Mesa, CA to cause an anti-masking scene…yada yada yada they all got arrested and it’s glorious to see#WearADamnMask pic.twitter.com/SZwBU11i6h
— Icculus The Brave (@FirenzeMike) August 16, 2020
White Dude Goes On Racist Rant On Train, Gets KO’d
A British man decided it was a good day to go on an unplanned racist rant in front of three black dudes on the subway. Then as they are leaving the train, he thinks its a better idea to put his hands up, ready to fight. White dude ends up knocked the f**k out. This is what happens when you watch too many Tyson Fury fights.
WEEKEND LINKS
NEWS STORIES
Apparently Covid First Showed Up In 2012
According to new research, the first cases of Covid-19 actually came from some Chinese miners who came into contact with bats while underground in 2012. The War on Drugs needs to be replaced by the War on Bats.
Identical Twin Sisters Who Married Identical Twin Brothers Are Both Pregnant
Identical twins Brittany and Briana Salyers – who married identical twins Josh and Jeremy Salyers – are both pregnant. This means the children will be cousins and full genetic siblings. They also plan to live in one house. Now they have to keep it going by having twins delivered by identical twin doctors and nurses.
The Internet Is Not Being Kind To Steve Bannon
Steven Bannon showed up on Fox News and the internet is roasting the shit out of how he looked. This is 2020 folks, no one deserved to be body shamed.
Steve Bannon looks like someone locked Rosie O’Donnell on a roof for an entire summer. https://t.co/H1raFuhPbX
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) August 17, 2020
I think Steve Bannon now looks like one of those lovely, stout, Appalachian, female Trump rally attendees that wear t-shirts with an arrow point to their crotch that reads: “Trump can grab my” pic.twitter.com/Fy8NRmO1OY
— Matt Gaetz’ Liver 🍸 (@MattGaetzLiver) August 16, 2020
Steve Bannon looks like he has Covid-38 pic.twitter.com/wu6yiGEAZv
— The Mysterious LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 16, 2020
Steve Bannon looks like the sleazier brother Bobby Heenan had to stop talking to https://t.co/IyoIi09joP
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) August 17, 2020
Toronto Strip Club Employee Exposes 500 To Covid
A strip club employee in Toronto has tested positive for Covid and now up to 500 people may have been exposed. Meanwhile in America we can’t even eat inside of a restaurant and the people of Canada are enjoying strip clubs.
Sammy The Bull Is Starting His Own Podcast
Sammy the Bull is starting his teasing that he’s going to release his own podcast. The first episode will focus around the origins of the giant inflatable rat that’s put up in front of scab work sites.
SPORTS
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ENTERTAINMENT
Good Humor Commisions RZA to Replace Historically Racist “Turkey in the Straw” Ice Cream Truck Song
Here’s the new bop that will trigger the next generation’s Pavlovian Response for a strawberry shortcake bar.
NYPD union endorses Trump: 'We need your strong voice across the country' https://t.co/TdhzvFD6SQ pic.twitter.com/lYzGmxbrsV
— New York Post (@nypost) August 15, 2020
Heather Graham Share Secrets To How She Still Looks Amazing
Heather Graham posted a bikini pic on her Instagram page looking exactly the way she did back in the 90s. The Boogie Nights star says yoga, meditation and sleeping at least 9 hours a day has been the key to her looking young. Leaving James Woods didn’t hurt either.
Read more at womenshealthmag.com.
25 of the Greatest Movie Plot Twists of the New Millennium
Which movies blew your mind in the last 20 years? Mashable has the top 25, and Get Out, Memento, Ex Machina and Knives Out made the cut.
Okay so you just just picked after 2000 to exclude The Sixth Sense?? That’s bullying!
Marine Biologist Grades Shark Attack Scenes
Not to giving anything away but the Sharknado movie lacks quite a bit when he comes to reality.
There isn’t a grade high enough for the Jaws Theme.
Are You a 90s Kid ? Billy West is Your God
If you grew up in the 90s and according to Buzzfeed every human has, Billy West did every cartoon voice you care about.
And not a single Muppet. Thank you for your service, Billy.
Cardi B On How To Maintain A Solid PH Balance.
Cardi B offered some, let’s just say, colorful advice on how ladies can maintain a solid PH Balance: Lay off the bacon egg and cheese sandwiches and barbecue ribs. ‘Hood Hygiene with Cardi B – coming to a social media page near you!
Ryan Reynolds Trolls Fans With Fake Streaming Service
Ryan Reynolds successfully trolled his fans by tweeting about the launch of a new online movie hub, Mint Mobile +. But the service only had ads and links for one movie: 2003’s Foolproof, starring…Ryan Reynolds. It was still better than Green Lantern.
Two minutes after launch and our crack data team has already determined Mint Mobile + should probably be shut down by the weekend. We’ll go back to focusing on premium wireless…
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 12, 2020
Halle Berry Killing It at 54
Don’t be one of those people who look and shout “I hope I look that good when I’m 54.” You didn’t look
this good at 21.
Marge Simpsons Gets Political
Marge Simpson responded to Trump advisor’s rip on Kamala Harris’s voice that she sounds like Marge.
“Shut up Becky”
Dolly Parton is Pro Black Lives Matter
Dolly just made everyone but country music fans swoon when she commented on BLM
“Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No.”
And I will always love youuuuuuuu!
Jason Momoa Jams Out On New Bass
Jason Momoa received a new Fender Precision Bass for his 41st birthday and briefly played a bit of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Higher Ground’, Red Hot Chili Peppers-style. If the acting thing doesn’t work out, he always be Flea’s bass roadie.
Tom Cruise Doesn’t Let Anyone Run On Screen With Him
During the film of The Mummy, actress Annabella Wallis said that Tom Cruise told her that he refuses to let anyone run with him on screen. because he’s doesn’t want to share scenes with anyone who can’t keep up. Usain Bolt is looking to get a part in the next Mission Impossible movie to crush that idea.
Ozzy Biopic Will Be ‘An Adult Movie For Adults’
Sharon Osbourne said the upcoming biopic on her marriage to Ozzy Osbourne will be ‘an adult movie for adults’ and hopes that ‘it will be a story that everybody can relate to’. Having a husband who pissed on the Alamo and bit off the head of a bat isn’t something the average wife can relate to.
Read more at people.com.
GOING VIRAL
New Yorker Posts Video Swimming In The Hudson, Fights Off Online Haters
Donna P posted on a TikTok video taking a swim in the Hudson River near The Statue Of Liberty. Angry memes came pouring in, but the 20 year old food blogger was ready with New York Dept Of Conservation info stating that there’s no harm in taking a dip. Her next video will document all of the boils and spores growing on her legs and arms.
@chef_dp 💜💜💜💜this feels like a dream ##nyc ##newyork ##persian ##statueofliberty ##boat ##ellisisland ##coneyisland ##manhattan
Gun Fans Love the Cool Dude Who Shot Himself in the Balls
Who would have ever thought that one of the guys who was posting pics of themselves pointing loaded guns at their crouch would shoot himself in the nuts.
I got yer gun safety….. Down Low.
Now these MAGA dolts are pointing guns at their dicks with the safeties off and their fingers on the trigger to own the libs. I fucking hate it here. pic.twitter.com/O1vVUldLn5
— Dylan (@dyllyp) May 25, 2020
Ghengis Khan Is Trending On Twitter
After a Tweeter (who has now shut down their account, tweeted about Ghengis Kahn, reaction set the warrior’s name trending. The tweet read: Ghengis Khan did to central Asia what Islamic invaders did to India, maybe worse. He single-handedly killed 11% of world population at the time. Yet some want to glorify him as a hero conqueror. That’s your personal choice. But objectively, Ghenghis Khan was a barbarian.
All it’s taken is 800 years for Ghengis Khan to be canceled. Good work 21st century!
That's it, Genghis Khan is CANCELLED https://t.co/R6bP8w3FLw
— Noah Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) August 15, 2020
WHATS THE WEB SAYING ABOUT…
Buzzfeed Explores Which American Customs Freak Out the Rest of the World
Yeah we’re so silly! Especially that funny thing how we politicized face masks during a pandemic, can’t have a productive conversation about gun control, or provide basic healthcare to our citizens! What a bunch of goofballs we are!!
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