Monday December 7: Daily Links
MONDAY 12.7
NEWS STORIES
Staten Island Pub Owner Hits Deputy With His Car
They came to arrest Mac’s Pub owner Daniel Presti but he didn’t want to be arrested, so he got in his jeep, hit the gas and rammed a sheriff’s deputy.
It’s interesting that all the people who were against Black Lives Matter, and sided with the police are on the side of these nuts!
USA! USA! USA!
California Begins Their Strict 3 Week Stay-At-Home Order
Covid is raging on the West Coast, and hospitals are close to capacity, so California’s Governor Newsome’s Stay at Home Order is now in effect. Schools are closed, so are gyms and hair and nail salons. No theaters or bars are open, restaurants are takeout only, and stores that are allowed to be open must limit capacity to 20%. Nonessential travel is also prohibited.
Okayyyyy but we can still go to brunch, right??
Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Wants Government To Start Funding People
Kevin O’Leary wants the government to stop screwing around and start handing out $1,200 checks to the American people instead of choosing what businesses deserve it. He’ll also take 30% of every one of those checks to start businesses for everyone.
Jeffrey Epstein Spotted In New Mexico!?
YouTube Channel ABQ Raw believes they’ve spotted Jeffrey Epstein riding around in a red truck outside his New Mexico ranch. Though it’s doubtful it was him, he wasn’t surrounded with tweens.
How Many People Need To Get Vaccinated To Get Life Back To Normal?
If everyone acts appropriately and the Covid vaccines work like they’re supposed to, between 190 and 230 million Americans need to get the vaccine for us to achieve herd immunity for life to return to normal. And all the anti-vaxxers have to do is stay home and stick to screaming into the void on internet forums.
Bank Tellers Might Get To Go To The Head Of The Line For Vaccines
The American Bankers Association have applied for bank tellers to be listed as essential workers so that they’ll be among the first people to get the Covid vaccine. This makes sense since everyone is constantly going to the bank way more than they do to grocery stores.
Group Says They Are Behind the Monoliths
The Most Famous Artist group has announced they’re the ones who’ve been building and placing those monolith’s around the world. They’ll sell you one for the bargain price of $45,000. This will make for a great conversation piece in your backyard, go for it.
Mac's Public House Rakes In $75K on GoFundMe
The Staten Island Autonomous Zone bar, Mac’s Public House, is pulling in cash on GoFundMe and they’re already at $75,000. That money will mostly go to fund Mac’s Public House keggers at the Staten Island dump.
Where Do Most Of Our Christmas Trees Come From?
It’s Christmas tree season and four states account for two thirds of the trees sold – Oregon, North Carolina, PA and Michigan. The other third would be weird grifters from above the tree line in Canada.
SPORTS
Five Thirty Eight Ranks This Steelers Team Nearly The Worst 11-0 Team In NFL History
By Five Thirty Eight’s metrics of judging a football team, they rank this year’s Steelers 17th out of the 18 teams which have started 11-0. They’re only above the 1961 Los Angeles Chargers. Nate Silver also thought Hillary was gonna win in 2016 so he doesn’t know shit.
The last bit of my code includes an example of what you can do with the FiveThirtyEight data, which includes both versions of their elo ratings and starting QBs in each game from 1950 to present.
FiveThirtyEight ranks the 2020 Steelers as 17th out of 18 teams that started 11-0-0 pic.twitter.com/EicRgA6DEV
— Anthony Reinhard (@reinhurdler) December 4, 2020
The Seahawks Covid Free Streak Has Ended
The Seahawks have ended their streak of being the last NFL team to not have a positive Covid test, a player on IR has gotten the virus. Because they did so well so far, they’ll be the first team in the NFL to get the vaccine.
#Seahawks’ remarkable streak of being the only NFL team without a COVID-19 situation ends.
Reserve DT Bryan Mone goes on reserve/COVID-19 list. He’s been on injured reserve for a month, so out of the daily practice/game rotation lately.
Streak was from July 28 to Dec. 5
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) December 5, 2020
Tom Brady Buys a Boat (So That's News)
TMZ’s got pics of Tom Brady’s brand new multi million dollar baby, “Viva a Vida.”
I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat) I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat)
Everybody look at me
‘Cause I’m sailing on a boat (sailing on a boat)
I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat) I’m on a boat
Take a good hard look at the motherfucking boat (boat, yeah)
Mayweather to fight YouTuber Logan Paul in Exhibition Match
Any way we can stop Logan Paul from this mistake? Maybe just give him a Netflix special and be done with it.
4th Monolith Found On The Isle Of Wight
A fourth monolith was discovered Sunday night on The Isle Of Wight. The Most Famous Artist, the group who claimed responsibility for the previous three, have denied any involvement with the current sighting. When The Star Child arrives on Christmas, we know who to blame.
The New York Giants Sit Atop The NFC East
The New York Giants dominated the Seahawks and Russell Wilson on the road on Sunday to get to first in the NFC East. Nothing can stop them now. They are a team of destiny.
SNF Parades Out Kornacki And His Giant iPad
Steve Kornacki was brought out on SNF to do his polling gimmick for the NFL. Next he’ll be popping up in kids shows. He will not stop until every demo is nerd crushing.
For a look at the NFL Playoff Picture, let's go to the touchscreen with @SteveKornacki from @NBCNews! pic.twitter.com/CHkA17cO6D
— Sunday Night Football (@SNFonNBC) December 7, 2020
ENTERTAINMENT
Miley Cyrus Shows Her Tits! (NSFW)
Miley Cyrus has hung around longer than you could expect from any child star.
Today’s wild rock star is a pop star.
https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus/status/1334922470785105920/photo/1
Netflix Says They Have No Intension of Slapping A Fiction Disclaimer on the Crown
Netflix says historically based series The Crown is a dramatization and does not need a disclaimer.
Sorry Helena Bonham Carter, the fans are just going to have to decide for themselves on the episode when The Queen does Megan Thee Stallion’s Body-odd-ody challenge.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-crown-netflix-fiction-disclaimer-no-plans-1234847272/
Tom Segura Injures Leg Attempting To Dunk
Tom Segura sustained injuries to his leg and wrist while attempting to make a dunk. He’s expected to make a full recovery and promised to post a video of the accident. No backboards or rims were harmed in the making of the clip.
OK guys I need ideas for tattoos to cover this thing up. this is my upper left arm by the way pic.twitter.com/mvPLyUaLk0
— Tom Segura AKA Mr. Ladybug (@tomsegura) December 6, 2020
Kate Hudson’s Daughter Crushes Christmas Outfit
Kate Hudson posted a picture of her 2 year daughter Rani wearing a full on Christmas patterned pajamas and blazer with the caption, ‘Not messing around’. Goldie Hawn officially Hollywood’s most adorable gene pool.
PornHub Releases Christmas Album
PornHub is releasing the Christmas album, XXXmas, featuring racy tracks by some of today’s hottest hip hop acts. One track that didn’t make the cut: All I Want For Christmas Is Some WAP.
Selma Blair & Sarah Michelle Gellar Recreate Of Cruel Intentions Kiss...Covid Style
Selma Blair & Sarah Michelle Gellar recreated their iconic kiss from Cruel Intentions during last night’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, but were separated by a sheet of glass. Next year, Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller will recreate their infamous prison scene from The Cable Guy.
The only way to safely kiss your crush in 2020 💔 #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/0Wev6h87e5
— Movie & TV Awards (@MTVAwards) December 7, 2020
Bob Dylan Sells His Publishing Catalog To Universal
Bob Dylan has sold his entire publishing catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group for what has been estimated $300 million dollars. Expect to hear ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ in a promo for The Weather Channel any day now.
Viggo Mortensen Calls BS On Green Book Criticism
Viggo Mortensen said that the criticism of Green Book was ‘based on a load of bullshit and an ax to grind and little else’. Yeah Vig, Black audiences could really relate to a movie about a Italian guy teaching a Black guy about eating fried chicken.
Internet Mad At Meek Mills For Telling Kids To Split A $20
Meek Mill gave some kids selling water on the street $20 and told them to split it and now everyone is mad at him for being cheap. If they were selling peanut M&M’s they woulda gotten a nicer tip.
Meek Mill needs to work on this charitable giving thing, 20 dollars is not always 20 dollars pic.twitter.com/m3jjEyrO0Q
— SMLSN (@SMLSNNEWS) December 7, 2020
GOING VIRAL
CA Bar Owner Breaks Down After Movie Shoot Shuts Down Her Bar
A California bar owner lost it after showing that the mayor approved an outdoor dining area for a movie shoot after shutting down her outdoor eating area of her bar. Can’t make this shit up.
Bar owner in Los Angeles CA is livid to see that mayor Garcetti has approved an outdoor dining area for a movie company directly across from her outdoor dining area (which was shut down) pic.twitter.com/jkUP2CWg35
— Jake Coco 💙🇺🇸🎶🐻 (@jakecoco) December 4, 2020
Buddhist Monk Covers Enter Sandman
I get it. Doing an impression of someone’s accent is wrong, but still…
He started it.
New Doc Shows People Meeting Their Unrelated Doppleganger
A new British documentary shows what happens when people track down and meet their unrelated doppleganger for the first time. Who knew Orphan Black was based on actual events?!?
Differences Being On A Date With A Woman From NY, Chicago and Boston
What’s the difference between being on a date with a woman from New York, Chicago and Boston? Turns out, it’s a big difference. This should be used for dating app commercials.
@shannonfiedler13
@shannonfiedler13 Bahhhhstahhhn #boston #massachussetts #umass #comedy #dating #fyp #redsox
@shannonfiedler13 Da Bears. #chicago #dating #comedy #fyp #lollapalooza
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
More than Half of FDNY Said They Will Not Get the Vaccine When it Becomes Available
A recent survey of over 2000 New York firefighters revealed that over half of them do not want to get the vaccine once it becomes available.
New York’s Bravest but also New York’s most skeptical. Does smoke kill covid??
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/more-than-half-of-fdny-firefighters-wont-get-vaccinated-union-poll-suggests/2764027/%3famp
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