Monday November 30: Daily Links (Plus Weekend Links)

MONDAY 11.30


NEWS STORIES

 



Biden Has a Hairline Fracture and Twisted Ankle

President Elect Joe Biden twisted his ankle and has a hairline fracture he sustained after playing with his dog Major.

This is weird. We’re not really used to getting honest health updates on a president.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/29/politics/biden-twisted-ankle/index.html


t's Finally Here: Melania's Last White House Christmas Video

It seems FLOTUS DOES give a fuck about Christmas. Can’t wait to see how she’s gonna decorate Mara Lago for the years to come.


Suddenly Everyone Wants To Play Chess

Get that you loved Queen’s Gambit but you have to know that you are way too old and way too dumb to ever be a master.

Oh and those pills are not real.

Read more at nbcnews.com.


Has Drudge Sold Out?

Tablet Magazine has done a deep dive investigating whether or not Matt Drudge actually still runs the Drudge Report, or if he even still owns it. They spoke with some of his former friends and assistants and the consensus is he’s cashed out, sold the site and has slipped away from everything. Matt Drudge is the Keyser Soze of internet journalism.

Read more at tabletmag.com.


Weird Utah Monolith Has Been Removed

The 12 foot tall silver monolith that was discovered in the Utah desert has suddenly been removed by an “unknown party”. The “unknown party” is most likely a guy named Jed who’s selling the monolith to a scrap yard for meth money.

Read more at dailymail.co.uk.


Great...Now American Mink Population Are Testing Positive for COVID-19

Does this mean I have to throw out my Great Aunt Trudy’s stole?!?

Read more at nytimes.


The Pfizer Vaccine Has Arrived In Chicago

The first batch of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine has arrived from Brussels to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Ocean’s 14 can be about George Clooney and Brad Pitt stealing it all, that could go over well.

Read more at nbcchicago.com.


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SPORTS



TYREEK HILL Backflips into the Endzone

Haven’t seen a move like that since Johnny Rico’s Jump Ball days.


Jaguars Fire Their GM After 10th Straight Loss

There has been yet another firing in the NFL – the Jaguars have shit canned their GM after their 10th straight loss. Luckily for them it just doesn’t matter who their GM is.

Read more at espn.


Mike Tyson Smoked A Joint Before His Fight With Roy Jones Jr

Mike Tyson told reporters that he smoked a joint right before he fought Roy Jones, Jr on Saturday night. He then added that he smoked one before the post-fight press conference. High Times Magazine wants to sponsor his next fight on 4/20.

Read more at usatoday.



ENTERTAINMENT



George Clooney is a Flowbee Head

George Clooney is using a flowbee to vacuum his hair. Not because he’s in a lockdown. Been
doing it for 25 years.

Don’t even ask about his pubes.

Read more at pagesix.com.


Darth Vader Is Dead For Real This Time

David Prouwse, the guy in the Darth Vader suit, has passed away. He was 85 years old.

Luckily every nerd has already paid 25 dollars for his autograph.

Read more at cnn.com.


Jersey Holy Trio Demand: Wear a Friggin Mask!

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Jon Stewart urge to fellow New Jersey Taylor Ham Egg and Cheese eaters to Wear a friggin’ mask!

I’ll do it for Bruce and Stewart but fuck you Bon Jovi.

Read more at nj.com.



Universal Studios Japan Is Opening Super Mario World In Osaka On February 4th

Universal Studios announced they’ll be opening up Super Mario World in Osaka, Japan in February of 2021. The first details include a Mario Kart ride you can go on with augmented reality helmets. Good God please don’t let the Japanese do anything weird with Princess Peach.

Read more at bloomberg.


Saved By The Bell Under Fire For Selena Gomez Joke

Fans are calling for the Saved By The Bell reboot to be cancelled after an episode featured jokes about Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant. Peacock issued a quick apology and made a donation to the Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research at USC. Jokes about Screech would’ve had less blowback.

Read more at pagesix.


Man Arrested For Stealing Darth Vader’s Helmet

A 38 year old man was arrested after surveillance video caught him stealing Darth Vader’s helmet from JJ Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot. Police also recovered an authentic Storm Trooper helmet. Not even Jedi mind tricks will get this dude off the hook.

Read more at tmz.



GOING VIRAL



YouTuber Fractures Skull In Bridge Jump

YouTube Saa Fomba, whose goal is to chase his dreams and ‘leave a mark’, leap off the top of the Pennybacker Bridge. Fomba survived the leap, but had to be hospitalized with a fractured skull. The only mark he left was on his head.

Read more at tmz.com.


Wawa Fight Commentator Explains What Caused The Pantsless Scuffle

The dude who went viral for posting the pantsless fight in Wawa told the local news it all started over one man holding the Wawa door open for the other. Chivalry is dead. Also so are belts.

Read more at mediaite.




STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Twitter Debates Cover Songs that are Better than Original

Sure everyone is bringing up Johnny Cash but why hasn’t anyone said Hillary Duff’s My Generation??


Twitter Debates Cover Songs that are Better than Original

Sure everyone is bringing up Johnny Cash but why hasn’t anyone said Hillary Duff’s My Generation??


CineFix Picks the 10 Best Meal Scenes in Film History

Sorry Oldboy, but eating a live a octopus just didn’t make the cut.



WEEKEND LINKS


NEWS STORIES

 



Ted Cruz The Twitter Troll

Ted Cruz loves stupid attention and and thinks he will replace Trump since Trump will be selling gym memberships
on TV in seven weeks.

Your dad killed JFK.

Read more at mediaite.com.


Self Proclaimed American Asshole Tourist Seeks Redemption by Returning Ancient Roman Marble

Did he really have a change of heart because if it’s cursed just say so.

Read more at huffpo


SpaceX To Launch Mars Prototype Rocket

Elon Musk announced that his SpaceX company will launch SN8, a prototype Starship rocket that will one day take people of Mars. Musk is hoping to find life forms that can understand what his kid’s name really means.

Read more at forbes.com.


Ad Agency Wanted To Offer Pharmacies Rebates If Their Customers OD'd On OxyContin

Mckinsey ad agency had a BRILLIANT idea for Purdue Pharma during the height of the opioid pandemic:

In a 2017 presentation, according to the records, which were filed in court on behalf of multiple state attorneys general, McKinsey laid out several options to shore up sales. One was to give Purdue’s distributors a rebate for every OxyContin overdose attributable to pills they sold.

The presentation estimated how many customers of companies including CVS and Anthem might overdose. It projected that in 2019, for example, 2,484 CVS customers would either have an overdose or develop an opioid use disorder. A rebate of $14,810 per “event” meant that Purdue would pay CVS $36.8 million that year.

Not sure what’s worse, this or the Tyson managers betting on how many of their workers would get Covid.

Read more at nytimes.com.


North Korea Executed People To Stop Covid

South Korea’s spy agency says that North Korea is really going outside the box with their covid response. Efforts including a few executions, banning fishing, and a capital city lockdown.

Please don’t let Trump copy this.

Read more at apnews.com.


Tourists Already Showing Up For Utah Monolith

Oh Jesus, no one is is going to Vegas or Disney World but you can’t keep people away from a hunk of metal
in the Utah desert.

2020 you have screwed up our brains.

Read more at bbc.com.


Fucking, Austria has had it with the Jokes

The town of Fucking, Australia is changing their name. From now on the village will be known as Fugging, Australia.

Well this is just fugging terrible news.

Read more at reuters.com.



SPORTS



NFL Announces All In Person Team Activities Prohibited Monday And Tuesday

The NFL is finally trying to curb the Covid outbreaks amongst players and staff by prohibiting in person team activities this coming Monday and Tuesday. If only the NFL had time before the season to work out a plan to keep their employees safe. It’s a real shame.


The NFL Has Had A Rough Saturday

First off – the Lions head coach and GM have been shitcanned following a blowout loss to the Texans on Thanksgiving. The Steelers number one RB, James Connor, has tested positive for Covid along with one of their coaches. The Colts number one RB, Jonathan Taylor has been exposed to Covid through his girlfriend and is now quarantining. And the county of Santa Clara, where the 49ers play, have banned any sports games – pro or college – from being played for the next three weeks. The 49ers have two home games scheduled during that time but they’re so awful maybe they can just forfeit and get it over with.


Every Broncos QB Is On Covid List - Game Is Still Happening

All four of the Broncos QB’s either have covid or have been exposed so now they’re turning to special teams player, and former Wake Forest QB, Kendall Hinton to start against the Saints. Elway can always suit up if they think they need him.

Read more at nypost.


Former NBA Player Nate Robinson Gets Knocked Out By YouTube Star Jake Paul. What?

Nate Robinson got knocked the fuck out by Jake Paul on the undercard of the Mike Tyson/Roy Jones Jr. fight. At the beginning of this year, no one would have bet those four people would be in the same room together, let alone punching each other in the face on a pay per view.


Kicker Sarah Fuller Vanderbilt May Make College Football History

This Saturday, Ms. Vanderbilt is going to be the first woman to suit up in an SEC game, and she just might become the first woman to play in a Power 5 Conference college game.

Okay if this ends anything like Quarterback Princess she’ll be prom queen as well!

Read more at cnn.


Older Gentleman Mike Tyson And Roy Jones Jr. Weigh Themselves For Saturday Night Fight

Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. had their weigh in for their old man PPV fight. They attempted to cut weight beforehand but they needed their daily gallon of grape juice to keep their bowel movements regular.



ENTERTAINMENT



Back When Johnny Depp Started Every Morning with a Margarita

Caroline Thompson who wrote the screenplay for Edward Scissorhands said in an interview that when they were making the movie, Depp would greet her every morning with a margarita.

There is something very charming about a young attractive alcoholic. Then they all age into being Johnny Depp.

Stop making pirate movies you old drunk.

Read more at yahoo.com.


Gordon Ramsay Want To Sell a $106 Burger

Gordon Ramsay Burger boutique coming soon will feature a burger that costs over 100 bucks featuring Wagyu sirloin, truffle Pecorino cheese, mayonnaise and fresh black truffle.

What’s worse than this shock shock chefburger for 106 bucks? It doesn’t come with fries!

Can’t someone #metoo this lime eater!?

Read more at nypost.com.


Ann Wilson Says Anne Hathaway Wanted To Play Her In Upcoming Heart Biopic

Ann Wilson said that Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney and Portlandia fame will write and direct a Heart biopic. Wilson also revealed that Anne Hathaway expressed interest in playing the singer, but felt she wasn’t right for the part. The dealbreaker was when Hathaway couldn’t hit the hit notes to ‘Crazy On You’.

Read more at yahoo.


Huge Grant Says Its Hard Being An Old Man Raising Young Kids

Huge Grant says ‘it’s just about survival’ being 60 and raising young kids during a pandemic. The Undoing star says his wife is exhausted and he spent most of his quarantined days telling his kids to keep quiet. Somewhere Elizabeth Hurley is in a skimpy bikini laughing her ass off.

Read more at pagesix.


Lindsay Lohan Launches New Jewelry Line

Lindsay Lohan launched a new jewelry line with the company Lily Baker on Friday. The 40-piece collection includes bracelets, necklaces and rings with prices ranging from $66 to $334 dollars. Lohan’s hoping to raise enough money to self-produce a Beach House reboot.

Read more at pagesix.


Wait List for Harry Styles’ Vogue Issue

Candace Owens made not think Harry Styles is a manly man but a ton of women disagree

So many that Timothee Chalamet wants her dead.

Read more at pagesix.com.


Van Morrison and Eric Clapton To Release An Anti Lockdown Song

Van Morrison and Eric Clapton are releasing a anti-lockdown song on December 4th called Stand And Deliver. They will follow that up with a concept album called What Do The Masks Really Do, Anyway?

Read more at variety.


Jude Law Wants Us To All Know He Was Warned Of A Real Pandemic On The Set Of Contagion

Jude Law told a story where a consulting scientist on the film Contagion told him a real life pandemic was going to happen. Thanks for telling us now, Jude. Really helps.

Read more at dailymail.


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Faizon Love is suing Universal for removing him and co-star Kali Hawk’s picture from the poster of the 2009 film Couples Retreat. The suit also charges that Love was promised better roles to make up for the slight, but it never happened. Playing with Faizon’s money is like playing with his emotions.

Read more at nypost.com.


All I Want For Christmas Is You Is Already Charting Again

The Christmas season has barely started, but Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ is already charting again. The 1994 song is currently 29th on the Billboard Hot 100 and Carey is planning to perform it on her upcoming Apple TV Christmas special. The song has become the Bobby Bonilla of Christmas songs.

Read more at ew.


Obama Wouldn’t Mind Drake To Play Him In Biopic

Former President Obama said that he would give a thumbs up for Drake to play him in a biopic. Obama’s also hoping the movie would end him leaving the White House dancing to Jumpman.

Read more at nypost.com.


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GOING VIRAL



Guy Too Carried Away with Planes, Trains And Automobiles

Dude you want to know the best way to turn off women. Talk about the same movie every single day.

At least watch the Great Outdoors.

Via digg.

A Woman Smashes 500 Bottles In British Supermarket

Police arrested a woman for smashing 500 bottles of wine and spirits at a British supermarket. She was also treated at a local hospital after slipping and falling on some of the broken bottles. The woman was upset that the store was out of boxed wino.

Read more at nypost.




STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



These Are Ten Times Hollywood Released Movies With The Same Plotst

Sometimes Hollywood has such good ideas that they need to release the same movie in the same year with just a different name, like what if the White House got attacked, or what if magicians had a beef with each other?

Via digg.


Buzzfeed's Great But Unloved TV Shows

There’s only one thing worse than your show hanging around so long that it starts to suck.

That’s when it ends early before it sucks.

Is the Today Show on this this list?

Read more at buzzfeed.


Vice Gathers All The 2020 Moments You’ve Probably Already Forgot

Here’s a fun fact: there was actually a time BEFORE the pandemic. Who knew?!

Read more at vice.com.



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