Saturday March 19, Daily Links

SATURDAY 3.19


NEWS STORIES

 



Robot Truckers Could End Up Replacing 500k Jobs In US

Robot car engineers are wholly focused on making trucks able to be the first vehicles totally autonomous. If all trucks went robot then we’d finally be done with all these convoys but instead they’d just be hunting and murdering humans.

Read more at Bloomberg Quint.


Putin Now Poison Tests All Of His Meals

Vlad Putin has gotten so paranoid since the war with Ukraine started that he’s no having all of his meals tested for poison. But how can anyone tell the difference between Russian food and poison?

Read more at the Daily Star.


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SPORTS



Scott Hall Struggled With Addiction Issues Until His Death

A new report has gathered testimony from friends of the beloved professional bad guy, and found that while Scott Hall had fought his addictions for periods of time, in recent years, his drug addiction was “really bad” with times where his addictions were spiraling out of control.

How were we supposed to guess a wrestler might have a drug problem?

Read more at cagedseats.com


Adam Schefter Furious Over Davante Adams Treatment

Davonte was traded to the Raiders and agreed to a $141 million contract. Schefter was not happy about it. “Davante Adams didn’t want to be there anymore. The connection we saw with Aaron Rodgers on the field, was not exactly the same off the field. the Packers had attempts in the past over months, over seasons, to lock up Davante Adams. They didn’t do it, they waited until the end and it was too late, the damage had been done,” he exclaimed.

Know who didn’t care? Rogers.. He got paid.

Read more at Mediaite


Former ESPN Analyst John Clayton Passed Away

John Clayton, sports writer and ESPN analyst, passed away after a short illness. He was probably best known for his ESPN sportscenter commercial.

Read more at Yahoo Sports.


NY Health Commish Says the Mandate Keeping Kyrie Off the Home Court is Indefinite

Ashwin Vasan is the city’s new health commissioner and he says that the rules requiring employees in NY to be vaccinated aren’t going away anytime soon which means Kyrie won’t be getting back on the court for home games.

This is great news for the 76ers.

Read more at NY Post.


Juju Smith Schuster to Kansas City

The Chiefs announced on Friday that they’ve signed Juju Smith-Schuster.

Finally, Mahomes gets his 9th weapon.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Chris Redd Wants to Tell Kanye Jokes on SNL, But Kanye? Not a Fan.

Most people are flattered by impressions on SNL, but Kanye is not one of them. He snubbed Chris Redd at a party, giving the comedian his very cold back.

Chris he’s not mad at you for what you say, just for how badly you say it.

Read more at CNN.


Pete Davidson Trip to Space is Off

Pete’s out because Blue Origin had to change the date of the flight, but turns out Pete has to work that day, so now he’s not going.

Come on Pete, we know you can get a day off. This thing only takes ten minutes. It takes less time than a visit to the dentist.

Read more at Digg.


Former DWTS Host Enjoying Exec Producer Scandal

Karma’s a bitch Bergeron said on hearing that EP Andrew Llinares is out. He himself was fired in 2020 when the show went in a new direction creatively.

Uh, that’s not really how Karma works, but lets all get some karma corn together.

Read more at ET Canada


Pixar Re-Inserts Same Sex Kiss in Lightyear Movie

Two female characters shared a kiss in Pixar’s upcoming Toy Story prequel, until they didn’t, because the scene was cut. Last week, employees rallied against the DIsney company’s lack of response to Flordia’s Don’t Say Gay Bill. And now like magic, the kiss is back in!

All this fuss over a kiss, from a company that will kill a parent in a movie at the drop of a hat.

Read more at Variety.


Lottie Moss Back Out There, Topless After Rehab

Two weeks out of rehab, Kate Moss’ little sister Lottie was getting “so high” and showing off her tits on Only Fans, delighting some and worrying others.

Hey is this for only fans or can a casual observer get a lookie loo?

Read more at Page Six.


Marvel #1 Fetches $2.4 Million at Auction, Setting a Record

The very first Marvel comic, sold at auction for a record $2.4 million. The 1939 issue features the Human Torch and Masked Raider.
All that and you don’t even get superman?

Read more at TMZ



VIRAL & TRENDING



Guy Zip Tied Himself to Soccer Goalpost, Only Stalls Game 7 Minutes

A guy who wants to “stop oil” tried to make a point by fastening himself to a goal post with zip ties. The game was held up for less than ten minutes while someone went for the bolt cutters.

Why did they even have to cut him loose?

Read more at Mediaite.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



1/3 of Americans Still Against Gay Marriage

30 percent of those surveyed were still against Gay Marriage even now. But the percent who have no issue with same sex marriage has risen by at least ten percent in the last 6 years.

Come on, you’re looking at the glass one third full. This is progress.

Read more at reason.


New Study Sez Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Hospitalizations

A new large scale Ivermectin study shows that it does not reduce hospitalizations. Aaron Rodgers needs to update his 500 pages of research ASAP.

Read more at the WSJ.



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