Saturday November 26, Daily Links
SATURDAY 11.26
NEWS STORIES
Carnival Passenger Rescued By Coast Guard After Falling Off Boat
A man fell off the boat in the Gulf of Mexico and managed to survive 14 hours just floating without a life raft. And then the Coast Guard actually found and rescued him.
He said it was the best part of the cruise
Colosseum Dig Unearths Ancient Snacks
Archeologists delving into the sewers of the Roman Colosseum found food fragments of figs, grapes, cherries, blackberries, walnuts
Seems like they found a shit load of Torrone
German Museum Robbed in a Oceans 11 Style Heist
A crew broke into a museum in Germany stealing $1.65 million worth of ancient gold coins, and they did it all in nine minutes.
You don’t want to root for the criminals but a heist is alway really cool.
Even Breitbart Trashes Trump For Hanging With Neo Nazi
Breitbart wrote: These latest revelations turn what could have been a minor story into a major national narrative, where the GOP frontrunner for president in 2024 — the former president and as of now the only formal GOP candidate for the office in the next election — seems to have met with an open white nationalist, antisemite, and Holocaust denier in Fuentes.
That’s funny. We would never have even heard of Breitbart if it wasn’t for Trump
SPORTS
Two Hundred Gets You a Bed in a Shipping Container at the World Cup
The New York Times gave us a look inside a room at the Fan Village in Qatar and its pretty bare. The shared room covers the basic needs, but that’s about it.
Its still better than any place anyone who built the stadiums ever lived.
England Fans Threw Their Drinks After Failing to Beat Team USA
They invented the sport but couldn’t get one goal past the United States and they were pissed. Fans at the stadium started throwing their drinks in anger.
You guys were lucky you got the tie.
The Brits are broken over a draw pic.twitter.com/TCyXy8Ak9A
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 25, 2022
Qatar Got Knocked Out Faster Than Any Host Nation in History
After only 9 days, the World Cup host country has been knocked out of the competition. This officially makes them the worst host nation in the history of the world cup in terms of perforamnce.
Guess all that money and immigrant life was kind of wasted.
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Margot Robbie Had to Tie One on To Get Naked with DiCaprio
At a BAFTA event, Margot Robbie explained that she needed booze to perform a naked scene with Leo during the filming of the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. “I’m not going to lie, I had a couple of shots of tequila before that scene because I was nervous…very, very nervous,” Robbie said.
Uh. Why didn’t you just act?
Kelsey Grammer Talks No Niles Frasier Reboot
Turns out David Hyde Pierce didn’t want to do the reboot so Niles won’t be back. Grammer said that decision led the creators to look at a new life for Frasier Crane with new characters.
That’s either the best or the worst news about the reboot.
Alec Baldwin's Thanksgiving Family Photo is an Admitted Fail
Alec’s wife Hilaria posted a photo of her family- with seven kids- and posted “Happy gratitude day from our epic fail family photo to what is probably yours.”
The epic fail is having 7 kids to pose with when you’re 64
Matthew Modine Turned Down Lead Roles in Top Gun and Back to the Future
On The Jonathan Ross Show, Modine said he was offered the roles of Maverick in Top Gun, and Marty in Back to the Future and turned them both down. He felt Top Gun romanticized war, and didn’t want to participate in that kind of storytelling. He passed on Marty, because he had never heard of Robert Zemeckis and didn’t see himself in the role.
Why didn’t he turn down his other roles he ended up doing?
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
New Survey Says 1/3 Are Cool With Antisemitism in the Workplace
A survey of hiring managers revealed that 26% of those surveyed are less likely to hire jewish applicants, 38% of those people said the reason was Jews have too much power. Other reasons were “Jews have too much wealth”, “Jews are greedy”, “Jews killed Jesus,” and “Jews think they’re the chosen people.” And 29% said antisemitism is acceptable within the company they work for.
Especially if you work in a German prison camp.
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