Sunday February 19 Daily Links

SUNDAY 2.19


NEWS STORIES

 



Jimmy Carter Moves to at Home Hospice Care

“After a series of short hospital stays, former US President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. He has the full support of his family and his medical team,” a statement said. At the age of 98 Carter is the oldest living ex President in history.

His secret: peanuts.

Read more at CNN


Jersey Boardwalk Fined For Big Balls

The state fined a Wildwood amusements company for using over inflated basketballs that were too big to fit in the hoops. The company was banned from the boardwalk for ten years and had to pay out 15k for the grifter who also displayed plush animals that were not even the prizes if you managed to win.

“Wait, you’re supposed to be able to win boardwalk games?” said everyone who has ever been to the Boardwalk.

Read more at NY Post.


Self Help Author Will Challenge Biden For 2024

Marianne Williamson says she’s making a big announcement on March 4, and all signs point to the announcement being a run for the big chair. “As America gears up for the 2024 presidential election, I’m preparing an important announcement on March 4th in Washington DC,” she said. The self help author has written 14 books, four of which have been bestsellers including A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

It’s a good thing she believes in miracles.

Read more at bloomberg.com


Iconic Brooklyn Pizzaria Closing After 70 Years

The pizza joint featured in Saturday Night Fever will serve its last slices on Sunday. After 70 years in business, Lenny’s Pizzaria is closing because the owner has decided to retire.

Gimme two.

Unfortunately, John Travola didn’t retire before he made Gotti

Read more at NY Daily News



SPORTS



XFL Debuts Transparent Booth Review

The Super Bowl is over and done, and the XFL had its first games on Saturday. The game play was unexceptional, and the attendance was low, but fans did seem interesting in the leagues review policy which let viewers see officials upstairs communicating with on the field refs about calls and the decision to uphold or overrule.

Now you’re just taunting Philly fans.

Read more at Profootball Talk.


Boy ODs on Gummies During Super Bowl Party

An 11 year old boy ate a whole mess of edibles at a Super Bowl party and had to be rushed to the hospital after he started shivering uncontrollably. He had taken the gummies from a drawer in the home. The boy is okay now but his mother is furious that the packaging contained only a small warning that the candy contained THC.

Good thing he didn’t see the box of Hot Cocoa-ine, next to the LSD-emonade.

Read more at NY Post



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



James Dolan Has a Dating Profile on Raya

“I have a job, all my hair, love kids but done making them, sober 29 years, still learning,” Dolan offers prospective dates on his Raya profile.

If you turn him down for a date, forget about ever going to MSG, Radio City or the new Vegas sphere ever again.

Read more at The Daily Beast


Charlie and Chocolate Factory Getting Rewrite to Take Out Fat Shaming

Roald Dahl’s estate is fine with rewriting history, and plans to keep the beloved author relevant for many years to come by updating and rewriting passages that contain offensive language. Augustus Gloop is no longer “A nine-year-old boy who was so enormously fat he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump. Great flabby folds of fat bulged out from every part of his body, and his face like a monstrous ball of dough.’ He’s now A nine-year-old boy who was so enormous he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump. Great folds bulged out from every part of his body, and his face was like a ball of dough.”

Maybe change the name Gloop while you’re at it?

Read more at TMZ


David Cross Not Sympathetic to Comedians Who Complain About Cancel Culture

Cross feels like comedians taking a stance to save one small insignificant joke about a controversial topic are being crybabies and should just ditch the joke. “All the comics bitch and moan about, you know, “they’re trying to cancel me for this joke I made.” It’s most of the time, it’s a nothing joke and it doesn’t matter. And now you are positioning yourself as this bullshit voice of “They’re not going to cancel me. You can’t silence me.” For what? Your dumb joke that about trans people? Who gives a shit? I mean, is it that important to you? Just move on and not hurt, you know, hundreds of thousands of people.” he said.

Okay but what about comics who have three entire specials about trans people?

Read more at mediaite


Tucker Carlson Shits on Colbert for Watered Down Comedy

Carlson chatted with Greg Gutfield about all the Late Night hosts who he calls corporate shills, and singled out Colbert as particularly weak sauce.

Guess even Tucker Carlson can be right once in a while.

Read more at The Wrap


Sydney Sweeney's Reality Getting All the Love

The movie debuted at the Berlin Film Festival and Sydney Sweeney’s portrayal of Reality Winner is getting love from all sources.

It’s all right there in the name.

Read more at indiewire.


Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos are a Really Rich Brady Bunch

Sanchez told the Wall Street Journal about her blended family life with one of the richest men in the world. “On a typical Saturday, we hang out, we have dinner with the kids, which is always fun because you never know where the conversation is going to go with this many kids. We are the Brady Bunch.” On Sunday, Jeff makes pancakes, she added.

Wait till the boys find out they have to get rid of tiger.

Read more at TMZ


Richard Gere Hospital While Vacationing in Mexico

The actor is on the mend, after being hospitalized with pneumonia while on vacation in Mexico.

Don’t ask about Hamsters.

Read more at TMZ



VIRAL & TRENDING



Dog Jumps in Water to Chase Shark

A dog jumped into the water in the Bahamas to fight with a hammerhead shark as a boat full of tourists looked on.

No word on whether Michael Vick was involved.

Read more at Fox News



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