Sunday February 28: Daily Links

SUNDAY 2.28


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Day Two's WTF Was THAT Moment From CPAC

Roger Stone goes gangster? The conservative party isn’t acting very conservative. Golden Idols, lightning fueled dance moves, and now Roger Stone going hip hop– or at least hop hop– with some guy called MC TRUMPISTHECHOSENONE.

Oh for a second, it looked like this was going to be embarrassing.


Me Too and Me Too

A second former staffer accused Cuomo of sexually inappropriate behavior. This former aide claimed the governor asked inappropriate sexually oriented questions, and told her he was lonely, looking for a girlfriend in the Albany area, and said age doesn’t matter, anyone over the age of 22 was fine. Cuomo denied being inappropriate in a statement and requested an independent investigation.

Cmon, Andrew, even Rudy’s approval rating lasted longer than yours.

Read more at nypost.


200,000 Gather Virtually to Celebrate Holy Day

A massive screen displayed images of 200,000 Buddhists who gathered via video to celebrate Makha Bucha Day, instead of gathering in person.

This is the nuttiest Purim ever.

Read more at gizmodo.


Fast Food Industry Making Major Changes

A Taco Bell being built Minnesota may be the future of the fast food industry. The new restaurant is being built with four drive thru lanes, no indoor dining and a kitchen located above car lanes. Food will be lowered to cars in dumbwaiters and you will have no contact with human beings during your visit.

This is great news for fat people but awful news for anyone addicted to viral videos that show people fighting at the drive thru window.

Via Digg.


Mexican Coke Just Took On a Whole New Meaning

Mexican coke isn’t just for soda lovers anymore. The Mexican army uncovered fields of coca plants and a lab processing the plant into cocaine.

Wow Taco Bell wasn’t kidding about making a lot of changes. Run for the border.

Read more at vice.


No, You Can't Fight a Traffic Ticket While Performing Plastic Surgery

If you thought things couldn’t get weirder than a cat lawyer, you were wrong. A judge actually had to tell a plastic surgeon that you can’t “appear in court” to fight a traffic ticket while you are performing surgery.

Good news doc, you’re going to be back in court when your patient wakes up and reads the news.

Read more at TMZ.


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SPORTS



Jeremy Lin Will Not Name Names

NBA player Jeremy Lin says he will not give the name of the player who called him Coronavirus on the basketball court.

Well if you won’t call him out, at least do something to his coke.


Vanessa Bryant Scolds Evan Rachel Wood Over Last Year's Kobe Rape Tweet

Kobe Bryant’s widow says she just now became aware of a tweet Evan Rachel Wood posted last January calling Kobe a rapist. Vanessa Bryant called Wood “Vile” and added: “YOU DON’T KNOW THE FACTS OF THE CASE.”

Three days after Kobe’s tragic death, Wood had tweeted: “I haven’t said anything about Kobe so far because I felt some time needed to pass before weighing in. But yes, it’s time for the sledgehammer to come out. The man was a rapist. Deal with it.”

Lucky she didn’t see Ari Shaffir Tweet. Yet.

Read more at The Wrap.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Hey White Hollywood! The Grey's Anatomy Actress Is Pissed!

Ellen Pompeo, who plays Meredith Grey on Grey’s Anatomy wrote an open letter, calling out the Hollywood Foreign Press for lack of diversity.

They’re the foreign press, right? That’s diverse. Ish.

Read more at deadline.


Bachelor Star Who Interviewed Chris Harrison Forced to Delete IG After Threats Piled Up

Rachel Lindsay says she got so many threats from fans of the Bachelor who blame her for Chris Harrison’s demise, that she had to delete her social media accounts.

So does this mean she has to give her rose back?

Read more at pagesix.


Bodyguard Industry Booming

Vice.com says the personal security industry is exploding, thanks to civil unrest, protests, dog nappings, and general rage. There’s even an Uber-like service called Bond that allows you to get security on demand.

This is great news for dog owners, as well as coke dealers on the go.

Read more at VICE.


Where were Gaga’s Dogs Found??

The suspects are still at large, but Lady Gaga’s dogs have been found safe, and sound, and tied to a pole. A woman who was either very lucky or complicit found them, turned them in, and will get the promised reward.

What was the reason for all this and what was their plan?? This can’t go unsolved! Please make this dog napping case the next season of Serial.

Read more at tmz.


Post Malone Covering Hootie and the Blowfish

A celebration of Pokémon’s 25th Anniversary?! Why the Hell Not?!

It’s like this was the answer to the question “How can we unite GenXers, Millennials, and Gen Z”


Jonah Hill Claps Back After Daily Mail Body Shaming Paparazzi Pics

Body positivity ain’t just for ladies. Maybe we can all just support everyone should be fully topless at the beach.


Peter Lugar Fills Restaurant With Celebs

Legendary Brooklyn steak house Peter Lugar wanted to fill up some of the empty space in their restaurant which is currently operating at 35% capacity, but they didn’t want to use paper cutouts or mannequins. They one-upped everyone in the game filling the room with wax figures of celebrities on loan from Madame Tussauds.  Al Roker, Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Fallon and John Hamm were a few of the figures on hand for the grand reopening.  

It’s like Chuck E Cheese except they don’t play music. 

Hope nobody asks for autographs. They’re going to get snubbed, hard. 

Read more at eater.com

Read more at eater.com.



JUST WEIRD



Iowa Pizza Shop Introduces Froot Loops Pizza

Fongs Pizza in Des Moine Iowa prides themselves on weird pizzas. Breafast pizza isn’t that odd, but cereal pizza is pretty out there. And local press is praising their Loopy Fruits Cereal pie as a game changer.

Yeah yeah, we get it, you like to make pizza “outside of the box.” The problem is pizza belongs IN the box.

Dear Iowa. Leave pizza to New York, or at least the North East. Thank you.


How Many Minutes Would You Wait to Win Some Ketchup and an Oven Mitt?

Heinz 57 has a weird promotion running. If you are willing to wait 57 minutes for their site to load at heinz.com, you could win a Burger Kit which includes a spatula, apron, grill mitt, napkins, plates, and condiments.

56 minutes, but not a second more.

Read more at designtaxi.


Reason #18 Not to Give Your Cockfighting Rooster a Knife

A rooster that had a knife strapped to it for cockfighting purposes ended up killing its owner in one of those moments of karma.

Hahaha you said cockfight.

Read more at Boing Boing.



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Aussie is Best Yoga Buddy Ever

A woman trained her Australian Shepherd to do yoga with her. Or maybe an Australian Shepherd trained its human to do yoga with him.

Either way, there’s not another Australian who could pull this off.

Via Digg.

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