Sunday January 17: Daily Links
SUNDAY 1.17
NEWS STORIES
Former Director of National Intelligence Thinks Trump Should Not Have Continued Intelligence Briefings After he Leaves Office
It’s tradition to keep former Presidents up to date on intelligence and classified information. Its a combination of respect, and staying involved in supporting the interests of the country. Sue Gordon, a former director of National Intelligence, believes Trump should not be extended that courtesy.
If no one agrees, at least make sure no one will make him and charts or graphs and it’ll be lost on him anyway.
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The MyPillow guy would really be great for comedy if we could all just get over the Capitol get attacked.
MyPillow because even nuts deserve a good night’s sleep.
"QAnon" currently works as a promo code on mypillow dot com (I'm not joking)
— Italien Feeld 🕳 (@julianfeeld) January 16, 2021
You Can Finally Paint Your House The First Blue Pigment Discovered in 200 Years
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The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is finally commercially available. Here's why it already has a loyal following: https://t.co/fGLvUFFhkg pic.twitter.com/QDhKoKN4w7
— Artnet (@artnet) January 14, 2021
Facebook Bans Creating New Events Near Capitol and White House Up Until Inauguration
If you were thinking of planning a birthday party near the capitol this week forget bout it, or at least don’t think about using Facebook.
Thankfully FourSquare isn’t really a thing anymore. Otherwise we’d just watch out for anyone who claimed to be the “Mayor” of the Capitol.
hodox Rabbi Tells His Followers Not to Get the Covid Vaccine Because, Why?
Israeli Rabbi Daniel Asor posted on the internet that the vaccine, if taken, will cause “opposite tendancies.” Translation, it will make you gay.
So your saying the world will open back up AND we’ll all be homosexuals???
I wanna take ya to gay bar, gay bar, GAY BAR!!!!
The Storming Of Capitol Was Pelosi's Fault According To Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham made a statement saying he believes it is Nancy Pelosi’s fault that Capitol was breached because she didn’t get the security there up to snuff. At least Lindsey can still surprise us, at least he’s consistent.
SPORTS
Sean McVay Not Too Happy With Jared Goff
After Saturday’s game when asked if Jared Goff is still the Rams QB, Sean McVay said “Yeah, he’s the quarterback right now”. No matter what this means, we can all be annoyed that Goff got a $100 million dollar contract two years ago.
The Internet Thinks Deshaun Watson Should Go To The Jets
Adam Schefter thinks that the Jets should make a run at Deshaun Watson the Twittersphere is in agreement. But why would he want to go to an even more dysfunctional team? That’s the real question.
There’s no team out there better positioned than the New York Jets to put together a compelling trade package for Deshaun Watson. https://t.co/yAegDVMM38
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 17, 2021
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Tyler Perry To Receive Honorary Oscar
Tyler Perry will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his commitment to social justice causes. Perry plans to use the experience for his next film, Medea Goes To The Vanity Fair Party.
Phil Spector Passes Away At 81
Phil Spector, whose ‘Wall Of Sound’ production anchored hits by The Ronettes, Darlene Love, Cher, Ike & Tina Turner, The Beatles and The Ramones, died at the age of 81. Spector was serving 19 years to life for the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson. His handlers insist that the funeral is recorded in mono.
Jamie Lynn Spears Backtracks On Tesla Criticism
Jamie Lynn Spears has backtracked calling Tesla cars a ‘secret cat killer’. Spears said that Elon Musk owed her ‘a couple of cats’ because Tesla doesn’t have a noise feature warning about nearby animals. But then the actress/singer dialed it down saying that she didn’t run over any cats and that she never intended nor meant to blame the car company. She’s hoping to get her and Britney a free ride on Space X.
TRENDING VIRAL
Martial Law Conspiracy Theory is Viral on TikTok
Remember when TikTok was just Dads doing funny dances to hit songs?
Oh it never was that? Damn.
TikTok Boom.
My Lady Knows Her Brews
Take it in fellas, she’s real.
She may be the perfect wife.
Or just a drunk.
the queen of the world pic.twitter.com/vmmEKIAzIr
— (ritchie) (@mkrwrt) January 16, 2021
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
Covid has Kids’ Screen Time is Way Up
The New York Times warns that one of the side effects of Covid locktowns is that kids are retreating deeper into their screens than ever before.
Well, that’s because it’s hard to get kids in to sourdough baking and whipping Dalgona coffee.
Costa Rica Tops Best International Places To Retire In 2021 List
According to International Living magazine, Costa Rica is the best place to retire in 2021 outside of the United States. Low cost of living, healthcare and friendly people all scored high marks. Panama, Mexico, Columbia and Portugal rounded out the Top 5. Despite a strong rebranding campaign, Jeffrey Epstein’s Pedophile Island didn’t make the cut.
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