Thursday August 19: Daily Links

THURSDAY 8.19


NEWS STORIES



New Jeopardy Host gets the Shane Gillis Treatment

Allegations are that Mike Richards disparaged women’s weight, called one model a “booth slut” and repeatedly praised “the average white-guy host.” Where? An unearthed podcast, of course.

His apologies are flooding in like rain in hurricane season.

A: Mike Richards
Q: Who was almost the new host of Jeopardy?

Read more at THR.


Coney Island Mermaid Parade Canceled, Again

Despite being an outdoor event, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade is being cancelled out of covid concerns.

Was it Covid? Or are you just pissed that Mike Novogratz outdid you this year.

Read more at Gothamist


White Dreadlock Guy Anti-Vaxxer Delivers Fire & Brimstone Sermon to San Diego County Board

In a speech that was part wrestling part evangelist, this white dreadlocked dude scolded a county board and called them nazis.

You do not get a vaccine passport put on us!” he screamed. “You know ass the population who’s in control, you know that the people are the politicians what you get power will never relinquish it. Do you think that the four feet of marble that holds you above, high in this chamber will help you from the fate of humanity which you are UNLEASHING?!” “NOOOOOO! It won’t! HAVE YOU BEEN A GOOD LITTLE NAZI!?”

Can we make nazi the new n-word. It’s just so overused.

https://twitter.com/SDAgainstFash/status/c


Scientists Grew a Brain-Like Gooey Thing And the Gooey Thing Grew Eyes

A lab-grown mass of tissue that is sort of like a brain surprised scientists by growing two eye-like features that were sensitive to light.

Even the people in the Wuhan lab think this is a bad idea.

Read more at gizmodo.


Internet Meme Fedora Guy Is On A Ventilator With Covid

The Freaks and Geeks actor who also became a meme as “Fedora Guy” contracted Covid and is now on a ventilator in Florida. Someone check on Star Wars Kid and Bad Luck Brian, they can’t be taking this well.

Read more at TMZ.


Amazon Is Planning On Opening Department Stores

Amazon has plans to open large retail stores in the near future. Some might call them “department stores”. Bezos, you’ve done it again.

Read more at the Wall Street Journal.


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The New Name for the Washington Football Team is On This List

WFT says they are down to 3 possible names, and the 3 are hidden somewhere in this stupid list of 8.

They’re down to 3. And the 3 are on this list.

Armada
Brigade
Commanders
Defenders
Presidents
RedHogs
RedWolves
Washington Football Team

Stop fucking around we know its WFT. Its the only name we like.


Brett Favre Says Tackle Football Should Be for 14 and Up

Brett Favre did a PSA saying that kids under 14 should only be playing Flag football. Save the dangerous tackling for those fully grown 14 year olds.

Why does this weirdo think anyone wants to hear his advice?


Ric Flair Denies Eating Pussy on a Train

After a partial photo of a man going down on a woman on a train trended yesterday, with some thinking it might be the legend Ric Flair, the wrestling star had to formally deny it was him.

But to be the man, you have to eat…the…woooooo….man.

Read more at tmz.


MLB Analyst Jack Morris Suspended INDEFINITELY

Jack Morris’ later-in-the-game apology for saying “be veddy veddy careful” when talking about Shohei Otani wasn’t good enough. He’s suspended indefinitely for his transgression.

How come he didn’t do any Dominican or PR accents. Oh yeah cause there’s a lot of them and they’ll kick his ass.

Read more at NBC News


Terrell Owens Wants To Make An NFL Comeback

Terrell Owens recently said he’s 100% and wants to make an NFL comeback. Now that there’s 17 games in a season now, this is totally plausible, even at the age of 47. Tampa could use a 5th string WR.

Read more at TMZ.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Boomer Fight! Larry David vs The Dersh at a Cape Cod Grocery Store

Larry David told Alan Dershowitz that he doesn’t want anything to do with him in a contentious snipe fest at a Martha’s Vineyard grocery store over teh weekend. After The Dersh got the cold shoulder he said to David “We can still talk, Larry.” Larry David replied that no we can’t, and explained that Dershowitz’s friendships are “disgusting”. Dershowitz responded by revealing a tshirt that says ‘It’s The Constitution Stupid!’ and later told the media, “While he was writing bad jokes, I was helping to bring about peace in the Middle East,” Dershowitz told us, “What has he done?”

Larry, why didn’t you hate him for what he did in the von Bulow case like the rest of us?

Read more at pagesix.


How and Why Did Snakes on a Plane Crash and Burn?

The Sam Jackson movie Snakes on a Plane was an internet lovefest a meme and had everyone excited to see it. But the box office crashed faster than a plane with a snake at the stick. Yahoo goes deep to find out why.

This film proved just because something trends doesn’t mean its trendy…..

Read more at Yahoo.


Today Show Hosts Can't Handle QB Eating the WHOLE Banana

Kentucky’s new starting quarterback Will Levis ate a whole banana in a viral TikTok video and the Today Show hosts couldn’t handle it.

“He’s chewing it like, in no time, it’s not even like it’s taking him time to grind it up,” Hoda Kotb said. “He’s not going to go all the way, he can’t eat that last part.” Meanwhile Bush worried that he might eat the tail.

Football players have gone from eating glass to eating banana peels in one generation. Soft millennials.

Read more at mediaite.


Jack Black and His Brother Talk About Their Briliant Astronaut Saving Mom

Jack and his brother were on the Periodic Talks podcast this week talking about Judith Love Cohen who happens to be an aerospace engineer and their mom. She is credited with inventing the system that rescued the Apollo 13 astronauts.

So why did she have such dumb ring ding eating kids?

Via Digg.


Garth Brooks Scraps Big Outdoor Shows Cause Covid

Garth Brooks announced he’s cancelling his big shows at football stadiums in Baltimore, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Nashville and Foxborough, Mass.

In other news the stadiums are open for football.

Read more at CNN



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STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Study Finds That Men Have a Biological Clock After All

A brand new study found that while men may or may not care that their biological clock is ticking, its still ticking. The chance of successfully fertilizing an egg naturally seriously drops after 50. In fact the chance of a natural pregnancy drops 33 percent if the father is over 50.

Tell that to Mick Jagger.

Read more at studyfinds.



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