Thursday July 15: Daily Links

THURSDAY 7.15


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Hey Chick Fil A, Lindsay Graham Has Your Back

Notre dame students said they don’t want a Chick Fil A on their campus, Senator Lindsay Graham says he wants everyone to know he has their back. Graham thinks its a dangerous precedent for students to ban the restaurant from campus and he will go to war for the principles Chick fil-A stands for if he has to. He supports their core principles of Great food. Great service. Great values.

Um, yeah. Great food and the great service are not the values the students are disagreeing with.

Read more at Advocate.


Matt Gaetz Supporting #FreeBritney

Gaetz showed up at a Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday to support Britney Spears. It seems he’s hoping people will forget what a huge creep he is.

He’s obviously grooming her. Doesn’t he know she’s over 18?

Read more at vice.


Don Jr. Says Lighting Strike is a Sign From God

Known lunatic Donald Trump Jr is getting laughed at on Twitter after saying that a lightning strike destroying a George Floyd mural is a sign from God. “I mean you have to wonder if someone, like a higher power, is telling us something here?!?” he said. “I mean when was the last time you heard of a building being destroyed by lightning? A brick wall that’s not a conductor of electricity? This stuff really doesn’t happen that often.”

He wrote on Twitter, “I am a builder and I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of it.”

#godhatesmurdervictims

Read more at Raw Story


Johnson & Johnson Sunscreen Problems

Johnson & Johnson’s problems are bigger than just their vaccine concerns. They just announced a major recall on five different brands of their aerosol sunscreen products that contained a small amount of a chemical that could cause cancer. Almost seems like you’d have been better off slathering yourself with cooking oil.

Read more at USA Today.


Back In 1972 MIT Predicted Civilization Would Collapse By 2040

Back in 1972 MIT ran a simulation that found the world could experience a collapse of civilization starting in 2040. It looked at factors such as population and pollution. It is unknown whether or not they factored in a wobbly moon but they probably should have.

Read more at the Daily Mail.



SPORTS



Richard Sherman Was Threatening to Kill Himself According to a 911 Caller

A woman who called 911 said the former Seahawks cornerback was drunk, belligerent and threatening to kill himself before his arrest.

If he didn’t kill himself when Russell Wilson threw that pick in the Super Bowl then he never will.

Read more at TMZ


Zach Wilson's Uncle is Also Nutty

Turns out Wilson’s mom is not the only crazy relative. The new Jets QB also has a really odd uncle. Uncle Dave is worth $400 million after co-founding Jet Blue but he’s still trying to sell tickets to 199 other people to help him get to see his nephew play opening day. He wants to see the Jets open in North Carolina, but also attend a BYU-Utah game, and commercial flights aren’t cutting it, so he is renting a 200 person private charter and looking to sell the other seats for $600-$800 bucks.

Zach, maybe you should rent, not buy when you get to NY.

Get tickets and info at the Wilson Weekend website.

Read more at Barstool.


WWE Hall Of Famer Sunny Looking For Only Fans Partner

Sunny, WWE Hall of Famer, has put out a call to the internet to find co-stars to film with her for Only Fans. Unfortunately you’ll just be taking bumps as she masturbates. Sorry, smarks.

Read more at Ringside News.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



HBO Paid James Gandolfini $3 Million Not Replace Steve Carrell for a Year on The Office

‘Talking Sopranos’ Podcast With Ricky Gervais was a guest on the Talking Sopranos Podcast with co-hosts Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa (aka Christopher Moltisanti and Bobby Baccalieri. It came out that after the Offce offered Gandolfini $4 million to be the boss on The Office for a year, HBO countered with $3 million to get him to decline.

I didn’t do the role, can I have $3 million too?

Read more at deadline.


After Almost Famous, The Boy Gets the OtherGirl

Everyone’s talking Almost Famous with the new extended cut coming out, and Patrick Fugit revealed the love interest his character William would likely end up with a few years after the movie ends. He said Cameron Crowe envisioned William with Anna Paquin’s character Polexia instead of Penny Lane.

Well you never put it in the movie so why are you telling us about it?

Read more at avclub.


The Rock's Jungle Cruise Borrowed a Lot From Humphrey Bogart's African Queen

It’s the 70th anniversary of African Queen and the film is back in theaters. Also in theaters this month, Jungle Cruise, a movie based on the Disney Ride that was heavily inspired by Humphry Bogart’s classic, right down to costuming and the design of the boat.

Careful. Comparing African Queen to Jungle Cruise is like comparing The Godfather to Gotti.

Read more at EW.


Chrissy Teigen Is Starting a Club- a Cancelled Club

After being cancelled, Teigen says she feels “lost” and wants to find her place again and wants to form a support group of people who have been canceled.

Bill Cosby says he’s in.

Read more at people.


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STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Drug Overdose Deaths Highest Ever Recorded

More than 93,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2020, an increase of 30% over the prior year.

The way the news is going they may be the lucky ones.

Read more at CNN



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