Thursday March 9 Daily Links
THURSDAY 2.9
NEWS STORIES
Oklahoma Says No to Legal Weed
The people have spoken, and they have voted, and they are not interested in legalizing weed in their state.
If there’s anywhere that needs legal weed, its Oklahoma. Oddly enough, they would have voted yes on meth.
Start Prepping California
Residents in parts of California are being told to prepare for two weeks of essentials in their homes as forecasters anticipate massive flooding. A gigantic storm coupled with melted snow is expected to cause dangerous conditions.
“A storm arriving Thursday will bring a threat of flooding from a combination of heavy rain and snowmelt to lower elevations and foothills in California, especially below 5000 feet,” the Weather Prediction Center said. “And heavy, wet snow at higher elevations will lead to difficult travel and impacts from snow load.
Can these people please get a break.
New Powerful Fungicide Named After Keanu Reeves
Scientists have named a newly developed anti-fungal compound after the actor because its so good at killing. They named it keanumycins.
Obviously you never saw him in Bill and Ted. A baby bella mushroom could have killed that guy.
Stranded Guy With No Cell Service Saves Himself Using a Drone
A man who became stranded in Oregon in the snow attached his phone to a drone, typed a text and sent it, then used the drone to fly the phone to find a spot with enough cell service to send the text.
Great job Mr. Science.
SPORTS
NFL Analyst is REALLY Pissed at Marriott
Michael Irvin said the company’s treatment of him is comparable to “dragging and hanging brothers by the tree.” This stemmed from allegations of assault in the days leading up to this year’s Super Bowl. Irvin was removed from all broadcast after a woman alleged he sexually assaulted her. He claims he’s baffled by the allegations, as he had only a 45 second chat with the woman, and claims Marriott refuses to share their video evidence with him.
Understand you’re upset but this is not the comparison you were looking for.
Tiger Woods Sued By Ex for 30 Mill
Erica Herman is suing Tiger Woods claiming he schemed to get her out of his home. She had been living at his home in Florida for six years, without paying rent, in exchange for valuable services, and said they had an oral agreement for her to continue living there another five years. She says he tricked her by claiming to send her on a short vacation and then locked her out of the house while she was away. She’s suing based on the reasonable rental value of the home for 5 years. Tiger claims she was just a girlfriend, they broke up and is looking to enforce a non disclosure agreement she had signed.
No good person has ever had a NDA
WWE Gambling. Wanna Bet?
The WWE is in talks over legalizing gambling on scripted match results. So even though the matches outcome is predetermined, you may one day be able to place bets on who will win.
Well they already do it on scripted NFL game results. So why not?
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Lady Gaga Not Performing at Oscars
Lady G is busy filming a Joker movie so she won’t have time to put together a performance for the Oscars, she says. So her nominated song “Hold My Hand” from the movie Top Gun Maverick will be the only nominated song that won’t be performed live.
Can’t Bradley Cooper Fill in for you?
Oscars Red Carpet Will Be Champagne This Year
For the first time in sixty years there will be no red carpet at the Oscars. Jimmy Kimmel was present as the new champagne colored carpet was rolled out and remarked, “I think we can go with a champagne carpet instead of a red carpet because of how confident we are that no blood will be shed.”
Don’t you mean tan? It’s a tan carpet.
Insiders Say Will Smith is Humiliated
According to Entertainment Tonight and their source, Will is embarrassed and hurt by the things Chris Rock said about him and his family.
Kinda feel bad for Will. Somebody should smack that guy.
Toni Morrison Gets a Stamp
Author, nobel laureate and book editor Toni Morrison will be honored with a stamp issued by the US Postal Service.
This is mainly for work as lead singer of the doors.
more stories coming soon
Michael Jackson’s Nephew Says Thank You Will Smith
Jacko’s nephew and Tito Jackson’s son Taj went on Twitter to say he was glad Smith slapped Chris Rock, because Rock has been using his family as punching bags for years. He also condemned Rock’s new Netflix special.
Looks like Will Smith’s comeback is starting.
Chris Rock has used my family as punching bags for his entire career.
Yet I am supposed to feel bad for him getting slapped and humiliated on the Oscars.
After seeing a new clip of him attacking my dead uncle in the first minutes of his “Retaliation-I’m still relevant ”special,… https://t.co/r8dNZUZ5fr— Taj Jackson (@tajjackson3) March 6, 2023
Demi Moves Back in With Bruce
Demi Moore is moving in with Bruce Willis and his family, and she plans to stay there until the end to help care for Bruce Willis as he goes through the stages of his illness.
It’s also always nice to have a late in life threesome.
Joe Rogan Opened His Austin Comedy Club
It’s a safe space for people who like to behave unsafely, and its open for business. If you want to visit Joe Rogan’s new club “Mothership” you’ll have to fork over about 40 bucks a ticket, buy two drinks and lock your phone up, but you will be entering a place where anything can happen. The first runs of shows are Joe Rogan and Friends shows, and the club will also be the new home of Kill Tony. Rogan was credited with helping to vitalize Austin and its comedy scene when he moved there.
This is great Joe. Can you move to Detroit mext?
Rihanna Sent Flowers to Elderly Group Who Did Halftime Show Imitation TikTok
They responded. Who?
TRENDING
Taco Bell Worker Just Snaps After Crunchwraps Sell Out
This never happens at a Friendly’s
Taco Bell employee snaps after getting hit by female customers because they ran out of Crunch Wrap Supremes… pic.twitter.com/FiXoSx9rWY
— Fight Haven (@FightHaven) March 2, 2023
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