Thursday September 29: Daily Links

THURSDAY 9.29


NEWS STORIES

 



Mitch McConnell Supports Bill That Removes All Doubt About Certifying Elections

Some accused Mitch of supporting an anti-Trump Bill. “Congress’ process for counting the presidential electors’ votes was written 135 years ago. The chaos that came to a head on January 6th of last year certainly underscored the need for an update,” he said.

It’s not so much anti Trump as it is pro Pence.

Read more at CNN


Roger Stone Claims Videos Calling For Violence Are Fakes

Stone said he never called for violence and that video that CNN aired are “fraudulent deep fake videos and expects anyone to believe them based on their long history of lies,” Stone wrote on Telegram Monday night. “Let CNN or anyone else produce any proof that I knew in advance about, participated in or condoned any illegal act on January 6 or any other day.”

The Deep Fake was acting like the election was stolen.

Read more at The Daily Beast


Reverse Storm Surge Empties Tampa Bay

At least they know the bottom of the bay is clean.

Read more at WTSP.

@officialevanfaner

Beautiful weather were having here

♬ Oh No – Kreepa


Inmate Serving Life For Killing Hot Dog Vendor Escapes

Nevada correctional officers are searching for a man who was serving a life sentence for killing a hot dog stand vendor during a bombing. He has apparently been missing for days.

Incarcerated in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas.


This Was Inevitable: Adult Happy Meals Coming Soon

McDonalds is going to sell adult happy meals, with adult sized food choices– like a big mac or ten nuggets– and a nostalgic toy.

For adult children everywhere.

Read more at Barstool.



SPORTS



NFL Lineman Will Be Playing Dodgeball During The Pro Bowl Games

It’s been announced NFL lineman will be involved in the skills competitions during The Pro Bowl Games including a round of dodgeball. Finally, a lineman will shine.

Read more on Twitter.


Roger Maris Jr. Wants The MLB To Change The Single Season HR Record

Roger Maris Jr. wants the MLB to give the single season home run record to Aaron Judge if he manages to hit one more and take it away from Bonds. That is until Judge is busted for juicin’.

Read more at the Athletic.


Skip Bayless Calls Aaron Rodgers a Shock Jock

Rodgers raised a few eyebrows when the Green Bay QB referred to Bill Bellichick as the greatest football coach of all time. Bayless called the comment “classic Aaron Rodgers” and called him a shock jock. “He’s feeling himself, ‘I finally got even with Tom Brady, I finally beat Tom Brady, so I can get away with saying anything I want to say. Who the hell was Vince Lombardi? I’ll pick Bill Belichick, just to piss them all off.’ He loves it, he’s a shock jock.”

Vince Lombardi would call a Green Bay sweep right into Aaron Rodgers .

Read more at mediaite.


Tom & Giselle Have Been Hunkering Down In Separate Residences

Tom & Giselle are staying in separate homes hunkering down as Hurricane Ian slams Florida. At least they’re still in the same state, that’s progress.

Read more at the Daily Mail.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Coolio Passed Away At The Age Of 59

Coolio passed away yesterday at the age of 59. It is believed to be a case of cardiac arrest.

He’s now off to the Gangsta’s Paradise in the sky.

Read more at Rolling Stone.


Tom Hanks Says He's Made Four Pretty Good Movies

“I’ve made a ton of movies (and four of them are pretty good, I think) and I’m still amazed at how films come together. From a flicker of an idea to the flickering image onscreen, the whole process is a miracle,” Hanks said, declining to mention which four.

You better not be including Forrest Gump.

Read more at people.com.


Wheel of Fortune Airs Racist Puzzle

Viewers are pissed off after Wheel of Fortune aired a puzzle that read “Eeny Meanie Miney Moe, Catch a Tiger By the Toe.” The old rhyme had racist roots, with the original lyrics containing the n-word instead of the word tiger.

After removing the puzzle from rotation, they replaced it with I Go Pee Pee in Your Coke

Read more at The Root


Chloë Grace Moretz Became a Recluse Because of Family Guy

The Kick Ass star said “There was one meme that really affected me, of me walking into a hotel with a pizza box in my hand. And this photo got manipulated into a character from ‘Family Guy’ with the long legs and the short torso, and it was one of the most widespread memes at the time.”

“And I just remember sitting there and thinking, my body is being used as a joke and it’s something that I can’t change about who I am, and it is being posted all over Instagram,” she said. “It was something so benign as walking into a hotel with leftovers. And to this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.”

Does anyone enjoy Family Guy?

Read more at CNN.


Brad Pitt, Emily Ratajkowski Keeping their Relationship on DL

Rumors of a budding relationship seem to be true, but beautiful pair is keeping things low key in light of their respective high profile divorces.

No one wants you two to be low key. We’re begging. If we ever wanted to see PDA, it would be with you two.

Read more at Page Six.


CBS Screens Ghosts Season Premiere in Empty Theaters-- For Ghosts

Ghosts is the most popular new comedy of 2021, and CBS is doing some publicity stuntin, holding screenings of the season two premiere in empty theaters. Well maybe not empty, these screenings are for the ghosts.

Perfect swerve. No live humans would go see it.

Read more at variety.


Billionaire MacKenzie Scott Getting a Divorce

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and her science teacher husband, Dan Jewett, are splitting up.

They’re trying to figure out how to split Jeff Bezos money.

Read more at DNYUZ.


Sharon Osbourne Documentary is Incoherent

Sharon’s new FOX doc, To Hell and Back was called an Incoherent Cancel Culture Crusade, and a mess.

Incoherent mess is usually her husband’s trademark..

Read more at jezebel.



Bad Buzz for David O Russell

Russell’s star studded Amsterdam movie may have Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Taylor Swift and Robert De Niro, but its also got bad buzz, bad press, and poor reviews. Can Amsterdam overcome the odds at the box office?

Bad Buzz is his message board name.

Read more at variety.


TRENDING & VIRAL




STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Parents Who Get Stoned Are the Last Taboo

Weed smoking has been normalized, except when it comes to parents getting high. It is the last remaining marijuana tattoo.

How else can anyone put up with parenthood without it?

Read more at Washington Post.



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