Tuesday August 9: Daily Links

TUESDAY 8.9


NEWS STORIES

 



Mar-a-Lago Raided by FBI

Trump revealed that his Florida home and country club was raided by the FBI, executing a search warrant. No word on if they checked the toilets.

Watergate had the plumbers, and now the FBI needs actual plumbers.

Read more at BBC


January 6 Committee Now Has Alex Jones Texts

A source told CNN that two years worth of texts from Alex Jones’ phone were turned over to the January 6 committee. They were turned over by the lawyer in the Sandy Hook case who got them from Jones’ lawyer, reportedly sent by accident.

No matter what you think of him, you have to admit… the worst thing about him is his ability to pick a lawyer.

Read more at CNN


Herschel Walker Held A Gun To His Ex-Wife's Head?

Herschel Walker’s political aspirations are taking a hit after footage of his ex-wife talking about him putting a gun to her head has been repurposed for an attack ad against him. He will run a counter ad that just features his highlight reel.

Watch the video via Digg.


It's the Return of Meme Stock

AMC, Bed Bath and Beyond and Gamestop stocks are enjoying big gains even while the companies are not exactly in growth mode. It’s all because of reddit investors trying to play hedge fund investors.

This is like Reddit pretending they’re the Duke Brothers from Trading Places.

Read more at CNN


Proposed Florida Homeless Island Too Close to Rich People

Miami’s plan to build tiny homes on an island near Virginia Key Beach has hit a speedbump because its too close to Key Biscayne and Fisher Island. Others just levied the usual complaints like we shouldn’t gives stuff to people.

The plan would be to rename the island Roosevelt Island.

Read more at NY Post


Rachel Maddow Says Tucker Carlson's Got Skills

Ideologically Maddow and Carlson are worlds apart, but using a baseball analogy, she acknowledged his talents.

“If you think about baseball players, who are extremely competitive and who are fighting to win and who have rivalries, and some of those rivalries are bitter rivalries, that doesn’t mean you don’t study the pitching technique of their star pitcher. It doesn’t mean you don’t appreciate whatever they’re doing in terms of, you know, where they put their shortstop in order to give them a better defense. There’s a sort of, like, respecting the game, in terms of people who are doing well and people who are good at it.”

Hulk hogan and the iron sheik always had more in common with each other than their fans.

Read more at variety



SPORTS



NFL Says Aaron Rodgers Did Not Violate Drug Policy

An NFL spokesperson has said that Aaron Rodgers did not violate the league’s drug policy by doing ayahuasca and that the league doesn’t test for it. Ok, do his entire O-line can start eating acid like skittles and that’s cool?

Read more at ESPN.


ESPN Analyst Tells Mad Dog: Stop Screaming at Me

Ryan Clark and Chris Russo were arguing about whether Cooper Kupp is on a fast track to the Hall of Fame, when things got so excitable, that Clark had to say “Back up. You will stop screaming at me, bro!” Clark said. “That’s the last time. You will stop screaming at me.”

Okay but Mad Dog’s whisper is a scream. That’s all he’s got.

Read more at mediaite.


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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Kevin Smith Says Batgirl Shelving is a Bad Look

On his YouTube show, Hollywood Babble On, Smith said “It’s an incredibly bad look to cancel the Latina Batgirl movie. I don’t give a shit if the movie was absolute fucking dogshit — I guarantee you that it wasn’t. The two directors who directed that movie did a couple of episodes of Ms. Marvel, and it was a wonderful fucking show and they had more money to do Batgirl than they had to do an episode of Ms. Marvel and stuff.”

Kevin you have a few movies that should have been shelved. Stay out of this.

Read more at Yahoo.


Top Gun Moves to #7 in All Time Box Office Receipts

With $662 million in box office receipts, Maverick just shot ahead of Titanic on the all time box office record list.

Oh come on. It’s like the Titanic is sinking all over again.

Read more at IGN


Kanye Posts Skeet is Dead After Pete Kim Breakup News

West posted a fake NYT headline on his insta declaring that “Skete Davidson Dead at Age 28.” the post was a reaction to the news that Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson broke up.

Kanye always wins in the end.

Read more at EW.com


Bad News Elvis Fans

Cinema Blend is reporting that the Elvis movie won’t be coming to HBO Max next week as initially planned and promoted. So if you’ve been waiting to watch it for free, you’ve got a longer wait ahead.

The real bad news for Elvis fans is that he’s dead.

Read more at cinemablend.


Ashton Kutcher Says He is Lucky to Be Alive

In an upcoming episode of Bear Grylls Running Wild, Kutcher reveals that he had a rare immune deficiency condition two years ago that left him unable to walk, see or hear. He has since recovered and says he’s lucky to even be alive.

Critics were unable to detect even the slightest difference in his acting.

Read more at NBC


Kourtney Kardashian Flew Commercial

For the last few weeks the internet has really been pounding Kourtney for her wasteful use of her private jet flights. Now it looks like Kourt, husband Travis Barker, daughter and niece flew commercial for a vacation trip to Alaska.

This is the Kardashian version of traveling on top of a train in India.

Read more at Hollywood Life


11 Minutes of Behind the Scenes Batgirl Footage Leaked

Already better than Green Lantern.


Chris Pratt Trolls The Critics Who Don't Like His Show

Pratt posted on his Instagram references to the huge numbers of people who have streamed and loved the show with a photo of Dr. Evil.

Just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it doesn’t stink.

Read more at Yahoo


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TRENDING & VIRAL



Veterinarian Ranks The Worst Five Dogs To Own

A vet has gone viral giving her honest ranking of dogs she would never own, but before you get mad, she did tell you not to get your panties in a bunch.

She’s about to lose a lot of pug customers.

Watch the Tik Tok on Barstool.

@dr.terrellpetvet

#5thingschallenge #veterinarian #dogs #fypシ

♬ original sound – Whit


Scariest Flash Flood Ever

Townspeople gathered to watch the flash flood approach, until it got a lot bigger than anyone expected.

Does no one in this town own a surfboard?


What if The Bear Made PB&J Sandwiches

Let’s be honest. The sandwiches they make in that tv show are no harder than making peanut butter and jelly.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



These Are The Biggest Vehicles On The Planet

These are the eight largest vehicles on the planet. That is until Elon Musk builds the largest skateboard on the planet to appeal to the Zoomers.

Watch the video via Digg.



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