Tuesday February 27 Daily Links
TUESDAY 2.27
NEWS STORIES
FTC Moves to Stop Kroger Albertsons Merger
Two grocery giants want to merge, but the FTC plans to prevent the move to combine the Kroger and Albertson grocery store chains.
Nobody needs to corner the market on cheese doodles.
Clarence Thomas Hired a Racist Law Clerk?
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has hired a law clerk who was accused of racist conduct while she worked at a conservative nonprofit organization that included sending a text message that stated “I hate blacks.”
In Thomas’ defense, he is ignorant when it comes to racism.
Fox Host Goes After Bob Costas for Trump Comment
Brian Kilmeade is furious that Costas called Trump fans a toxic cult. He called it a page out of the Hillary Clinton playbook, saying, “It’s so, it’s so shallow of him to think that you can have your feelings and put down 74 million people along the way.
Don’t think Costas does politics as well as he does Mickey Mantle talk.
Miami Beach Wants Out of the Party Hardy Biz
The city now aims to discourage the crowd of spring breakers from coming by implementing harsher measures ranging from having them pay $100 for parking, double-towing fees for non-residents , DUI checkpoints and heightened police enforcement for the consumption of alcohol in public.
All they’re doing is arresting people. This could have worked years ago.
SPORTS
Kelce Sr Calls Bethanny Frankel a Troll
Frankel said she doesn’t think Travis Kelce is good for Taylor Swift. So Kelce’s dad got involved, posting, “Who TF is this troll?” with a photo of the former “Real Housewives of New York City” star.
His dad may not know this but no one has ever listened to Bethany Frankel.
Peter King Retires
The NFL Columnist Who Set the Bar ‘Impossibly High’ has filed his last column.
You’e getting out while the gettings good.
Eric Bieniemy Got Hired
Sources say he’ll be following up his gig with the Washington Commanders by working as an offensive coordinator for UCLA.
Next stop high school.
Russell Wilson Wants 2 More Titles
“For me, it’s about winning — over the next two years, I want to win two [Super Bowls], I want to feel the chill of that trophy again. I love the city and everything else, but you also want to be [in] a place that wants you, too. The thing I want to do is to win, that’s all I care about.”
You can do this if you end up backing up Mahomes.
Mike Greenberg Pissed Off at Reaction to Duke Player Injury
Some people are actually blaming the Duke student who got injured when fans rushed the court this week, and Mike Greenberg told them to kick rocks. “If you are one of these absolute morons on social media who are suggesting this was Kyle Filipowski’s fault for ‘instigating’ whatever it is that happened with this kid who went running out onto the court after him, just be aware that you are an idiot and everyone around you knows you are an idiot.”
This is why we don’t want Greenie to become baseball commish. Who will protect our student athletes?
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Saltburn House is Getting Too Much Attention From Influencers
The stately home used in the movie Saltburn has been busy lately. Trespassers and influencers can’t get enough of it.
Everyone wants to drink bathwater.
Shane Gillis Gets Series Pickup at Netflix
Shane Gillis has struck a deal for his first scripted series: a Netflix workplace comedy set in an auto repair shop.The streamer has ordered six episodes of Tires, which is based on a pilot concept Gillis had previously posted on YouTube.
No one will ever be cancelled as long as Netflix is in business.
Beyonce Country Song is Her 9th #1 Hit
Texas Hold Em is not just a hit, its a #1 hit, making this Beyonce’s ninth solo song to top the charts.
In other news, you can see John Schneider at the comic con in Toad Suck Arkansas.
Mary Poppins Goes From G to PG
The British film classification system has taken away the Disney film’s squeaky G rating, in favor of a PG, because a character in the movie uses a discriminatory word: Hottentots which is a term that was used in a derogatory manner to describe South African nomadic herders.
Just get rid of it. Nobody will notice.
Freddie Mercury Hologram to Tour
33 years after his death, Freddie Mercury will tour again, this time as a hologram
The hologram weights more than he did
Ryan Gosling Will Perform at Oscars
Gosling is going to sing I’m Just Ken at the Oscar ceremony on March 10th.
This makes up for Greta and Margot being snubbed, at least to the guys.
JK Rowling Attacks Sky News For Reporting About Trans Woman
“I’m so sick of this sh**,” Rowling wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, linking to a Sky News post that referred to Scarlet Blake as “she” without mentioning she is transgender.
Would you rather they call her a muggle?
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