Tuesday October 5: Daily Links

TUESDAY 10.5


NEWS STORIES

 



The Pandora Papers Have Leaked

The secret deals of the rich and powerful have been leaked in the largest dump of offshore data in history. They’re called the Pandora papers, and there are 11.9 million files kept by the companies that are hired to create offshore accounts.

Luckily for the rest of us, this will never be a problem.

Read more at the Guardian.


One Person Hit The Powerball For $700 Million Monday Night

A single ticket hit Monday night for the Powerball and that person is now $700 million dollars richer. If you know this dude, stay as close as you possibly can.

Read more at Bloomberg.


News Anchors Suspended for Afro Wigs

Two Little Rock news anchors wanted to celebrate that Arkansas weather was heading “back to the 70’s” so they put on Afro wigs and were quickly suspended, while their boss was outright fired.

The good news is that that someone in Arkansas actually cares about racism.

Read more at Washington Post


Andrew Yang Is Officially Not a Democrat

We knew Yang was planning to start a new political party, and today he made it official that he no longer identifies as a Democrat. The world waits to see what kind of party he forms.

As he found out last New Years eve nobody wants to come to his party.

Read more at Axios.


Teens are Training to Drive Semis

There’s at least one high school in California offering students a course in driving big rigs. There’s a truck driver shortage so the hope is to fill some of those jobs, while providing career opportunities to young people. But media is reporting that parents and uninvolved strangers are concerned about whether teenagers can handle the job.

I don’t know why they’re upset, we’d have no problem sending them to the NBA…..or war.

Read more at insideedition.


Zuckerberg Loses $6 Billion in Hours of Facebook Blackout

The Facebook CEO had a rough day. Not only did his empire fail for hours on Monday, but the resulting stock slide cost him six billion and dropped him one spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Don’t worry. He’s lost more than that in his seat cushions.

Read more at Yahoo.




SPORTS



NFL May Give St. Louis An Expansion Team If They Lose St. Louis Relocation Lawsuit

The businesses of St. Louis are suing the NFL for taking the Rams from them and the NFL is trying to move the case from the St. Louis area, if they lose, the NFL will be out a giant sum of money. One option they have if they lose is, they can offer an expansion team to the city. The St. Louis Football Team has a great ring to it.


ESPN Anchor Questions Obama's Blackness

Sage Steele told Jay Cutler it was “fascinating” Obama indicated he was Black on his census form “considering his Black dad was nowhere to be found.”

Clinton’s dad wasn’t around but he’s still white…


Brady Joins Short List of QBs That Have Beat Every Single NFL Team

Golden Boy joins Brett Favre, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees as the only QBs to have accomplished beating every team in the NFL at least once.

Its time for a new Mt Rushmore .

Read more at CBS



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



HBO Drops New Game Of Thrones House Of The Dragon Teaser

HBO dropped their teaser for the new prequel Game of Thrones series, House of the Dragon. Enjoy it since we won’t see a sequel until George RR Martin is long gone.

Watch the trailer on YouTube.


CBS Says No Katie Couric

Katie’s got a new book out and she’s promoting everywhere— except CBS. That’s because the network cancelled her appearance on CBS This Morning, presumably because of the content of the tell-all.

Don’t worry there’s always Rogan.

Read more at Page Six


First Musical Guest to Perform Nude on SNL?

According to reports there’s a new naked cowboy in town. Sources say SNL musical guest Kacey Musgraves performed butt nekkid- wearing nothing but a guitar and cowboy boots, making her even less dressed than the famous Times Square tourist draw who wears briefs when he performs. Audience members say that Kacey was shielded from the live audience by a temporary wall when she walked on and off the stage to conceal her more private parts.

If a tree falls in the woods and there’s a wall there……no-one cares.

Read more at buzzfeed.


Clint Eastwood Awarded Six Mill

A judge says that a Lituanian CBD company owes Clint Eastwood over $6 million for using his likeness to imply that he endorsed their CBD supplements.

Dammit! Dirty Harry didn’t approve? Then why have I been stocking up on Lithuanian CBD?

Read more at NY Post.


Nick Cannon Celibate!

After fathering four kids in under a year, Nick Cannon says he’s going to stay celibate until 2022.

It’s time for Nick to put the cannon!

Read more at Page Six.


Tony Bennett Doesn't Know He Has Alzheimers

Beloved performer Tony Bennett has alzheimers and his wife revealed that he doesn’t know he has the disease.

Jeez then why don’t you tell him.

Read more at mediaite.


more stories coming soon

everything



TRENDING & VIRAL



Australia Has 5 Weird Time Zones

Maz Jobrani is cracking this story wide open. Australia has five weird time zones, that include areas that are on the half hour while everyone else is on the hour.

Its’ always the same time in Australia. Beer o clock.


Squid Games Subtitles are Garbage

A Korean language speaking TikTokker has blown the lid off Squid Games subtitles. According to her, the Netflix hit series is mistranslating the show by a wide margin.

Subtlety doesn’t seem to be the point of the show, does it.

@youngmimayer

#squidgame translations are sooo wrong here’s a little example

♬ original sound – youngmi



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



nothing here yet

everything



Read More Stories From the IB Wire

.

.