Tuesday September 20 Daily Links

TUESDAY 9.20


NEWS STORIES

 



Herschel Walker Admits He's Not That Smart, Predicts Debate Fail

Walker predicts that he’s going to faceplant in a debate with opponent Raphael Warnock. He was a no show for his primary debate, but won anyway. And now he’s scheduled to debate on October 14th in front of a live audience. On The Savannah Morning News, he said “I’m a country boy. I’m not that smart,” adding that his opponent is “smart and wears these nice suits. So, he is going to show up and embarrass me at the debate Oct. 14th, and I’m just waiting to show up and I will do my best.”

He’s not being self deprecating.

Read more at mediaite.


Lip Reader Shares What The Queen Consort Said to Kate About Young Charlotte

Prince Charles Wife Cruella– err- Camilla was annoyed upon seeing little Princess Charlotte and her brother Prince George acting up during the Queen’s funeral procession. A lip reader saw her glare at their mother saying “Take Her.”

Glad Camilla has found her role as the wicked stepmother.

Read more at Daily Star


Justin Trudeau Spends Night Before Queens Funeral Singing Karaoke

The Canadian PM is getting a lot of grief for going out and singing Bohemian Rhapsody by (cough) Queen, at a karaoke bar the night before Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. Plenty of people are calling out the move as being in incredibly poor taste.

Dude you’re from Canada you should have been singing The Hip

Read more at TMZ


Trump Grumpy Cause DeSantis Stole His Awful Shitty Garbage Plan

The Florida Governor had a horrible disgusting idea- to round up human beings and ship them to Martha’s Vineyard, while promising them work to prove a point. And while most of us are outraged, Donald Trump is pissed off, because he says it was all his idea, and DeSantis took credit for it.

Is he also mad at a man who has a plan to move deer out west in trucks?

Read more at Rolling Stone


Bannon Accuses Biden of Plot to Annihilate the Human Race

Biden’s initiative to cure cancer may sound heroic, but Steve Bannon says its a fake initiative that’s real purpose is to eliminate the human race. “They don’t want to talk about it. They’re just going to do it. And they’re going to call it the Cancer Moonshot.”

Let’s just hope that human race 2.0 does better than we did.

Read more at Media Matters


Adnan Syed Conviction Overturned

The man who was the subject of the mega viral podcast “Serial” will be a free man after a judge overturned his conviction. Syed was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 1999 and has spent 23 years in Jail. In 2014, the podcast took a deep dive into his case. A new episode will air tomorrow, 8 years after the initial run.

It’s a giant win for podcasts and a giant question mark for justice.

Read more at Deadline


Beyond Meat CEO Busted For Road Rage Freak Out

The CEO of Beyond Meat got busted for punching through a guys car window who cut him off then fighting him and biting off a piece of his nose after a college football game.

Sounds like Beyond Meat is actually just human cartilage. Yum.

Read more at NWA Homepage.


CO2 Problems May Lead To Beer Shortage In US

Due to a dormant volcano in Mississippi, there is now a CO2 shortage which means there may also be a beer shortage.

Can 2022 get any worse?

Read more at Axios.



SPORTS



Who Smacked Kyler Murray

You can’t get these guys too close to the losing gamblers. When Murray walked to the stands to give and get some high fives after beating the Raiders, someone reached out and smacked him. Vegas police are investigating.

Remember when smack talk was just talk? Thanks Will Smith.

Read more at NY Post.


Where Does Kirk Cousins Rank On The List Of Most Like NFL Players?

In a pre season poll Kirk Cousins was the 6th most likeable player in the NFL. After MNF, he’s now the most like player strictly in the city of Philadelphia.

Read more on Twitter.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Here Comes Mariah Carey Alt Rock

Back in 1995 Mariah recorded an alt rock album, and her record label buried it in a dark secret place. Now she’s talking about releasing the never-before-heard album.

You know you want this. We all want this.

Read more at Pitchfork.


James Cameron Fought With FOX About Avatar. Game Point Match Cameron

Cameron told the New York Times, “The studio felt that the film should be shorter and that there was too much flying around on the ikran — what the humans call the banshees. Well, it turns out that’s what the audience loved the most, in terms of our exit polling and data gathering. And that’s a place where I just drew a line in the sand and said, ‘You know what? I made ‘Titanic.’ This building that we’re meeting in right now, this new half-billion dollar complex on your lot? ‘Titanic’ paid for that, so I get to do this.’”

Just give us Titanic 2 you know we want it, and we know you want to give it to us.

Read more at Variety.


Scott Bakula Has Nothing to Do With Quantum Leap Reboot

On a five part Twitter thread, Bakula said “I have no connection with the new show, either in front of the camera or behind it.”

And now none of us will have involvement with Quantum Leap

Read more at Gizmodo


Aaron Carter Wants to Be Like Johnny Depp

Carter is planning to take his ex girlfriend to court, and he’s suggesting this could get as epic as Johnny Depp’s case against Amber Heard.

Finally a court case no one cares about.

Read more at TMZ


NY1 Meteorologist Fired For Explicit Web Cam Action

Two-time Emmy nominee Erick Adame is sharing his truth about being fired by NY1. “Please judge me on the hundreds, thousands of hours of television that I am so proud of … not the couple of minutes of salacious video that is probably going to soon define me in out ‘click-bait’ culture.”

Can we wait until we see the footage to decide?

Read more at TMZ



VIRAL & TRENDING



Watch the Burning Man Drone Show

Starts okay but then it really drones on.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS




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