Wednesday December 29: Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 12.29


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The Flu Returns After a Year Off

The old fashioned flu was all but gone in 2020, but now cases are on the rise.

Back and better than ever in theaters across America.

Read more at apnews.


Trump Adviser Explains the Plan to Overturn the 2020 Election

In a new memoir, former advisor Peter Navarro explained that he and Steve Bannon had a plan to overturn the 2020 election results, called Green Bay Sweep. Navarro detailed the plan for The Daily Beast, that included lining up 100 congressmen and senators, and said the plan was going great, but that the capitol riots screwed everything up. Stalling the certification with objections was designed to pressure Pence to send the electoral votes back to six states and attempt to overturn the results.

And they would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those pesky proud boys.

Read more at The Daily Beast


Dude Faked Being Special Needs To Get Women To Fulfill Sexual Fetish

A Louisiana man has been charged with sex trafficking after he recruited someone to help hire babysitters by telling them he was special needs. The women would change his diapers and treat him like a baby.

Sounds to me like he’s plenty special needs.

Read more at cbs42.


Door Dash Engineers Pissed About New Job Requirement

Door Dash engineers who make mid six figures are pretty pissed that the company has asked them to do a once-a-month delivery to understand the needs of drivers. Engineers wrote on a message board things like “What the actual f—k? I didn’t sign up for this, there was nothing in the offer letter/job description about this.” Another said “Not acceptable in anyway!”

It’s a great idea. Let’s also let the drivers be engineers for a week.

Read more at SF Gate.


Death Row Radio!?

A Texas prison radio station is giving men on death row a chance to broadcast.

Everyone’s dying to listen to it.

Read more at The Guardian


AntiVax Protest Takes Over a Brooklyn Burger King

Five arrests followed after dozens of protestors marched to a Fulton Street Burger King and refused to leave. Five were arrested.

Hey guys have it your way.

Read more at amny.



SPORTS



Carson Wentz on Covid List

Colts Quarterback Carson Wentz may not play on Sunday. He’s on the reserve list for covid19 protocol.

It’s okay. I’m sure they have someone else that can hand off 40 times a game .

Read more at indystar.


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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Kris Jenner Bought All Her Kids Matching Cars

All the Kardashian kids got matching Moke electric open-top cars for Christmas this year- a gift from mommy.. They look like a cross between a golf cart and a Malibu Barbie Jeep.

Kim’s came with the optional extra wide seat.

Read more at etonline.


Dr. Oz Caught Losing Cool on Reporter After He Thought She Hung Up

New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi called Dr. Oz and his wife for comment for a profile piece. He wasn’t thrilled, and after he ended the call he and his wife complained about the reporter for four full minutes. But he had failed to disconnect the call properly and she heard every word including the phrase ‘This Fucking Girl Reporter!”

Jeeze Ox, don’t you think you should get elected before a watergate tape shows up?

Read more at mediaite.


Hugh Jackman Has Covid, Cancels Music Man Shows

While many Broadway shows were shutting down due to Covid spikes, The Music Man said the show must go on. It did, and now the show’s star tested positive for Covid.

We got Covid right here in river city. It begins with c and ends with d.

Read more at nypost.


Adele Record Sales in 2021 Shockingly Lower Than 2015

Sales for Adele’s current album are down 82% from the last time she released a new record in 2015.

Maybe she’s right. It is time to go to Vegas.

Read more at showbiz411.


Movie Theater Gets Caught Using Amazon Prime

A tiktok video appears to show a moviegoer catching the projectionist just running movies off his Amazon Prime account. The embarrassment gets worse when the display on the screen reads “maximum videos playing” so the movie didn’t even get shown

What. Nobody else had an iphone?

Via digg.

@rachel.m00re

Apparently our movie theatre runs off fire tv & renting Amazon prime movies 👀😭 #fyp #movietheater

♬ original sound – Rachel Moore


2021 Had No All-Time Classic Album

Uproxx says this year there’s no clear classic album. In past years, its been extremely predictable which album was on top in a poll. In 2018, it was Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour. In 2019, it was Lana Del Rey’s Norman F*cking Rockwell. In 2020, it was Fiona Apple’s Fetch The Bolt Cutters. This year. nothing.

Haven’t you guys heard of Night Cream? Greg Stone?

Read more at uproxx.



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