Wednesday December 8: Daily Links

Published by Interrobang Staff at December 8, 2021

WEDNESDAY 12.8

NEWS STORIES

Man Arrested For Setting Fox News Christmas Tree On Fire

A man was arrested for setting fire to the Christmas tree outside of the Fox News headquarters in New York City. When will this war on Christmas finally end?

Death Pod Approved in Switzerland For Assisted Suicide

A coffin-like capsule with windows is now a legal means of committing suicide in Switzerland. The pod can be transported to a tranquil place, and can be activated from the inside allowing the occupant to press a button that will flood the pod with nitrogen allowing for a pain free passing.

Great. How many do they need?

Chris Christie, Stand Up Comedian, Roasts Trump

At a gathering of the Grid Iron Club this weekend, the former NJ Governor and Trump confidante roasted Trump about Covid, and his wife.. “I mean, I gave Donald Trump my undying loyalty, and as we learned this week, he definitely gave me COVID,” he quipped. Later he joked that Glenn Youngkin benefitted from the Trump name without ever being in the room with him. “You know who he learned that strategy from? Melania Trump, actually.”

*Rimshot.

One thing the right and left can agree on. Chris Christie is a Dope

Can't Pronounce The Big 2021 Words?

Cheugy and Omicron are just two of the words nobody knows how to pronounce,

Wouldn’t it be a better world if we didn’t have to say either?

Great News, The Earth May Soon Have a Global Black Box

Planes have a black box, which does nothing to help people in an airplane disaster, but the rest of us can look inside and see what went wrong. Now a company in Tasmania is looking to create a black box for the planet earth. No it won’t help us survive a catastrophe, but the hope is it will be left behind for any off-worlders (ie aliens?) to be able to look back and see what happened to us when it all blows up.

Looks like someone sees the future as half empty.

Tesla Drivers Can Play Video Games In the Car

Tesla’s fancy screen now holds more than just in car operations and mapping programming. This summer, the automaker added a software update that includes games.

Ironically, the most requested game is Mario Kart.

College Professors Attack Erosion of Math in K-12

Hundreds of teachers have signed a letter blasting schools for eliminating advanced math courses from their curriculum.

If we could learn to do math then why bother having computers?

SPORTS

Are The Oaklans A's Making A Move To Las Vegas!?

The Oakland Athletic’s have put in a bid for the land the Tropicana casino now sits on on the Las Vegas Strip. The City of Oakland doesn’t deserve this.

Aaron Rodgers Teases He May want End Manningcast Curse

Aaron Rodgers was on Pat McAfee’s show and brought up possibly going on the Manningcast in January to break the curse of the show where any active NFL player loses their next game after appearing on it. If Aaron can beat Covid, he can beat this curse, as long as he has his research down.

Bennifer Spotted Courtside At Lakers Game

Hey, Lebron, get the fuck out of the way we’re trying to watch these lovebirds enjoy their evening out.

Watch the clip on Twitter.

J Lo and Ben Affleck courtside at the Lakers game 🤩 pic.twitter.com/2jCP4DvfeD

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 8, 2021

CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT

Alec Baldwin Has Run In With Dude Video Taping Him

Alec Baldwin was outside Woody Allen’s house when a guy on the street started filming in. Doesn’t this dude know Baldwin’s not afraid to shoot?

Watch the video on Twitter.

NEW … I ran into Alec Baldwin on the Upper East Side pic.twitter.com/8pG5Vpshw2

— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 7, 2021

No Shit Report: Travis Scott Asks To Be Dismissed From Astroworld Lawsuit

Travis Scott is denying any culpability in the Astroworld tragedy and is asking to be removed from the lawsuits that have been filed.

Joey Chestnut Crushes 17 Lbs of Shrimp Cocktail

Joey Chestnut sat down at the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship on Saturday, and sucked down 17 pounds of shrimp cocktail.

Where did he eat this? 1964?

Brook Shields Calls 1980 Barbara Walters Interview: Practically Criminal

In an appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast, Brook called out Barbara Walters over a 1980 interview. She said Walters asked her numerous intimate and invasive questions about her sexual history, even though she was only 15. This took place after the infamous Calvin Klein ad raun in which Shields infamous says, “Nothing comes between me and my Calvins.” She went as far as to say the interview was practically criminal.

If you think that was bad you should see The View.

Why Didn't Spielberg Want Subtitles for West Side Story?

When the characters speak Spanish, there will be no translation on the screen, Spielberg said. “If I subtitled the Spanish, I’d simply be doubling down on the English and giving English the power over the Spanish. This was not going to happen in this film, I needed to respect the language enough not to subtitle it.

Guess he feels we should all be speaking Spanish by now.

Greg Tate Influential Essayist Has Died

Tate was an important writer who penned pieces for the Village Voice, Vibe and Spin about art, music and culture, and the black avant gaarde.

How do you replace the irreplaceable?

VIRAL & TRENDING

Should Movies Have an Intermission?

A Gawker writer is advocating that with movies increasingly going over two hours, maybe we should bring back the intermission, allowing for time to pee, and get a refill on popcorn or drinks.

Sure, or…..and hear me out, you can just tighten up the movies dude.

STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS

The Top 22 Kate McKinnon SNL Characters

Buzzfeed is celebrating Kate McKinnon’s greatest original characters and impressions with a list of the top 22 with Rudy and Hillary, and her alien encounter character rounding out the top three.

What about her best 2021 character, the invisible woman?