Wednesday January 26: Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 1.26
NEWS STORIES
Brian Williams Said no to CBS Evening News
CBS tried to recruit the recently available Brian Williams to helm their “Evening News” show, but he declined.
Brian can still spot a loser
In DC, Strippers Have to Wear Masks
Washington DC requires strippers, who can be nude, to cover up their faces due to Covid.
Oddly, tips increased significantly.
Two Men Claim to Be the First To Ascend the Earth’s Tallest Mountain
No its’ not Mount Everest which is the highest at just over 29,000 feet. These guys scaled a Hawaiian mountain that measures 33,500 feet from its base to its tip. But 20,000 of those feet are underwater. So Victor and Cliff descended to the bottom, floated back up, kayaked 27 miles to shore, camped for the night, and then took the hike to the 13,000 foot peak.
Floated up 20,000 feet? Okay, you can have your record, but it’s getting an asterisk.
Boston and Virginia Hospitals Turn Down Unvaccinated Patients
A Boston hospital rejected a heart transplant patient because his refusal to be vaccinated puts the much in demand organ at risk of survival, and a Virginia hospital turned down a man from getting on the active kidney transplant list for the same reason.
You’re willing to have your chest cracked open but won’t take the needle?
Little Caeser’s Makes Worst Movie Tie In Ever
The Batman Calzony is part pizza, part calzone all gross.
It would be tastier to eat a bat.
Little Caesars dared to make a Batman-shaped calzony https://t.co/gNXWy7fhlV pic.twitter.com/eLqP0t8sSP
— Polygon (@Polygon) January 24, 2022
RFK Jr Apologizes for Holocaust Comparison
Cheryl Hines spoke up saying her husbands comments were reprehensible, and RFK apologized for saying that “Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps into Switzerland, you could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did,” implying that Covid mandates were worse than the holocaust.
I apologize for my reference to Anne Frank, especially to families that suffered the Holocaust horrors. My intention was to use examples of past barbarism to show the perils from new technologies of control. To the extent my remarks caused hurt, I am truly and deeply sorry.
I guess this could be a slip of the tongue if your tongue kept slipping for ten minutes.
Read more at Page Six and The Hill
I apologize for my reference to Anne Frank, especially to families that suffered the Holocaust horrors. My intention was to use examples of past barbarism to show the perils from new technologies of control. To the extent my remarks caused hurt, I am truly and deeply sorry.
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) January 25, 2022
SPORTS
Sean Payton Leaving Saints
Payton announced that after 16 years coaching the saints, he’s leaving, and he doesn’t plan to return to coaching in 2022.
“I don’t know what’s next and it kind of feels good,” Payton said Tuesday during a heartfelt press conference. “I don’t like the word retirement. … I still have a vision for doing things in football. and I’ll be honest with you, that might be coaching again at some point. I don’t think it’s this year. Maybe in the future, but that’s not where my heart is right now, not at all.”
Okay, guess its back to the aint’s
Viewership for NFL Playoffs Soar
NFL’s second round of playoff games scored big numbers, topping 2021. 52 million tuned in to watch the Chiefs beat the Bills, with 38 million checking out the Rams win over the Bucs.
What the hell were the other 299 million people doing?
Tom Brady Answers the Big Question
Tom was asked whether he’ll be coming back to the NFL next season. ‘It’s not always what I want. It’s what we want as a family,” he told reporters.
Uh oh, already putting the blame on your chick?
Simone Biles Crushes It
Simone Biles nailed a major flip in the gym, posting video to her socials showing that she’s still got it.
Looks like isn’t the Olympics.
more stories coming soon
Watch Travis Kelce Mic’d Up Orchestrating The Bills Demise
Welp, looks like Travis Kelce is the real head coach of the Chiefs after watching him while mic’d up during the :13 second drive against the Bills. The Giants are looking to hire Kelce as their new OC.
Watch on the NFL’s Twitter.
Did @tkelce orchestrate the 13-second drive? 👀
(via @nflfilms, @insidethenfl) pic.twitter.com/fBXQXBSgSF
— NFL (@NFL) January 25, 2022
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Kid Rock Releases What Some Would Say Is A Song
Kid Rock banged out a new song called We The People, featuring a chorus of “Let’s Go Brandon” and a slew of other meme lyrics. This is going to be the lead single off his new EP, Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams.
Read more at the Hill and give a listen on YouTube.
Michael Rapaport Films Shoplifter, Is SHOCKED
Ol’ Michael Rapaport has gone viral for filming a shoplifter at a Rite Aid in Manhattan and the security guard not doing dick about it. If it bothers you so much Mike, pick up a shift at Duane Reed and go full vigilante.
Watch it all go down on Instagram.
Buzzfeed Readers Think A Lot of Celebrities are Cringy
Buzzfeed put up a few dozen celebs and asked their readers, cool or cringe? Only Neil deGrasse Tyson seems to have beat the Cringe-meter.
Guess Huey Lewis is right, it’s hip to be square.
Woman Guilty of Defamation in Cardi B Trail Has to Cough Up $4 Million
A woman who posted a bunch of videos in 2018 making false claims about Cardi B including that the pop singer was a prostitute, did drugs and had STDs will owe $125 million in damages and expenses, plus another $1.5 million in punitive damages and she has to pay Cardi B’s legal fees.
Chris Stanley is begging the YouTuber to attack him next.
Peppa Pig is Suing Creators of Wolf
Vietnamese owned Connect’s YouTube channels have made bank on an animated series called Wolfoo with 15 million subs, but the show looks a lot like a more famous cartoon, Peppa Pig. So the company that ones PP is suing the Wolfoo creators.
Cue the Eagles’ There’s a New Kid in Town
Ashton Kutcher’s Exes Team Up for Super Bowl Ad
Demi Moore and Milk Kunis are both in a Super Bowl commercial together where the theme is “We have a lot in common.” It’s a tongue in cheek reference to the two being Eskimo Sisters because they’ve both been with Ashton Kutcher.
What they have in common is a big mistake.
VIRAL & TRENDING
Most Popular Movie Genres from 1910 to 2021
A data expert at Apple made a bunch of charts to track the popularity of various film genres throughout the last 110 years.
What no mumblecore?
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
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