Wednesday November 30: Daily Links

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Qatar Admits to At Least 400 Deaths By World Cup Workers

An official admitted that between 400 to 500 migrant workers died in the course of helping to build the infrastructure needed for hosting the World Cup. Previously the nation had alleged only 40 had died.

Bet it seems worth it just to see their team go 0 for 3

Read more at TMZ


Same Sex Marriage Bill Passes Senate

A bipartisan breakthrough has led to the Senate passing with a vote of 61-to-36. The House is expected to pass the bill and send it on to Biden to sign into law.

Congratulations, you can stay married. Where were you guys for womens reproductive rights?

Read more at NY Times


Oath Keepers Founder Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy

Stewart Rhodes faces up to 20 years in prison after a jury convicted him of multiple counts, including seditious conspiracy in connection with January 6,

Still seems like a slap on the wrist.

Read more at CNN


Another Crypto Billionaire Dies Under Odd Circumstances

Vyacheslav Taran, a 53 year old Russian crypto billionaire was killed in a helicopter accident this week. The crash occurred in clear weather, and adding to the odd circumstances, another passenger cancelled at the last minute.

This is the crypto version of knives out.

Read more at Daily Mail.


San Fran Voting on Killer Robocops

San Francisco is voting on a proposal to allow the police force to use robotic officers that can use deadly force.

So great to live in the dystopian future.

Read more at The Daily Beast


Every Monk in One Buddist Temple is in Rehab...For Meth

A temple in Thailand is empty after every single monk was sent to rehab, for being on Meth which is crazy.

How do you meditate on meth?

Read more at barstool.


Meteorite Has Two New Minerals We've Never Seen

A 3000 pound meteorite that crashed to Earth in 2020 has been studied and scientists found two brand new minerals that we’ve never seen before.

Is one of them crypto-nite?

Read more at The Sun


Less Than Half of England Are Christians

Brits are getting less religious it seems. According to the latest census, Christians now make up less than half of the population of England. In 2020 only 46 percent of the population identified as Christian, compared to nearly 60% ten years ago.

Looks like Ricky Gervais is winning the religious wars.

Read more at apnews.



SPORTS



Jeff Saturday Taking Heat

The Colts lost to the abysmal Steelers monday night and new head coach Jeff Saturday is getting plenty of hate for his decisions– particularly the decision not to take two time outs when his team really needed them.

Things are not getting any easier for Jeff Saturday in his new head coach role.

Guess Mondays are not for Saturday.

Read more at defector.


US Mens Soccer Star Christian Pulisic Is Getting All the Love`

Pusilic scored a goal, and an injury during Tuesdays win vs Iran. He posted on social media from the hospital where he was being treated for a pelvic contusion, and said he WILL be ready for Saturday’s game vs Netherlands.

Ah, the Aaron Rodgers of the World Cup


Stephen A Smith Is Done....

….with New York City after he claims a bad traffic jam made him 20 minutes late to his own show.

Millions of people get to work on time. Its called the subway.

Read more at mediaite.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Kim K Getting $200 k in Child Support Every Month

Kim and Ye have finalized their divorce, and Kanye will pay two hundred grand a month in child support.

Plus they get to read about their dad daily.

Read more at NY Post.


Sam Jackson Takes on Tarantino

After QT said that Marvel actors aren’t movie stars, the characters are, Samuel L. Jackson pushed back saying QT is wrong. Jackson said “It takes an actor to be those particular characters, and the sign of movie stardom has always been, what, asses in seats? … What are we talking about? That’s not a big controversy for me to know that apparently these actors are movie stars. You know? Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther. You can’t refute that, and he’s a movie star.”

Oh that’s right. You get your paychecks from Marvel.

Read more at Decider.


If Glass Onion Had a Regular Release It Could have Made $200 Million

Netflix only put the Knives Out sequel in theaters for a week, but if it had a more traditional release and run in theaters, it could have brought in a hefty box office. Instead it grabbed about 15 million and then everyone watched it for free.

Netflix has a business plan that only Elon Musk would love.

Read more at CNBC


Adam Sandler is the Hero of Gotham

Sandler’s speech at the Gotham Awards has gone viral and made him a hero. The premise of the speech– his daughters wrote the speech after he decided not to plan one.

” Dear well-dressed dignitaries, highly educated hipsters and various other plus-ones of the Gotham Awards, thank you for giving our daddy, Mr. Adam Sandler, this prestigious lifetime, all-time, primetime G.O.A.T. achievement tribute award.”

“While daddy is with you tonight, we’re doing everything we’re not allowed to do when daddy is home, like eat his Yodels or try on his Spanx or, dare we say, laugh out loud at Ben Stiller movies,” he joked. “The last time daddy caught us chuckling away at the ‘Meet the Parents’ trilogy, he immediately stormed into the room he calls ‘The Screaming Room,’ which we just call ‘the shower,’ and bellowed out the phrase, ‘Only the Sandman makes people laugh. Fuck every other comedian.’”

“Daddy’s silly film career began in 1988, formed by two guiding principles: people in prison need movies too and TBS needs content,” he said.

Okay but it’s not hard to be the funniest person at the Gotham awards.

Read more at Variety


The Rock Makes Amends For Snickers He Stole 35 Years Ago

Dwayne Johnson decided to right a very old wrong. While in Hawaii he popped into a 7-11 and bought up every snickers bar, to make up for stealing one a day when he was 14. “I have been waiting decades to do what I’m getting ready to do now,” he wrote on IG. He spent $300 and left the snickers with instructions that they should be given for free to anyone who might be thinking about stealing one. “We were evicted from Hawaii in ‘87 and after all these years – I finally got back home to right this wrong.”

This would be such a great amends if he didn’t turn it into a major PR moment.

Read more at USA Today



TRENDING & VIRAL



Giant Hat Sales Up 2000 Percent

Brian Robinson’s endorsement has given a big push to his friends big hat company. Sales skyrocketed two thousand percent after Robinson gave the hats a social media plug.

I guess when you sold one last month its not hard to increase 2000 percent.

Read more at TMZ


Car Crashes Into Fireworks Store in Florida

A massive fire started after a car crashed into a fireworks store in West Melbourne Florida.

Hey you guys dont have the rights to the pink panther movie.

Read more at mediaite.


Liver King Uses Steroids!?

I know this is shocking but the man who claims to live like a cave man and has muscles for days did not achieve his physique naturally. New leaked emails show a pattern of steroid usage.

Read more at barstool.



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