Wednesday November 4: Daily Links
WEDNESDAY 11.4
NEWS STORIES
Jersey Has Goes Legal Weed
If you were smart and living in New Jersey, you would start a 24 hour Taylor Ham Egg and Cheese shop.
Disco Fries too.
Oregon Becomes First State To Decriminalize Cocaine, Heroin And Other Hard Drugs
The people of Oregon voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin and meth on Tuesday. So on Wednesday everyone can get high with a little less anxiety. It’s a win-win.
Really? Radio Stations Going Xmas Early.
Dozens of radio stations around the country flipped to holiday music before election day. A handful of stations have been playing Christmas tunes since September.
It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Christmas in a lock down. Every commercial will be Amazon.
Brian Williams Interrupts Trump Feed As He Declares Victory Wednesday Morning
At 2:30am Wednesday, Trump gave a speech from the White House declaring that he had won the election and Brian Williams had to break in to let everyone viewing at home that that actually wasn’t true. Rudy Giuliani is now waiting outside Williams’ house with a tire iron.
Brian Williams: "We are reluctant step in, but duty bound to point out, when he says 'We did win this election. We've already won' that is not based in the facts at all." pic.twitter.com/X2c6cbVUSW
— Contemptor (@TheContemptor) November 4, 2020
GameStop is Having A Company Contest With a Shitty Reward
Game Stop wants to improve employee morale with a Tik Tok competition. If you win, one of the rewards is 10 extra hours of work on Black Friday! “The winner of the challenge will receive an Echo 8, Echo Auto, $100 VISA gift card and 10 additional labor hours to use during Black Friday week. Imagine what you could do with all those prizes.”
What’s the best reward to offer your employees? How about MORE WORK!? Thanks, Video Game Scrooge!
Thailand Banning PornHub and A Slew of Other Porn Sites, Causing Backlash
190 websites have been banned in Thailand in an effort to restrict online porn and gambling.
What the world needs now, is porn, sweet porn.
QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Majorie Taylor Greene is Elected to Congress in Georgia
It’s good to see this election year sanity and cooler heads prevail.
SPORTS
The Peoples Maradona Has Brain Surgery
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona was rushed into emergency brain surgery last night. A subdural hematoma was successfully removed and he is in recovery.
Pele may have been the greatest soccer player of all time but Maradona had more fun.
The Kenny Powers of Soccer.
The Ben DiNucci Era Is Over For The Cowboys
Looks like the Cowboys will not be sticking with Ben DiNucci this week. It must be the guys mustache, it’s unsettling looking.
#Cowboys plan on starting Garrett Gilbert or Cooper Rush at QB on Sunday vs. Pittsbrugh, per NFL Network. It won’t be Ben DiNucci. That era is over.
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) November 3, 2020
Eagles Super Bowl Run Doc, Maybe Next Year, Coming In November
A documentary on the year the Eagles won the Super Bowl comes out November 10th, titled Maybe Next Year. That title somehow won out over Big Dick Nick And His Magical Journey To Sainthood.
ENTERTAINMENT
Chelsea Handler Wears 'I Voted' Stickers As Pasties
Thank you for your service, Chelsea. You know how to unite a nation!
Eddie Vedder’s Strange Advice To Bradley Cooper To Prep For A Star Is Born
Eddie Vedder said that the nuttiest advice he gave Bradley Cooper to prepare for ‘A Star Is Born’ was to ‘make sure the guitar covers your balls at all times’. Wouldn’t ‘take a piss break at an awards show’ been more accurate?
Britney Says She’s The Happiest She’s Ever Been
Britney Spears posted a new IG video insisting that she’s fine and it’s the happiest she’s ever been in her life. Being able to do what you want, whenever you want must have been Hell on Earth for Brit.
Shirley MacLaine Tells the Secret to Her Long Career
Shirley MacLaine says that the reason she’s been around for over 60 years is because she’s never considered herself a diva. The Oscar winner also credits her ballet training for helping her keep a focused work ethic. First rule of Diva Club is never saying you’re a diva.
GOING VIRAL
Two Storm Troopers Figure it All Out
Ever wonder if Storm Troopers ever figured just how expendable they are? These two did. This is the Waiting for Godot of storm troopers
OK I’ve never seen Waiting for Godot.
But this seems like how it would be.
Whale Nearly Swallows Two Kayakers
Julie McSorley and Liz Cottriel are fortunate to be alive after a humpback whale nearly swallowed them whole at California’s Avila Beach. The two were kayaking when a massive whale unexpectedly came up to the surface for fish, nearly taking them with it. Miraculously, no one was injured. Watch Free Willy in a kiddie pool, it’s much safer.
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