Wednesday September 15: Daily Links
WEDNESDAY 9.15
NEWS STORIES
Newsom Wins, Beats The Recall
Gavin Newsom has retained control of the governorship of California, beating back the recall that was led against him. Now maybe he can finally focus on the fires.
Man Arrested Over Performing Attempted Assisted Suicide Of Alex Murdaugh
A former client of attorney Alex Murdaugh has been arrested over attempting to help Murdaugh commit suicide so Alex’s surviving son could cash in on his $10 million life insurance policy. The former client has been charged with assisted suicide, aggravated assault and battery, and insurance fraud. The client is also the person Murdaugh had been getting all his oxycodone from. This will be the greatest true crime doc ever. Period. Sorry, Robert Durst.
There's A Flower Shortage!
The flower industry is in trouble. The massive overbooking of weddings that have been rescheduled has created a shortage of flowers that were already in trouble since the pandemic caused crops to be wasted last year and a shortage of labor.
AntiVaxxers Gargling With Iodine
Well they don’t want the vaccine, but they’re still searching for answers to avoid getting killed by Covid. There have been a few trends so far- at one point hydroxycloraquine was flying off shelves, and ivermectin is still the anti-vaxxer drug of choice. And now people are gargling with betadine, the brand name for iodine, normally used to cleanse wounds in hope of cleansing out the covid.
So we’re back to swallowing bleach again.
Fauci Talks About Nikki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Balls
Jake Tapper show was interviewing Anthony Fauci, and Jake couldn’t resist asking about Nikki’s statement that her cousin had a friend whose dick and balls were wrecked by a vaccine.
Is there any evidence the vaccine causes any “reproductive issues” Jake asked? “The answer to that, Jake, is a resounding ‘No,'” Fauci said.
Fauci, if you don’t mind we’re going to side with Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend.
"The answer to that, Jake, is a resounding no" — asked about Nicki Minaj's tweet regarding her cousin's friend's balls, Dr. Fauci says there's no evidence the Covid vaccines cause reproductive issues pic.twitter.com/2wuqy14fDi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 14, 2021
New Observatory is the Best View in NYC
Every year NYC gets a newer scarier and more beautiful spot to observe the city. Summit One Venderbilt, right next to Grand Central has a 1401 foot tower. The viewing area is 3 stories high located on the 91st through 93rd floors, and will have some weird creepy elements like fun hour mirrors and floor cutouts and spaces with glass floors you can walk on.
New York is scary enough at ground level. Do we really need this?
Get a first glimpse at Summit One Vanderbilt's insane observation deck experience: https://t.co/4DBOBwRAbZ pic.twitter.com/0NKjRmOM6n
— Time Out New York (@TimeOutNewYork) September 14, 2021
Sept. 14, 2021: SUMMIT One Vanderbilt: Press Tour Today (OPENING Oct. 21, 2021). YES, it's absolutely incredible! Different from other NYC observation attractions, this is a painstakingly designed sensory experience Bravo! #summitonevanderbilt pic.twitter.com/2s2XJb9z5p
— Josiah Howard (@JosiahHoward22) September 14, 2021
A Unique, Dramatic Observatory Experience Is Opening In New York: SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, a four level observatory and sensory experience atop a midtown skyscraper opens in New York in October. pic.twitter.com/Mp7dWXFBVj
— King Tri-Zi (@KingTriZi) September 14, 2021
SPORTS
Ronaldo Knocks Down Security Guard
While practicing, Christiano Ronaldo kicked a shot so hard, it knocked a guard flat on his back. The soccer star jumped a fence to rush over and offer help.
Talk about a meet cute.
Read more at Manchester Evening News
Cristiano Ronaldo checked if a security guard was OK after one of his shots hit them during the warm-up 📸 pic.twitter.com/IaLs7OiBmY
— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 14, 2021
Soccer Federation Becomes First Organization to Pay Male and Female Athletes Equally
The U.S. Soccer Federation said it had offered identical contract proposals for the men’s and women’s national teams.
“U.S. Soccer firmly believes that the best path forward for all involved, and for the future of the sport in the United States, is a single pay structure for both senior national teams,” the USSF said in a statement. “This proposal will ensure that USWNT and USMNT players remain among the highest-paid senior national team players in the world, while providing a revenue sharing structure that would allow all parties to begin anew and share collectively in the opportunity that combined investment in the future of U.S. Soccer will deliver over the course of a new CBA.”
Wait the US Mens soccer team gets paid?
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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Alanis Morissette Rips Doc About Her
Alanis Morissette has trashed the doc about her, Jagged, which is coming out on HBO Max. She’s said is has a “salacious agenda” and that it “Includes Implications & Facts That Are Simply Not True.” Well, Alanis, now we’re all gonna watch it, this has backfired.
Britney Spears Deletes her Entire IG
With a lot riding on some upcoming hearings, it seems Ms. Spears has decided to dump a lot of evidence.
Dammit, maybe she is sane.
https://www.instagram.com/britneyspears/
Flavor Flave Says Only One Thing is Keeping a Public Enemy Reunion From Happening
TMZ spoke to Flav and he said that he’s ready to kick up some dust with his former groupmate, Chuck D, but says Chuck won’t sign the partnership agreement that needs to happen first.
Is the agreement that he needs to pay for your new clock?
Arnold and Danny Have Found Their Triplet
The movie Twins is getting its sequel, Triplets after 30 years. And who is the perfect person to fill these gigantic boots as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito’s long lost brother?
Tracy Morgan of course
Can’t wait for Tracy to take Arnold out behind the kindergarten and get him pregnant. #twins #kindergartencop #junior
Rolling Stones Changing Their Logo to Honor Charlie Watts
The iconic Rolling Stones logo is changing. The lips and tongue logo will be modified to all black to honor their former bandmate. The new logo will be projected during the tour and available on the band shirts, and other apparel.
What a great honor. Increased merch sales.
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VIRAL VIRAL
Gamer Celebrates Huge Win! Dislocates Shoulder!
When you win a big tournament, you celebrate, but watch yourself, you can lose an arm patting yourself on the back too hard. Like CakeAsssault here, who dislocates his shoulder with some strenuous hip hip hooraying.
It’s weird because video game players are normally in such great shape.
A popoff to put Hungrybox to shame. Congratulations to @CakeAssault_ for winning Rivals of Aether at Riptide! pic.twitter.com/AyePRiW0Me
— Not Panda | turndownforwalt (@turndownforwalt) September 12, 2021
Lincoln Statue Fools Frisbee Playing Dog
This dog really wants to play frisbee and can’t understand why that bearded gentleman on the bench won’t throw.
Silly dog, everyone knows Lincoln only plays hacky sack.
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
Study Sez You Can Overeat - Just Don't Overeat Shitty Food
Scientists have found that you can eat as much as you want – just don’t eat processed food and tons of carbs. But who wants to overeat broccoli? It’s not even possible.
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