Sunday Link-Off: Law and Disorder

bridget-malcolm-victoriassecret-05It’s Sunday which means that it’s time for some links. I’ve dug up some news-ish links which includes a return of the Rob Ford crack tape story. I missed that story. Anyway, let’s start the day off with Australian model Bridget Malcolm.

Just when you thought that the Rob Ford crack tape scandal was over, it turns out that the police have the man selling the video and probably the video too. (Toronto Star)

Warren Kinsella says that the Toronto Police actually do have the Rob Ford crack video and it’s real. (Warren Kinsella)

In case you didn’t hear, Toronto Police shot a teenager with a knife on an empty streetcar nine times before tasering him. Not even slightly excessive force. (Vice)

Well, Russia’s anti-gay law will make for an interesting Olympics next year. A co-sponsor of the Russian law says that gay athletes and tourists will be arrested at the Games. (Gay Star News)

The Anthony Weiner story may not just affect his run for mayor but might have an effect on the Hilary Clinton presidential campaign. (New York Times)

If McDonald’s doubled its wages, your Big Mac would only cost $0.68 more or less than a 20% increase. (Think Progress)

Did you hear the story about the blogger whose house was searched for Googling pressure cookers and backpacks? Yeah, turns out the story was a crock of shit and her husband had done websearches for “pressure cooker bombs.” Suddenly doesn’t seem like the police are abusing power now does it? You look that up and you should consider yourself lucky that all you get is searched. (Tech Crunch)

The Wall Street Journal has discovered lawnmower racing. I’d like to know how I get into this. (WSJ)

You may have thought that NBC scored a coup by winning the rights to NASCAR coverage on TV but it turns out that they outbid themselves since ESPN and Turner Sports didn’t want NASCAR TV. (Sports Business Journal)

Tim Marchman rightly points out that ESPN’s work covering Johnny Manziel is really just to promote its own interest in making Manziel a star ahead of its broadcasts of his games this fall. (Deadspin)

A former Romney campaign aide thinks that Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom is lying about a reporter getting kicked off the campaign bus… It’s not surprising that a fictional character getting kicked off a fictional campaign bus by a fictional campaign aide in a fictional TV show would confuse a Romney campaign worker. Most of what the Romney campaign called facts were actually fictional. (Warming Glow)

I meant to put this in yesterday’s ELO but forgot so here’s some Star Wars parkour.

NBC Sports Network is promoting its upcoming Premier League coverage with a video explaining the cultural difference between American football and proper football.

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