The second of the two-week Formula One pre-season testing program wrapped up last week in Spain at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. As the final preparations for the 2016 World Championship continued, teams switched their focus from speed to locking down any reliability concerns they may have. Some teams were very successful. Others were wondering if the best way to save money was to virtually eliminate all running outside of race weekends.
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Sunday Link-Off: Simply Primary
I thought Super Tuesday was supposed to effectively end the primary process and leave us with a straight-forward 1v1 between Democrat-turned-Republican Drumpf and Republican-masquerading-as-Democrat Clinton. If only we could get that lucky. Well, luck is a relative thing. Another eight months of this must be a violation of the Geneva Convention.
Anyway, it’s Sunday which means that it’s time for the links. Let’s kick things off with Amy Adams.
President Jimmy Carter says that American politics is an oligarchy. Only the rich can afford democracy as they’ve bought and paid for it. (Inquisitr)
Tennessee Presidential primary winner defends penis size, promises war crimes. Just another day on the Republican Primary trail. (Nashville Scene)
After the Super Tuesday primary results, searches for moving to Canada jumped 1000%. I think that Canada should build a wall and make America pay for it. (Notable)
Entertainment Link-Off: I’m Afraid of Those Ghostbusters
I haven’t talked to Jackie about it but I was underwhelmed by the trailer for the new Ghostbusters. It seems like it’s a rehash of the first two movies in terms of plot and characters. I get that they want to revive Ghostbusters for a new generation but couldn’t they have put together something original but keeping the spirit of the classics. Maybe that’s just too much to ask.
Anyway, if you haven’t already noticed, I’ve drawn in for Jackie this week. He’s gone walkabout again. I don’t know what that means but it sounds vaguely Australian. This week’s pop culture links talks a lot about the magic of TV and the internet in various forms. And I thrown in some stuff about the Oscars and Ghostbusters which will be the only time that those two things will be in the same sentence this year.
But before we get to the links, let’s kick off with Tina Fey and Margot Robbie who star in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Everything That’s Wrong with YouTube According to GradeAUnderA (Part 2)
Three weeks ago, YouTuber GradeAUnderA took a look at everything that is wrong with YouTube starting with the site’s lax attitude towards actually enforcing copyright laws, fair use and its own community guidelines. This week, GradeAUnderA looks at the other six YouTube community guidelines that YouTube purports to enforce but doesn’t seem to unless it’s against a channel trying to produce quality content.
The Best of OSW’s Film Reviews
The lads over at OSW Review aren’t just about reviewing classic wrestling pay-per-views and events. If fact, they talk about a lot more than wrestling. Jay, V1 and OOC often veer into the world of movies with feature-length reviews done in the same style as their famous wrestling reviews.
For today’s look at the best of the interweb, we look at five of the best movie reviews by the gang at OSW Review.
Wednesday Link-Off: Make Donald Drumpf Again
If you don’t watch Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, you probably don’t know why people keep talking about Donald Drumpf. Well, Oliver did a feature story on Trump’s candidacy (which we have in the post) which included research for a Trump biography that mentions his original family name was Drumpf. So will he be running as future President Trump or Drumpf?
Anyway, it’s Wednesday which means that it’s time for us to do the links. Let’s kick things off with Sophie Turner who stole the show on the Oscars red carpet.
The Flint water crisis isn’t a new problem. Staff in Governor Snyder’s office were talking about bottled water programs twelve months ago. (Detroit Free Press)
Joe Scarborough is considered too Trump friendly for MSNBC. Yet he’s come out strongly against Trump for pretending to not know about the KKK and its leader. (Washington Post)
I’m writing this last night and assuming this won’t need a re-write: Donald Trump has pretty well wrapped up the Republican Presidential nomination. The Democrats aren’t the only ones concerned by this. Many Republicans are considering alternatives to voting red in November. (Bloomberg)
Fails of the Week
Every so often, we take a look at the most epic fails from the week that was in the Fails of the Week. This week, we have five pictures and videos that we think are the most epic fails of the week.
Formula One: 2016 Barcelona 1st Test Recap
The 2016 challengers for the Formula One World Championship turned their first wheels in anger around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for one of two pre-season tests ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. While the whole picture can be gleaned from testing, we probably did somethings in terms of pace and reliability.
Sunday Link-Off: The Big Prize
Did you come here looking for Oscars coverage? Well, here’s Magary’s annual Hater’s Guide to the Oscars. The most of the rest of this post will be about politics. After all, when you have people battling it out to be the leader of the free world (that isn’t Angela Merkel), it’s kind of the fight for the real big prize.
Anyway, it’s Sunday which means that it’s time for the links. Let’s kick things off with Jennifer Garner.
Who ordered Flint to switch to water from the Flint River? It doesn’t look like Flint City Council did. (M Live)
Here’s the first I’ve heard of this frighteningly apt comparison. Donald Trump is quite a bit like former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (Quartz)
About 38% of Florida voters think that Ted Cruz could be the Zodiac Killer. I give up on this election… And the electorate. (UPI)
2015 in Movie Product Placement
Just in time for the Oscars, it’s time for us to do another look back at the year that was in movies. While most people have spent the last couple of months talking about which were the best (or worst) movies of 2015. We have a handy little infographic that takes a different approach to looking at last year’s movies.
As an occasional Kickstarter contributor, I get daily emails from the website and they tend to crow, justifiably, about award nominated movies that were funded through their website. Not all movies are crowdfunded, though. For the big blockbuster films that routinely cost in the $200 million range to make, studios are turning to product placements to fund movies in case the box office, Blu-Ray sales and Netflix can’t make ends meet for them. Which movies and companies are getting the most money, exposure and value from product placement in movies? That’s what this infographic tries to answer.
The Lowdown 