Extra Extra: French Seaside Town Lives In Fear Of Aggressively Horny Dolphin
Aug. 27, 2018, 5:45 p.m.
Because you want to see approximately two seconds of new GoT footage, check out today's end-of-day links: McCain's final letter to America, 'True Detective' season three trailer, Philly pretzels, RIP Roseanne (the character), ant nails, and doggo floats away.
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- After reportedly personally ordering that White House flags be raised to full staff (bold!), Trump caved under pressure (weak!) and ordered the White House flags once again lowered to half-staff (pathetic!) in honor of John McCain.
- Read McCain's final letter to America.
- Splinter makes a damning case against the legacy of McCain.
- Check out the first trailer for season three of True Detective, starring Mahershala Ali.
- A once-idyllic village in Brittany, France has banned swimming on its beach because of one dolphin’s aggressive horniness.
- Are Philly pretzels really that much better than NYC pretzels?
- In addition to everything else, Michael Cohen was also a bad landlord.
- The Kushner family real estate company has been fined $210K by NYC regulators following an investigation that showed "it routinely filed false documents with the city claiming it had no rent-regulated tenants in its buildings" when it actually had hundreds.
- RIP Roseanne (the character).
- NBC News reports on a secret message board which has been driving "pizzagate"-style harassment campaign of small businesses.
- Check out the first two seconds of new footage of Game Of Thrones, which is reportedly coming back next spring.
- Dear God, why would anyone want live ants put inside their nails?!
- And finally, it's time to float on home:
halp plz pic.twitter.com/4DBh7kyuKb
— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) August 27, 2018
