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Day: January 2, 2020

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These New Year’s Eve Deals From Lyft Will Get You Home For A Lot Less

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Lyft Lyft’s New Year’s Eve 2019 Deals Are The Best Way To Save On Your Ride Home By Cianna Garrison Updated: Dec 31, 2019 Lyft wants to help people celebrate New Year’s Eve, save some money, and get home safely. You can break out the champagne with friends without worrying because Lyft’s New Year’s Eve 2019 deals are available in several major cities across the United States. Saving on your Lyft is almost a necessity, unless you want to get stuck paying higher fare on one of the busiest nights…

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20 things to look out for in 2020

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You won’t see Russia competing this year because it’s been banned from all major sporting events for four years by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete under a neutral flag, however. 2. Glastonbury will celebrate its 50th birthday Image copyright Live Nation Image caption L-R: Kimberly Wyatt, Jessica Sutta, Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, Carmit Bachar Whether you were into grunge or girl-groups, you’re going to be getting a big dose of nostalgia this year, with bands…

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Guy Removes 11 of the Chunkiest Raccoons You Will See From a Porch

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Gates Wildlife Field Supervisor Joel was called out to rescue 11 raccoons from a closed in porch of a home. As you will see in the video, the house was under full renovation and the back door was left open one night. Once inside, the raccoons made their way through a broken window leading into the front porch of the home. One by one, the raccoons must have followed each other into the porch area. The window was too high for the raccoons to get back inside and the front…

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The Shirk Report Volume 557

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Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, Kottke, Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 20 IMAGES – Friday! – That was not well thought out – This was well thought out – Haters will say it’s fake – Stocked for the next decade – This aquarium’s wet floor sign is on brand – Facts…

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The Woman Who Refused To Cut Her Hair Since She Was 5 Is Now 34 Y.O. And Looks Like A Real-Life Rapunzel

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While many of us dream about having long, luscious locks, we all know that having perfect long hair comes down to two things. The first thing is that you need to be extremely patient when you are growing it out and put a lot of effort into taking care of your hair. The second is, of course, genetics, so no matter what products you use, your thin, prone to breakage hair won’t become thick and healthy-looking. If you’re one of the unlucky ones who wasn’t blessed with patience or good…

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Travis Scott Seemingly Addresses Kylie Jenner Split On New Song ‘Gatti’ – Listen For Yourself HERE! – Perez Hilton

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Is Travis Scott low-key dishing on the end of his relationship with Kylie Jenner with his new music?! The 27-year-old rapper released a brand new compilation project called JACKBOYS early Friday morning on his label, Cactus Jack Records. And within the seven-track record — which features artists like Quavo and Offset in addition to Scott’s own rap collective — the new song Gatti is quickly raising eyebrows. Collaborating on the track in question with fellow MC Pop Smoke, the Houston-born artist delivered an interesting line that has our interest piqued when he says (below): “Duck away, she wanna…

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White evangelicals love Trump. Religious voters? Not so much.

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(CNN)Much has been made of President Donald Trump’s strong standing with voters on the religious right, especially after a Christianity Today editorial called for Trump to be impeached and removed from office. The editorial generated a lot of press because Trump won white born-again evangelicals with more than 75% of the vote in 2016 and his approval rating with them remains at 75% in CNN/SSRS polling taken in the middle of last year. Simply put, Trump’s not popular with nonwhite born-again evangelical voters. His approval rating with them was a…

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Watch This Kid’s Adorable Reaction To Unwrapping An Odell Beckham Jr. Jersey For Christmas! – Perez Hilton

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This is so cute! Odell Beckham Jr. is one of the best football players in the NFL right now, so it makes sense that a lot of kids look up to him when he takes the field on Sundays. This Christmas, one young OBJ fan got the gift of a lifetime — and his reaction was one for the ages! Seriously, this is SO adorable! On Christmas Day, an Instagram user shared a wonderful video of his son receiving a replica of Beckham’s football jersey for the Cleveland Browns. Immediately upon unwrapping the…

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Racism exclusions up in England’s primary schools

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496 temporary exclusions for racism from primary schools in the academic year 2017-18 a rise of 40% on 2006-07, when there were 350 exclusions in the North West there were 36 temporary exclusions in 2006-07, compared with 76 in 2017-18 the number of exclusions for racism across all schools in England has fallen over the same period Nai’m’s story Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNai’m says the racism left him shocked and sad at the same time Carla, who moved to Manchester from Bermuda three years ago…

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Woman Writes An Open Letter, Explains How 4 Words Changed Her Attitude Towards Motherhood

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“There’s no trophy, Ashley,” her husband said as she was giving birth. The words really resonated with her, reminding her that it’s OK for mothers to think of themselves as well. She put all of her realizations into a wonderfully-written post on Facebook, and it quickly went viral. Continue scrolling and read for yourself. Image credits: Image credits: Ashley J. Gibson The superficial trophy she has dealt the most with during her latest pregnancy was the feeling that she needed to get her pre-baby back right away. “I work in…

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