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ICYMI: Carrie Fisher Says Donald Trump Probably Does Lots Of Coke
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- Self-professed cocaine expert Carrie Fisher took to Twitter on Sunday night to clarify how Donald's incessant sniff-sniff-sniffing at the second presidential debate is ABSOLUTELY a cocaine thing. Remember kids, there's no such thing as ethically sourced coke.
- Florida man drives car into house to protect it from Hurricane Matthew (cool name). Cool, I guess. Just as long as he remembers to open the home's doors and windows before turning the car's engine on.
- Shia LeBeouf got married in Vegas by Elvis. For what it's worth, LeBeouf and his bride Mia Goth have been dating for a long time now, so it's all good.
- Ben Gibbard and Death Cab For Cutie wrote a whole song to protest Donald Trump. The song is the first of 30 anti-Trump ballads to be released in the coming days.
- A bear attacked a person in the Angeles National Forest on Monday on the trail up to Mt. Wilson, but he'll probably be alright. No word on the bear, though.
- KPCC questions whether or not California roads and drivers are ready for legal weed.
And here's a great bike race finish:
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