The Pi Brew
We’re back at it again with a new edition of the Morning Brew. It’s been a wild few days. The National Hockey League brought four teams to Lake Tahoe. The Flyers were unfortunately one of them. WWE’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view took place Sunday night, and the Road to WrestleMania was made a little more clear. Texas was pounded by a Winter Storm that has devastated the area. Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s weak leadership was on full display as he fled to Cancun while the good people of Texas suffered.
All of this and so much more on this edition of the Morning Brew:
There were stunning views from Lake Tahoe
The NHL outdoor game at Lake Tahoe is absolutely stunning ๐คฉ
(๐ธ: Christian Petersen, Brian Babineau and Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/Y9yCtCl1gT
โ TSN (@TSN_Sports) February 20, 2021
Another sweet view
Can I play @NHL?! #NHL #LakeTahoe pic.twitter.com/qPujsq68Dy
โ Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) February 20, 2021
And anotha one
Yeah thatโll do. #LakeTahoe #NHL pic.twitter.com/VeyPX67bbo
โ Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) February 20, 2021
Here’s the Flyers’ team photo from Lake Tahoe
Flyers team photo in Lake Tahoe (courtesy Zack Hill/Flyers) pic.twitter.com/qMTO8fj00Y
โ Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) February 21, 2021
The scene was perfect for the Flyers game Sunday Night
The PERFECT hockey setting. ๐#NHLOutdoors pic.twitter.com/pC6mc8EZYK
โ #NHLOutdoors on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) February 22, 2021
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ.#AnytimeAnywhere | #NHLOutdoors pic.twitter.com/6oQrZhZqs6
โ Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) February 22, 2021
Sweet goal!
Chip, chase, celly. #NHLOutdoors | @FarabeeJoel pic.twitter.com/ZEyJNP8N32
โ Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) February 22, 2021
The Flyers got pounded by the Bruins
The views, we liked. The final score, we did not.#AnytimeAnywhere | #NHLOutdoors pic.twitter.com/wJE8yvLgsg
โ Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) February 22, 2021
Handshakes
Handshakes. ๐ค#NHLOutdoors pic.twitter.com/T4QQH2tWGm
โ #NHLOutdoors on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) February 22, 2021
The ice was a problem with the sun beaming down during the Colorado/Vegas game
Ice causing some issues at Lake Tahoe. Players and refs getting caught in ruts pic.twitter.com/cUkTIpdyLm
โ Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) February 20, 2021
The Avs won after a looooooonnnnnggggg delay
Star center Nathan MacKinnon had a hand in all three goals as Colorado persevered through an exhaustive gameday by defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on the 18th fairway of Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nev. https://t.co/qZfOqWgwOI by @MikeChambers
โ Denver Post – Avs (@avsnews) February 21, 2021
Carson Wentz was traded to the Indianapolis Colts
Should Wentz’s “playtime” be at or exceed 75%, or at least be at 70% and the Colts make the playoffs, the conditional 2022 pick becomes a first instead of a second, according to @AdamSchefter.https://t.co/OD0SZIjpt9
โ Philly Influencer (@PHL_Influencer) February 18, 2021
Wentz said goodbye to Philadelphia
Carson Wentz says goodbye to Phillyhttps://t.co/j8rsHJJXmO
โ Philly Influencer (@PHL_Influencer) February 20, 2021
Here are your NBA All-Star starters
2021 #NBAAllStar Game starters revealed!
Lakersโ LeBron James and Netsโ Kevin Durant tabbed as team captains for the 70th All-Star Game. https://t.co/O4Wa7Lc7OM pic.twitter.com/0I7bFHf2mcโ #NBAAllStar (@NBAAllStar) February 19, 2021
Congrats, Joel Embiid!
Make that 4 straight for @JoelEmbiid. #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/JMgJOtiWSj
โ Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) February 19, 2021
Doc Rivers will coach Team Durant
Congrats, @DocRivers!#NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/0ADMK24NkA
โ Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) February 20, 2021
Embiid scored 50 points Friday night
— Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) February 20, 2021
Drew McIntyre survived the RAW Elimination Chamber match
AND STILL โ๏ธ
Drew McIntyre survives the Elimination Chamber to stay WWE champion#WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/l6bUs76cDc
โ B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) February 22, 2021
But wait…
The Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase
THE MOST MUST-SEE CHAMPION IN WWE HISTORY.@mikethemiz has shocked the world and CASHED IN to become #WWEChampion! #WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/zjmp4EvlO0
โ WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2021
Daniel Bryan won the Smackdown Elimination Chamber match, only to fall to the Tribal Chief right after
YES! YES! YES!
Daniel Bryan survives the Elimination Chamber and will now face Roman Reigns for the Universal championship. TONIGHT.#WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/7cZFHTxUPm
โ B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) February 22, 2021
It’s official: Roman Reigns will defend the Universal Championship against Edge at WrestleMania!
It’s OFFICIAL! @EdgeRatedR will challenge @WWERomanReigns for the #UniversalTitle at #WrestleMania! https://t.co/ntuPL2cuJS pic.twitter.com/tT5jmMRm38
โ WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) February 22, 2021
A Texas Winter Storm pulverized the State and led to tragedy
As snow blanketed much of Texas on Sunday, an 11-year-old gleefully played outside. It was his first time seeing snow.
Less than 24 hours later, as temperatures plunged to near single digits and homes lost power, the boy died. https://t.co/LiaH0BfGqS
โ Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) February 19, 2021
The pipe situation across the state was a mess
Meanwhile during the Texas Ice Storm. #TexasFreeze #AbbottFailedTexas #TexasStrong #TexasPowerOutages #texasfrozen pipes pic.twitter.com/H4RrM70h9n
โ Hillary Jane (@HillaryJane35) February 19, 2021
Imagine going to the parking garage to get your car and seeing this
๐ธ: A Texas resident found their SUV frozen in ice after pipes burst inside a Galveston parking lot during devastating winter storm. https://t.co/CvNUdSWNgr pic.twitter.com/1xV1RIkoY5
โ ABC News (@ABC) February 19, 2021
The government in Texas failed its citizens
This is a thread about how, when the government failed Texans, people on the internet stepped in. (but activists say it shouldnโt have to be this way). https://t.co/1Gi3kH8qe4
โ MIT Technology Review (@techreview) February 19, 2021
Speaking of government failures, let me introduce you to Senator Cruz
Ted Cancun Cruz Left Dog in ‘Freezing’ Home, Wife Texted Pals to Join Them https://t.co/tBGsSZK0ky
โ TMZ (@TMZ) February 20, 2021
Needless to say, after a furious uproar, he returned home
Sen. Ted Cruz is flying back to Texas after uproar, saying he flew to Cancun to be a “good dad” because his children wanted a trip.
Texas is currently facing mass blackouts:
– 13 million hit by water disruption
– Millions told to boil water
– 500,000 homes still without power pic.twitter.com/DzgNELqdyrโ AJ+ (@ajplus) February 18, 2021
The coward even blamed his kids
Ted Cruz went to Cancรบn as Texans froze in the dark โ oh, and he also left behind his poodle Snowflake pic.twitter.com/7uOwRB98Ej
โ NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 20, 2021
The Cruz family soaked up the sun
Ted Cruz’s family seen soaking up the Cancun sun while Texas shivers https://t.co/cyy7cd3GiW pic.twitter.com/putE82hoqR
โ New York Post (@nypost) February 20, 2021
Cruz got roasted
The Ted Cruz memes always kill me bro https://t.co/GAhyjiaXCQ
โ Nicole Hutch (@nhutch609) February 19, 2021
This is a really funny meme. Ted Cruz did nothing wrong. pic.twitter.com/OArh1jXf7Z
โ Gavin Mario Wax ๐บ๐ธ (@GavinWax) February 19, 2021
The Ted Cruz memes are immensely satisfying. These are some of the best. https://t.co/sJe9rQGVRS
โ Judith Sunderland (@sunderland_jude) February 19, 2021
Cruz trip tests durability of scandal, memory of voters:
WASHINGTON (AP) โ Ted Cruz’s political career already featured many surprise twists before a jaunt to Mexico this week brought him a new level of notoriety.-Wait until the memes start…
Ted Cruz. Normandy. pic.twitter.com/886nGDm9QX
โ Jeff Rabinowitz (@rxjef77) February 20, 2021
Some of the Ted Cruz memes he has unleashed on himself are very good indeed. pic.twitter.com/4H83O0ohjl
โ Ivorpabst (@Ivorpabst) February 19, 2021
While Cruz failed his state yet again, AOC and Beto O’Rourke stepped up to the plate
Rep. @AOC and Beto OโRourke helped Texans directly while Ted Cruz fled to Mexico https://t.co/0CN4hTSxyo
โ NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 20, 2021
Rush Limbaugh died
Kathryn Limbaugh delivered news of Rush’s death in on-air message to fans https://t.co/CBfNfYPFNk
โ Fox News (@FoxNews) February 17, 2021
Republicans showed their respect for him
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis orders flags to half-staff in honor of Rush Limbaugh https://t.co/R8cHKFMJJl pic.twitter.com/yB0jBSGlT4
โ New York Post (@nypost) February 20, 2021
There would be no Donald Trump without Rush Limbaugh
โRushโs legacy is more complicated than any caricature,โ CNNโs @smerconish says about Rush Limbaugh after his death this week.
โQuite simply, there would never have been a President Donald Trump without talk show host Rush Limbaugh paving the way.โ https://t.co/o6uhHg5pjy pic.twitter.com/VtHNO5aobG
โ CNN (@CNN) February 20, 2021
Rush Limbaugh was as controversial as it gets
Rush Limbaugh helped create todayโs polarized America by normalizing racism, bigotry, misogyny and mockery. He was a demagogue who got rich off of hate speech, division, lies and toxicity. That is his legacy.
โ Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 17, 2021
So, let’s go to the tapes
I refuse to rewrite history.
This was one of the most disgusting and deplorable people ever to walk this Earth.pic.twitter.com/jICtR7HDmR
โ chris evans (@notcapnamerica) February 18, 2021
You be the judge if that’s your cup of tea or not.
A United Airlines plane had a major scare Saturday
NEW: A United Airlines plane with engine troubles has landed safely at Denver International Airport after dropping large chunks of debris in the neighboring town of Broomfield, Colorado; No injuries have been reported. https://t.co/ycXFl1PsRw
โ NBC News (@NBCNews) February 20, 2021
Kurt Cobain would’ve been 54 this weekend
Mark Zuckerberg … always up to something!
๐จNEW: deep-dive reveals that Mark Zuckerberg and top Facebook advisors changed moderation rules and/or personally intervened to protect Alex Jones and white supremacists linked to the Trump-incited domestic terror attack on the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/h0YzrZleth
โ Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) February 21, 2021
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