Naaaaaaah.
Additional Random Thought:
Instead of worrying about my car tracking where I go, I’m going to start tracking where it goes.

I’ve got nothing to hide, or maybe I do.
“The embrace of socialism — an extremist ideology — among mainstream Democrats both in office and in the electorate is the logical extension of Democrats’ policies. As I’ve previously written, the DSA isn’t necessarily inventing any new ideas or positions. They’re merely taking positions already embraced by much of the Democrat Party and just following them through to their logical conclusion. ” ~~ Brianna Lyman
Germany’s Merz says US friendship since war ‘probably over’ for now
The Straits Times | Sep 18, 2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the era of “unconditional” ties between the US and Europe built since World War II are over, at least for now, the latest pronouncement of a breakdown in relations under US President Donald Trump’s presidency.
“This era of unconditional transatlantic friendship is probably over for the foreseeable future,” Merz told party members in Berlin on Sept 17. “On the other side of the Atlantic, we are seeing a change in political attitudes, a change in the assessment of the transatlantic alliance, which we might not have thought possible.”
With friends like that, who needs enemies?
To go back a few days, “Kaiser ah, Sera!”

Bond girls? They break me out of stasis for this?
Results from 9/11/2026
| Cecilie Thomsen | No Preference | Valerie Leon |
|---|---|---|
| 129 | 2 | 54 |
| (11) Denise Richards | No Preference | Rachel Grant |
|---|---|---|
| 116 | 2 | 77 |
New Matches for 9/18/2026
Match 1
(10) Rosemund Pike (Miranda Frost) vs Sophie Marceau (Elektra King)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (10) Rosemund Pike | 6 – 1 – 0 | 946 – 11 – 517 |

Miranda Frost
Actress: Rosamund Pike Nationality: English Bond Movie: Die Another Day (2002) Synopsis:
Miranda Frost was an MI6 agent assigned to investigate Gustav Graves. An Olympic fencing champion, Frost worked as Graves’ publicist and fencing partner. Bond discovered that Miranda was a double agent working for Graves, who had killed off Miranda’s competition in the Olympics so that she could win gold.

Rosemund Pike
VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (3) Sophie Marceau | 6 – 1 – 0 | 948 – 7 – 507 |

Elektra King
Actress: Sophie Marceau Nationality: French Bond Movie: The World is Not Enough (1999) Synopsis:
Elektra King was the daughter of Sir Robert King, a wealthy oil baron. When Elektra was kidnapped by villain Renard, M persuaded Sir Robert not to pay the ransom. Elektra developed Stockholm syndrome because of this, feeling sympathy for Renard and resenting her father. She killed her father and planned to destroy Istanbul in a nuclear explosion so that her inherited oil pipeline would have a monopoly.

Sophie Marceau
Match 2
Halle Berry (Jinx) vs Serena Scott Thomas (Dr. Molly Warmflash)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Halle Berry | 4 – 3 – 0 | 686 – 10 – 869 |

Jinx
Actress: Halle Berry Nationality: American Bond Movie: Die Another Day (2002) Synopsis:
Since Die Another Day was the 20th Bond film, and marked the 40th anniversary of the series, Jinx was introduced in the style of Honey Ryder, rising out of the sea in a bikini, with a hunting knife attached to her side. Jinx worked for the NSA and was assigned to kill Zao.

Halle Berry
VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Serena Scott Thomas | 1 – 6 – 0 | 369 – 16 – 953 |

Dr. Molly Warmflash
Actress: Serena Scott Thomas Nationality: English Bond Movie: The World is Not Enough (1999) Synopsis:
Molly Warmflash was the chief medical officer at MI6. Bond had to visit her to be cleared for duty after an explosion dislocated his collar bone. Although not technically fit, Bond seduced Molly, who agreed to clear him so long as he called her this time. Moneypenny read off the report, which mentioned that Bond had “exceptional stamina.”

Serena Scott Thomas

We good looking girls got it rough these days.
“First, it’s her body, her choice. It’s not like the Euphoria star had a gun to her head to do the ad. She has the goods, flaunts them, and, given her reaction to the faux backlash over the jeans ad, couldn’t give two $%^s about what anyone else says. She got paid again, you clowns. And you cannot cancel her, so whine all you want. You’ve already lost, so shut your holes and guzzle another 5 liters of white wine.” ~~ Matt Vespa

Anybody else feeling a Fall chill?
Results from 9/9/2026
| Carole Bouquet | No Preference | Cassandra Harris |
|---|---|---|
| 120 | 1 | 47 |
| Lynn-Holly Johnson | No Preference | Kristina Wayborn |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | 6 | 67 |
New Matches for 9/16/2026
Match 1
(5) Ana de Armas (Paloma) vs Tina Hudson (Bianca)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (5) Ana de Armas | 8 – 1 – 0 | 1275 – 12 – 532 |

Paloma
Ana Celia de Armas Caso (born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban-Spanish actress. She portrayed the Bond Girl Paloma in No Time to Die.
An agent of the CIA, James Bond, meets Paloma at the El Nido Bar after agreeing to Felix Leiter‘s request to go there in order to retrieve the scientist Valdo Obruchev, who has been captured by SPECTRE from a MI6 laboratory. To Bond’s bemusement, Paloma tells him that she has had only three weeks of training, though she nevertheless seems confident in her skills. She works together with Bond to infiltrate the party which is being held in the bar, though it turns out to secretly be a trap to capture and kill Bond. Bond ends up in a spotlight and sprayed with nanobots created from Project Heracles, though it ultimately transpires that Obruchev reprogrammed the nanobots to kill members of SPECTRE instead. In the ensuing chaos, Bond and Paloma manage to capture Obruchev, evading Nomi, an MI6 agent who had been sent with the same objective.

Ana de Armas
VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Tina Hudson | 4 – 5 – 0 | 1093 – 19 – 839 |

Bianca
Actress: Tina Hudson Nationality: English Bond Movie: Octopussy (1983) Synopsis:
Bianca was an MI6 agent assisting Bond in Latin America. She helped Bond disguise himself as Colonel Toro so that he could infiltrate a military base and plant an explosive on a Cuban spy plane. When the mission went awry and Bianca saw Bond being taken away as a prisoner in an army jeep, she went into action. She drove alongside the jeep, and flirted with Bond’s captors, showing off her legs to distract them while Bond pulled their parachute cords.

Tina Hudson
Match 2
Monica Bellucci (Lucia Sciara) vs (9) Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Monica Bellucci | 4 – 5 – 0 | 843 – 28 – 945 |

Lucia Sciarra
Born Monica Anna Maria Bellucci
30 September 1964 (age 60)
Città di Castello, Umbria, ItalyOccupations Actressfashion model Instructed by his former superior M, James Bond is assigned to trace notorious assassin Marco Sciarra, kill him, and attend his funeral, knowing his womanizing ways will get him the answers he needs there rather from the assassin himself. Bond travels to Mexico and successfully kills Sciarra, failing his plan of targeting a stadium for a terrorist attack.

Monica Belluci
VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (9) Tanya Roberts | 8 – 1 – 0 | 1398 – 6 – 704 |

Stacey Sutton
Actress: Tanya Roberts Nationality: American Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985) Synopsis:
Stacey Sutton inherited the Sutton Oil company, which megalomaniac Max Zorin tried to take over. Zorin offered Sutton $5 million for her shares in the company, which she refused. Bond learnt of the cheque and confronted her at her home. Stacey was initially aggressive, pointing a shotgun at Bond. However, when some of Zorin’s henchmen arrived to persuade Stacey to sell, Bond sorted them out and gained Stacey’s trust. The pair escaped an attempt on their lives, and managed to kill Zorin.

Tanya Roberts

They blinded me with science.
“First we guess it. Then we compute the consequences of the guess. Then we compare the result of the computation to nature, with experiment or experience. If it disagrees with experiment it is wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It does not make any difference how beautiful your guess is. It does not make any difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is—if it disagrees with experiment it is wrong. That is all there is to it.” ~~ Richard Feynman
Diamond prices collapse as labs overtake mined stones and upend luxury market
The Nightly | 19th August 2026 | Tom RichardsonLab-grown diamonds are upending a centuries-old luxury market, sending prices tumbling and forcing miners, jewellers and consumers to rethink what makes a diamond valuable. Gold could be next.
Good night.
Sydney Sweeney vs Markie Post
Sydney Sweeney (3-0-0 Pts. 188 Avg. 62.67)

VS
Markie Post (2-1-0 Pts. 136 Avg. 45.33)
