Straight Line of the Day: Would You Want Some GenZ Chick Parenting You?

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Gen Z women say they’ve had enough financially supporting — and parenting — their boyfriends
AP Moneywise via Yahoo | August 8, 2025 | Victoria Vesovski

Naomi is a 24 year old, lives on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and earns six figures working two retail jobs. Her boyfriend, meanwhile, spent much of his time at her apartment lying in bed and scrolling through Instagram Reels.

Naomi helped him fix his résumé, pushed him to apply for jobs and, while he figured out his next move, picked up the tab for nearly everything. But the money was only part of what bothered her. Naomi told The Cut that his lack of income seemed to double as an excuse to put little effort into the relationship, too. Romance, after all, does not require a six-figure salary.

“If you can’t afford something, write me a love letter,” she told The Cut. “He could have literally made me Kraft mac and cheese.”

 

Bond Girlathon Friday : Results from 8/7/2026 : New Matches for 8/14/2026

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Hey, what ya’ll up to these days?

 

 

Results from 8/7/2026

 

 

(6) Molly Peters No Preference Eunice Gayson
140 3 24
(9) Lana Wood No Preference Maryse Guy Mitsouko
143 0 23

 

 

New Matches for 8/14/2026

 

Match 1

 

Mie Hama (Kissy Suzuki) vs Lola Larson (Bambi)

 

 

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Mie Hama 0 – 7 – 0 280 – 9 – 1081
    

 

Kissy Suzuki

 

Actress: Mie Hama
Nationality: Japanese
Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967)

Synopsis:

Kissy Suzuki was a ninja working for the head of the Japanese secret service, Tiger Tanaka. She had a mock wedding with James Bond, who underwent surgery to disguise himself as a Japanese fisherman, so that the pair could explore a quiet village without being noticed.

 

Mie Hama

 

 

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Contestant Record Total Scores
Lola Larson 0 – 7 – 0 198 – 21 – 1005

 

Bambi

 

Actress: Lola Larson
Nationality: American
Bond Movie: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Synopsis:

Bambi and Thumper were the two gymnastic bodyguards holding Willard Whyte prisoner in his Las Vegas villa. When Bond enters to rescue Whyte, he meets Bambi and Thumper, who introduce themselves, and then take it in turns to attack Bond, somewhat playfully.

 

Lola Larson

 

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Match 2

 

Akiko Wakabayashi (Aki) vs Trina Parks (Thumper)

 

 

Contestant Reecord Total Scores
Akiko Wakabayashi 1 – 6 – 0 411 – 9 – 906

 

Aki

 

Actress: Akiko Wakabayashi
Nationality: Japanese
Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967)

Synopsis:

Aki was a senior agent of the Japanese secret service, working directly under its leader Tiger Tanaka. She was confident and independent, and tricked Bond into walking over a trap door, which catapulted him down a steel slide leading to Tanaka’s office. She drove a Toyota 2000GT and saved Bond’s life on many occasions. Mid way though the film, an assassin tried to poison Bond, but Aki was poisoned by mistake.

 

Akiko Wakabayashi

 

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Contestant Record Total Scores
Trina Parks 0 – 7 – 0 77 – 6 – 1167

 

Thumper

 

Actress: Trina Parks
Nationality: American
Bond Movie: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Synopsis:

Thumper and Bambi attack Bond, kicking him and using their martial art skills to overcome him. Bond was at a loss, the two girls too nimble for him. However, Thumper and Bambi then throw Bond into a pool, and they lose their advantage, Bond managing to push their heads underwater until they give in and reveal where Willard Whyte is being kept.

 

Trina parks

 

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The Lincoln / Oliver Wendell Douglas Debates

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Democrat Agriculture Secretary Nominee Says Farming ‘Isn’t That Hard,’ Farmers Work ‘Only a Few Weeks’ a Year
breitbart.com | 8/12/2026 | Jasmyn Jordan

Democrat Chris Jones, who is running for Iowa secretary of agriculture, was rebuked by Iowa Republicans after saying farmers are “wealthy,” grain farming is “not that hard,” and farmers are “only working a few weeks out of the year.”

The remarks were highlighted Tuesday by Iowa Field Report, which posted video from a 2021 interview Jones gave at the Iowa Ideas Conference, hosted by the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

“And a lot of this grain farming now, it’s not that hard. They’re only working a few weeks out of the year,” Jones said.

Think he’ll take on teachers next?

 

Straight Line of the Day: You May Have Seen This Before I Posted It

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Strange quantum experiment shows “negative time” is more than an illusion
sciencedaily.com | 08/04/2026

Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time inside. 

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Our experiment used photons – quantum particles of light – and the against-the-odds journey they must undertake to pass straight through a cloud of rubidium atoms.

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Based on the average time when the photon enters the cloud, one can calculate the expected average time it would arrive at the far side of the cloud, assuming it travels at the speed of light (as photons usually do).

What one finds is that the photon actually arrives far earlier than that. In fact, it arrives so early it appears to have spent a negative amount of time inside the cloud – to exit, on average, before it enters.

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Quote of the Day

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“Next month, Riverside Studios, a trendy “arts centre” in London, is proudly (what else?) presenting Romeo and Hamed, which it describes as ‘a bold, provocative queer reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy from debut writer Scott Horgan.’ It is likely quite provocative, and queer it certainly is, both in the old and new senses of the word, but bold? Nah. The play, you see, was originally called Romeo and Mohammed, but the leftists at Riverside Studios allowed themselves enough “Islamophobia” to realize that a production with a title like that could get them all killed, and they decided to tone it down a bit.” ~~ Robert Spencer

 

 

Bond Girlathon Wednesday : Results from 8/5/2026 : New Matches for 8/12/2026

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    We begin round 10.  

Results from 8/5/2026

 

 

 

(12) Olga Kurylenko No Preference Talisa Soto
147 5 35

 

(3) Eva Green No Preference Catherina Murino
132 5 59

 

New Matches for 8/12/2026

  Match 1  

(2) Diana Rigg (Teresa de Vincenzo) vs Francoise Therry (Chew Mee)

 

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(2) Diana Rigg 9 – 0 – 0 1683 – 10 – 471

 

Teresa di Vicenzo
Actress: Diana Rigg
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

Synopsis:

Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo was the most important girl in Bond’s life, becoming Mrs Tracy Bond by the end of the film. Starting out troubled and suicidal, Tracy was rescued by Bond, who gradually fell in love with her. At their wedding, Bond vowed that they would have all the time in the world together. In a tragic twist of irony, Tracy was assassinated by Ernst Stavro Blofeld as the pair were stopped at a roadside to remove the flowers from their car.

 

Diana Rigg

 

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Contestant Record Total Scores
Francoise Therry 2 – 7 – 0 356 – 14 – 1296
 

 

Chew Mee

Actress: Francoise Therry
Nationality: French
Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

 

Synopsis:

Chew Mee was a mistress of businessman Hai Fat. While visiting Hai Fat, Bond first saw sight of her while she was swimming naked in the palaces’ pool. Bond asked how the water was, and Chew Mee responded that he should come in and find out. Chew Mee had only a brief appearance, and Bond didn’t make it into the pool.

Francoise Therry

   

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    Match 2    

(16) Sue Vanner (Log Cabin Girl) vs (15) Maud Adams (Andrea Anders, Octopussy)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(16) Sue Vanner 5 – 4 – 0 1015 – 13 – 891
Log Cabin Girl
Actress: Sue Vanner
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Synopsis:

The log cabin girl, played by Sue Vanner, was a KGB agent, and a lover of James Bond. While Bond and the girl were curled up under some furs on the floor of an isolated log cabin, M sent a message to Bond’s wrist watch that he was needed at once at HQ. As Bond got up to leave, the girl said “But James, I need you.”, to which Bond replied “So does England.” After he left, the girl radioed to KGB henchmen that Bond had let.

 

Sue Vanner

 

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Contestant Record Total Scores
(15) Maud Adams 7 – 2 – 0 1332 – 11 – 644
Andrea Anders
Octopussy
Actress: Maud Adams
Nationality: Swedish
Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Synopsis:

Miss Anders was the girlfriend of Francisco Scaramanga, the $1 million a shot assassin, the man with the golden gun. She sent a golden bullet to MI6 with 007 engraved on the side, so that it would be thought that Scaramanga had Bond on his hit list. Miss Anders was hoping that Bond would respond to the threat and kill Scaramanga, freeing her from his possession. However, Scaramanga learnt of her betrayal and shot her through the heart.

 

Actress: Maud Adams
Nationality: Swedish
Bond Movie: Octopussy (1983)

Synopsis:

Octopussy ran an all-women floating island, the girls of which were acrobats for a circus that was a front for a jewellery smuggling operation. She was a partner in crime with Kamal Khan, who stole the jewellery for himself and tried to kill Octopussy. Octopussy saved Bond’s life, and Bond repaid the debt by saving hers. After killing Khan, Bond and Octopussy sail into the sunset, with the acrobat girls rowing for them.

 

Maud Adams

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