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A lot of people say that it is a blessing in disguise that Trump did not get a second term in 2020, as that would have subjected him to four more years of the same obstruction he put up with in his first term.
I agree.
It took four years for even the dimmest among us to see that the Democrats suck at running the country — Bigly. And now he has a mandate.
China’s Xi affirms ‘no limits’ partnership with Putin in call on Ukraine war anniversary
Reuters AOL | 2/24/2025 | Antoni Slodkowski, Laurie Chen, Yukun Zhang, Ryan Woo and Mark TrevelyanChina’s President Xi Jinping affirmed his “no limits” partnership in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
Remember me boys? I’m hosting today’s matches. I hope you find them… endearing.
Results
| Shirley Eaton | No Preference | Michelle Yeoh |
|---|---|---|
| 177 | 0 | 52 |
| Teri Hatcher | No Preference | Tania Mallet |
|---|---|---|
| 228 | 1 | 46 |
| Cecilie Thomsen | No Preference | Nadja Regin |
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| 217 | 0 | 25 |
Matches for 2/28/2025
Match 1
Margaret Nolan (Dink) vs Denise Richards (Dr. Christmas Jones)
Actress: Margaret Nolan Nationality: English Bond Movie: Goldfinger (1964) Synopsis:
Margaret Nolan played the Golden Girl in the title sequence and the pre-release advertising for Goldfinger. However, the producers eventually choose Shirley Eaton to play Jill Masterson, and Nolan was given the much smaller role of the pool-side masseuse Dink. Dink is shown massaging Bond, but has to leave when Felix Leiter arrives for some “man’s talk.”
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Actress: Denise Richards Nationality: American Bond Movie: The World is Not Enough (1999) Synopsis:
Christmas Jones was a nuclear physicist working for an international agency that decommissioned nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union era. After Bond helped her escape from an explosion, Jones helped Bond investigate a bomb travelling along Elektra King’s oil pipeline. She discovered that half the plutonium was missing, which helped Bond discover King’s intentions in time to stop her. The two spend Christmas together in turkey at the end of the film.
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Match 2
Claudine Auger (Domino Derval) vs Sophie Marceau (Elektra King)
Actress: Claudine Auger Nationality: French Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965) Synopsis:
Domino Derval was the mistress of SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo. Bond discovers that Largo had killed Domino’s brother, and thinks he can use that fact to get her on his side. They meet underwater as Bond untraps Domino’s flipper from the coral, and Bond manages to convince her to plot against Largo.
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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.
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It’s the chance they’ve been waiting patiently for!
CBS: DOGE Is Going to Get You Eaten by Bears
NewsBusters | February 26, 2025 | Jorge BonillaCBS’s Ian Lee leads viewers to infer that DOGE cuts will lead people to be eaten by bears.
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LEE: … some of these workers monitored bear populations and without them, there could be more encounters.
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I see schemes of green, Red ruses too
I see them spell doom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wanker-filled world
I see cities of blue attack crowds of whites
The Right pressed each day, in the dark scared by nights
And I think to myself
What a wanker-filled world
The bullies of the rainbow, so petty, so sly
Are all in the faces of those going by
I see Trans shaking glands, saying, “Whom do you do?”
They’re really sayin’ to us “Hey, Eff you!”
I hear Lib babies cry, I watch them so gross,
They’ll learn mush more, till it overflows
And I think to myself
What a wanker-filled world
Yes, I think to myself
What a wanker-full world
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For next Pontiff.
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“Righteous B-Attitude.
And a Holy Ghost Gun.
And the GenU Flex
In the Phatican.”
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He be workin’ out
And takin’ a toke
Gonna bless this mess
If he get some white smoke!
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Contraception is immaculate
I mean, it’s pristine:
It ain’t statue-tory;
That chapel was Sistine!
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A “Te Deum” per diem
Wil be the rule;
Go and synod no more —
I Pietà the fool!
Professor calls on Democrats to stop using term ‘people of color’ as Latino and Black voters side with Trump
Fox News | February 21, 2025 | Jeffrey ClarkUniversity of California, Berkeley professor Jerel Ezell argued that Democrats should stop relying on traditional racial politics to win elections.
In a Politico opinion piece published Friday, Ezell noted that Democrats, despite their continued reliance on Black, Latino, Indigenous and Asian voters, found themselves surprised by President Donald Trump’s gains with some of those groups in the 2024 presidential election.
“The 2024 presidential election left the Democrats’ multiracial coalition in tatters,” Ezell wrote. “Nonwhite people voted in higher percentages for Trump in 2024 than they did in 2020, in some cases by double-digit increases.”
Listening Devices Found in Oval Office—President’s Desk Removed for Security Scan
X.com (formerly Twitter) ^ | February 21, 2025 | Jack StrawIn a shocking revelation that has sent ripples through Washington, sources within the White House have confirmed that the Oval Office—including the historic Resolute Desk—was subjected to a high-level security sweep following suspicions of covert surveillance.
The sweep reportedly uncovered sophisticated listening devices, leading to the immediate removal of the President’s desk for a comprehensive off-site scan.
I do hope you are enjoying our league. Here are the results and the new matches.
Results
| Gloria Hendry | No Preference | Grace Jones |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | 15 | 36 |
| Madeline Smith | No Preference | Mary Stovin |
|---|---|---|
| 127 | 4 | 75 |
New for 2/26/2025
Match 1
Britt Ekland (Mary Goodnight) vs Fiona Fullerton (Pola Ivanova)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| Britt Ekland | 1 – 1 – 0 | 313 – 3 – 141 |
Actress: Britt Ekland Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Synopsis:
Mary Goodnight was Bond’s assistant in Hong Kong, and previously his secretary in London. She helps Bond to locate Miss Anders, the girlfriend of hitman Scaramanga. The two almost spend the night together on multiple occasions, and at one point Goodnight is embarrassingly shoved into a cupboard when Miss Anders pays Bond a surprise visit. Goodnight is eventually kidnapped by Scaramanga, but after Bond kills him, Goodnight helps Bond escape his Island.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| Fiona Fullerton | 1 – 1 – 0 | 318 – 4 – 159 |
Fiona FullertonNationality: Nigerian Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985) Synopsis:
Pola Ivanova was a KGB agent working for General Gogol. She recorded incriminating evidence of Max Zorin, and escaped with a tape of it. Bond had followed her, and a struggle ensued, until they both realized that they knew one another from a prior mission. They went to a spa and spent the evening in a hot tub together. While Bond took a shower, Pola snook out with the tape, only to realize later that Bond had switched it for a fake.
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Match 2
Maud Adams (Andrea Anders / Octopussy) vs Maryam d’Abo (Kara Milovy)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| Maud Adams | 1 – 1 – 0 | 227 – 1 – 205 |
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.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| Maryam d’Abo | 2 – 0 – 0 | 245 – 1 – 174 |
Actress: Maryam d’Abo Nationality: Dutch Bond Movie: The Living Daylights (1987) Synopsis:
Kara Milovy was the girlfriend of Georgi Koskov, a traitor playing both sides in the cold war. Koskov pretended to defect to the West, and got Milovy to shoot blanks at him to make it look more real. He knew that she would be assassinated by Bond, who was assigned to protect Koskov. However, Bond noticed she wasn’t a professional, and he didn’t kill her. When Koskov was discovered to be a traitor, Bond met Milovy posing as a friend of Koskovs. He gained her trust and revealed his identity, gaining a brave ally for his mission.
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They apparently had wheeled toys, but…
Although the Incas knew about the concept of the wheel, they never developed it in practice because their empire spanned the world’s second highest mountain range, where there were more straightforward methods to carry goods than using the Inca wheel. The Incas never developed the wheel or used animals for hauling, and they had no system of writing.
So bye-bye, MesoAmerican Pi.
CT man accused of cannibalism and murder is granted conditional release
NBC Boston | February 21, 2025 | Angela FortunaA man accused of cannibalism and murder has been granted conditional release, according to the Connecticut Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB).
The board granted Tyree Smith’s release after a careful review of his clinical progress, officials said.
He’s currently at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. Smith is accused of hacking a man to death with an axe in Bridgeport and eating part of the victim’s brain and an eyeball.
The PSRB said Smith has demonstrated long-term stability, remained engaged in all recommended treatments and consistently followed his care.
His conditional release requires that he remain under structured supervision and that he continues to receive necessary mental health services.
Before being granted conditional release, a person is first placed on temporary leave status. This means they’re still confined to the hospital, but have privileges that generally start with daytime passes to receive treatment in the community, including overnights and weekly check-ins at the hospital, the board said.
“Rehabilitation, not punishment, is the goal for all individuals found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI),” the PSRB said in a statement.
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https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/fairfield/board-approves-conditional-release-of-birdgeport-cannibal-killer/
Tyree Smith killed Angel “Tun Tun” Gonzalez with an ax in a cemetery on Dec. 15, 2011. He then removed an eyeball and part of the man’s brain and took them to Lakeview Cemetery, where he ate them over his cousin’s grave.Smith was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity in July 2013. He was sentenced to 60 years in a psychiatric hospital. In 2023, he transitioned to a group home.
So 60 years = 11.5 years. OK.
Good night.
Meryl Streep vs Drew Barrymore
Meryl Streep (0-6-0 Pts. 72 Avg. 12.00)
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Drew Barrymore (2-4-0 Pts. 242 Avg. 40.33)
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