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Archive of entries posted on 12th March 2025
Decent Rack, Though
Straight Line of the Day: Other Notable False Promises By Politicians: …
More Fake Promises: Former British PM Sunak Regrets ‘Stop the Boats’ Migration Pledge
Breitbart | 03/07/2025 | Kurt ZindulkaFormer British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has admitted that his government was not in a position to actually fulfil his promise to the public of ending the illegal migrant crisis in the English Channel while expressing regret over the “stop the boats” slogan.
In yet another admission from the so-called Conservative Party of misleading the public on promises to cut immigration, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak admitted this week that his “stop the boats” pledge was “too stark” and that it couldn’t actually be delivered.
Bond Girlathon : Wednesday : Week 3/5/2025 Results : New matches 3/12/2025
Guess what day today is. Come on, come on, you know what day it is. Bond Girlathon Wednesday! You weren’t thinking of anything else, were you?
Results
| Kell Tyler | No Preference | Carmen du Sautoy |
|---|---|---|
| 194 | 7 | 18 |
| Carey Lowell | No Preference | Fracoise Therry |
|---|---|---|
| 192 | 1 | 49 |
Week of 3/12/2025
Match 1
Barbara Bach (Anya Amasova) vs Talisa Soto (Lupe Lamora)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara Bach | 2 – 0 – 0 | 345 – 1 – 28 |
Actress: Barbara Bach Nationality: American Bond Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Synopsis:
Anya Amasova, code name ‘Triple X’, was a KGB agent working under General Gogol. She had the same mission as Bond, to retrieve stolen microfilms for a submarine tracking system. After half co-operating and half getting in the way of each other, Bond and Amasova meet their bosses at the Egyptian HQ, who tell them that MI6 and the KGB are now co-operating, and the two should work together.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Talisa Soto | 1 – 1 – 0 | 208 – 5 – 317 |
Actress: Talisa Soto Nationality: American Bond Movie: Licence to Kill (1989) Synopsis:
Lupe Lamora was the mistress of drug baron Franz Sanchez. Lupe frequently slept around, and Sanchez went to deal with one of her lovers in Florida, getting himself arrested by the DEA in the process. Bond met Lupe unintentionally when trying to kill someone aboard her boat. They met again at a casino, and Bond forced Lupe into taking him upstairs to meet Sanchez. Although Lupe was a love interest, Bond left her at the end of film to be with Pam Bouvier.
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Match 2
Sue Vanner (Log Cabin Girl) vs Eva Green (Vesper Lynd)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Sue Vanner | 1 – 1 – 0 | 236 – 2 – 100 |
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.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Eva Green | 2 – 0 – 0 | 408 – 2 – 169 |
Actress: Eva Green Nationality: French Bond Movie: Casino Royale (2006) Synopsis:
Vesper Lynd worked for Her Majesty’s Treasury, and was assigned to manage the funds lent to Bond for his poker game with villain Le Chiffre. She got caught up with a vicious fight between Bond and Steven Obanno, that ended in Obanno’s bloody death. Bond found Vesper sitting shivering and fully dressed in the shower, trying to wash away the blood. He comforted her, and the two bonded. When Bond was poisoned by Le Chiffre, Vesper came to Bond’s aid and saved his life. Later in the film, the pair were captured, and Vesper spared Bond’s life in a series of events that led to the end of her own.
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