News I Can Use

I just found out that Finland’s prime minister is called Orpo.

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.

Finallyland, all the pieces are in place! But how can I use this to make a buck?

Oh, and Happy New Year.

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P.S.: Maybe I can get a shipbuilding contract:

America Turns to Finland for Icebreakers It Struggles to Build at Home
gCaptain | December 30, 2025 | Paul Morgan

The United States just signed contracts for Finland to build American warships, a stark admission that the world’s most powerful navy can no longer construct the specialized vessels it desperately needs.

Walrus Hasn’t Gone on Vacation Yet

Just sayin’.

But he is into one-upmanship.

Wilmington native faces several charges following hotel incident
Port City Daily | 12/29/2025 | Emily Sawaked

A 33-year-old Wilmington man was reported to be unclothed and causing damage to hotel property; he was also reported approaching hotel guests in the lobby. Police located him in a nearby wooded area, where he ran into a retention pond. The suspect was noted to have kicked an officer during the arrest.

Bond Girlathon Wednesday : Results from 12/24/2025 : New Matches for 12/31/2025

Hope everyone is ready to ring in the New Year. 2026? Really? So everyone knows the Big W will be in Las Vegas next week so these matches will be open for voting until the 12th of January. As he is coming home late that day they may even be a further delay. The man is so irresponsible.

Results from 12/24/2025

Cassandra HarrisNo PreferenceCarmen du Sautoy
104528

Kristina WaybornNo PreferenceFrancoise Therry
120135

New Matches for 12/31/2025

Match 1

(1) Barbara Bach (Anya Amasova) vs (14) Tina Hudson (Bianca)

ContestantRecordTotal Scores
(1) Barbara Bach6 – 0 – 01334 – 4 – 156
Anya Amasova

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.

Barbara Bach

VS

ContestantRecordTotal Scores
(14) Tina Hudson4 – 2 – 0890 – 10 – 432
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

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56 votes · 56 answers

Match 2

(9) Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton) VS (15) Sue Vanner (Log Cabin Girl)

ContestantRecordTotal Scores
(9) Tanya Roberts5 – 1 – 0959 – 3 – 521
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

VS

ContestantRecordTotal Scores
(16) Sue Vanner4- 2 – 0741 – 10 – 546
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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54 votes · 54 answers