Archive of entries posted by Oppo

Darn! I Was Really Itching To Title This “Croatians Eleven”

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Greece extradites oligarch to Moldova in $1bn fraud case
BBC News | 9/25/2025 | Jaroslav Lukiv

A Moldovan oligarch and former senior politician has been extradited from Greece accused of involvement in the theft of $1bn (£748m).

Vladimir Plahotniuc, 59, was flown from Athens to Chisinau on Thursday morning and then taken to a detention centre in Moldova’s capital, local officials said.

… The tycoon is one of the main suspects in the disappearance of $1bn from three Moldovan banks in 2014 – a case known as the “theft of the century.”

“Moldova Moldovan, tell Czechoslovakia the news.”

So he had eleven years to buy stuff and chase skirts. Were they really worth it for prison time?

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Welcome to IMAO! Were Any of You At This Thing?

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Kamala Harris’ Alternate Reality Book Tour
Politico | 26 Sep, 2025 | Alex Bronzini-Vender

“Bronn–zini!! Get your Bronzini here!”

… the crowd assembled Wednesday at the cavernous Town Hall auditorium in New York City for an 8 p.m. “Conversation with Kamala Harris,” a book talk …

Here, the audience buzzed with excitement at the prospect of seeing Harris up-close, and the mood was festive. The event’s “featured cocktail” was the Madam VP, a tall drink made with gin, cassis, cardamom, honey and lemon. It was priced at $24, a likely reference to the campaign year. The audience members seated around me traded campaign stories, reminiscing. One had spent much of his summer door-knocking; another had been a delegate at the Democratic National Convention. The only indication that all was not well was the intermittent thump of pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ drums just beyond the venue’s doors, which persisted throughout the event. Soon, the mere sight of the failed presidential candidate and her husband, Doug Emhoff, prompted a standing ovation. Beside me, a woman shouted, “That’s my first gentleman!”

… and probably your last.

Another, just behind us, chimed in: “We love you, Dougie!”

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Friday Night Open Thread: Someone Please Tell the Supreme Court That Lower Courts CAN Somehow Define a Woman

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Heh.

Macrons to offer ‘scientific evidence’ to US court to prove Brigitte is a woman, lawyer says
BBC News | September 18, 2025 | Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty, Melanie Stewart-Smith, and Victoria Farncombe

Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs. Macron is a woman.

Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs. Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted her belief that Brigitte Macron was born male.

I am amused by the obviously fictitious names of the authors. I can practically picture the actors playing them!

AOC Commemorates Sinking of Titanic (April 14, 1912) by Assigning Blame to Trump

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September 23, 2025 — Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortex held a memorial press event for the victims of the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic on April 14, 1912, and blamed Trump and his censorship campaign for the tragic loss of lives, to the press, in a press conference.

As of press time, the assembled representatives of the free and unbiased press posed no questions to the representative from New York.

“As Cat Sevens sang in his song, ‘Superior it’s said, never gives up its dead’,” she said with a catch in her throat. AI later added a tear to her eye.

Her aides mentioned that she may run for president in 2028.

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