I think the next person who says “It’s baked into the cake” I’m just going to walk away from. Or at least change the channel.
Or maybe I should simp-ly reply: “That dog don’t hunt” — to see if they realize that it is now a contest to see who can rummage through the culture for the more overused phrase without having to think much.
The Navy Has As Many Admirals as Ships
Frontpage mag | May 15, 2025 | Daniel GreenfieldAnd the Air Force has a general for every 22 planes..
The US Navy has under 300 ships and under 300 admirals. The ratio of one admiral to one ship seems absurd but of the hundreds of admirals in the Navy, few actually command ships.
Ukraine peace talks in Turkey threaten to descend into farce
DPA International via Yahoo | May 15th, 2025Peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine failed to start as planned on Thursday after the two presidents did not turn up and barbs were traded from afar.
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Rubio won’t attend talks with Russians Friday and doesn’t expect breakthrough until Trump and Putin meet
APA | 5/15/2025US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would not attend talks with Russia on Friday …
“We came because we were told that there might be a direct engagement between the Russians and the Ukrainians.”
“That was originally the plan. You all heard the same thing. That was not to be the case. Or if it is, it’s not at the levels we had hoped it would be at. I hope I’m wrong,” he said.
Spain busts secret Chinese and Arab shadow bank laundering millions in cash, crypto and Cuban cigars using the Hawala method
Euroweekly News | 4 May 2025 | Marc Menendez-Roche
I’m glad the author got out of his life sentence.
In a massive sting operation straight out of a crime thriller, Spanish police have smashed one of Europe’s most powerful underworld banks – a slick, secretive syndicate laundering millions using the ancient and shadowy “hawala” method.
Cash, crypto and contraband – the works.
In unbelievable scenes, Spain’s National Police, backed by EUROPOL and EUROJUST, swooped on a web of luxury and illegality. The secret January raids – now revealed – saw over 250 officers hit 13 locations across Spain and Belgium in a coordinated blitz, nabbing 17 suspects, seizing mountains of loot and blowing apart a money-moving machine that had slipped under the radar for years.
Among the spoils?
€205,000 in hard cash
€183,000 in crypto
18 flash motors worth €207,000
10 posh properties worth a jaw-dropping €2.5 million
Designer handbags topping €230,000
Luxury cigars valued at an eyebrow-raising €622,000
Fine wines worth over €7,000
Jewels, watches, gadgets – you name it
I get to name it? How about vintage Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots? Or Tonka Trucks with real honest-to-goodness metal sharp edges?
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The cigars were worth three times more than 18 luxury cars?
Consider my eyebrows raised.
What’s Normal, Exactly?
Kunstler.com | 3 May, 2025 | James Howard Kunstler
Firstly, the present sucks. Back in the Stone Age, you could make anything fit in by adding “Rock” to its name.
In the future, you’ll be able to make anything comfortable by adding “Space” to its name.
But now? Nothing but “Anti-.”
Secondly, with “Office Space” being one of my favorite movies, and “Dilbert” being my favorite comic strip after “The Far Side,” you could say I’m embittered by and skeptical of the corporate world — from experiences similar to those portrayed .
And you?
