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Shania Twain vs Martina McBride
Shania Twain (3-0-0 Pts. 227 Avg. 75.67)
VS
Martina McBride (1-2-0 Pts. 136 Avg. 45.33)
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Getting ready for week 4. Group AI is starting to take shape. Promises to be a good one.
Results
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Standings
| Contestant | Record | Points | Average | Points Against | Average Score |
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| Shania Twain | 3 – 0 – 0 | 227 | 75.67 | 59 | 75.67 – 19.67 |
| Sara Evans | 3 – 0 – 0 | 189 | 63.00 | 104 | 63.00 – 34.67 |
| LeAnn Rimes | 2 – 1 – 0 | 172 | 57.33 | 127 | 57.33 – 42.33 |
| Faith Hill | 2 – 1 – 0 | 167 | 55.67 | 123 | 55.67 – 41.00 |
| Martina McBride | 1 – 2 – 0 | 136 | 45.33 | 162 | 45.33 – 54.00 |
| Deana Carter | 1 – 2 – 0 | 128 | 42.67 | 161 | 42.67 – 53.67 |
| Trisha Yearwood | 0 – 3 – 0 | 81 | 27.00 | 200 | 27.00 – 66.67 |
| Lee Ann Womack | 0 – 3 – 0 | 62 | 20.67 | 226 | 20.67 – 75.33 |
Week 4
Besides the obvious:
Elon Musk’s Mars rocket gets radical fin redesign to prevent flight failures
Interesting Engineering | August 15, 2025 | Mrigakshi Dixit
(Wasn’t that author Superman’s nemesis?)
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Just Got a Big Brain Upgrade
Scitech Daily | August 12, 2025 | NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Russia Just Built a Plasma Engine That Could Reach Mars in 30 Days—SpaceX’s Biggest Problem Yet?
Daily Galaxy | August 07, 2025 | Arezki Amiri
What Does Mars Smell Like?
Scientific American | June 10, 2016 | Leonard David
Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction
KTLA | 07/16/2025
Hi guys. Looks like I am guest hosting for a group I am in. Funny that. Another funny thing is that two matches previous were with the wrong contestants against each other. Mr. Walrus’ bad and he is really sorry. So we will have the correct match ups this week and the erroneous matches will be voided. Mistakes happen.
Results 8/22/2025
| Rosemund Pike | No Preference | Karin Dor |
|---|---|---|
| 166 | 1 | 39 |
| Jill St. John | No Preference | Rachel Grant |
|---|---|---|
| 161 | 2 | 65 |
New Matches for 8/29/2025
Match 1
Sophie Marceau (Elektra King) vs Mie Hama (Kissy Suzuki)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Sophie Marceau | 2 – 0 – 0 | 284 – 2 – 205 |
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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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Mie Hama | 0 – 2 – 0 | 109 – 5 – 312 |
Actress: Mie Hama Nationality: Japanese Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967) Synopsis:
Kissy Suzuki was a ninja working for the head of the Japanese secret service, Tiger Tanaka. She had a mock wedding with James Bond, who underwent surgery to disguise himself as a Japanese fisherman, so that the pair could explore a quiet village without being noticed.
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Match 2
Halle Berry (Jinx) vs Tsai Chin (Ling)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Halle Berry | 1 – 1 – 0 | 218 – 2 – 243 |
Actress: Halle Berry Nationality: American Bond Movie: Die Another Day (2002) Synopsis:
Since Die Another Day was the 20th Bond film, and marked the 40th anniversary of the series, Jinx was introduced in the style of Honey Ryder, rising out of the sea in a bikini, with a hunting knife attached to her side. Jinx worked for the NSA and was assigned to kill Zao.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Tsai Chin | 0 – 2 – 0 | 48 – 3 – 275 |
Actress: Tsai Chin Nationality: Chinese Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967) Synopsis:
In the opening scenes of the film, Bond is shown in bed with Ling, as the two discuss why Chinese girls taste different from all other girls. Ling gets up and presses a button that rockets the bed upwards into the wall, and two gunmen enter the room to kill Bond. It is later revealed to the audience that Ling was helping to stage Bond’s death in order to keep his enemies off his back.
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What Made the Democratic Party Go Crazy?
American Greatness | 25 Aug, 2025 | Victor Davis Hanson
Scientists Are Using Earth’s Shadow to Hunt For Alien Probes
sciencealert.com | 25 August 2025 | Mark Thompson, Universe Today
Hiding behind Mommy’s skirts.
… they turned to the Earth’s shadow. Every night, Earth casts a cone-shaped shadow into space where direct sunlight cannot reflect off satellites or debris.
This creates an ideal ‘clean’ search zone. The shadow’s base spans roughly 8-9 degrees for objects at geosynchronous orbit, about 35,700 kilometers (22,200 miles) above Earth.
Oh. Never mind. Well, watch it, scientists.
We are getting to the point of having everyone having played at least 5 matches. We will Post the Top 10 Girls when this round is over. Now, on with the show.
Results for 8/20/2025
| Caroline Munro | No Preference | Kell Tyler |
|---|---|---|
| 174 | 2 | 45 |
| Carey Lowell | No Preference | Olga Bisera |
|---|---|---|
| 140 | 2 | 62 |
New Matches for 8/27/2025
Match 1
Lois Chiles (Holly Goodhead) vs Talisa Soto (Lupe Lamora)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Lois Chiles | 1 – 3 – 0 | 277 – 5 – 426 |
Actress: Lois Chiles Nationality: American Bond Movie: Moonraker (1979) Synopsis:
Holly Goodhead was a CIA agent working undercover as an astronaut for the Hugo Drax organization. After spending the night together with Bond, the two met up at the top of Sugarloaf mountain in Rio. On the cable car ride down, Jaws tried to kill them, and Holly’s cover was blown. Bond managed to escape, and rescued Holly after the pair were almost killed in a rocket blast chamber. They went to space together and shot down Drax’s globes that contained fatal gases meant to kill the human race on Earth.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Talisa Soto | 1 – 3 – 0 | 327 – 12 – 607 |
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
Corrine Clery (Corrine Dufour) vs Eva Green (Vesper Lynd)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Corrine Clery | 3 – 1 – 0 | 381 – 4 – 217 |
Actress: Corinne Cléry Nationality: French Bond Movie: Moonraker (1979) Synopsis:
Corinne Dufour was Hugo Drax’s personal assistant and pilot. She flew Bond over Drax’s estate, giving him a guided tour of the Moonraker complex and flying him to meet Drax. After spending the night with Bond, Corinne revealed the location of Drax’s safe, where Bond photographed secret documents. Drax discovered this, and Corinne was killed by Drax’s vicious pack of dogs.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Eva Green | 4 – 0 – 0 | 797 – 6 – 298 |
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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President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed in the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The Abbey Gate attack, carried out outside Kabul’s international airport as crowds attempted to flee Afghanistan, killed 13 American troops and 170 Afghan civilians. The bombing became one of the most devastating moments of the U.S. withdrawal, which Trump has repeatedly called a disaster.
“We will never forget the names of the 13 brave souls who shed their blood for our Nation: Staff Sergeant Darin T. Hoover, USMC; Sergeant Johanny Rosario Pichardo, USMC; Sergeant Nicole L. Gee, USMC; Corporal Hunter Lopez, USMC; Corporal Daegan W. Page, USMC; Corporal Humberto A. Sanchez, USMC; Lance Corporal David L. Espinoza, USMC; Lance Corporal Jared M. Schmitz, USMC; Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum, USMC; Lance Corporal Dylan R. Merola, USMC; Lance Corporal Kareem M. Nikoui, USMC; Petty Officer Third Class Maxton W. Soviak, USN; and Staff Sergeant Ryan C. Knauss, USA,” the proclamation read.
I heard that the Biden administration refused requests to neutralize the bombers as they were heading to the airport.
