(I’m not good with deadlines.)
I resolve, henceforward, to use “Grrrrr” more in interactions with sales clerks.

My turn for some fun in the sun. Hope everyone is enjoying the Bond Girlathon.
Results
| Daniela Bianchi | No Preference | Lola Larson |
|---|---|---|
| 169 | 1 | 11 |
| Martine Beswick | No Preference | Trina Parks |
|---|---|---|
| 170 | 1 | 14 |
Week of 4/18/2025
Match 1
Aliza Gur (Vida) vs Denise Perrier (Marie)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Aliza Gur | 0 – 1 – 0 | 19 – 1 – 142 |

Actress: Aliza Gur Nationality: Israeli Bond Movie: From Russia With Love (1963) Synopsis:
Vida and Zora engaged in an intense cat fight, scratching, fighting and trying to strangle each other. The fight was broken up when an assassin attacked the camp to try and kill Kerim Bey. Bond saved the life of the camp’s leader in the process, who in turn honoured Bond’s request to end the fighting. Happy to have their leader alive, Vida and Zora warmed to Bond, who got to entertain them for the evening.

VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Denise Perrier | 0 – 1 – 0 | 30 – 3 – 172 |

Actress: Denise Perrier Nationality: French Bond Movie: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Synopsis:
As Bond seeks out Blofeld to get revenge for the death of his wife, the trail leads him from Tokyo to Cairo, where he interrogates a gambler about Blofeld’s whereabouts. “Marie… ask.. Marie.” Bond finds Marie, who asks “Is there something I can do for you?” Bond replies with “There’s something I’d like you to get off your chest”, and then removes her Bra and begins to strangle her with it.He gets the information he wants and pursues the lead.

Match 2
Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore) vs Izabella Scorupco (Natalya Simonova)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Honor Blackman | 1 – 0 – 0 | 158 – 3 – 50 |

Actress: Honor Blackman Nationality: English Bond Movie: Goldfinger (1964) Synopsis:
The evocatively named Pussy Galore was an original Ian Fleming character from the novel. Ms. Galore ran a flying circus of female pilots, who were hired by Auric Goldfinger to fly over Fort Knox and gas the soldiers, so that Goldfinger could break in to the gold vault.

VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Izabella Scorupco | 1 – 0 – 0 | 111 – 0 – 60 |

Actress: Izabella Scorupco Nationality: Polish-Swedish Bond Movie: Goldeneye (1995) Synopsis:
Natalya Simonova was a programmer working at a Russian Space Control Centre along with Boris Grishenko. Xenia Onatopp and General Ourumov staged a test drill in the centre, and after getting the launch keys, Onatopp shot everyone in sight. Natalya managed to escape, and made contact with Boris over the Internet. Unfortunately, Boris was a traitor working with Onatopp, and Natalya was captured.After she escaped a near death experience with Bond, the two paired up, and Natalya’s computer skills helped Bond overcome the traitors.

Coachella Attendees Stunned by Festival’s ‘Diabolical’ Food and Drink Prices: ‘Miserable Money Trap’
People | 4/13/25 | Charlotte Phillipp
People attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are stunned once again about the food prices — and many festivalgoers are turning to social media to highlight just how expensive everything is.
In videos shared on TikTok, Coachella attendees showed off what they ate and how much they paid for their meals or individual items.
TikToker Ruth Viveros shared in a April 11 video that she spend $102 for two plates of three tacos, a plate of loaded nachos and two lemonades, with each lemonade costing $17 per cup. “They’re not good, not good at all,” she said of the tacos. “The tortillas are like freezing cold.”
Do hippies now want to punch other hippies? Crapitalism!
Will they now make a giant intellectual leap and see that their Democrat-run governments do the same thing?
I guess IMAO won’t be moving to the UK any time soon.
Police make 30 arrests a day for offensive online messages
The Times of London | April 4, 2025 | Charlie Parker, Yennah Smart, George WilloughbyThe police are making more than 30 arrests a day over offensive posts on social media and other platforms.
Thousands of people are being detained and questioned for sending messages that cause “annoyance”, “inconvenience” or “anxiety” to others via the internet, telephone or mail.
Custody data obtained by The Times shows that officers are making about 12,000 arrests a year under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988.
The acts make it illegal to cause distress by sending “grossly offensive” messages or sharing content of an “indecent, obscene or menacing character” on an electronic communications network.
… as judged by Miss Emily Litella.
The Dos and Don’ts of Negotiating with Iran
American Thinker | 12 Apr, 2025 | Kenneth R. Timmerman
It excites them, anyway.
Why not have Ring ™ cameras in every room of your house, saving screen shots every three seconds, so that if something happens they will have ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos — for your convenience and safety ™?
Or they can just make them live.
On the internet. For good citizens to monitor.
Chinese restaurant [Madrid, Spain] shut down after pigeons served as ‘roast duck’
The Telegraph via Yahoo | 04/09/2025 | James Badcock

We finish out the 3rd round and start the fourth. The wheels keep on rolling.
Results
| Tonia Sotiropoulou | No Preference | Emily Bolton |
|---|---|---|
| 158 | 1 | 52 |
| Ana de Armas | No Preference | Lynn-Holly Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| 111 | 1 | 94 |
Week 4/16/2025
Match 1
Catherine Schell (Nancy) vs Cassandra Harris (Countess Lisl von Schlaf)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Schell | 0 – 3 – 0 | 208 – 2 – 628 |

Actress: Catherine Schell Nationality: Hungarian Bond Movie: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) Synopsis:
After sneaking into Ruby Bartlett’s room in the swiss clinic, Bond had returned to his own room. He said to himself in the mirror, “Hilly, you old devil”, before noticing that another patient, Nancy, had snook into his room. Being the only man in the clinic, Bond had attracted the fancy of several of the girls.

VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Cassandra Harris | 0 – 3 – 0 | 118 – 9 – 445 |

Actress: Cassandra Harris Nationality: Australian Bond Movie: For Your Eyes Only (1981) Synopsis:
Countess Lisl von Schlaf was the mistress of Milos Columbo, a Greek smuggler. Columbo asked Lisl to stage an argument with him at dinner, as an excuse for her to go off with Bond, to discover some information about him. Lisl and Bond spent the night together, and got on quite well. They went for a walk on the beach the next morning, and Lisl was tragically killed by henchman Locque.

Match 2
Jane Seymour (Solitaire) vs Kristina Wayborn (Magda)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Seymour | 3 – 0 – 0 | 649 – 3 – 149 |

Actress: Jane Seymour Nationality: English Bond Movie: Live and Let Die (1973) Synopsis:
Solitaire was a psychic tarot card reader working for heroin baron Dr. Kananga. She predicted the movements of James Bond and other men who posed a threat to their operations. Solitaire was practically imprisoned by Kananga as he knew that, like her mother, she would lose her psychic gift if she were to make love. When first meeting Bond, Solitaire drew the lovers card, predicting the fate of her and Bond. Indeed, Solitaire soon lost her powers, and became a target of Kananga’s wrath.

VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Kristina Wayborn | 2 – 1 – -0 | 350 – 4 – 240 |

Actress: Kristina Wayborn Nationality: Swedish Bond Movie: Octopussy (1983) Synopsis:
Magda was the right-hand woman of Octopussy, and assisted her smuggling partner Kamal Khan on many occasions throughout the film. After attending an auction in which Bond stole a Fabegé egg, Magda was sent to sleep with Bond so that she could steal it back. After Octopussy found out that Khan tried to kill her, her cult of girls, Magda included, storm Khan’s palace.

Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.
Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed ‘privacy nightmare’
BBC News | 4/12/2025 | Imran Rahman-JonesMicrosoft has begun the rollout of an AI-powered tool which takes snapshots of users’ screens every few seconds.
The Copilot+ Recall feature is available in preview mode to some people with Microsoft’s AI PCs and laptops.
… or you can just have the FBI agent in a folding chair sit next to you.
“We’re now publicly announcing that we already have this ability, but we totally are refraining from using it unless you opt in.”
Side question: why would it have to be “AI-powered,” if all it requires is basically a few-second timer and a screen-capture command?
Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to the national stage
Channel 3000 News/AP | April 15, 2025 | AP Bitter LOSERSFormer President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump’s agenda is threatening the health of Social Security.