Straight Line of the Day: A Norwegian Company Cut Off Fuel To U.S. Forces. In Retaliation, the U.S. …

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Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine
UK Defence Journal | 1 Mar 2025 | George Allison

Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

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But the celebration didn’t last long. After immediate backlash and embarrassment, Haltbakk Bunkers quietly deleted their statement. The Norwegian government had no choice but to intervene. Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik issued an official statement reaffirming that the Norwegian government does not support Haltbakk Bunkers’ reckless decision and that the U.S. military will continue to receive all necessary support in Norway.

— Gateway Pundit

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Babesleaga Group AE : Final Results and Standings

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Congratulations to the winner of Group AE…

Alicia SIlverstone

Well played.

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Final Standings

ContestantRecordPointsAveragePoints AgainstAverage Score
Alicia Silverstone7 – 0 – 057482.0023482.00-33.42
Demi Moore6 – 1 – 057381.8521681.85-30.85
Cathy Lee Crosby5 – 2 – 055078.5726478.57-37.71
Sharon Stone4 – 3 – 052575.0029375.00-41.85
Drew Barrymore3 – 4 – 033447.7143347.71-61.85
Julia Roberts2 – 5 – 030042.8546142.85-65.85
Susan Sarandon1 – 6 – 021931.2856331.28-80.42
Meryl Streep0 – 7 – 08111.5766711.57-95.28

Week 1

  • 10:00 am Loni Anderson vs Susan Anton
  • 2:00 pm Catherine Bach vs Pamely Hensley
  • 6:00 pm Lynda Carter vs Deidre Hall
  • 8:00 pm Charo vs Lynda Day George

 

 

 

 

We Can Dream, Can’t We?

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Bank accidentally credits customer with $81 trillion instead of $280
The Telegraph | Feb 28, 2025 | Louis Goss

One of America’s biggest banks accidentally transferred more than $80 trillion to a customer’s account after a “fat finger” input error by an employee.

Citigroup, one of America’s “big four” lenders, erroneously transferred $81 trillion to the account in April last year instead of the $280 requested because of a keyboard mistake by a bank staffer.

The huge sum, worth more than 20 times Britain’s entire gross domestic product (GDP), was approved after being checked by two of the bank’s employees, before being sent to the customer account the following morning.

The payment was only flagged after a third employee noticed a problem with the Wall Street giant’s overall balances, 90 minutes after the payment between two separate Citi accounts had been made, the Financial Times reported.

Citi successfully reversed the transaction a few hours later …

A few hours? This guy took less time:

 

 

Straight Line of the Day: OK, So What Would Be on the Curriculum of a Transgender Culinary School??

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AP Sings the Praises of Pakistani Transgender Culinary School, and We Wonder How Much We Paid for It
Twitchy | February 26, 2025 | Amy Curtis
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For transgender students involved in a very special project at a culinary school in Pakistan, there is more to a class than just learning the art of cooking.

Neha Malik used to dance at parties and weddings for a living and was, occasionally, a sex worker. Since January, she has been enrolled in a new course for the trans community at the Culinary & Hotel Institute of Pakistan.

The free six-month program in the city of Lahore, Pakistan’s cultural capital, welcomed its first group of 25 trans students in January; the second group of 25 began training on Feb. 1.

 

 

Friday Night Open Thread — Means What It Says

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You realize this is an open thread? Spread your wisdom.

Me:

A lot of people say that it is a blessing in disguise that Trump did not get a second term in 2020, as that would have subjected him to four more years of the same obstruction he put up with in his first term.

I agree.

It took four years for even the dimmest among us to see that the Democrats suck at running the country — Bigly. And now he has a mandate.

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Bond Girlathon Friday : 2/21/2025 Results : 2/28/2025 New Matches

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Remember me boys? I’m hosting today’s matches. I hope you find them… endearing.

Results

Shirley EatonNo PreferenceMichelle Yeoh
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Teri HatcherNo PreferenceTania Mallet
228146
Cecilie ThomsenNo PreferenceNadja Regin
217025

Matches for 2/28/2025

Match 1

Margaret Nolan (Dink) vs Denise Richards (Dr. Christmas Jones)

Dink

Actress:Margaret Nolan
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Goldfinger (1964)

Synopsis:

Margaret Nolan played the Golden Girl in the title sequence and the pre-release advertising for Goldfinger. However, the producers eventually choose Shirley Eaton to play Jill Masterson, and Nolan was given the much smaller role of the pool-side masseuse Dink. Dink is shown massaging Bond, but has to leave when Felix Leiter arrives for some “man’s talk.”

Margaret Nolan

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Dr. Christmas Jones

Actress:Denise Richards
Nationality:American
Bond Movie:The World is Not Enough (1999)

Synopsis:

Christmas Jones was a nuclear physicist working for an international agency that decommissioned nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union era. After Bond helped her escape from an explosion, Jones helped Bond investigate a bomb travelling along Elektra King’s oil pipeline. She discovered that half the plutonium was missing, which helped Bond discover King’s intentions in time to stop her. The two spend Christmas together in turkey at the end of the film.

Denise Richards

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Match 2

Claudine Auger (Domino Derval) vs Sophie Marceau (Elektra King)

Domino Derval

Actress:Claudine Auger
Nationality:French
Bond Movie:Thunderball (1965)

Synopsis:

Domino Derval was the mistress of SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo. Bond discovers that Largo had killed Domino’s brother, and thinks he can use that fact to get her on his side. They meet underwater as Bond untraps Domino’s flipper from the coral, and Bond manages to convince her to plot against Largo.

Claudine Auger

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Elektra King

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.

Sophie Marceau

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Bear News

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It’s the chance they’ve been waiting patiently for!

CBS: DOGE Is Going to Get You Eaten by Bears
NewsBusters | February 26, 2025 | Jorge Bonilla

CBS’s Ian Lee leads viewers to infer that DOGE cuts will lead people to be eaten by bears.
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LEE: … some of these workers monitored bear populations and without them, there could be more encounters.