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What a ripoff! No mention of Bangkok at all! I especially liked the episode where she enters the Jedi netherworld, I guess that would be what some other creeds would call limbo.

Sometimes it looks like he's trying to run TO prison: Trump Tells Gun Store He’d Like to Buy a Glock, Raising Legal Questions He has yet to fully appreciate that he is a suspected felon out on bail, and there are rules he is required to respect. So he tells the world how certain individuals should be killed, https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/25/trump-paul-gosar-suggest-gen-mark-milley-deserves-death.html and a few days later he tries to buy a gun in a state where he is not a resident. What's wrong with that? I sincerely doubt the Secret Service is going to let him carry a gun (with real bullets in it).

What is this guy's profession anyway? He's supposedly a comedian, but spouting all these political theories and speculations is not comedy. Some of these guys who don't even try be funny anymore. There's a of few these comedians who come off like crusaders, telling the audience "what we must do now" etc. Cue the ancient punch line: "what mean we, paleface?"

Man, this clown really got the publicity in gear. He makes comments about anyone, and that person comments on the comment, as so it goes. That MIrror seems to have a whole sub-section dedicated to him.

Hey, they started their own religion and are the clerics/keepers of it. Tax-free donations. Give money.

Who?

Him and DT have the same presidential election platform: "Because I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT!" Not much to discuss there, nothing to clarify, nothing hidden.

Winter is coming, when the freezing northern part of the 48 and Canada depends on the southern for all sorts of produce. This idea that the migrants will forsake DeSantisland has been around since spring, maybe now we'll see.

I wonder how many conservatives suffered seizures reading this post.

No real changes until Logan the old man dies. If number one son does anything against the status quo pops will sideline him right quick. I have the impression when Kendall Lachlan started pushing back at Ailles pops reigned him in. Evil SOB that he was, if Ailles was still alive the voting machine fiasco would no have happened IMO. There is another voting machine lawsuit in play, this one may cost even more payout than the last one.

I haven't been there, but as I understand Lampedusa is still 100 behind in some respects. Met an English woman who told me that when she was there the local women kept asking where her husband is (she was travelling alone and was not married), as unaccompanied women are considered to be 'looking for business.' You might recall in the first "The Godfather" movie the scene where the Pacino character is walking with his girlfriend (in Sicilian countryside) under the eyes of a bunch of women following close behind -- this is true, or at least was in the previous century. Spent part of my formative years in an Italian community in the US, and being sent to live with the relatives in the old country was common for young ladies who were deemed to be getting too friendly with the boys, or accidentally became pregnant.

"Leave the EU? We were only joking! You didn't think it was true, did you?"

What's a nice girl from Khon Kaen doing in Pattaya? Doesn't she know the town is full of girls who . . . uh, never mind. Some guys have fantasies about sumo wrestlers, but probably not many.

Thinking of people I have met who would say "But I like having the door open!"

I would think every massagee girl understands there are varying degrees of, er, physical involvement, defined in the service. My guess is the stuff about living as a captive was way beyond what they expected.

I explored India in the 1970s, even then those northeastern states were reportedly troubled, and it was near impossible to get the required tourist permit to go there. Was hardly any mention of it in the Indian or international press. About 20 years ago I met a European couple with Doctors Without Borders working in Manipur, that was the first time I met people who had actually been there. They were on a white sand-blue water vacation in Malaysia and would be returning. They told me just how bad it was. Up until then I suspected the Indian gov't just didn't want bother with such a remote area. I have no inside knowledge of this, but I think it would be logical to consider China may have something to do with it.

Yes, let them clean up their own House. As McConnell said during the previous presidency, the GOP doesn't have to get rid of DT, the Dems will do it for them. How did that work out, ol' buddy? Yes, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is the old chestnut, but the moment that adversary is defeated it's a whole new game. If this Speaker ploy backfires it could cause rifts in the Dem caucus, the blame going to those that thought this was a good idea. A potential divide-and-conquer tactic. I hope Jeffries doesn't fall for it.

But an even greater amount of idiocy is involved in not being able to see his own contempt for his audience.

There is a long scene in this movie where only Richard Burton is on camera and he does not blink (no cuts). And here I thought that generation of Brit classical actors were undisciplined drunks. That made me go back to some of his other stuff, like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" If interested, check out director Mike Nichols' story of the filming of the "burgen" scene, which somewhat justifies my remarks about drunkards. "Boom" is a gem with Liz & Dick. Nice scenery but a terrible movie; however the last 20 or so minutes is only L&D's characters finally having their confrontation, it shows them as capable actors as opposed to show biz caricatures.

I actually feel sorry for her. She doesn't seem very bright (which we all know is not a crime in itself), reminds me too much of the female politician in "The Thick of It." Much like Boebert and Palin in the US without the MAGA/Tea Party tantrums. BoJo pushed her in as something between ensuring Britain's worst PM would not be himself and a practical joke, which is what his time at #10 can be seen as. In comparison to US Republicanism in this century (so far) imagine a claim that the Bush family machinery promoted the election of the orange guy so that it could no longer be said W was the worst POTUS.

Reminds me of something an Irish fellow once told me: "there was no potato famine, we just forgot where we planted them."

Not long ago there was a pop song with the musical question "would she go down on you in a theatre?" https://youtu.be/NPcyTyilmYY?t=23

Repealing Federal anti-pot laws would probably lead to Federal regulation of the stuff. Rules and taxes. Will illegal growers be subject to Elliot Ness -type raids?

I knew a guy in the US who never was an alcoholic but he would go to the meetings and talk about it to the people in his life. With his very Irish name and red hair I don't think anyone doubted his legitimacy as an alc. Go figure. I think ol' Brandy here is about to begin the re-entry phase of his social media spotlight. There is the old showbiz chestnut about "no such thing as bad publicity" but in this new media these characters eventually implode on themselves. Never lose sight of the social media standard that any words can be taken as offensive with the least bit of effort, and truth has nothing to do with anything. Still, even before these accusations Brand was an obnoxious jackass. He'll disappear from the headlines soon enough. Enshallah!

In the Meghan Kelly interview with DT she was somewhat lecturing at one point that a subpoena is not something to ignore, he went off on a rant and said, in one breath: "I know this. I don't know that!" Waiting for him to say something about his study of Zen for an explanation. These blabberings usually span from a few hours to a few days, this is his record for fastest reversal The usual tactics: initial response deny it happened at all "It's a hoax! It didn't happen! Fake News!"; Next day: justify it "Everyone is saying she deserved it:" Third day: blame a Democrat.