He’ll fawn over anyone that swells his ego or his pocketbook.
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Had to respond to this. Just saw an ad for the same computer I bought in September for $850, and it was $1999. The current model has a second SSD drive, which I might have considered at the time, but even with that we are talking double the price in three months.
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Another Black Friday special deal.
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So that was too unbelievable. The place that sent me the ad is also unbelievable.
I went to the place I bought mine from and they have it, still with the single SSD drive, for $950…after a $450 black Friday discount. Still $100 up in three months.
I’m ignoring the $450 black Friday discount since I got a random Tuesday in September discount that was also $450.
It is admittedly possible that Newegg got a whole truckload of them back when and is still selling against their old wholesale price.
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“Congratulations, world.” 
The lower case w on world is mildly unnerving.
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“Peace on you. I peace on all of you.”.
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Well, there is that anecdote of a “golden shower” in Russia.
He does like the ostentatious “look at me” of gold, after all.
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Impossible not to read this like I’m Eric Cantona.
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Sort of semi-seasonal entertainment, and semi-recruitment drive. The British Intelligence Service Christmas quiz.
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Created by children and spies. …designed to help children aged 11-18 hone a range of skills “they might need to become a spy”.
I grew up in the wrong country. Always wanted to be a spy
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Well. that should encourage honest, hard-working citizens, and keep out those pesky drugs barons.
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The card will give buyers a "direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people.
The real problem is, for way too many ordinary people, this logic makes perfect sense. Because obviously you have to be qualified at something to have a million spare change around.
Apparently noone considers that the individual may be highly qualified at very undesirable things…
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Or that they do not advertise the dubious side of their skill-set. The term “businessman” covers a multitude of sins.
It took me many years to realise that the UK press use the term “businessman” as a euphemism for “criminal”. If someone is an accountant, they are described in the press as “accountant”. The same with a plumber, or financier, manufacturer, or retailer. But if the guy is a gangster, and the newspaper can’t prove it, they will refer to him as a “businessman”.
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I believe their business is in the field of Nunyore. Those Nunyonarries provide a lot of jobs to a lot of people. Attacking this one man is an attack on all those people who rely on their generous employers acumen and know how 
Oh and when they do prove it, the media will stop calling them a business man, give them a cool nickname and glorify their deeds, maybe write a crime journo novel and cut a movie deal.
This is all very relevant to me as The Monk, a media nick named ganglord criminal, tried to run for Irish politics recently. Between him and McGregor, Trump has certainly emboldened the worst across this crazy, flat, lizard people run, “not-globe” earth we all cling to for dear life 
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I like that. I really do.
“And what do you do for a living Mr… er… Mr Legbreaker?”
“I’m in the Nunyore Business”.
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While most Nuns are of Yore, I was curious if there were defacto Nuns of Yore.
It seems not. Just Nuns, of yore.
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If all of that isn’t enough, they are thinking of mandating that all visitors who come here visa-free, hand over 5 years of social media for them to scrutinize.
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That’s because the people in the department who already went through the social media of applicants were let go by DOGE, so now they want us to do their dirty work for them
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That would officially ban me from the US 
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Frankly I think all governmental and news correspondence should be in Courier so it at least feels like we’re reading a screenplay and not actual reality. It makes the most sense for the times (New Roman) we live in.
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