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Looks more like a Star Trek alien sans forehead ridges to me. That, or a Stooge wannabe.

@Doctor-Phibes said in German Trains - Now Only 56% Run On Time:

Under our current leadership, the trains run 8000% more on time than they used to and actually arrive 2 hours before they set off.

Under the present circumstances, that sounds perfectly reasonable.

The Kremlin on Monday neither confirmed nor denied that a visit by the U.S. envoy would take place this week, saying only that it was “always glad to see Mr. Witkoff in Moscow.”

I’m sure they just rejoice when Trump’s trusted hand picked amateur diplomat, Mr. Dimwit, shows up at the door. Not only good for laugh or two afterward but makes for great fodder for domestic lampooning of the USA and the Western democracies in general.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/04/trump-says-special-envoy-witkoff-to-visit-russia-in-coming-days-a90083

@Doctor-Phibes said in Trumpenomics:

@jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:

a single author who just fired the head of his labor statistics department.

I wonder if he was actually fired for pointing out that a 1500% decrease in expense is something that only a moron would talk about.

Maybe Trump was just confused and mistook an estimated savings range of 1% to 5% with a net reduction of 1500%.

That or Trump just rounded up to 1500% for the sake of simplicity.

@jon-nyc

Wow. Even Horace is making fun of the MAGA base.

I just thought it was a lame attempt to gaslight himself and sound humoursly sarcastic at the same time.

Am beginning to wonder if the alleged list ended up on Putin’s desk for safekeeping.

Even I would be raising an eyebrow if the word combination “teh wimmenz” would appear on the alleged list.

@LuFins-Dad

The dickens you say.

Interesting. Like you I was led believe such was never practicable.

Other than a couple of their songs - Paranoid and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - in the 70s, I never got into Black Sabbath as a band. Certainly never owned any of their albums. As for vocals, Ian Gillan, Robert Plant and Ronnie James Dio were much more to my liking than Ozzy. Still, he was a defining persona and stage presence of the era and beyond, despite his hell bent years of self destructive behaviour. That he didn’t implode like others at 27 years of age is beyond me.

RIP, no doubt you went out on a high note.

@jon-nyc

My understanding is that Hoover was personally more engaged with and always more focused on the threat from the various tentacles of the Kremlin and the Comintern than any threats posed from fascist Europe or Imperial Japan. He tended to steer the latter back to the military authorities whenever possible.

Have never watched him other than clips.

Last late night tv I ever watched was the Merv Griffin Show. That Merv, I tell ya…

…as a stucco bathtub.

@89th

You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.

Scary thought, but I can pronounce that author’s name with little effort. Always stress the first syllable.

…spent a lot of time in Finland in the late 80s and 90s. Never learned anything of the language but grasped the intonation and spelling. Unlike English, words are pronounced exactly as it they are spelled. Georgian is like that as well - provided you know or can make sense of the alphabet.

@LuFins-Dad said in And Aqua, too…:

Just teasing… Karla will be taking Fin to a social gathering with Aqua and Family. Will have her work him over.

You make it sound like Karla is “the family’s”enforcer.

Still, it would be worth the effort.

Please do.

Am all for Dr. George returning. Am totally indifferent though to that other one.

Lutnick (or Nutlick) is about as genuine as a $3 bill.

I see all kinds of reports that is the local Bedouin attacking the Druze. Am not convinced. Something, other than my Druze barber, tells me it’s Sunni Muslim fanatics in Syrian army uniforms.

Just me.