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  1. But I also read a pretty interesting analysis for why this seizure was a foreign relations double-whammy, which I think is kinda good international police work, Lou:
  2. Interesting choice of cover:
  3. Everyone in the Ukraine war thread "I think I’m willing to overlook a little corruption if..." Not a knock, just saying it's pragmatic and practical and I agree with you 100%. Gotta play the game that is on the field, not the one dreamed up in practice.
  4. Belarus, a Putin puppet vassal, rolled out the red carpet for one of Maduro's negotiators this week. Aleksandr Lukashenko is a dictator and Putin-lite (and let Putin attack Ukraine from Belarus) and so folks are starting to see the off-ramp for Maduro being Belarus.
  5. Seems like a legitimate seizure, if this were in a vacuum or normal times. Obviously Trump has destroyed any notions of normalcy. Also saw Trump doubled the bounty on Maduro's head to $50M. He's gotta know he's on borrowed time, one way or another, right? Immediately read this after posting: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20251211
  6. Other private companies valued at $100 billion or more, like OpenAI and Anthropic, will be watching the response to SpaceX’s potential IPO closely: OpenAI—the only private startup with a higher reported valuation than SpaceX—and Anthropic have already set IPO plans in motion, possibly for next year. Both AI giants are projecting at least $20 billion in revenue for 2026—roughly the same as SpaceX’s projected revenue in 2026. Zoom out: If there’s appetite for SpaceX stock, that could make the $2.9 trillion in private companies more inclined to go public following several slow years for the IPO market, according to Bloomberg — some really interesting financial news: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spacex-pursue-2026-ipo-raising-203725148.html
  7. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for a 2026 IPO, hoping to break Saudi Aramco’s $29B record raise at a valuation of over $1T.
  8. “He would come out of the OR and say, oh, he did this, that, and the other in there,” Sato said. She figured he’d learned different skills at his other programs. Then he was fired from that UT residency—his third dismissal—for, among other things, talking to students about his penis size and about visiting prostitutes in Mexico, lying about participating in procedures, and asking a chief resident to make out, according to court documents.
  9. Hung out at 30 Rock, the tree, and by diamond district tonight. Is it just me or does it seem less "Chrismasy" than usual. Just kinda whelmed by the whole area, feels like it used to be a lot more lit up and decorated.
  10. It seems like he is doing a bit / performance art and it seems like he's been doing it for a couple of years. Good, bad or indifferent it can be funny. I don't know, your mileage may vary but lowk it's kinda funny to me to see him rage bait and then see people crash out.
  11. Oh get it, beause I'm not a real person but an AI program. har har
  12. This thread is better than any Netflix original programming. I hope there are more episodes coming.
  13. Metaverse catching strays is the chef’s kiss.
  14. Your Batgirl fandom is showing (but you aren't wrong, directionally).
  15. I get it. I'm with you on everything except it seemed you were saying that $10mm was F-You money. It's a nice bag to set up a little flywheel and never have to work again and set your children up with enough left for the grandkids. A modest man can make a kingdom out of $10mm for his lifetime, but we talking about Odell Beckham blowing through $100mm type F-You money I thought.
  16. You didn't happen to work at the Astro diner on 6th, south of Central Park do you? Huge pancakes and if you do, you've probably served me a dozen times and we never knew it.
  17. $10 mil? lol cute.
  18. This page is chock full of gold, on all sides. Satire and memes are always funny, I guess I'm an equal opportunity employer in that regards. So while I disagree whole-heartedly politically with our friend incredulity, I hope he still posts comedy from the other side of the wall so we know how the East Germans are coping and get a glimpse into their brains.
  19. It's Chrismas season so I have to admit-- I've never seen Die Hard. I plan on watching it on a plane this week. Maybe I'll do a React Video on my YouTube channel which, unlike all the other reaction videos, will be actually real. I've never seen but want to (just need to find the time): - The Wire - Landman Movies I've never seen but want to but also feel lost on where to start and if I'll get the lore if I start at the wrong one because there are like 8 sequels: - IT - Predator (and/or Alien) movies that have come out. I need a chronology map to understand these. Shows that I have ZERO desire to start and watch but people seem to love: - Stranger Things Shows/Movies I did invest the time and glad I did (based on this threads feedback so far): - The Big Lewbowski one of the greatest movies ever. I've seen it probably 20 times. - Breaking Bad, one of the greatest series ever. I've watched it all the way through once, but watched parts of it enough to probably qualify a second viewing. - Django Unchained is amazing and probably seen it 4 or 5 times. - Godfather, was good, watched it once that's enough for me. Shows/Movies I did invest the time and wouldn't have if I had known in hindsight (I imagine all you LOST people are here too) - Ted Lasso after Season 1. Season 1 was soooo good and gold, the rest was bonafide garbage heap trash. - GoT, was cool and at the time was enthralling. In hindsight even the great parts weren't THAT great, but it was the last monocultural show and time we had I think before the complete obliteration of Hollywood monoculture (I guess Stranger Things is that). - The Harry Potter universe. Maybe if I was a kid or a tween when I watched these it would hit different, but as an adult it's very lame. Sorry. - The Walking Dead. Wasted a lot of time continuing to watch based on Sunk Cost fallacy. It was never good but had a way to keep me watching until I finally quit which I think was the fake Glen death. Like getting yourself to quit eating sugar for no reason.
  20. I think we all know how this plays out now with Trump being scrubbed in late last week as well.
  21. I think you just roll with it. If you are choosing to send your kid to a school with enough economically disadvantaged and at risk population that they are being airdropped free coats for the winter and what not, and you are not in that type of need, then it's likely because the school draws from a very diverse area. At his age it's no big deal to have designer logos and he shouldn't be bullied on basis of style, so I wouldn't worry about that. I think you hit the nail on the head, swallow your pride, be an equal party in the community of your school and teach your kids to show no partiality, as it sounds like you are. The issues are the parents insecurities more than the kids at this age.
  22. Netflix buying WB is probably that, if you are long on the longterm existence of Hollywood as we've come to know it (e.g. studios, distribution via movie theatres, Hollywood as a celebrity tastemaker, etc.). But WB being bought by Paramount is going to suck too, in other ways, like inevitiable mismanagement of IP, prices going up for consumers, rewarding the Ellison's, etc. But hey, it's all part of the elite capture anyways. Saw a funny story about how Zaslov and Sarandos accidentally bumped into each other at Polo Bar in midtown right before the deal closed (uh huh), which of course is a place I've been trying to get a reservation to for 6 months. Us poor folk will end up paying more for our stories, one way or another.
  23. Also, it does seem a bit weird to NOT take the better deal (valued over $100bn versus the 80) from a purely fidicuary responsibility perspective, much less the increased regulatory tie-up the Netflix bid has.
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