I feel bad for this woman, but why are people not dodeca-checking wire instructions? Just…why would you not? If I receive wire instructions, I’m calling to verify. This kind of stuff just seems so easy not to fall for.
But on the other hand, for all you people willing to just spam money any ol’ place without checking shit, I’d be glad to provide my account number and routing number. Just say the word.
A ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Star Returns to WW2 With This New Film.
LOL @ that uniform that Grammer is wearing. 82nd Airborne unit patch with no fucking airborne wings. No way, brother. No paratrooper alive foregoes wearing their wings (and everyone who is or was in the 82nd is a paratrooper). Also, he’s a two-star general so that’d make him the commander of the 82nd (Airborne Division) if he’s got that unit patch on his left shoulder (on the right, it’s a combat patch).
Here’s what General Gavin’s (famous member and commander of the 82nd) uniform from WWII actually looked like. Notice those airborne wings sittin’ pretty up there. More on what’s wrong with that uniform below, as it’s a whole lot.
Do more research, please. (Call me — I’m expensive, but worth it.)
(As noted, there are many other things just completely wrong with that uniform, too. The CIB placement is incorrect. There are no medals, which a two-star general would have plenty of. It also doesn’t appear to be either a real uniform of any kind used then. It’s some weird pastiche; it’s neither an army officer’s summer service or winter service uniform. The belt also seems to be from a US enlisted uniform of the time. It’s also missing the U.S. infantry pins on the lapels. And there are still many other things wrong! Fucking hell the more I look the more fucked up it is.)
Cultural appropriation fucking rules. (Thai rockabilly.)
The first ten on today’s playlist:
Oh, what the fuck. I had no idea this was becoming possible RIGHT NOW.
This is another of those things Reddit dumbasses will swear is “impossible” five years after it’s already being done (which is, you know, now).
China spends about as much as the U.S. on defense.
Ayup. And Russia spends about 3x as much as is most commonly estimated (conventional wisdom is way, way wrong here) and thus roughly about 30% as much as the US in a fair comparison.
If Europe really wanted to halt economic migrants from the sea and to stop their deaths on the ocean, they’d publicly and frequently announce any and all sea rescue operations would halt and that all migrants would be immediately repatriated.
Then they should proceed to do just that. For a little while, drownings would increase. But then they’d fall precipitously as many, many fewer would attempt to cross that way. Ethically, this would be the correct thing to do as it would decrease deaths enormously and help to halt the social decline of Europe.
Of course, neither of those end states is an actual goal of European elites so it’ll never happen.
I miss all the 24/7 things that pandemic insanity killed. It was a better world. It’s really shocking how atrocious all retail is now post-pandemic. Combine Covidians and MBA thinking and pretty bad shit results.
The Phantom Menace is a bad movie. As a whole, it’s unwatchable. I did see it in the theater at the time despite not being much of a Star Wars fan.
However, the entire scene where Kenobi stands guard while Qui Gon uses his light saber to slowly melt through the blast doors on the starship is really nicely done. It shows how powerful the Jedi are, how relentless, and how fanatical. If the rest of the prequels had continued like this they might have been worth watching.
Just the part of the scene in particular of the light saber in solid metal melting it like butter is so effective in itself. Not just the special effects, but mise en scene, the acting, the costumes — it all works so incredibly well, unlike most of the rest of the film.
Ah, what could have been.
Whistleblower who raised concerns about Boeing jets dies at 45.
Boeing picked off another one, it looks like. That sort of death is rare. Also very suspicious IMO.
Fast-food restaurant sales slump as more people eat at home.
Why in the world would you eat fast food now? It’s 2-3x as expensive now in real dollars as it was a decade ago, its quality is far worse, and it’s no longer even fast. They MBA thinking has destroyed all of the advantages that fast food used to have and offered nothing in return. Thus, it’s a complete mystery why people are retreating from the sector.