Mark Gatiss offered a pretty straightforward response when asked why he hasn't returned to Doctor Who as a writer or actor - or both.
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It was Christmas in Whoville, time for roast beast and cake.
As the sole home insurer, I earned this long break.
Finally, a day without contracts or quotes—
just presents, and wreaths, and big winter coats.
So imagine my shock when my phone started ringing,
with claims pouring in and not holiday singing.
At the first call, I thought, oh my gosh—what a mess.
The Who family was robbed, and on Christmas, no less!
Then the second came in, from the Whos (no relation).
They’d also been robbed and were seeking salvation.
By the third claim, I knew something must be afoot,
if the whole town was hit, my firm was kaput.
There was simply no way I could pay all these Whos,
I’d go bankrupt for sure; I’d just have to refuse.
I pulled out each policy for a loophole, I searched—
any excuse to leave Whos in the lurch.
Does a dwelling contract really cover a robbing?
Apparently so, which left me there sobbing.
This business was built on making me wealthy.
Could that all be undone by a burglar so stealthy?
Western power is as strong as ever. What has changed is that the combination of socialism for financiers, collapsing prospects for the bottom 50%, and the surrender of our minds to Big Tech has given rise to overweening Western elites with little use for the last century’s value system. ATHENS – A motley crew of […]
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- by Joshua Roebke
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The promises of Klarna and other “buy now, pay later” companies are too good to be true.
The UK Government is denying those fleeing Ukraine the same rights to permanent residency afforded to those fleeing other parts of the world
Yesterday (December 19, 2024), the Australian government published their so-called – Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2024-25 (MYEFO) – which basically provides an updated set of projections and statuses of the fiscal position six months after the major fiscal statement was released in May. One would have thought the sky was falling in given the…
Now that the U.S. faces the return of a fascist President to power, we must consider the connections among plutocracy, misogyny, and fascism. In 2016, many pundits attributed Trump’s election to the rightward shift of white working-class voters in response to economic anxieties inflicted by neoliberal globalization. Political scientists quickly refuted this theory, pointing to […]
A concerned nutritional epidemiologist in Tokyo realizes that if you are what you eat, that means… It’s a similar situation in Seoul, albeit with less oil and more confidence.
The House is scrapping Mike Johnson’s year-end spending plan after Republicans had a shit-fit led by chief cheerleader the Real President of the United States, Elon Musk. They are back to the drawing board with the government set to shut down on Friday night. At the end of the day he told his puppet and vice-puppet to bless his efforts publicly and it was done: Musk spent Wednesday stirring Republicans into a frenzy over the stopgap spending bill filed by Johnson — one loaded up with $100 billion in disaster aid funding, billions more in farm assistance and dozens of other side deals that pushed the final product past 1,500 pages. His daylong flurry of dozens of postings on his X account appears to have succeeded: President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance came out against the bill this evening, calling instead for a pared-back measure coupled with a debt-limit increase. Not even disaster funding? Man, that’s cold. Musk knows nothing about policy, budgets or politics.
Lewis began by conveying appreciation to the upper management team for the way they had all rallied together despite the unpleasantness of recent events and expressed he was more confident than ever in the future of the company. It was, however, time to move on to the next era of UnitedHealthcare, and in the interests of getting back to business, he was pleased to announce that Larry would be taking over as the new CEO of the company.
The announcement was met with scattered applause emojis as Larry thanked everyone and said that while this was certainly a proud day for him, and he was thankful for the honor, he felt Kevin would be the best hire for CEO instead.
Kevin seemed taken aback by this turn of events and said no, no, no, and reiterated that Larry was the right man to be the next CEO of UnitedHealthcare and that Larry had his full support.
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Bret Stephens of The NY Times has written a fatuous piece abandoning his “Never Trump” status (which, I admit, I didn’t even realize he had obtained. Really?) Anyway, he says Trump’s not bad and never was and everyone is being hysterical. This is something I’m hearing from a lot of people. I’m not going to offer a gift link to it because it’s really not worth it. Unless you have amnesia of the last 10 years it’s anything but persuasive. Instead I want to direct you to the Bulwark’s JV Last’s response which he has posted outside the paywall so you can click over to read the whole thing. Here is a small piece of it. It’s really good: He goes on to discuss everything we’re already seeing for Trump II and I think people are very much underestimating his intentions. Whether he’ll be able to accomplish his toxic agenda is yet to be determined. Never Trumpers and the rest of us who saw what Trump was, and see what he is today, are taking quite a bit of incoming from a number of different directions. We are outside the mainstream right now.
2 loins of baby lambSoftened butterSalt and freshly ground black pepper4 ounces fresh breadcrumbs4 tablespoons finely chopped parsley½ level teaspoon dried thyme½ level teaspoon dried marjoramGrated ring of ½ lemonGrilled whole tomatoesWatercress Spread loins of lamb with softened butter and season generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper; place in a roasting tin. Roast […]