“WUTHERING HEIGHTS” is one of those movies that needed to be 50% better or 50% worse in order to be good

I have nothing to add here. Yes, it’s that bad.

Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe. We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability, but it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are. Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated. In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Days after declaring total victory and boasting that no other military could match the US, Trump is now begging other countries — including China — to send warships to stop his Iran war from spiraling into catastrophe.

A galactic humiliation.

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This is one of those sentences that starts great and gets more awesome with every word

A John Lydon: unquestionably important but, oh god, will you shut the fuck up?

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

Is Christopher Luxon the only person in the world who watched Donald Trump ASKING to get a Nobel Peace Prize and thought "Asking for baubles, that's a good idea!" #NZPol

I think sinking one of our NZ navy ships, then visiting and just beforehand saying the Samoan PM isn't telling the truth, is the sort of bold what I will say to you is diplomacy that Chris Luxon brings.

Go @greens.org.nz say this every week loud as you can til election day.

And all through any stages of the fuel crisis traffic light announcements

#NZpol

look.. all i'm saying to you is if kiwis are struggling with the cost of living, high fuel, food and utility prices, they could just sell one of their rentals. #nzpol

Countries that have adopted electric vehicles the fastest will suffer the least from oil price spikes caused by the US/Israel attack on Iran.

NZ is not one of those, thanks to Luxon’s poor leadership.

Something I need to mention is that when I left Substack to return to my own site, I removed all the paywall guff. Subscribers can still choose to pay to support me but I’ll only nag you when I remember.

Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime. Pete committed a war crime this morning. bsky.app/profile/bcfi...

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i'll be at the LA Times Festival of Books!!!!

talking at the Legends are Real: Folklore, Fairy Tales, and Mythical Interpretations in Speculative Fiction and Horror panel with Stephen Graham Jones and Catronia Ward. very excited!

2pm on Saturday, April 18th
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It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke.

This is not a joke.

We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.

Day 78 of Level 4uel Lockdown - Anti-walx activists plan a convoy to Wellington from Invercargill but run out of fuel before they reach Gore. A planned Parliament Grounds protest is attended by Winston Peters and Bryce Edwards.

When you're paying $3 a litre for petrol... Remember Luxon's govt crashed the EV market, slashed public transport & cycleway spending & cut fees for importing gas guzzlers by 80% - turning NZ into a dumping ground for the worlds dirtiest most oil hungry vehicles.
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“Just imagine if Iran had a Godzilla. Or TWO Godzillas! Now you see why we HAD to attack them.

Oh, man – those American soldiers are kicking those Iranians’ asses. Oh wait, I’m just getting more info about this clip …

Fuuuuuuck …

They literally see being educated (not to mention being a woman) as a liability, not asset.

Could this crisis – the solution to which is ‘you should have listened to the Greens for the last 30 years’ – be the making of an ultra right wing, fossil fuel-chasing PM?

Winston Peters asks KiwiRail about bringing in spare ferry parts as fault reduces Interislander fleet

The CoC cancelled brand new ferries which would have started service by now. Why does anyone vote for these clowns?
#nzpol

Calls to let workers stay home to beat fuel prices The government should take notice of what other countries are doing to help workers, a union says.

Problem is all the toxic micro managers would have nothing to do, and commercial landlords with their obsolete single use office buildings would have their values of their property drop out from under them.
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Scarred me as a child!

People on the radio talking about the positive aspects of Iran not competing in their match against New Zealand in the World Cup…

Why are we participating in a sporting event where some of the other teams would fear for their lives to participate?

Fitzcarraldo

Can this be a solution?

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