Zohran Mamdani: ‘I Support Removing Horse Carriages From Central Park’
Forbes BreakingAt a press briefing, NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he’d work with union leaders to end horse carriages in Central Park, and hire 200 lawyers to “Trump-proof” the city.
I just found out that Finland’s prime minister is called Orpo.
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.
Finallyland, all the pieces are in place! But how can I use this to make a buck?
Oh, and Happy New Year.
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P.S.: Maybe I can get a shipbuilding contract:
America Turns to Finland for Icebreakers It Struggles to Build at Home
gCaptain | December 30, 2025 | Paul MorganThe United States just signed contracts for Finland to build American warships, a stark admission that the world’s most powerful navy can no longer construct the specialized vessels it desperately needs.
Just sayin’.
But he is into one-upmanship.
Wilmington native faces several charges following hotel incident
Port City Daily | 12/29/2025 | Emily SawakedA 33-year-old Wilmington man was reported to be unclothed and causing damage to hotel property; he was also reported approaching hotel guests in the lobby. Police located him in a nearby wooded area, where he ran into a retention pond. The suspect was noted to have kicked an officer during the arrest.
Hope everyone is ready to ring in the New Year. 2026? Really? So everyone knows the Big W will be in Las Vegas next week so these matches will be open for voting until the 12th of January. As he is coming home late that day they may even be a further delay. The man is so irresponsible.
Results from 12/24/2025
| Cassandra Harris | No Preference | Carmen du Sautoy |
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| 104 | 5 | 28 |
| Kristina Wayborn | No Preference | Francoise Therry |
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| 120 | 1 | 35 |
New Matches for 12/31/2025
Match 1
(1) Barbara Bach (Anya Amasova) vs (14) Tina Hudson (Bianca)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| (1) Barbara Bach | 6 – 0 – 0 | 1334 – 4 – 156 |
Actress: Barbara Bach Nationality: American Bond Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Synopsis:
Anya Amasova, code name ‘Triple X’, was a KGB agent working under General Gogol. She had the same mission as Bond, to retrieve stolen microfilms for a submarine tracking system. After half co-operating and half getting in the way of each other, Bond and Amasova meet their bosses at the Egyptian HQ, who tell them that MI6 and the KGB are now co-operating, and the two should work together.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (14) Tina Hudson | 4 – 2 – 0 | 890 – 10 – 432 |
Actress: Tina Hudson Nationality: English Bond Movie: Octopussy (1983) Synopsis:
Bianca was an MI6 agent assisting Bond in Latin America. She helped Bond disguise himself as Colonel Toro so that he could infiltrate a military base and plant an explosive on a Cuban spy plane. When the mission went awry and Bianca saw Bond being taken away as a prisoner in an army jeep, she went into action. She drove alongside the jeep, and flirted with Bond’s captors, showing off her legs to distract them while Bond pulled their parachute cords.
Match 2
(9) Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton) VS (15) Sue Vanner (Log Cabin Girl)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| (9) Tanya Roberts | 5 – 1 – 0 | 959 – 3 – 521 |
Actress: Tanya Roberts Nationality: American Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985) Synopsis:
Stacey Sutton inherited the Sutton Oil company, which megalomaniac Max Zorin tried to take over. Zorin offered Sutton $5 million for her shares in the company, which she refused. Bond learnt of the cheque and confronted her at her home. Stacey was initially aggressive, pointing a shotgun at Bond. However, when some of Zorin’s henchmen arrived to persuade Stacey to sell, Bond sorted them out and gained Stacey’s trust. The pair escaped an attempt on their lives, and managed to kill Zorin.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
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| (16) Sue Vanner | 4- 2 – 0 | 741 – 10 – 546 |
Actress: Sue Vanner Nationality: English Bond Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Synopsis:
The log cabin girl, played by Sue Vanner, was a KGB agent, and a lover of James Bond. While Bond and the girl were curled up under some furs on the floor of an isolated log cabin, M sent a message to Bond’s wrist watch that he was needed at once at HQ. As Bond got up to leave, the girl said “But James, I need you.”, to which Bond replied “So does England.” After he left, the girl radioed to KGB henchmen that Bond had let.
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Source: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-25-107753.pdf
Source: Same as above.
I notice there have been no arrests.
Here’s how it works:
The government focuses on some noble-sounding cause, and creates a bloated bureaucracy to address it forever.
Myriad non-profit organizations are created to address the same problem.
The government gives preferential and favored treatment to the non-profits, ahead of individual citizens.
The non-profits use government funding to give preferential treatment to certain individuals.
The individuals are naturally happy to be getting the preferential treatment.
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This works, because it would be too obvious if the government just gave preferential treatment to individuals. The middleman agencies disguise the obvious injustice.
And neither the bloated government agency nor the non-profits can ever be abolished, because of their noble-sounding cause. The cancer can never be excised.
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New NYC Law Gives Nonprofits a Leg up on Certain Property Purchases
planetcitizen.com | 12/28/25 | Diana IonescuMission-driven groups will get an early chance to make offers on properties that can be rehabilitated and preserved as affordable.
The New York City Council passed a revised version of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), a law that gives certain nonprofits an early right to bid on available properties that could be rehabilitated and preserved as affordable housing.
As Jeanmarie Evelly explains in City Limits, the law “specifically targets buildings with poor conditions or where an affordability provision is expiring.” The law allows “qualified entities” to purchase properties, make repairs, and maintain affordable rents.
First introduced in 2020, the new version of the bill narrows the types of buildings that qualify under the law, exempts small properties with fewer than four apartments, and creates more specific criteria for the organizations that are eligible to make bids. When an eligible property is put up for sale, owners are required to notify a list of nonprofits, who have 25 days to notify the owner of an intent to purchase and 80 further days to make an offer.
