I'm sorry but "Peter Magyar" sounds like the one Hungarian kid at hogwarts. Not a real person. Sorry. Might as well vote for Janos Goulash. Laszlo Paprika. Jozsef Budapest. ...
Three (OK, four, but I'm deferring one for its own post) illusions that have been killed off for good by the disastrous Iran debacle, and musings on society as a gray market casino where cheating is encouraged because the bettors are only ripping one another off.
If you've been on the fence about subscribing, this is a good one to take the plunge on. It's all of $2, half the cost of a PBR. ...
Even if the strait reopened, which it hasn't, and the war ended, which it hasn't, there's a backlog of 1000+ ships waiting to get through Hormuz, major damage to oil and gas infrastructure, and a supply chain disruption (especially for fertilizer) that will take months to unravel in the best case scenario.
Today's big "market rally" was just hopium, poor reading comprehension, and shorts covering in a trench coat. It won't last the week. ...
We won’t really feel the satisfaction of a complete narrative arc until we see tomorrow morning’s inevitable story about a new Polymarket account called “whitepwr_wifeleftme69” who signed up at 4 PM today and made $6 million ...
Chat, what happens when the boy who cries wolf is also the wolf ...
Liz says:
Why do you hate gay people, Ed?
(Bareback Mountain)
erik says:
on a related point, some friends of mine and I spent a short conversation the other day trying to decide whether Brokeback Mountain or Top Gun is the gayer movie.
Ed says:
That is utterly ridiculous. There is not even any doubt that Top Gun is significantly gayer.
Samantha says:
Bareback Mountain seems to have caught on around the metro Atlanta area, Iceman.
Scott says:
I think I prefer "flaming saddles" as it provides several ways to make fun of the movie.
First, flaming is, of course, a common adjective to describe something that is very homosexual – which this movie is.
Secondly, flaming saddles could also refer to the inflamed asses that these two gay cowboys would almost certainly have after an evening of butt-love.
The possibilities are endless.
mike says:
I don't think Top Gun is gay insomuch as the only real sexual attraction the characters feel is towards their jetplane fighters. It's true the women come across as stand-in props until they can get back to business – but I sense "back to business" is less showers in the barracks but shooting missles at Russians.
Nate says:
I'm partial to "Flaming Saddles".