Oh, I assumed it was permanent as well.

Yeah, mostly he just sounds super super culturally Filipino.

Didn’t want to say anything. But yeah, my first thought was, is Vientiane even big enough for a Kesha show? Maybe out by Chao Anouvong Park, I guess, if tide’s low, but it’s a city the size of Winnipeg and a lot poorer.

Hey, recall the US used to do that.

It sounds extremely familiar, which makes the criticism of Israel in particular and not every Western country (because it’s happening in most of em) not pass the smell test for me. If you’re going to be supportive of minorities in Israel, that’s great, but it’s real easy for people to make this stuff into an…

Australia’s also an exception, and to an extent Canada, so perhaps I should have said the Anglosphere. There’s a difference between having someone at arm’s length and making an enemy, though. France is the only Western European power other than the British that’s really invested in the military infrastructure…

Turkey and Iran had a rivalry even back when they were the Ottoman and Persian empires. The Cold War certainly didn’t help, though.

You’re right that the UN is more and more taking a side, but the UN’s kind of toothless to do anything about it without Western and specifically American backing. That stuff’s going to go…

Dammit. How do I quote?

[quote]The ongoing state of war, the UN increasingly backing Palestine while the U.S. continues to back Israel, the fact this may erupt into World War by the end of this decade,[/quote]

It’s extremely relevant to mention the boycott campaign even if you don’t agree with the politics behind it. It’s lazy journalism that the article doesn’t.

They’re not going to cancel a VIP flight on account of a fuel shortage. If anything, they’ll cancel a flight full of regular people to utilize their crew, aircraft and fuel. But as an airline man it’s really cool you’re thinking about the logistics of this! A lot of people don’t.

Can’t put anything past this crowd. God damn I love you guys.

I agree. He’s kind of an average actor; he’s not Patrick Stewart, but he’s no Nicolas Cage, either. He’s not terrible. And his directing stuff has been absolutely superb. The man belongs in the director’s chair, but he can carry himself well enough on the set.

Isn’t that basically just ganguro fashion?

Noted urine imbiber? Did I miss something? Did she get lost in the Malaysian jungle with Bear Grylls or something?

It’s supposed to be into the muscle, so the adrenaline gets taken up slowly. When you get it all in your bloodstream at once, basically it’s dangerous the same way a stimulant overdose is dangerous; you can overwork your cardiac system into a heart attack. That’s my layman’s understanding, at least.

I love tomatoes, but also have acid reflux. I compensate with large quantities of ranitidine, apple cider vinegar, and milk to settle the stomach.

Was that the Kylie Jenner challenge everyone was on about?

Yeah, pets are tough. The grocery store does not understand why I have to know if the lettuce is romaine or not. I’m trying not to kill my turtle, dude.

Yeah, I think it’s the lack of gastrointestinal flora to deal with it.