Love in a besieged city - Sarajevo, 1993.

Remembering Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya from Mughal-E-Azam (1960), directed by K. Asif, on the occasion of Valentine’s Day. Love is political, and nobody should decide who you love. A world that thrives on hate needs love the most.

Two champagne socialists and pedophile apologists pose with a parochial Swiss mediocrity.

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I don’t consider myself a genius, but I have realized over the course of my life that I’m smarter than my peers. It’s isolating. I can talk myself out of any feeling of vulnerability right into a common sense application of my manpower. Someone should switch me off sometimes.

Resident Cat Paws At Author’s Face When Approaching Cuddle Deficit

I am an investor in people.

Watching a group of American diplomats dressed like this, singing a Northeastern Chinese folk song to celebrate Lunar New Year, has to be one of the most surreal moments of 2026 for me.

I can’t stop thinking of an adaptation of an American Girl doll book with a narration by Joe Pesci. Or a voiceover by Joe Pesci, where he does the voice of every character like that one Russian guy who dubs every foreign film. Melatonin is hitting the bloodstream soon. I hope.

Whoever told AOC that she was ready for the international policy stage is not her friend.

Technocratic progressivism (which did have a number of major 20th century accomplishments) is dead. Mamdani isn’t going to even pretend to try to improve the MTA or NYCHA. Instead, he will focus on private sector shakedowns and Leftist theater-kid performance art.

Real State of China 🇨🇳 > it’s really bad > friend who has invested in China for over 40 years visited a few months ago > 3rd tier city, not the Shenzhen, Beijing visits that newbies do > 60-70% of homeowners more than 15% underwater on purchase price > wage growth stagnant

tibeto-mongolian gangster following the collapse of USSR in the 90s

The Godfather - Great Scene - 1972 When Michael Corleone Takes Command ... youtu.be/oeBHiJeshcg?si…

Just an all time Marge banger. Gets me everytime

I used to share an apartment with a sugar baby from Fordham Road. She was a Marco Polo in her own right. Dora the Explorer seen a lot of hotels. Count your blessings.

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