Comment by aebtebeten
10 days ago
Front men? You mean like when Erik Prince was playing token gweilo for CITIC group?
(At least Prince, however much his attitude may resemble Mr. Twister's, is aware the rest of the world exists. I haven't read any of the Hunger Games, but according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games#:~:text=It%20... , despite the author's background [did she always live on base, never on the economy?], nothing beyond the lower 48 is a thing. As a contrast, Harry Potter is not at all solipsistic: it mentions about three dozen countries beyond its main setting.)
Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Mv6gXqADM
Erik, yes. This too:
https://archive.ph/AcISR
https://youtu.be/qloY_aU7mpA
https://youtu.be/GSm99HFnvpY?t=7m17s
TIL there could be over a billion 川粉.
« N'interrompez jamais un ennemi qui est en train de faire une erreur » —N I
Poor Viktor! He should've just said no... https://images.prom.ua/4754852957_w640_h640_net-prikolnyj.jp...
(even Ivan the Terrible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7eIIIPBNUc&t=1735s doesn't drink without something to eat; he's not an alcoholic after all)
Dina's a bit boho; where are the oranges and sushki?
Santi? Barbara's the patroness of tunnelling; ܥܩܘܒ does fishermen and conquistadors? (I guess neither are known for paying much attention to sustainability?)
EDIT: Sorry Dina, didn't know it was in the kitchen.
Oh, not boho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWp4BM0SXU
Crude Rules Everything Around Me?
EDIT2: Satyendra?
Satyendra? Bose?
Greenland (feint? The Man practising your fencing chengyu?) seems like an attempt to get discount on "something something China/Russia deals"? Reverse Bribery?