right wing MILFS

[padraig (u.s.)]

or at least true fascination

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

these grotesque, perfectly coiffed monsters

 

[luka]

these grotesque, perfectly coiffed monsters

this is why he was so thrilled by Paris Hilton

 

[luka]

my puritanical inheritance prevents me from revelling in these things. its a handicap craners aristocratic background has saved him from,

 

[luka]

thats why he can enjoy booze and fags with a clear conscience whereas i feel like im commiting myself to the hellfires if i drink a bottle of lager

 

[shiels]

Is he a Ballard fan?

 

[...]

I’m not a very big Ballard fan, but I do like him.

That little clutch of essays I wrote between 2011-13 was heavily influenced in theme and style by Fouad Ajami. Probably nobody else can see that, but it seems so obvious to me now.

 

[...]

I did one about the Aliyev clan too, which thirdform was a fan of:

Caspian Kitsch

The European song contest is a big and beautiful holiday for some people but for others an occasion to organise political provocation. One must be prepared. Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of Azerbaij…

kirkpatrickmission.wordpress.com

 

[luka]

I did one about the Aliyev clan too, which thirdform was a fan of:

Caspian Kitsch

The European song contest is a big and beautiful holiday for some people but for others an occasion to organise political provocation. One must be prepared. Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of Azerbaij…

kirkpatrickmission.wordpress.com

Melania is another one of these strong mans wives

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Eurovision is one of those bizarre aspects of modern - post-WWII that is - Europe (or, Eurasia) that I fail to understand

I understand European corruption (FIFA, the IOC), nationalism, televised singing contests

but Eurovision has some greater than the sum of its parts insanity that eludes a non-European, I think

 

[...]

She is. She’s quite interesting, actually.

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Melania is another one of these strong mans wives

Ivana before her as well

 

[...]

Eurovision is one of those bizarre aspects of modern - post-WWII that is - Europe (or, Eurasia) that I fail to understand

I understand European corruption (FIFA, the IOC), nationalism, televised singing contests

but Eurovision has some greater than the sum of its parts insanity that eludes a non-European, I think

Aliyeva couldn’t even remember its proper name. European song contest, indeed.

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Yulia Tymoshenko was always a power in her own right, correct?

her husband kind of has a Ukrainian Todd Palin vibe

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

tho she herself is way savvier than Palin obv

 

[...]

Tymoshenko was an oligarch. She was very powerful. She practically took on Putin.

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Aliyeva couldn’t even remember its proper name. European song contest, indeed.

the soft power angle is v reminiscent of cycling, which I know something about, being a fan

professional cycling being absolutely awash with dictatorships funding races and teams

Kazakhstan - not a Kazakh company, the actual government - is a long-time sponsor of a professional team (Astana)

Russia also sponsored a team (Katusha) for a long time at the behest of Igor Makarov, a Turkman oligarch/Putin regime crony

who still sits at the top level of professional cycling, with various shady ties to his business empire

various repressive Gulf regimes also fund races - along deserted roads thru the desert - but it doesn't have that same post-Soviet touch

it's all a drop in the bucket compared things like FIFA or the IOC, but still, properly embarrassing and surreal

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Tymoshenko was an oligarch. She was very powerful. She practically took on Putin.

I didn't know she was an oligarch originally but that makes sense

I just meant that she was self-made and her power was her own, not an extension of her father, husband, etc like some of these other women

Palin seems like that if only in the power in her own right angle

and the folksy image, tho Palin's wasn't nearly as calculated I think, pre-rise to fame anyway

 

[luka]

didnt escobar have a cycling team?

 

[Murphy]

Princess Di and some serious kink, if that counts