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  1. Nick Jonas Horror Movie Adds Six To Cast (EXCLUSIVE)

    EXCLUSIVE: Clown in a Cornfield‘s Eli Craig has rounded out the cast of White Elephant, his holiday horror…
    #NewsBeep #News #Movies #AlexandraShipp #AshleyPark #AU #Australia #Entertainment #JoshBrener #JusticeSmith #KJApa #MadeleineArthur #WhiteElephant
    newsbeep.com/au/589721/

  2. #SriLanka battles wild jumbos to save #whiteelephant #airport
    "The #PRC-funded & constructed airport, located in home constituency of fmr pres #Rajapaksa & named aft him, has failed to earn enuf since its 2013 inauguration. Te airport lies on a #migratory route for #birds.. Attempts by successive #governments to privatise te US$210mil project hv failed.. Te 1st foreign #airline to operate fr the facility was #AirArabia but it pulled out aft 6 weeks of scheduled services"🤦‍♂️
    straitstimes.com/asia/south-as

  3. The 747 aircraft the Qataris want to give to Trump is a white elephant that they can't sell, and that they'll be glad to be rid of the storage and maintenance charges for.
    forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisk

    #trump #airforceone #dumbpresidenttricks #whiteElephant #pigInAPoke

  4. The 747 aircraft the Qataris want to give to Trump is a white elephant that they can't sell, and that they'll be glad to be rid of the storage and maintenance charges for.
    forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisk

    #trump #airforceone #dumbpresidenttricks #whiteElephant #pigInAPoke

  5. This year whoever gets my #WhiteElephant gift (none of them are on fedi dw) will receive a devious item of my own design: the Kintsugi Kit, also known as a broken ceramic tealight holder and a bottle of gold glitter glue lovingly sealed in a cookie box with super glue (a thing I do to a lot of white elephant gifts for some reason). Update on its reception to follow later this week.

  6. Alright, decided to take some time off from social for few days to detox. Enjoyed some McRib, had nice time at cocktail party, and got some gifts at white elephant.

    But, time to get back to work.

    #LifeUpdate #Food #Holiday #Drinks #McRib #WhiteElephant

  7. Alright, decided to take some time off from social for few days to detox. Enjoyed some McRib, had nice time at cocktail party, and got some gifts at white elephant.

    But, time to get back to work.

    #LifeUpdate #Food #Holiday #Drinks #McRib #WhiteElephant

  8. Greece "is the 8th country to drop out after initially planning to participate in the [Osaka] expo...amid concerns about the event's ballooning costs"
    mainichi.jp/english/articles/2
    #Osaka #NoMoreExpos #WhiteElephant #Japan

  9. "#Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka...to make up for a shortage of truck drivers"
    mainichi.jp/english/articles/2
    🔸Haven't heard any explanation why existing railroads are not sufficient for cargo transport & yet govt mumbles about loss of revenue when asked about raising tax thresholds for minimum wage workers.
    Hope a hung parliament can smoke out all the wasteful pet projects LDP & Keidanren has been pushing thru up to now
    #WhiteElephant

  10. @primonatura
    🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃
    Wondering why Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) seems to have forgotten that Japan already has an extensive railway network; so why does it want to reinvent the wheel?
    #Japan #WhiteElephant

  11. "...govt aims to launch [an automated freight network] in select areas by 2034 before introducing it on the busy Tokyo-Osaka route, PM Kishida announced on July 25"
    "...estimated construction cost per 10 km is 25.4B yen ($165M) for above-ground infrastructure and 7B to 80B yen for the underground tunnels"
    asahi.com/ajw/articles/1536308
    🔸Ignoring existing freight trains allows excuse to spend billions of taxpayers' money?🤔
    #Japan #infrastructure #WhiteElephant

  12. "...govt aims to launch [an automated freight network] in select areas by 2034 before introducing it on the busy Tokyo-Osaka route, PM Kishida announced on July 25"
    "...estimated construction cost per 10 km is 25.4B yen ($165M) for above-ground infrastructure and 7B to 80B yen for the underground tunnels"
    asahi.com/ajw/articles/1536308
    🔸Ignoring existing freight trains allows excuse to spend billions of taxpayers' money?🤔
    #Japan #infrastructure #WhiteElephant

  13. 🔸Meanwhile:
    "Japanese govt on Dec. 19 [2023] unveiled the overall cost of hosting the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, putting infrastructure development at some ¥9.7 trillion (approx. $67.5 billion)"
    🔸That's about ¥78,295 ($489) per person living in #Japan
    mainichi.jp/english/articles/2

    🔸It's puzzling why people keep voting in the guys who keep dipping into taxpayers' wallets to push White Elephant projects. Old habits are hard to kick?
    #Japan #WhiteElephant

  14. 🔸Meanwhile:
    "Japanese govt on Dec. 19 [2023] unveiled the overall cost of hosting the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, putting infrastructure development at some ¥9.7 trillion (approx. $67.5 billion)"
    🔸That's about ¥78,295 ($489) per person living in #Japan
    mainichi.jp/english/articles/2

    🔸It's puzzling why people keep voting in the guys who keep dipping into taxpayers' wallets to push White Elephant projects. Old habits are hard to kick?
    #Japan #WhiteElephant

  15. "[Japan's] Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry has proposed [transporting] goods on median strips or through underground tunnels along expressways"
    "According to a survey of construction companies...a system linking Tokyo and Osaka would cost up to ¥3.7 trillion"
    japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/busine

    🔸Why reinvent the wheel when you get to spend trillions reinventing railroads?😬
    #Japan #WhiteElephant #infrastructure

  16. "[Japan's] Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry has proposed [transporting] goods on median strips or through underground tunnels along expressways"
    "According to a survey of construction companies...a system linking Tokyo and Osaka would cost up to ¥3.7 trillion"
    japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/busine

    🔸Why reinvent the wheel when you get to spend trillions reinventing railroads?😬
    #Japan #WhiteElephant #infrastructure

  17. 🎬 Just watched #BruceWillis in #WrongPlace and #WhiteElephant! 🥳 He keeps delivering those action-packed performances we love. Have you seen them yet? What did you think? 💥🔥

    #MovieNight #ActionMovies #BruceWillisFans #MovieReview

  18. "International expositions...have been used...for increasing national prestige"
    "As that...came to an impasse, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)...redefined the expos in 1994 as venues for resolving global issues"
    "But [2025 #Osaka Expo theme] “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”...is so vague that few [have any idea] what that means"
    "...authorities have yet to outgrow the 1970 way of thinking"
    asahi.com/ajw/articles/1522963
    #Japan #NoMoreExpos #WhiteElephant

  19. "For decades, Japanese business and govt leaders, as well as much of the media, have hyped the ...Linear Chūō Shinkansen [maglev]"
    "JR Central’s president admitted that #maglev won’t turn a profit domestically"
    "the Linear will...[use] 3 to 4 times as much energy per person to power as the current Tōkaidō Shinkansen"
    - Justin Aukema (Assoc. Prof., Economics Faculty, Osaka City Univ)
    globalvoices.org/2024/01/31/th
    🔸Probably only major construction firms will profit
    #Shizuoka #Japan #WhiteElephant

  20. "For decades, Japanese business and govt leaders, as well as much of the media, have hyped the ...Linear Chūō Shinkansen [maglev]"
    "JR Central’s president admitted that #maglev won’t turn a profit domestically"
    "the Linear will...[use] 3 to 4 times as much energy per person to power as the current Tōkaidō Shinkansen"
    - Justin Aukema (Assoc. Prof., Economics Faculty, Osaka City Univ)
    globalvoices.org/2024/01/31/th
    🔸Probably only major construction firms will profit
    #Shizuoka #Japan #WhiteElephant

  21. The White Elephant sale is just so much fun! Too bad my kid has about outgrown the vintage kid's clothing section. There was a nice blue dress, but nothing I would want to have to hem.

    Some departments are getting cleared out, but they still have new stuff incoming.

    #ocma #Oaklandmuseum #whiteelephant

  22. A mess that is shoved aside and ignored is still a mess. :) #WhiteElephant
  23. Today's money-saving tip for the #frugal
    May also make a great #WhiteElephant gift as well!

  24. Today's money-saving tip for the #frugal
    May also make a great #WhiteElephant gift as well!

  25. For those of you who need something kitschy to pass on for your holidays: An Official White Elephant, 8x10", printable and suitable for framing. To be passed on perpetually at all those holiday parties in your future. Complete with Certificate of Authenticity you can tape to the back.

    Here's a HD version:
    playbook.com/s/coreyartus-imag

    Let the holiday season commence!

    #art #illustration #whiteelephant #giftexchange

  26. For those of you who need something kitschy to pass on for your holidays: An Official White Elephant, 8x10", printable and suitable for framing. To be passed on perpetually at all those holiday parties in your future. Complete with Certificate of Authenticity you can tape to the back.

    Here's a HD version:
    playbook.com/s/coreyartus-imag

    Let the holiday season commence!

    #art #illustration #whiteelephant #giftexchange

  27. @David Tokyo Olympics & Osaka Expo may have drawn public attention in #Japan away from the casino-centred integrated resort controversy, but plans are proceeding for turning the Expo site into an IR by 2030.

    "...IR is scheduled to open on Yumeshima island in Osaka Bay around autumn 2030, following the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo"
    asahi.com/ajw/articles/1501716
    #NoMoreExpos #WhiteElephant

  28. "Japanese govt has revealed that it will bear at least 83.7B yen (about $565M) for the construction of the #Japan pavilion and other expenses for the 2025 [#Osaka Expo]"
    "This amount is in addition to up to 235B yen (approx. $1.59B) to build the site, which is 1.9 times the original plan"
    #NoMoreExpos #WhiteElephant
    mainichi.jp/english/articles/2

  29. "Japanese govt has revealed that it will bear at least 83.7B yen (about $565M) for the construction of the #Japan pavilion and other expenses for the 2025 [#Osaka Expo]"
    "This amount is in addition to up to 235B yen (approx. $1.59B) to build the site, which is 1.9 times the original plan"
    #NoMoreExpos #WhiteElephant
    mainichi.jp/english/articles/2

  30. "Corporate leaders and govt officials in Kansai have emphasized that the expo is a national, not a local, project and that other cities and prefectures should prioritize it, even over their own needs." #Osaka #Japan
    mastodon.social/@thejapantimes
    🔸Déjà vu of Tokyo2020 'Recovery Olympics' which sucked up nationwide construction workers, thus delaying recovery work for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami for yet another white elephant.🙄 #NoMoreExpos #NoMoreOlympics #WhiteElephant