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You need to learn how to distinguish between freedom of speech and freedom of consequence. If I went on Club Penguin and called a kid a cunt, I'd be banned. Would that be a freedom of speech issue? Privately owned sites can set whatever rules they please.

Oh Kenny where did I mention the long dead Hitler Nazi guy? Point it out. By your logic I'm comparing her to every dead person (going back to the Romans) who wanted to suppress the masses, dissent etc. And btw, no HR legislation or even the Convention on Human Rights existed until long after WWII. So let's be honest here, you've blown that one right up. In your own face. For how could Hitler have wanted then what Hopkins wants now, if the laws didn't exist at the time? You haven't grown up yet little man, I've studied the law probably for longer than you've been alive, I'm guessing. My point, which you've completely chosen to ignore, is that those who would do away with the HR Legislation and make us leave the Convention (which the UK was principally responsible for drafting) rely so heavily themselves on those laws to protect their ability to say and do. Which is the ultimate hypocrisy. As others have said before, she can say what she wants, I generally don't hear it or see it, but many do and actively seek it out. But where would her words be if she was successful in abolishing the very right that protects her right to say? It would be up to the officials from the state to decide.....

So, as mentioned occasionally before, Ulitzer's UK charts project sparked me to explore the 50s and beyond of the US Billboard charts and now I've listened to nearly everything that marked the Billboard charts between 1955 and 1959. Maybe a dozen songs were not on YouTube. While I won't be doing anything nearly as comprehensive as Ulitzer's project I thought I'd compile a list of living performers from the era. Not every last living name is here; ie there are some groups with multiple living members that I only list the frontman for. If they charted as part of a band, the band is included in parentheses regardless of whether or not the artist would become better known under a different band name (the living Four Seasons and Simon & Garfunkel are prime examples). 1922 - Ray Anthony 1924 - Jane Morgan 1925 - Bill Hayes 1926 - Tony Bennett 1927 - Dick Hyman, Ed Ames (The Ames Brothers), Harry Belafonte, Teddie Chinery (The Beverley Sisters), Sunny Gale, Mindy Carson, Carol Buschmann (The Chordettes) 1928 - Tommy DeVito (The Four Lovers), Betty Madigan 1929 - Jane Powell, Leroy Van Dyke, April Stevens, Betty Johnson, Margie Needham (The Chordettes), Mitchell Torok 1930 - Peggy King, Joni James, Chris Barber, Chic Hetti (The Playmates) 1931 - Phyllis McGuire (The McGuire Sisters), Jaye P. Morgan, Caterina Valente, John Perkins (The Crew Cuts), Bernie Toorish (The Four Lads), Robert Gordy 1932 - Stonewall Jackson, Ray Perkins (The Crew Cuts), Leon Hughes (The Coasters), Gerry Granahan (Dicky Doo & the Don'ts), Dick Flood 1933 - Lloyd Price, Jimmie Rodgers, Wink Martindale 1934 - Pat Boone, Joey Ambrose (Bill Haley and His Comets), Frankie Valli (The Four Lovers), Chas McDevitt, Huey "Piano" Smith, Dave Burgess (The Champs), Alan Arkin (The Tarriers), Mary Lou Shepherd (The Shepherd Sisters) 1935 - Sanford Clark, Steve Lawrence, Johnny Mathis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ronnie Hawkins, Jill Corey, Nick Todd, Bobby Bare 1936 - Charlie Gracie, Freddy Cannon, James Darren, Fred Parris (The Five Satins), Otis Williams (The Charms, NOT the Temptations member), Valerie Carr, Tony Dallara, Tony Bellus 1937 - Tommy Sands, Don Everly (The Everly Brothers), Jerry Allison (The Crickets), Charlie Thomas (The Drifters), Santo Farina (Santo & Johnny), Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Joe Rivers (Johnnie & Joe), Phil Cracolici (The Mystics), Jerry Keller 1938 - Connie Francis, Duane Eddy, Jimmy Clanton, Connie Stevens, Johnny Tillotson, Jerry Fuller, Sandy Nelson, Terry "Buzzy" Johnson (The Flamingos), Bobby Hendricks (The Drifters), Kathy Linden, Charles Patrick (The Monotones), Jesse Lee Turner, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Paul Evans 1939 - Dion DiMucci (Dion and the Belmonts), Phil Spector (The Teddy Bears), Neil Sedaka, Rudolph Isley (The Isley Brothers), Billy "Crash" Craddock, Tommy Facenda, Dianne Lennon (The Lennon Sisters), Frank Maffei (Danny & the Juniors), Beverly Ross (Ronald & Ruby), Warren Davis (The Monotones), Gary Troxel (The Fleetwoods) 1940 - Carol Connors (The Teddy Bears), Frankie Avalon, Johnny Nash, Anita Bryant, Dean Torrence (Jan and Dean), Cliff Richard (Cliff Richard and the Shadows), Smokey Robinson (The Miracles), Priscilla Wright, Jimmy Merchant (The Teenagers), Lillie Bryant (Billy & Lillie), Gary Stites 1941 - Herman Santiago (The Teenagers), Paul Anka, Paul Simon (Tom & Jerry), Art Garfunkel (Tom & Jerry), Little Anthony (The Imperials), Chubby Checker, Johnny Farina (Santo & Johnny), Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers), Shirley Owens (The Shirelles), Beverly Lee (The Shirelles), Hank Marvin (Cliff Richard and the Shadows), Bruce Welch (Cliff Richard and the Shadows), Vito Picone (The Elegants), Arlene Smith (The Chantels), Peggy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters), Joy Layne 1942 - Bob Gaudio (The Royal Teens), Bobby Rydell, Claudette Rogers Robinson (The Miracles), Patience McIntyre (Patience and Prudence), Emma Pought (The Bobbettes), Robin Luke, Carl Mann 1943 - Fabian Forte, Leslie Uggams, Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) 1944 - Brenda Lee, Laurie London 1945 - Prudence McIntyre (Patience and Prudence) 1946 - Janet Lennon (The Lennon Sisters), Dodie Stevens, Robert John 1948 - Barry Gordon

You can do one like her if you seriously believe the venom she spouts is an example of freedom of speech. Freedom is not the same as being free to spit out hatred without consequence. A tolerant society cannot tolerate hatred, and on that alone she doesn't deserve a presence on the platform.

I just heard there’s going to be a big State funeral for Vera Lynn. Don’t know where, don’t know when.....

Yeah, though I reported it here before it was reported in his thread and this very thread is universal. So shut the fuck up.

There was the time Vera complained about the catering onboard a Japanese cruise ship. On receiving her meal on the fourth day she was heard loudly to exclaim "Whale meat again"

Dumitru Munteanu romanian football player dies at 87 https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/a-murit-dumitru-munteanu-3041065 (in romanian)

Because of his sick brother, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. traveled to Bavaria. A visit that obviously demands a lot from him. The 93-year-old was very exhausted, said Clemens Neck, spokesman for the diocese of Regensburg, citing Benedikt's private secretary Georg Gänswein. The journey and the absence of the usual daily routine exerted him. Watch out ... https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/ex-papst-benedikt-xvi-erschoepft-von-besuch-bei-krankem-bruder-in-regensburg-a-abcc6cab-35d3-42e0-af33-9afde6be5d48

Mario Corso, italian football player and manager dies at 78 https://www.laprovinciacr.it/news/italia-e-mondo/252119/e-morto-mario-corso.html (in italian)

Team: Hey Coach, why isn’t Kossi here? Coach: Kossi dead.

Cuban Antonio Veciana, a CIA spy who dedicated his life to trying to kill Fidel Castro and destabilize the island’s communist government, has died in Miami at 91, his daughter said Friday. SC

Former Wichita (Kansas) City Mayor Carl Brewer has died at the age of 63. His family confirms the former lawmaker died early Friday morning. Brewer was Wichita's first African-American elected mayor. He served from 2007 to 2015. Before that, he served on the Wichita City Council representing District 1 from 2001 to 2007. SC

I understand your desire for this to be secretive, but I only object to Bill Gates Sr. Dude isn't notable for anything other than being a famous person's father. I can name a few terminally ill parents of famous people that also shouldn't make the list and who are also better picks than Sr. Honestly, I think the Committee does a pretty good job picking people that follow their guidelines. I think people on this site just kinda suck at following the rules while picking people for the list if you just look at their own shadowlists. I also would've included those who have died since those are mainly the ones that people object to the most.

I remember during the mad cow disease crisis when people stopped buying beef people used to do a variation on that joke' We'll eat meat again !'

So you're after a load of moans about names on the official DL? I wish I had as much time on my hands as you to read through such impertinent bilge. Not saying I'm not happy having a moan, of course.

Whatever he bought, I hope he said no to the extended warranty.

Just because you don't care doesn't mean nobody cares.

Can you imagine any family wearing these lovely knitted jumpers today?

What’s the difference between vegans and strippers? Vegans rub it in your face for free.

If you are annoyed that you didnt pick Pablo Escobar's chief henchman Jhon Velasquez, why not his right hand Carlos Lehder Rivas (70): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8427781/Hitler-loving-Medellin-cartel-founder-Carlos-Lehder-Rivas-goes-free-Germany.html The Hitler-loving druglord is being extradited to Germany on what is supposed to be "his last trip" because of illness.

Mikhail Ignatyev, head of Russia's Chuvash Republic until earlier this year, rona'd out at 58. He'd made some headlines a few months back due to a litany of bad behaviour that saw Putin lose faith in him, including dangling a firefighter's keys above their head and making him jump for them in public.

Looking him up, he seems to have been at least the Mario Lemieux of water polo, if not quite the Wayne Gretzky. Just goes to show, if you excel in the 'wrong' sport (for Westerners), eternal fame and fortune shall not be thine, but bound to be better known in the bars of Budapest than Ben Stokes. I don't think those goofy swimming hats really help their case, either.

Apart from that he loved the guy !

There is a Bee Gees thread.