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Charming. We won't be introducing your proposed rule. You will either need to accept that, or, if you cannot, find another website to frequent. In any case, please ease up on the whining and personal abuse - it really is a very unedifying spectacle from a grown man. DDT

As an addendum, I don't think that latest thread recipient is deserving of one at all and in usual circumstances I'd merge it, but if comparing its existence to school shootings is how you're going to go about it, then frankly it fucking stays.

Instagram reporting the death of Major General John K. Singlaub of the United States Army (retired), at the age of 100. Singlaub, who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, later became chief of staff of U.S. forces in South Korea until he was relieved of the position after criticizing President Jimmy Carter. By all accounts, a notable military name.

Get worse soon!

I think she's probably big enough to have her own thread.

S. K. Paramasivan dead at 102.

I guess we now call him Tom Tugend?

Dead. Leonid Kuravlyov. EDIT: he never had COVID in first place.

Aye, with all due respects - The National Examiner isn't exactly a peer reviewed bastion of undisputed truth

Thanks to Cornershop and Norman flipping Cook, I’d guess her slightly younger sister Asha Bhosle is a more recognised name in the UK. Though perhaps TQR is already brimful of Lata…

As the new DDP photos are being collected, and my eyes are starting to twitch from too much screen time, have a quick update: Yes, we lost two heavy criminals Russell Bishop and Mustafa Kayirici. A good joker pick for Salmon Mousse that will be reflected in the scoreboard. Meat Loaf was a big name hit for three people. Banana gets a nice unique hit with Rabbi Israel Dresner. Kenny gets a unique hit with centenarian conductor Everett Lee, who got a New York Times obit but is still waiting for a DDP QO. Finally, Hardy Krüger is a unique hit for The Daredevil, well done! I hope I didn't miss anything, tell me if I do. The Scoreboard sees SalmonMousse at the top with the fresh joker points, risky bet that paid off. Will the lead hold? Rank Team Score 1 Salmon Mousse 413 2 gcreptile 362 2 msc 362 4 Book 349 5 Cpt. Chorizo 321 6 Toast 312 7 Banana 301 8 Death Impends 272 8 Joey Russ 272 8 An Fear Beag 272 11 DevonDeathTrip 248 12 Kenny 223 13 MariNisia 206 14 CalebH 193 15 Great Uncle Bulgaria 150 15 Sean 150 17 YorkshireBanker 131 17 Predictor 131 17 Theoldlady 131 20 drol 118 21 Baby Blue 105 22 Torva Messor 102 23 Buffalo Phil 90 24 Guy From Future 75 24 JohnKey 75 24 Pedro67 75 24 Wormfarmer 75 24 Annami 75 29 markb4 65 30 The Daredevil 55 31 Bibliogryphon 47 32 The Spinosaurus 34 33 Hell 27 33 YoungWillz 27 33 The old crem 27 33 Liz Lemon 27 33 keltos31 27 38 JoeMoneypenny 0 38 chilean way 0 38 Famous6Eva 0 38 The Unknown Man 0 38 Captain Hemlock 0 38 Gooseberry Crumble 0 38 Doulton 0

I agree it’s a boring thread and a boring individual but most of your posts are completely off topic ie political points in the Boris/Starmer/Trump threads etc. I’m sure we can all find annoying little traits about each other (myself included) but what’s far more important is that we learn to co-exist, respect one another and get along (bar SC, who is just a 24-carat cunt).

It does go well with Johnson and Dick.

Ady Barkan Al Jaffee Alice Munro Avalon Young Barry Humphries Benjamin B. Ferencz Bill Turnbull Bob Barker Bobby Caldwell Bobby Charlton Boris Pahor Buzz Aldrin Françoise Hardy Frank Field (joker) Frankie Valli Gene Hackman George Alagiah George Pérez Harry Belafonte Janey Godley Jean-Louis Trintignant (joker) Jerry Lee Lewis Jimmy Carter Joe Exotic Johnny Ruffo Khaleda Zia Larry Pressler Leslie Phillips Lynne Reid Banks Marsha Hunt Mohamed Al-Fayed Nichelle Nichols Nightbirde (joker) Noam Chomsky Pelé (joker) Phyllis Dalton Sacheen Littlefeather Shannen Doherty Steve Gleason Susie Steiner Ted Kaczynski Teri Garr Tim Bilton Tom Parker Tom Smith Tom Weiskopf Val Kilmer Vic Seixas Vicky Phelan (joker) Violeta Chamorro subs: Alain Delon Christos Sartzetakis Deborah James Glynis Johns Joanne Woodward

Or 6 days, a la the last People article on Betty White!

The Office of North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announces he died unexpectedly Friday. Stenehjem also served in the North Dakota Legislature for 24 years. He was in the House for four years and in the Senate for 20 years. He was chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 2000. SC

Jana Bennett got a big bit on Last Word yesterday. So she'd got a BBC obit which counted in the end.

Some of their songs are as relevant today as they were when they were written, if not more so.

James Blunt is fucking awesome!! No, I am not talking about his music, I'm talking about what a nice guy he is, warm, funny, intelligent and self effacing. A genuine good guy.

I haven't got the patience to listen to podcasts. I could read a transcript of it in a fraction of the time. Same goes for all the videos on the BBC website - as soon as I click on an item and see it leads to a video or audio thing I move on. Give me a couple of paragraphs to read instead. As for Joni Mitchell, I cannot stand her shrill voice. It's like a squeaky blackboard eraser.

With consideration to the scale and size of the modern day music industry and where the money is (largely hip hop), she’s a drop in the ocean. That was my point. I don’t dispute that boomers have some kind of strange love for her. Never rated her personally.

As requested by @drol... Here are the living subjects of Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964), photographed between 1932 and 1964: Adele Addison (wiki, b. 1925) American lyric soprano Don Bachardy (wiki, b. 1934) American portrait artist, partner of Christopher Isherwood Harry Belafonte (wiki, b. 1927) American singer-songwriter Joyce Bryant (wiki, b. 1927) American singer and actress Frederick Buechner (wiki, b. 1926) American novelist and poet Roy Eaton (wiki, b. 1930) American painter Richard T. Gibson (b. 1931) American journalist and activist. No Wiki page, interviewed several years ago, appears to live in the UK now. Reri Grist (wiki, b. 1932) American coloratura soprano Afrika Hayes (b. 1933) American soprano and music educator, daughter of tenor and composer Roland Hayes. No Wiki page. Leo Holder (b. 1958) American graphic artist, son of Carmen de Lavallade (below) and Geoffrey Holder. No Wiki page, still active though. John Terry Hornblow (b. 1931) American son of producer Arthur Hornblow Jr. No Wiki page, living according to the U.S. residency records. Marilyn Horne (wiki, b. 1934) American mezzo-soprano opera singer Raymond Jackson (b. 1933) American concert pianist. No Wiki page, personal website here. Margie Lou King Barab (b. 1932) American singer and actress. No Wiki page, living according to the U.S. residency records. George Lamming (wiki, b. 1927) Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet Philip Langner (b. 1926) American producer, son of Lawrence Langner. No Wiki page, wife's obit from a few years ago says he's alive. Carmen de Lavallade (wiki, b. 1931) American dancer and choreographer, widow of the great Geoffrey Holder. Robert Morse (wiki, b. 1931) American actor and singer Peter Perenyi (b. 1940) American son of Eleanor Perenyi. No Wiki page because not notable in his own right, gave an interview last year. Leontyne Price (wiki, b. 1927) American soprano George Shirley (wiki, b. 1934) American operatic tenor I went through his entire collection here to get this info. There may be one or two more living subjects, but some are just too obscure to track down a fate for. When I get time, I'll also look at the earlier portraits of Allan Warren, which consist of mainly British subjects – royalty, aristocracy, actors and writers etc.

I really could not help but think that Danielle is beginning to look a bit like that Wealdstone football supporter fella Mr 'You Want Some?

Jaswant Singh, political Independent and former member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who served as Minister of Finance (in 1996 and from 2002 to 2004); Minister of Defense (from 2000 to 2001); and Minister of External Affairs (from 1998 until 2002), died at 82 years: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jaswant-singh-end-of-a-long-journey-for-the-army-man-turned-parliamentarian/article32707147.ece

Mexican actor, singer, model, television host, and entrepreneur Xavier Ortiz, who is known for his vast business endeavors and his involvement with the musical group Garibaldi, died at 48 years: https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/gossip/celebridades/fallece-xavier-ortiz-exintegrante-del-grupo-garibaldi-5728198.html He is also known for his role in the film Journey from the Fall.