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I feel, like this has been announced because Jimmy is very near the end now and her absence from the funeral won’t need further statements at that time,

@lay_kulast95 The joke, which you obviously failed to comprehend, is that the conspiracy theory you’re espousing is so old it’s the basis for a film from 1968. A truly exceptional film, but I don’t suggest you watch it lest you start buying up mineshafts. No reputable source has ever found evidence that fluoridation of the drinking water is unsafe, possibly ineffective, but not unsafe.

Fuck it, Jimmy Carter.

We all have dementia?

The last volume of the trilogy on the world's oldest con artist Jeanne Calment, the Secret of Longevity Unravelled: Volume III, The Calment affair: How we know that the “oldest person who ever lived” was faking her age: Zak, Nikolay, Gibbs, Philip: 9798395710628: Amazon.com: Books

Timothy Leary died on this day 27 years ago, aged 75. - Leary was a student at the University of Alabama (in which he studied biology and psychology), but got expelled in 1942 after sleeping in the female dormitory. - Leary served in World War II and achieved the rank of sergeant upon discharge at the end of the war. He would be readmitted to the University of Alabama at this time. - After reading an article about its uses in Mazatec tribe rituals, Leary went on vacation in Mexico in 1960 to consume psilocybin mushrooms. - After his trip, Leary created the Harvard Psilocybin Project to examine the effects of the chemical on Harvard undergraduates- 95% of them stated that their psychedelic trips "changed their lives for the better". Leary concurrently ran the Concord Prison Experiment in an attempt to rehabilitate prisoners. - Leary would be fired from Harvard in 1963 due to safety concerns regarding his experiments. - In 1966, Leary founded the League for Spiritual Discovery, a fringe religion where LSD was its holy sacrament. - Leary was arrested in 1968 for possession of marijuana, and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. He soon escaped with help from the Black Panther Party, and he fled to Switzerland. He eventually went to Afghanistan, where he was arrested at the American embassy in Kabul and had his bail set as $5 million. - Leary had 5 additional years added to his sentence, and was incarcerated at Folsom Prison- his cell was next to Charles Manson's, and the two often had conversations with each other. - Leary became an FBI informant to shorten his sentence, and was released in 1976. In the 1980s, he often hosted lectures alongside Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy. - In the last decade of his life, Leary became fascinated by computers, calling the Internet "the LSD of the '90s" and advocating for virtual reality. - Leary was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1995, and ran an online blog where he talked about embracing death. His death was captured on tape by friends, though the video was not released to the public. - Leary debuted on the DeathList in 1996 (at spot #2) and was the fifth hit (of seven) of the year. - An incidental note- my grandma calls him "the druggie from Harvard" and often mixes him up with Tom Lehrer.

Clint Eastwood is 93.

Some sad news, Rosalynn Carter has been diagnosed with dementia Former first lady Rosalynn Carter diagnosed with dementia (msn.com) Could this affect Jimmy Carter's health? Richard Nixon seemed to be going strong until Pat Nixon passed in June 1993. By February 1994, he was having throbbing pain in his head and was found to be at a heightened risk of having a stroke, which he did indeed suffer two months later and died at age 81.

30/05/23 8:38pm 43 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 36 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 29 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There +1 27 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 26 Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night +3 26 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love 26 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 26 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 26 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 25 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 24 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 24 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 23 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 23 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 21 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 21 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 20 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 19 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away 19 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 17 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 16 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 14 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 14 Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo 14 Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin' Stupid 13 Tom Jones – Green Green Grass Of Home 07 Jim Reeves – Distant Drums 00 The Beatles – The Dumb Yellow Song Submarined Eleanor Rigby’s Chances -3

Actor John Beasley died at 79 years: https://www.wowt.com/2023/05/30/omaha-actor-john-beasley-dies-79/

American politician, lawyer, and officer in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from Wilmington, Delaware Beau Biden died on this day 8 years ago, aged 46.The oldest child of current US president Joe Biden and Neilia Hunter Biden, he served as the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to 2015 and was a major in the Delaware Army National Guard in the Iraq War. He died of glioblastoma.

David McCallum

31/5 41 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 36 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 30 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 30 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 29 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 27 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 27 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 26 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 25 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 24 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 24 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 23 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 23 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 21 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 20 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 20 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love 19 Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night -1 19 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 17 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away 17 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 16 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 14 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 14 Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo 14 Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin' Stupid 13 Tom Jones – Green Green Grass Of Home 00 Jim Reeves – Distant Drums -5

Joanne Woodward

Phyllida Law

Sergio Rico

Tension mounts, or summat

They’d all have been real if they hadn’t been “poisoned” by all that bastard fluoride.

Does this mean DDT has to eat another tractor?

Gurdial Singh (wiki) reportedly died this morning aged 99:

Peter Simonischek, Toni Erdmann actor joins Helmut Berger in the dead from the above list: https://www-zdf-de.translate.goog/nachrichten/panorama/peter-simonischek-schauspieler-tot-toni-erdmann-100.html?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

I mean he's made the Mail, but I'd have thought The Guardian would be along by now: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12098965/Austrian-actor-Helmut-Berger-movie-star-1960s-1970s-dies-78.html

Intriguing fact: Perrine is descended from Huguenot Daniel Perrin (1642-1719), one of the first Europeans to permanently inhabit Staten Island, New York. I have Huguenot ancestors that were called Perrin and so there is a chance I could be related to her.

A pretty fascinating case study this guy, as said he had (at the time) the longest first round KO streak in boxing history, except all of his fights were against guys with records that were, at best, sketchy, and at worst non-existent. Allegedly a lot of his opponents were the same guy just fighting under a different name and wearing different coloured shorts.