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A cereal killer? (I'll get my coat )

Either way, notable that some of those conspicuosuly available for cameras to say how unfair it all was didn't follow through with a vote, for example: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lia Nici. Honestly, you give some people a knighthood and they can't be arsed to walk a few yards through a lobby to say thanks.

King William IV died on this day 186 years ago, aged 71. - When William was born, he was third in line to the British throne (after his older brothers George and Frederick). - William saw combat during the American Revolution, serving in New York. George Washington made a plan to kidnap him to force British surrender; British troops were alerted to this and William received bodyguards. During his reign, he was quoted as calling Washington "the greatest man that ever lived", possibly to flatter the American ambassador (likely Andrew Stevenson). - William continued to serve in the Royal Navy, and became a rear-admiral in 1790. - William was pro-slavery, arguing that the quality of life of freed Blacks was worse than enslaved ones, and he openly insulted William Wilberforce. - Beginning in 1791, William began a relationship with actress Dorothea Jordan. They had ten bastard children together- one of his daughters, Elizabeth Hay, was the 4x-great-grandmother of Prime Minister David Cameron. - His brother Frederick died in 1827, making him heir apparent; George IV died in 1830 with no legitimate children, and so William became king. William was the oldest British monarch to accede to the throne at the age of 64, a record surpassed in 2022 by Charles III (aged 73). - William's reign is known for a reform crisis from 1830 to 1832, the appointment of the Duke of Wellington as PM, and allowing a more liberal constitution to take effect in Hanover. - William died of heart failure not too long after the death of his eldest daughter Sophia, having reigned for seven years. The crown went to his niece Victoria.

This is the reason I would never get in one of those things. It’s akin to being stranded in space and being able to do absolutely nothing about it. Thankfully I’m too poor to be tempted…

Dead at 95. Was pretty sure she would go this year, I have her in some pools here including a solo hit for my DDP theme team and AO deadpool. Breaking News from Le Monde.

Slept in an awkward position a few weeks ago, and ended up with a sore neck which has made me avoid sitting at my desk for anything more then 5-10 minutes. All clear now so will for sure update this Wed or Thursday.

Literally piloted with an Xbox controller. And not a modern-day Xbox controller, or even a last-generation Xbox controller, or even an official Xbox controller, but an off-the-shelf Logitech Xbox 360 controller.

John Goodman is 71.

When in the car with my Dad he would swear when someone would do something stupid on the road, but NEVER when my Mum was there. One Sunday when I was about 5 we were comming home from church when another car didn't stop at a junction causing Dad to slam on the brakes to save us and I said rather loudly STUPID CUNT! Mum was very cross at me and my reply was " but that's what Dad always says", not very popular that day I can tell you!!

Our match-up is now the highest-scoring Cup game ever, with best ever winning and losing score, no matter who it is.

My mum always tells the story of when I, aged 5, was at my nan & grandad’s ruby wedding anniversary party, doing the rounds telling various family members, as per the graffiti I’d read on the wall outside this hall, that “Callum is a cunt”. Fuck knows who Callum was, poor lad.

*Trigger warning for Kenny* It seems the only way the Daily Mail can appear as if they haven’t been made to look like cunts for portraying this lying charlatan as if he has even a minute shred of integrity is to offer him a weekly column, so they’ve done just that. Problem is, Boris Johnson did not, as is the rule for all ministers who’ve left govt in the last two years, notify the Advisory Committee of Business Appointments of his new high-six-figure role. But, y’know, it’s churlish to expect him to abide by the same rules that apply to everyone else.

20.06.2023 63 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 62 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 53 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine +4 53 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 33 The Love Affair — Everlasting Love 25 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 03 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly  -6

LGBT bonuses in June too

Internet mostly. I think the first swear words I learned were from crudely-done Sonic the Hedgehog fan comics. My parents forbade me from going to that website once they found out and it basically had me think cursing was evil, which didn't fare me well come middle school Was definitely in a weird flummox not uncommon among my age group where I was too sheltered IRL and not sheltered enough on the Internet. My parents letting me join forums when I was 8 can be forgiven given the Internet was so... unprecedented back then, but if I let a hypothetical DI Jr. join forums that age I'd never forgive myself!

Fuck :When I was 6 someone sprayed it in black ink on a white wall opposite my School. Cunt:Was dared to say it to a teacher didn't know what it meant aged 8 . Wanker:When I was 9 everyone shouted it in the playground but I got caught. I also got in a school fight at 9 as another boy called my mother "A cock sucking lesbian".

Did the oracle say when he was going to die?

Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence, dead in prison at 79.

Here's another great link.

Next CAE academician dead: Guan Xingya, aged 91.

An article about the emperor's vacation last week. (non-English source)

Taiwan’s last known survivor of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, according to the island’s foreign ministry, which called the issue a “wound in human history”. Referred to as “comfort women”, more than 200,000 women were sexually enslaved by Japan’s military during the second world war, mostly from South Korea but also from Taiwan, China, and Indonesia. In Taiwan, which Japan ruled from 1895 to 1945, nearly 60 women had come forward over the years as survivors, according to Taipei’s Women’s Rescue Foundation, which estimates there were at least 2,000. The foundation said on Monday the island’s last known survivor – who did not want her name made public– died on 10 May at the age of 92. SC

Blues harpist James Cotton - https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/james-cotton-blues-harmonica-veteran-dead-at-81-112308/ Getting short of blues harmonica greats these days - maybe we should start a campaign to save the wail!

Let's hear it for Sibrandus Stratingh, inventor, who among many acheivements can lay claim to having built the world's fisrt electric vehicle, and died this day 175 years aged 56.