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Meh as Biden is, my trans ass very much needs Trump to stay the hell out with how much foaming transphobia is becoming one of GOP's loudest modi operandi. What is happening in the red states is utterly terrifying and being in blue New Jersey shields me from much of it but that would mean feck all if Trump gets back in.

It has been axed because of a leftist conspiracy by the whole country to not watch that shite.

Mary Tyler Moore died on this day 7 years ago, aged 80. - Moore began her career as the elf mascot for Hotpoint in the 1950s, starring in 39 commercials: - Moore auditioned to play Danny Thomas' daughter in The Danny Thomas Show, but was turned down by him because her nose was too small. However, Thomas personally recommended her to Carl Reiner, and she got cast as Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show. - In 1969, Moore and her husband Grant Tinker founded MTM Productions to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show- their logo was notably a parody of MGM's, featuring a cat named Mimsie (who was not owned by Moore): - In later years, Moore would make guest appearances in shows such as Ellen, That '70s Show, and Hot in Cleveland. - Moore would be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 32- which led to multiple health problems after several decades. By 2014, she was reportedly "nearly blind" due to complications from it. - Moore debuted on the DeathList in 2016, and was the first hit of the 2017 list.

Just on the heels of this Nadine Dorries TalkTV show has been axed!

Lance Larson, US swimmer who won the 100m freestyle in Rome 1960, but was controversially awarded the silver instead (John Devitt, d. August 2023, being given the gold) has died aged 83. (At least there's no doubt about the finishing order this time).

Biden's a total moderate though. He's a law-and-order style democrat. It's one of the reasons he won the primary in 2020.

I never understood that song.

Carl Andre dead at 88.: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/carl-andre-minimalism-dead-1234693978/

Oh, computer issues... Yeah I finally got my computer back after 2 months of it getting fixed. As an American who is not in the demographic of extremely wealthy white guy, things are actually financially better for me personally under Obama's ACA and Biden's student loan reform. States that are taking away the right to choose abortion are seeing an increase of 65,000 pregnancies by rape, and a boom in syphilis cases. Birth control is free under the ACA; the Republican justices mentioned in Dobbs that they are looking to ban birth control. Voting will be an easy choice for me. The Republican platform is mostly ass.

Baffled by this response to what I believed was a measured objective view of the great USA. At no point do I seek to blame Trump for America’s current issues (except perhaps the whole abortion thing - either it is a state responsibility or it isn’t and the Republicans having successfully returned that matter to the states still seem to want to have federal control of it). I despair as probably many do that this is the choice. Both Trump and Biden have a track record on which they can be judged and neither seems to be a great option. But it is for those citizens of that country to decide. Can you live with that decision on voting day? I don’t envy you guys.

Yeah this is one of the TFGs folk (too far gone)

25.01.24 30 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night 27 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +1 26 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance +1 26 Barry Ryan — Eloise 25 The Troggs — Wild Thing 25 The Who — My Generation -2 24 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Lovin’ 23 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 23 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul 22 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 21 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 20 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto 20 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 20 Petula Clark — Downtown +1 19 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well -2 16 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown -2 15 The Small Faces — Lazy Sunday +1 10 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John 09 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 09 John Leyton — Wild Wind

He was a Film Roman VP for four-five years, that isn't generally the type of thing that people scramble to write obits for. He worked under Lolee Aries, who also had two more Emmys than him (and a Wiki page), and her death got nothing outside of Facebook.

25/Jan/2024 27 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well +2 27 The Who — My Generation 26 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 26 Barry Ryan — Eloise 26 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night 25 The Troggs — Wild Thing 25 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 24 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Lovin’ 23 Los Bravos — Black Is Black +1 23 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul 22 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 21 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 20 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto +1 20 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 17 Petula Clark — Downtown 16 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 14 The Small Faces — Lazy Sunday -6 10 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John 09 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 09 John Leyton — Wild Wind 06 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me

The death of Councillor Jason Smith has put a trio of Deathracers one hit from victory - https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/citylife-news/tributes-paid-former-newcastle-councillor#:~:text=Tributes were paid today to,away after bravely fighting illness.&text=Jason Smith%2C who represented Lemington,a wife and four children. Local reports, should be followed by BBC in due course 22 DDP teams fielding this talent

Either a case of dying off the radar or the family deciding not to disclose the death until now, but Emmy-award winning producer John Bush, whose credits include 'The Simpons' and 'Family Guy', died November 23rd of last year. He was 69. The death is being reported today (January 24th). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-bush-dead-simpsons-1235805572/

I've seen clips lately of Trump during rallies and interviews, and I think he's declining very rapidly with all of his indictments. Confusing Pelosi with Nikki Haley and thinking she ran security at the Capitol, thinking Obama's still president, claiming Biden tried to get us into WW2, using made-up words like "debanking", and just all-around incoherence, and thinking E. Jean Carroll was his wife during a deposition at his civil trial. I'm sure the indictments and trials haven't helped him physically either. I know he's had the slurring and confusion during his presidency, but it seems to be getting worse. He doesn't look that great without the makeup. I believe he's in worse shape than Biden. I know Biden has his moments, but Trump's decline is worse.

Bit harsh on Liz Truss tbf, she was full of great ideas such as free zones, massive tax cuts especially for the higher earners, a return of duty free shopping for tourists etc, but her ‘crime’ was bringing them all in in one go as opposed to over a few budgets The blob in the civil service combined with the city bought her down, great shame as she had great ideas, plus she held the country together with great dignity when our beloved Queen died Great policies but too much too soon, sad, she could have been one of the great PM’s

There's a video on facebook from today where he seems conscious but also looks grayish (anemia again?) still has a nasogastric tube, but not on oxygen. Suprised he's made it this far honestly, but will he make it to February?

^ Facepalm this post all you like, the rest of us are going to look very silly indeed if these are all still alive next year.

They're waiting on Kate Beckinsale's next instagram post. But I also expect a Telegraph obit eventually.

Pictures from today's memorial service for Shirley Anne Field, courtesy of Jess Conrad's Xwitter. L-R Charles Dance, Jess Conrad, Kenneth Cranham. My money's on Conrad outliving the other two.

Or Drol's knowledge on Asian politicians.