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This is an ad on my timeline: While folk can barely make ends meet, this is symptomatic of the wealthy disconnect that says avoid paying tax. You know, the tax that would pay for better schools, hospitals, slash waiting lists, install decent border controls and defend the nation against foreign warmongers.

Stefan Abdzhiev dead at 89.

As roughly 10,000 people have joked on XformerlyknownasTwitter, "looks like Cheltenham finally finished off Alan Brazil"

Hope you're sitting down...

Have corrected my list Apologies

These total to 8 negative points. Which 2 points would you like us to ignore?

FTFY

Report of the death of Grant Page, actor and stuntman: Mad Max and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome stunt co-ordinator among his extensive resume on IMDB. Makes a cameo appearance in Blur's M.O.R. video:

I was reading some discussions of this years Oscars ceremony elsewhere on the Internet and a few people pointed out that Warren Beatty was not with his Oscar nominated wife Annette Benning at the ceremony. Might be something. Might be nothing but definitely worth mentioning.

Gerald M. Levin, a visionary executive at HBO who would later become the architect of the disastrous merger of AOL and Time Warner, has died. He was 84. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/gerald-levin-dead-architect-aol-time-warner-merger-1235852261/

Michael Caine and Quincy Jones are 91. ...and both of them were in Austin Powers in Goldmember.

14/Mar/2024 32 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. +1 29 U2 — City Of Blinding Lights +1 29 The Libertines — Can’t Stand Me Now 28 Jojo — Leave (Get Out) 27 Daniel Powter — Bad Day 26 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon +1 25 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound +1 25 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 25 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls 25 Girls Aloud — The Show 24 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You 23 Robbie Williams — Tripping 23 Rihanna — Pon De Replay 23 Rachel Stevens — Some Girls 23 Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx — Gold Digger 22 Girls Aloud — Love Machine 22 Destiny’s Child — Lose My Breath 21 Christina Milian — Dip It Low 21 Sean Paul — We Be Burnin’ 20 D12 — My Band 20 Jamelia — Thank You 20 Charlotte Church — Crazy Chick 19 Ashanti — Only U 19 Kelis — Trick Me 18 Mariah Carey — We Belong Together 18 Oasis — Let There Be Love 18 Kelis — Milkshake 15 Ice Cube ft. Mack10 & Ms. Toi — You Can Do It -3 14 Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake — Signs -3

I had a letter from her today - well, not her personally but on her behalf. It was to thank me for something we did locally to mark her birthday (9 January). Letter was dated 23 Feb so it must have fallen down behind the throne or summat. I think it must have been composed even earlier as it wished us a Happy New Year.

3/14/2024 35 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. +2 29 U2 — City Of Blinding Lights 28 Jojo — Leave (Get Out) 28 Daniel Powter — Bad Day 26 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 26 The Libertines — Can’t Stand Me Now 25 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 25 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 25 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls 25 Girls Aloud — The Show 24 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You 24 Girls Aloud — Love Machine 24 Destiny’s Child — Lose My Breath 23 Kelis — Milkshake 23 Rihanna — Pon De Replay 23 Rachel Stevens — Some Girls 23 Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx — Gold Digger 21 Christina Milian — Dip It Low 21 Sean Paul — We Be Burnin’ 20 Jamelia — Thank You 20 Charlotte Church — Crazy Chick 20 Robbie Williams — Tripping -3 19 Ashanti — Only U 19 Kelis — Trick Me 18 Oasis — Let There Be Love 17 D12 — My Band +2 16 Mariah Carey — We Belong Together -2 14 Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake — Signs 5 Ice Cube ft. Mack10 & Ms. Toi — You Can Do It -1

Discharged. Of course, of fucking course.

Also mundane cars like the first generation Volkswagen Polo, and Citroën BX. We had two of those. The closest thing to a Countach I would ever have....

14/03/2024 31 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 28 Jojo — Leave (Get Out) 27 Daniel Powter — Bad Day 25 The Libertines — Can’t Stand Me Now 25 Kelis — Trick Me 25 Girls Aloud — The Show +2 24 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 24 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You 24 U2 — City Of Blinding Lights 24 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 24 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 23 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls 23 Rihanna — Pon De Replay 23 Rachel Stevens — Some Girls +2 23 Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx — Gold Digger 22 Girls Aloud — Love Machine  22 Destiny’s Child — Lose My Breath 21 Robbie Williams — Tripping 21 Christina Milian — Dip It Low 21 Sean Paul — We Be Burnin’ 20 Jamelia — Thank You 20 Charlotte Church — Crazy Chick 19 Ashanti — Only U 18 Mariah Carey — We Belong Together 18 Oasis — Let There Be Love 18 Ice Cube ft. Mack10 & Ms. Toi — You Can Do It 18 D12 — My Band 18 Kelis — Milkshake  17 Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake — Signs 10 Ronan Keating & Yusuf Islam — Father And Son  08 Mario — Let Me Love You 00 Ronan Keating — I Hope You Dance -6

I knew the 70-years in an iron lung angle would get him one to be honest. Way too interesting for an obituary writer not to cover it, even if most of that story's been told in his numerous press appearances prior to his death. I did not know that he had a tiktok account in the months leading up to his death, but that virality only may have increased the likelihood of coverage. Hopefully those videos are causing more people to get vaccinations as well.

On a lighter note:

It's not Liz McColgan, is it?

Bulgarian Georgi Popov, who participated in the 1970 WC, has died aged 79. He played two games, against Peru and Morocco.

He has died on 13 October 2023 aged 84.

It is the list of winning team players who actually played the final ? Or even unused substitutes ?

Hit for me in alt.obits Deadpool.

Really nice. Wants to make me listen to her debut album again, especially I loved "Christine":