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Thanksgiving of 2018.

I knew something was off. I grew up a town over from Ethel's Hyannis Port compound. Family gatherings are unheard of outside of Thanksgiving and the summer. I don't know the family personally, but her absence from the local 4th of July parade the last several years has led many locals to believe she is quite frail and it's unlikely she is able to leave home. Very little has been seen of her locally since her granddaughters fatal drug overdose, which occurred inside her home almost five years ago. It's said that really broke her spirit. Again, I have no inside knowledge, just local gossip.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/rishi-sunaks-sick-note Well worth a look

Well. They really dropped the ball on that article eh?

Listened to Sunak's speech this morning on the Rwanda Bill. It is quite clear his Government has gone rogue. The ability of the Executive simply to ignore court rulings is a breach of the British Constitution's system of checks and balances. Even Boris Johnson or Margaret Thatcher in their most orgasmic of wet dreams would never have dreamed of the Executive holding sway and putting themselves above the law. I wish he would just fuck off.

Dipping into this serious book on ufology this morning by way of researching summat, thought to put the dates of birth and death of Sturrock into what I'm writing only to discover he's still around and turned 100 last month: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._Sturrock Definitely the chance of an obit somewhere, esp.the kind that'd count in the more permissive pools

21/4/24 84 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 40 Adele — Chasing Pavements 26 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 25 Taylor Swift — Love Story  24 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind +4 23 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 23 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 03 La Roux — In For The Kill That La Roux song is great and was definitely one of the sounds of the year. But futile to save it. This list is really all over the place.

Yoko to receive the Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement. Article does mention that "Ono, 91, has made few public appearances in recent years and is not expected to attend the July awards ceremony, at the MacDowell campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Ono's music manager, David Newgarden, will accept the award on her behalf." Yoko Ono to receive Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement (msn.com)

I missed this last week during the Masters coverage but came across it tonight. In this tribute video for Verne Lundquist, who worked his 40th and final Masters, notice at the 2:15 mark how Nicklaus' left hand/wrist is purple with what looks like senile purpura. We've seen this with a lot of older folks like Mitch McConnell recently. Perhaps he has some cardiovascular issues? Speaking of which, you see a purple spot on Lundquist's right hand at the 3:33 mark. Mr. Lundqvist is quite obese, so he may not be likely to see 90. I'm guessing that neither of them do, and I'm particularly concerned for Jack. (Jack is 84 and Verne is 83, for the record.)

He's so vain, I bet he thinks this thread is about him.

While I understand the article attributes this photo to being taken in 2024, I do not believe this photo is current. Joe Kennedy III who is seated in front of the photo is holding what appears to be his baby son who was born in 2017. It's possible it could be another relative but it seems unlikely. Also the little girl in the top right of the blow up with the red bow appears to be Joe Kennedy III's daughter, Eleanor who was born in 2015. I suspect this photo dates to 2018/2019.

This election, for me, is about destroying the Tories as much as possible. In my constituency, Labour are the most likely to defeat them, so that’s where my vote is going. I’d love to be voting Green but priorities innit. Check who is the most effective anti-Tory vote in your constituency!

Think so too, also think there are a few factions out there incl. Braverman's little posse all of whom think they are in with a chance - if Sunak is in the position of facing a vote it'll likely get divisive, ugly and do nowt for their already dire poll ratings.

Think it's wishful thinking from her. Still reckon Rishi will go to the Palace if they try to move against him

Previous post: Following post: 16 - 6 = 10 Corrected list (with my points): 22/Apr/2024 84 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 40 Adele — Chasing Pavements +2 35 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody +2 25 Taylor Swift — Love Story -4 24 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 21 Rihanna — Russian Roulette -1 20 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 03 La Roux — In For The Kill -1

35 left as Liu Suzhen has died at 93.

Her daughter Kerry's instagram page really gives the best clues to her current state of health. The last verifiable photo of her that can be found is of her with former Ukrainian first lady, Kateryna Yushenko which was taken during Labor Day weekend of 2022. There is a video on her page from April 11, 2023 which shows a large group of family members singing happy birthday to her, however, whoever was filming the video was very careful to omit her face which indicates to me that her health has gotten to a stage where the family does not wish for her to be seen. I am fairly certain there will be no more publicly released images of her. The Kennedys are still very much an appearance driven family, and are very restrictive about releasing images that depict its members in ill health. They did the same thing with Rose Kennedy following her debilitating stroke back in either '83 or '84. Rose's 100th birthday in 1990 was a major milestone that much of the Boston media covered, and was marked with numerous interviews with younger family members discussing her contribution to American society and family stability. Despite the major event, no photographs of her were released to the press, which was in stark contrast to her 90th birthday celebration in 1980 where she greeted well wishers and the press from the balcony of her house. To this date, the family has not released any photos of Rose Kennedy during the final decade of her life. The only known photographs of her came from journalists who managed to snap a few pics of Ted Kennedy wheeling her in her wheelchair outside her home sometime in the early 90s.

Shock G (AKA Humpty Hump) died on this day 3 years ago, aged 57. (just let me introduce himself) - Shock's real name was Gregory Jacobs. He initially wanted to become a drummer, but got a turntable once he got into hip hop. He would be mentored by his cousin, nicknamed DJ Stretch, and his friend in their group suggested the stage name "Shah-G". - Shock's first group was called "Master Blasters", and he would eventually found Digital Underground in 1987. The group's first major successful single was the 1989 song "Doowutchyalike", which became a cult hit in the rap community: (if you missed it, he's the one who said "just grab 'em in the biscuits") - 1990 saw the release of the group's signature song, "The Humpty Dance": The song peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, but spent five weeks atop Billboard's Rap Chart. Humpty Hump was considered an alter ego; the character's backstory was that his name was 'Edward Ellington Humphrey III', and his big (like a pickle) nose was the result of it getting burned in a deep fryer while he was working as a fry cook. - Shock would be instrumental in the career of 2Pac, who joined Digital Underground in 1991. He would later act as the producer for some of his songs, such as "I Get Around" and "So Many Tears". - Shock died from an accidental fentanyl, meth and alcohol overdose.

The paywalled part of the Obit reveals he died on his birthday.

Larry Page "The Teenage Rage", singer and music manager/producer, reportedly dead: https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2024/04/music-legend-larry-page-dies/ Associated with the Kinks and Troggs. he also produced Daniel Boone's Beautiful Sunday and Blue Is The Colour for Chelsea FC.

Very much as I understand as well (via the MA rumour mill, though I'm not from that part of the state people tend to talk). If there would have been an emergency or otherwise out of order family gathering, it also likely would have ended up on one of the affiliates out of Boston, as is it normal Kennedy family gatherings tended to get good press coverage at least when I was growing up.

Leeway was a New York-based underground metal band in the 80s who made a couple of well-regarded albums but didn't quite break into the mainstream. Eddie Sutton was their frontman and had been suffering from cancer for quite a while. Banana was quickest to note the eventual downturn two days before the hospice news hit the public - and this forum. This advantage gives him unique joker points which puts Annami in need of two more hits. Perhaps 3-0 theoldlady GuyFromFuture 3-3 Hell DeathByArsenic 3-0 arghton wannamaker 3-7 MariNisia Banana 8-3 Annami CalebH 0-3 msc DevonDeathTrip 7-0 SirCreep max_bossetti 11-3 Cpt. Hemlock Edit: Let's put up a video of theirs - of one of their recent reunions/comebacks:

Dave McCarty, Twins to Red Sox (including the 2004 curse-breakers) with a host of teams in between has died aged 54, due to a 'cardiac event'.

The year is 2040. AI Trump rules half the world, Clorox is running the msc memorial Deadpool, and James Whale is still saying he's only got one more Christmas this time.

Does anybody still watch The Apprentice?