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I don't pay much attention to the news these days. I'm aware the results and its repercussions are bleak and I don't want to downplay them, but focusing on fun things instead has definitely been a mood saver. I'm going to enjoy my life, the fuckers out there want otherwise and I shant give them the satisfaction

Read an article on the BBC explaining why Trump won. Not difficult - of course you vote for the guy who offers simple solutions to complex problems. Who wants to vote for the ones who tell you it's complicated? It's a great gig too, because they're so complex that your simple solutions can't work but then it's all the other side's fault if only you give them even more power, then the simple solutions will work! Who cares that deporting millions of migrants will cost trillions of dollars? Or that it will deprive numerous American industries of their workforce? Just deport them! Who cares that the only way to end the Ukraine war is to cut off funding and let Putin have everything east of the Dnieper river (for now)? Who cares that the 2°C target is going to be obliterated when it's only your grandkids and great-grandkids who will suffer the consequences and you get cheap oil here and now? Who cares that you're going to finish that border wall you claimed you'd built 4 years ago (and Mexico paid for)? Who cares that the President is a sexist authoritarian demagogue when the other side are radical lefties (who are barely left of centre in reality)? Turkeys voting for Christmas, and the billionaires are delighted.

Bit more half-arsed an update but gotta get things up to speed. John Amos - unique, Hollywood Squares - YorkshireBanker gains 20 base points and 24 bonus points, 44 total Christoph Daum - msc gains 25 points, CalebH 10, Etushispushingupdaisies 25 sub points Alberto Fujimori - unique, crimes against humanity - chilean way gains 35 base points and 42 bonus points, 77 total Kenneth Cope - unique, panto - Thatcher gains 20 base points and 16 bonus points, 36 total Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Bibliogryphon gains 50 sub points David Graham - DeathByArsenic gains 40 points, CaptainChorizo 35 Kris Kristofferson - unique - LizLemon gains 5 base points and 2 bonus points, 7 total Lily Ebert - CalebH gains 25 sub points Ethel Kennedy - Joey Russ gains 45 points, diego and ThereWillBeDeaths7 40, markb4 50 sub points Janey Godley - theoldlady gains 25 sub points The newest scoreboard arrives, with some new climbers into the top five but none cutting into Torva Messor's lead 1. Torva Messor 316.19 2. Perhaps 215.19 3. theoldlady 198.19 4. chilean way 196 5. Thatcher 191.19 6. MariNisia 191 7. BabyBlue 174.19 8. Banana 173 9. msc 169 10. livingbygrace 165 11. YorkshireBanker 164.19 12. diego 164 13. drol 160.19 14. wannamaker 160 15. BuffaloPhil 157 16. Charles De Gaulle 153 17. CalebH 147 18. CaptainChorizo 146.84 =19. John Key 140.19 =19. ladyfiona 140.19 21. Toast 140 22. Book 135.19 23. markb4 131 24. maryportfuncity 130 25. Pedro67 125.19 26. Hell 120.19 27. Etushispushingupdaisies 120 28. YoungWillz 119 29. DevonDeathTrip 118 30. An Fear Beag 105 31. Funeralopolis 100.19 32. arghton 98 33. justonecornetto 97 34. Captain Hemlock 95.19 =35. Sean 90.19 =35. The Unknown Man 90.19 37. The Old Crem 90 38. RadGuy 86 39. Grimgrass 83 40. Imelda 82.19 41. gcreptile 76.47 42. Bibliogryphon 75 43. Famous6Eva 67 44. Prophet 65.19 45. ThereWillBeDeaths7 65 46. DeathByArsenic 56.98 47. DeathBecomesThem 55 =48. GuyFromFuture 45 =48. Joey Russ 45 50. WEP 28 51. MalePoster 25 52. LizLemon 7 53. JoeMoneypenny 5 =54. Death Impends 0 =54. Gooseberry Crumble 0 =54. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 =54. TheKillingTime 0 =54. time 0 =54. WillyWonka422 0

GAME OVER! Top 7 move on to the final. November 8th, 2024 89 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 70 Adele — Skyfall +4 68 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 64 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 59 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 59 Bastille — Pompeii 27 Nicki Minaj — Starships -1 00 One Direction —  Best Song Ever -5

Today was the first day of Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik. I got my money's worth by seeing 5 acts. In order of greatness: 5. GDRN (pronounced "Gudrun") at Hafnarhús Art Museum – Icelandic-language singer. The first of several gorgeous people to grace the stage. Unfortunately I was stuck behind a couple of grey-haired waterproof trouser wearers who were having a natter. Her crowdwork needs some work. 4. Une Misère at Iðnó – local metal band. It's metal. It all sounds the same to me, but I wanted to go to one metal gig. The singer was really hot and I liked it when he asked the crowd if they were enjoying Iceland (woooo!!), only for his response to be "why? It's fucking shit". There was of course a mosh pit. It stank in there. 3. Joy (Anonymous) at Iðnó – London funky house duo. Kind of the opposite of Une Misère if you think about it. Their setup consisted of some computers on a shoogly metal table. I finally managed to get close to the stage, right in front of a fat subwoofer (yes dad, I wore earplugs). I and about 30 people at the front turned into sweaty messes. 2. Ravyn Lenae at Art Museum – R&B singer from Chicago. I managed to secure a barricade spot for the first time ever!! She pointed directly at me and sang at me a few times, and I got nervous because she's one of the most stunning people I've seen in person. 1. Magdalena Bay at Art Museum – American duo with eclectic influences. I needed to pee but I was not letting go of that damn barricade. Again, why are all these artists hot‽ They played their new album Imaginal Disk from front to back and nothing else. It's one of my favourite albums of the decade and I knew every word. It was everything. They're everything. Today was one of the best days of my life.

I have barely looked at any election coverage from the USA this past year, the fact it was even competitive was demoralising enough, the prospect of the aftermath, whatever happened, was going to be awful. I've followed every election since 2004 to some extent, watched late into the night ever since until this year. There's nothing fascinating or entertaining about any of this, I would also recommend ignoring the news for the foreseeable.

Two Pearl Harbor veterans died at 101 years old on 3 November : Charles Theodore Sehe and Edward Stone. I also found three alive veterans that aren’t on your list : Isaac George (103) Warren Upton (105) Geb Galle (103)

American architect Victor A. Lundy (Wiki) dead at 101

Alex Trebek died on this day 4 years ago, aged 80. - Trebek started off as a radio news reporter for CBC, hosting its Music Hop segment beginning in 1963. - Trebek would move to the US in 1973 to host the game show The Wizard of Odds, which would be followed by hosting gigs on shows that included High Rollers and Battlestars. - In 1984, Trebek would begin hosting Jeopardy! (taking over from Art Fleming), hosting over 8,200 episodes over 36 years and earning eight Emmy Awards for it. He would also often guest star as fictionalized versions of himself on other shows, which included The Simpsons, Arthur, Rugrats and Family Guy: - Trebek had two minor heart attacks in 2007 and 2012, before being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March of 2019. He would battle the disease for a year and a half. His final episode of Jeopardy! aired two months after he died. - Trebek appeared on the DeathList only once, in 2020- the sixteenth of the twenty hits that year.

I have been following the news avidly and perhaps too deeply and too much for months , since the UK general election was called really. Reading the aftermath debate on here and elsewhere makes me feel it was the right decision of mine earlier this week to now distract myself by throwing myself into binges on IPLAYER and diving into the world of crumpled paper lists and old internet bookmarks trying to pick my slate of juicy unique picks for the 2025 DDP and a good mix of names for other pools. Strange as it may sound I am finding the world of potential famous people dying quite therauptic and relaxing compared to the news alternative ! For any poster feeling quite overwhelmed, worked up and anxious I recommend this past time as a sanity saver!

So theyre just gonna stop him in 2028?? Thats inhumane

Leif Garrett is 63.

8-Nov 89 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 66 Adele — Skyfall 64 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason -6 64 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 59 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 55 Bastille — Pompeii 34 Nicki Minaj — Starships +4 06 Avicii — Hey Brother 05 One Direction —  Best Song Ever

In the words of Maurice Chevalier, I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More.

7/Nov/2024 85 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 70 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 67 Adele — Skyfall +4 64 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 55 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 51 Bastille — Pompeii 28 Nicki Minaj — Starships -6 16 Avicii — Hey Brother 14 One Direction —  Best Song Ever 08 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go

It’s maybe hard to explain from YOUR and YOUR political side’s point of view. But it has not the majority in Europe. At least not in France, Netherlands, Portugal, Hungary etc…

Yeah, that's likely a better bet today than it seemed 24 hours ago. Let's not forget we're dead poolers. If you assume Trump has the brain patterning of a dictator the massive endorphin hit today will soon pale and he'll veer between strong beliefs in his own potency and extreme distrust of others advising him. Health wise the one major positive of that is his avoidance of recreational drugs and alcohol, otherwise it's all bad news up to and including a reckless disregard for medical advice on the basis Trump is best placed to manage his own issues. I think his behaviour that's been seen in those moments he couldn't control - like the nodding off in court and the fact the tonnage of papers he carried in and out of court were largely recently printed off postive social media posts from people supporting him - are an indication that the rumours about him self-medicating with ADHD meds are likely true. So, he medicates in the moment to control his mood, meaning there are peaks and troughs (the latter largely masked as he enjoys "executive time" dozes in front of the TV). He's telly tubby shaped with a persistent roll of fat around his 78-year-old body and whilst he can reduce the stress by pardoning himself away from some of the legal trouble once he's sworn in the other major stressor coming down the line is the fact he'll be president, so answerable for some major promises made and expected to lead the nation when the unexpected happens. Symptom spotting will grow this thread, and given that we'll be looking for mental and physical ailments it'll likely stay lively. Also, all of the above suggests he'll have problems (more likely a blood pressure issue would mentally fog him in front of a crowd than kill him with a massive stroke), rather than a one-off medical crisis that takes him out of the game. So, yeah, he could easily grow his presence with us way beyond QE2. Be interesting to see if he's a DDP Drop 40 in 2025

Like almost everyone here, please add Jody Gormley as my new sub.

We have a WINNER! Congratulations to @thadee, who correctly predicted that Wee Janey would kick the bucket on 2nd November! Now thadee, you have a very important decision to make for your trophy style… would you like to send Janey to heaven or to hell?

First time for me 1. Ray Anthony 2. Lee Adams 3. Akihito 4. Buzz Aldrin 5. Marshall Allen 6. Madeleine Arbour 7. David Attenborough 8. Anne Baker 9. Marianne Bernadotte 10. Thelma Barlow 11. Stanley Baxter 12. Mel Brooks 13. Claire Bloom 14. Billy Carter 15. Ethel Caterham 16. Yvonne Choquet Bruhat 17. Caren Marsh Doll 18. Len Deighton 19. Eileen Derbyshire 20. Jimmy Carter Subs : Dick van dyke Patrick Duffy Clint Eastwood

@Pop_Zeus it's really sad that you are leaving here. Hope you change your mind and decide to stay. Hope you are well and ok.

Not a request. I submitted the update to IMDB before posting the above!!!! Stop trying to be insulting.

Bert Horrabin is featuring prominently as a silent character at the moment and I would think is going to be killed off shortly. He used to be played by Martyn Read, who died in 2022. Apparently he also appeared in something called Star Wars.

That wasn't me.

Awarded an honorary knighthood as one of The Queen's final honours.