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I guess I've never posted in this thread so I'll give a list of people who've died on my birthday (February 12th) Al Jarreau (2017) Charles M Schulz (2000) Screaming Jay Hawkins (2000) David Kelly (Irish actor, first thing I saw him in was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) (2012) Marty Allen (2018)

Couldn't agree more, I actually do live in New York 14th congressional district and voted for AOC. Over the last couple of years my friends and I started to realize that Crowley was hardly ever in the district. We felt like he was too caught up with the, “Speaker of the House” hype. Despite all of this, I still planned on voting for him until that debate. It became obvious he toke everybody’s vote for granted, and that he only care’s about becoming a powerful politician. In the meantime, AOC was always in the district and generally seemed to care about everyone who lives in the area. But, I have yet to met a die hard supporter of her’s. Honestly, this was more about replacing Crowley then electing her, tbh. I hope this sends a message to all politicians that you can’t ever take anyone’s vote for granted. You must help the people you represent first, and then you can advance your political career. I leave you guys with 3 words: Watch out Cuomo!!!

Joe Jackson for FixedBusiness! https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joe-jackson-dead-dies_us_5b2d4fb5e4b0321a01d10765

Bought some land for wild donkeys to roam: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/06/27/bob-barker-donkeyland-donation/

Nothing terrifies me more than fearmongering and melodrama. Women's health is not in deep jeopardy. The federal guarantee to have an abortion is. There's a difference, particularly as only 14.6 out of 1000 women get abortions. You do realize that the majority of people on this forum aren't US citizens, right? This will be a nomination hearing that will make Robert Bork's nomination hearing look like a day at Disneyland, and the stakes are much, much higher than just abortion. Whether people like it or not, this is how this system works. Check and balance. Tenth amendment. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. No President or Congress lasts forever, and it only seems like the Supreme Court does. And yes, I hate it when people say "breaking." It's the single most overused word on the internet right now. This is a deadpooling forum, not the fucking New York Times. Besides, rumor has been swirling for months that he would retire after this term. The Supreme Court has been conservative since 1971 - basically all of my life. Nixon started it by stacking the Court with Rehnquist, Powell, Blackmun, and Burger. The Court still rarely outright reverses itself, particularly with flashpoint issues. It is feasible that the Court may whittle it away and make abortion more difficult to obtain, but it is unlikely to completely ban it - and reversing Roe v Wade would merely punt the issue to the states. This would serve to make California and New York vacation destinations of choice. Roe v Wade was basically a cheater's way of figuring out how to tie abortion to the Constitution so the federal government could have some say without violating the 10th amendment. Linking the issue of abortion to privacy and due process and clearly indicating the the "right" to an abortion was not unlimited and that there was a compelling interest from the state merely set the stage for the years and years and years of idiocy and bullshit we have endured. The trimester framework is clumsy and was later rejected by O'Connor/Souter/Kennedy in favor of undue burden, which isn't much better. It was inevitable that Roe v Wade would face a legitimate challenge, and to be honest I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner. It's time to stop kicking the can down the road. Legally and constitutionally there is a lot wrong with the decision, and Wikipedia has a good analysis of it, but you have to read it without ideological blinders on. There are far more important issues that a conservative Court may decide on ideology. Gerrymandering and voting rights would have far more reaching implications than abortion. Civil rights, particularly with the law enforcement involvement lately, could reverberate far more than abortion. Personally, I'm more interested in preventing people from being killed for being black than I am for fighting for abortion rights, and I am not anti-abortion. Of course, I'm also not pro-abortion. It simply has never been my priority, and for anyone to assume all US women must be either for or against abortion, or are single issue voters, is a bit disingenuous and insulting. You want to change the conservative tide in the United States? Really? Get your words off this forum full of people who have no say in the US system and use them to change this: US Census Bureau Current Population Survey (election trends 1984 - 2016). This graph is a Republican's wet dream. High points are presidential elections, low are midterms. Funny that it's the midterms that really have the most impact on US citizens as individuals but are when they are least likely to get off their asses and vote. As long as that purple line is above 50% and that blue line is below 50% there ain't gonna be any young person getting what they want. They give their power away in the name of apathy and ignorance. The older you get, the more likely you are to vote - and the older you are the more conservative you get. You vote to protect your interests. It's the actual majority of voters who get the grease. Kids have never understood this. We didn't when we were young adults, but the stakes weren't quite as high then. No one in Congress is going to look out for you when you don't vote as a block. The Baby Boomers are going to walk all over all of us. Ironically, they were quite liberal as youngsters.....but not any more. The number of people, mostly young but some middle aged, who have told me they didn't vote in the 2016 presidential election because "I couldn't vote for Bernie" or "Bernie got cheated" blew my mind. I just thanked them for electing Trump - because that's exactly what they did.

Rod Serling stepped into the Twilight Zone on this day 43 years ago, aged 50.

Janet Armstrong, former wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, has died aged 84, lung cancer. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=janet-armstrong&pid=189396827 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5565504/

I do agree with Phantom that this should be more of a 2018 midterms thread rather than a thread of your own predictions. Otherwise, would it be okay if every single person be allowed to make their own political predictions thread, or a “How will I do in this dead pool” thread type?

Got to agree Dallas was brilliant you can't beat a bit of ole JR, larry Hagman was brilliant, all the more impressive considering he was drinking between 4 and 5 bottles of champagne a day on the Dallas set. RIP Daniel Pilon remember him in Dallas, would of thought he was older than 77 though, would of put him mid 80's.

He's a miss in the Scavenger Hunt deadpool.

here are some nice photos of nabi tajima in her "youth" (relatively speaking, taken from the supercentenarian forums) nabi at age 40 (front row, right side holding the baby) nabi at age 61 (on the right) with her mom nabi at age 68 (front row, second from left) with her late husband who lived (1896-1991) and reached a respectable age of 95 himself note that the supercentenarian nabi tajima we saw was very frail in her later years, but look at when she was 61 and 68, she looked very healthy back then. I will also say that i think she looked more "normal". She still looked younger than her age, just not by too much of an extreme compared to some other supercentenarians. the "wow" factor was not that big, but still noticeably she was younger than her age. she had 7 sons and 2 daughters. in the last photo of her at 68 in 1968, i count 7 sons and ONLY ONE daughter so does this mean her younger daughter passed away? or was she at school or something when the photo was taken? lastly, i think the two children above nabi and tominishi (her husband), standing on the left in the third photo, are the same people as the two old people seen on both sides of nabi tajima in the last, fourth, pic. maybe they are her two eldest children or something? their face shapes just look very similar. it's great to see that extreme longevity ran in her family. her mom reached a respectable age. her husband reached a very respectable age for a man in the 1900s, and now her children are in their 80s and 90s (it certainly helps if your parents reached 117 + 95!).

I mean why would Flora Gill lie about her grandmothers death?? All a decent reporter would need to do is contact Flora and her mother Amber Rudd and say can you independently confirm the date of death and cause of death of Yvonne Given so we can publish a story on her passing.Would be much better than her slipping under the radar.I am sure her grandchildren would appreciate an acknowledgement of their nans career life and passing.

Maybe you should consider joining all your ideas in one post, my friend. Also, I wouldn't consider LaToya or Tito successful. Justin Bieber is an avant-garde artiste compared to them.

Indeed for all the accusations of being morbid at least we acknowledge the passing of talents rather than deny the deaths of talented people even after families announce the individuals death.Yes not everyone's demise makes the BBC news ticker but they are still worthy of acknowledgement and appreciation when they pass on.

Oh I'm sure I'm in the 20% who didn't watch it. Most everyone I knew did. They probably watched Baywatch a few years later -- not that I'm accusing you lol....

Dallas was gloriously trashy highly melodramatic very glamorous camp fun and I am totally unashamed to admit I loved it!

Quite surprised that Joe Jackson is a solo for gcreptile. Congrats on picking him.

.......there was I, in this barn, sticking a rope over a beam when, fuck me, this Barn Owl came out of nowhere and.........

Top of the group, Neuer did have a brain dead moment (not against us, but still...), Korea's defense was shite cuz they gave us a pen, we treated Mexico like Pinatas, we'll likely face the Swiss in next round, etc. need I go on? We ARE winning this cup, trust me on this one.

1938 Germany fail to qualify for the next round, pick a fight with Poland. Didn't end well. 2018 Germany fail to qualify for the next round................

24 hours isn't a hunger strike.Just a fast like Ramadam.Except Ramadam goes on for a month.

Nudist activist Turner V. Stokes has died. He was 90. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/turner-v-stokes-champion-of-the-unclothed-dies-at-90/2018/06/25/92214dd4-788b-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html

Peter Falk passed away of Alzheimer's disease and died yesterday on 23rd June 2011, nearly five months ago today, at the age of 2011. He has Alzheimer's so might be worth a shout on next year's shopping list. Happy birthday to the legend, I loved him in The Shawshank Redemption.

Someone mentioned this on my DP facebook page, and I said I recall sitting in the waiting room at the auto air conditioning place getting my AC checked out when the news broke. So it's the 5th year anniversary of Sir C getting his vehicle's AC fixed.