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Taiwan democracy activist Roger Hsieh has died at 85. Obviously this is ony an excuse to post a list of Taiwanese Democracy activists and elderly political figures. Taiwan is a rich China, so they are longeve as fuck. 1)Su Beng (1918). Su Beng tried to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek himself in the 1950s. He is known as a violent communist, "the Taiwanese Che Guevara". Very old, blind and wheelchair bound for years, he suffered a nasty fall last December and was hospitalized in critical conditions. Has since made a full recovery, it seems. 2)Hau Pei-tsun (1919). Former PM of Taiwan. He was a close aide of Chiang Kai-shek and then became one of the favourites henchmen of Lee Teng-hui. In 1996 he betrayed his puppetmaster running for veep with another party. Failing obviously. Suffered a severe stroke in April 2019 and has since been hospitalized in ICU, reportedly half-paralyzed. Yep, how the hell is he still going? 3)Lee Teng-hui (1923) De facto dictator of Taiwan from 1988 to 2000, is considered a major inspiration for current president Tsai Ing-wen, who frequently used him as a counsellor. A corrupted fraudster who embezzled millions, he has a complicated medical history. In 2000 he had bypass surgery, in 2011 he suffered from colon cancer, from which he fully recovered. In 2015 he suffered a minor stroke, in November 2018 a major fall and intracranial hemorrhage, which had him hospitalized for three months. Now better and scheduled to publicly appear at the end of September. 4)Peng Ming-min (1923). Democracy activist who wrote the pamphlet for which Roger Hsieh was arrested and tortured. He instead flew to Sweden. In 1996 he run against crook Lee Teng-hui and lost miserably. Still in good health and angry towards the government. 5)Chiu Chuang-huan (1925). Vicepremier in the 80s, a political dinosaur whose last public appearances date back to 2011. Shouldn't be in the best health nowadays. 6)Tseng Wen-hui (1926) Lee Teng-hui's wife, who is still sprightly and looks 20 years younger, so destined to be a widow, it seems. Embezzled millions and sent to jail those who protested.

I do not drink wine, I am Islamic, why are you being islamaphobic??

A thread in desperate need of direction - this seems appropriate:

Very sad news to report that Peter Nichols has died: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/sep/09/peter-nichols-playwright-joe-egg-dies-aged-92

Oooh! He could have gone in the Farmers thread.

Once more Harold Ramis, Ghostbuster (with headphones) and Mattia Binotto, Ferrari boss (with headphones)

Mattia Binotto, Ferrari boss Harold Ramis, Ghostbuster

Well considering the fact he was a sickly child and so could eat only a limited amount of food in adulthood - that is the reason he doesn't eat "too much crap". When The Beatles went to India he brought over his own food but then only lasted like a week because nothing agreed with him. That is why he's vegetarian/vegan. Source - Beatles Anthology book

But easier to spell - oh wait .....

Get back! Get back! Get back to where you once belonged Get back! Get back! Get back to where you once belonged.

Ringo gives his views on Brexit. https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/09/09/ringo-starr-pro-brexit/

Not quite as easy to type as 'racist'

Here, here and here. All from The Graun, but that's mostly because it's the one that isn't behind a paywall. They are all also puff pieces promoting one guys book. But since that book is about the subject in the first place, meh, one gets the information where one can.

Rabbit-Proof Fence and Walkabout are both in the pantheon of "teacher can't be bothered today so he'll just show an Important Movie" for different generations of kids in the UK.

Why would there be a general strike? What is clear about this whole bollocks up is that, by a country mile, it was the working classes that voted to leave. Those same working classes are the union members, like i was for over 30 years, who would be unlikely to down tools. More chance of the Richmond set and Richard Branson going on strike. Who would notice or actually give a fuck? Unlucky Pbb, you will have to come back!!

ROBERT MUGABE IS DEAD! THANK GOD!!! I thought this bastard was never going to die. At least now the people of Zimbabwe and the world can breathe a sigh of relief

Here you go Hosni. A little something to go with your whine.

Updating the Muppets guest thread to reflect the death of Valerie Harper in late August.

UK #2 1953

BELOVED FORUM POSTER DIES 11/50 6th September 2019 Robert Mugabe, best known for his many years of insightful posts on Deathlist forums, has sadly died at 95 to give another crowdsource score. He was a familiar and loved figure on the forums, with his wit, anti-racism posts, and long friendship with Deathray who recently married Neil Kinnock’s Welsh Constituency. He also had a bit of a tenuous relationship with your crowdsource host, but you can't please everyone. In these sad Post Hein days, this is the first time we’ve had 100% confirmation of the death of a Deathlist poster, since the death of forum admin Paul Bearer in 2013. Mugabe will be fondly remembered by all fans of his Swingtime Band. PS It has just reached us that Robert Mugabe was in fact a mass murdering embezzling dictator who ran roughshod over his own people for nearly 40 years. The things that people can get away with, while pretending to be a friendly member of the online community, never cease to shock. Side note: apart from a few minor tweaks this obit was the work of msc, not me. Since he clearly wanted this obit published for the longest time and I did one of his obits for Stan Lee back in 2018, I decided to give him one obit. Now I'm waiting for the why are you so racist comments...

Either that or the GHB wore off quicker than it should have.

Most famous farmer in the UK might be Michael Eavis

I live next door to an African person. He's white, though.

My first DL dream: I dreamt that @drol stepped out in front of my hire car out here in Perth and I damn nearly ran him over. I started shouting at him but then I recognised him (he looked exactly like his pic, and, naturally, he was walking a dog that looked just like @theoldlady's pic) and then said hello. He replied to me that I didn't look anything like Ainsley Harriott and we had a laugh about Sri Sri.

At least 23 of his relatives are missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/08/hurricane-dorian-23-members-sidney-poitiers-family-missing/