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  1. Posted

    TO KILL A GABOR SISTER

     

    Gianluca Vialli - JOKER
    George Alagiah
    Rob Burrow
    Simon Cowell (wildlife guy)
    Frank Field
    Roberta Flack
    Randy Gonzalez (Enkyboys)
    Rolf Harris
    Jonnie Irwin
    Randy Jackson (American Idol)
    Frank McGarvey
    Steve McMichael
    Linda Nolan
    Larry Pressler
    Johnny Ruffo
    Ryuichi Sakamoto
    Mutulu Shakur
    Nigel Starmer-Smith
    Michael Tilson Thomas
    James Whale

     

    subs:

    Faye Fantarrow

    Jimmy Carter

    Jango Edwards

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  2. Posted

    Back in the game after a couple years off.

     

    Most of December was awfully quiet for my shortlisters... then in the past 48 hours, I had to scrap Pele, Don West, Barbara Walters, and Pope Benedict - all of whom would have made the final roster (Walters was a sub but would've been promoted after the Pope's death).

     

    I don't think my team is necessarily bad, just... boring. Mostly Drop 40ers. My off-forum research was shit. I'm expecting a lot of "how the fuck did I miss that?" during tomorrow's grand reveal.

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  3. Posted

    Saw murmurs on Twitter last week that she was 'gravely ill', according to those blind item gossip sites. Since those can be surprisingly accurate sometimes, I had her on my Deathrace team and she would've probably made one of the final spots on my DDP team.

     

    I had settled on keeping this news to myself, rather than amplifying it and campaigning for a Drop 40 spot for her (I like having differentials). I think I did deadpool hosts a favor, last thing they need today is another person on a load of teams not making the starting line. :unsure:

  5. Posted

    Never before have I had the opportunity to vote in this poll twice in one day, iirc. The 2017 Dawn-Booth double was complete before I woke up that morning.

     

    Going for Jimmy Carter yet again but it'll probably be someone random like Sandy Gall.

  8. Posted

    While Carter and other former US presidents were not invited to the funeral on account of space constraints, they were all sent invitations to the Washington National Cathedral for a special ceremony to be held on Wednesday.

     

    Will be interesting to see if Jimmy makes the trip.

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  10. Posted

    Hard to imagine Britain with a different monarch. It just speaks to her incredible place in history that I can say that as someone in his 20s and probably get people in their 70s to agree with me. To many across the world, Queen Elizabeth II was simply the embodiment of Britain.

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  13. Posted

    Tadeusz Ferenc, mayor of Rzeszów, Poland from 2002 to 2021, has died at 82 (link in Polish).

     

    Ferenc oversaw the development of Rzeszów, capital of the Subcarpathian province, from a small regional center into a rapidly developing metropolis; Rzeszów is one of the fastest growing cities in a country where most cities are losing population or stagnant.

     

    Ferenc was a member of the Democratic Left Alliance and it was practically a miracle that he remained in power for so long in Poland's most conservative province. His leadership proved popular enough that he was succeeded by a fellow leftist.

     

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  14. Posted

    Figured I'd drop by after hearing the news about Ms. Tekla.

     

    As a Pole and as a long-time supercentenarian nerd, it was exciting to have a Polish woman finally climb so far up the ranks of the world's oldest people list.

     

    To clarify just how rare her feat was - no other verified Pole before her had reached the age of 112 (Stanisław Kowalski falling just nine days short of it earlier this year; although, if I'm not mistaken, he technically wasn't verified). 

    Making it to 116 years and 2 months after surviving two world wars in a country heavily impacted by both, various regimes, and multiple pandemics is truly a remarkable feat.

     

    I'll admit I was rooting for her to outlive Lucile and get the #1 spot (something I didn't feel bad about it - Lucile herself has expressed that she would 'be better off in heaven'). 

    However, I can't say I'm disappointed. When Tekla first became doyenne of Poland in 2017, I never would have expected her to live for five more years.

     

    May she rest in peace.

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  16. Posted

    Still no full results from Iowa, but with 71% in, it's looking like my man Bernie Sanders is winning the popular vote, Pete Buttigieg is winning in state delegates, and they're both tied in estimated delegates to the DNC?

    Oh, America, you and your over-complicated elections...

     

    Anyway, I registered to vote a few days ago and I can't wait to cast my first vote in the Illinois primary on March 17th!

  17. Posted

    Oh, wow... I'd intended to - at least temporarily - quit the forum (lot of stuff going on in my personal life, deadpooling a big distraction) after my previous post 2 weeks ago.

     

    But then this morning something told me to log back on one last time and at first I thought "wow, my spidey senses wanted me to know that Deathray reacted assholishly to my tattoo? greeeat LOL" until I realized I was also a hair away from winning the Deathrace!

     

    Now, back from classes, check Twitter to see Andretti's died... fuck sake I really won it a second time in a row?

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  21. Posted

    Interesting news coming out of Iraq...

     

     

    Qassem Suleimani and Abu Mehdi Muhandis both allegedly killed in airstrikes.

     

    This might be related to the earlier news of the missile strikes at a Baghdad airport which injured civilians and potentially American officials/diplomats.

     

    All very recent news so not all information is fully available yet.

     

    Edit: The US admits it killed these two leaders. Uh-oh...

     

  22. Posted

    2016: Hosni Mubarak (1/20)

    2017: Greg Gilbert, Kris Hallenga, Heidi Loughlin, Rena Salmon, Valery Spiridonov (5/20)

    2018: Greg Gilbert, Dilip Kumar, Nobby Stiles (3/20)

    2019: John Andretti, Samu Anoa'i, Susan Bayh, Jason deLisle, Barry du Bois, Bill Freehan, Lee Kerslake, Karen Lewis, Sacheen Littlefeather, Jean-Louis Trintignant (10/20)

  23. Posted

    Substitutes

    Jimmy Carter: Was on my team for the longest time until I had to make way for newer, better picks. He'll still very likely die and I acknowledge that.

    Greg Gilbert: The fall 2019 ''previous Rad DDP picks keep dying'' fiasco made me want to bring him back from my 2017 and 2018 squads, but I couldn't convince myself he was a good pick.

    Lee Noble: My planned joker up until a fortnight ago when I read that he was in remission. Still wanted him on my team as a high-risk high-reward pick, but there wasn't room.

     

    Final drops

    Tom Smith: I've been burned by colon cancer picks before, so I thought he'd survive 2020, though seeing how many picked and even jokered him makes me feel like my intuition was wrong.

    Bernadette Chirac: Reckoned she couldn't have long left after Jacques died, but she's worth too few points for a non-certain death.

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A month ago, I was dead-set on picking her so there could be a win-win situation. She dies? Points for me! She doesn't die? Supreme Court is saved if Trump loses re-election! Couldn't convince myself she was worth it, though.

    Mikhail Gorbachev: He is fucked but I have enough, better/more fucked, old low-scorers on my team (though I reckon he might be Drop 40).

    Litsa Menounos: The only fringey pick I was even close to considering. But I was confident that, for the third year in a row, I could avoid fringey picks.

     

    Other names considered

    John Lewis: Showed up too late, also turning 80 in February, and likely not Drop 40.

    Alcee Hastings: Kind of a discount John Lewis now hahaha.

    Sam Lloyd/Tom Long: Both in remission.

    Rodion GA: Latest news suggests he is fucked - will not obit.

    Bob Barker/Bob Dole/Kirk Douglas/Prince Philip/Stirling Moss/Jill Gascoine/Willie Nelson: I'm attempting to be competitive, so there's only so many Deathlist-y oldies I can pick.

    Dominic Matteo: Not super ill.

    Leon Spinks: Prostate cancer picks aren't great; also, seems like the ICU incident was unrelated to the cancer and he has recovered.

    Ed Genson: Very off-radar man.

    Nanci Ryder: She's an annual honorary salvage lot member. One year she'll die off my team and I'll be pissed.

    Ady Barkan: Still stable, still doing activist work.

     

     

  24. Posted

    Here is To Kill A Gabor Sister 2020.

     

    1. Genesis P-Orridge (JOKER)
    2. John Andretti

    3. Daniel Arap Moi
    4. Frankie Banali
    5. Susan Bayh
    6. Chris Doleman
    7. Maggie Griffin - mom of Kathy Griffin
    8. David Gulpilil
    9. Lars Hogh
    10. Terry Jones
    11. Lee Kerslake
    12. Michael Robinson
    13. Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said of Oman
    14. Yoo Sang-Chul
    15. Roger Scruton
    16. Doug Supernaw
    17. Bernard Tapie
    18. Peter Tobin
    19. Alex Trebek
    20. Gianluca Vialli

     

    I'm not gonna make any dramatic claims like ''this is my last year playing the DDP'' but this very well may be my last semi-competitive entry. I've certainly started to lose interest in deadpooling and I couldn't bring myself to do much research. However, I did pull myself together in the final days of 2019, so I don't think I'll completely embarrass myself with this team.

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