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    Martin Crowe

    Damn, thought he was a sure hit on Magere's multi-lingual deadpool. All those cricketing nations, with their variety of languages and dialects (India, SA...) I felt double figures were easily achievable. Can't say I know him very well, he's not one of the 'older' cricketers I've heard/read much about. Clearly very respected though, and he's done quite well for a man with a terminal disease. RIP.
  2. Well the theory on the Republican side is that if everyone else gets out, one of the non-Trumps might beat him, but I think that's wishful thinking. Cruz is best placed but has screwed up his best chance, which was the evangelical South (most of which went to Trump on Super Tuesday). Rubio is banking on doing well in big states like Illinois but if he loses to Trump in his home state of Florida in 2 weeks (he's currently down 44%-28% in one poll I read) then it will be almost impossible for him to continue. Kasich is banking on big wins in Ohio and Michigan, which vote in the next couple of weeks (he's Governor of Ohio) but if they don't materialise then he's done. The only one who can realistically win outright now is Trump, the others main aim is to just stop him reaching the required number of delegates and take it to a brokered convention. Think that's probably pie in the sky though. Nobody knows what's happening with Carson. His top aides say he has no path open to the nomination. The latest hilarious development is that the Republican Establishment are going to offer him the Republican nomination for the vacant Senate seat in Florida in November to encourage him to stop out of the race...
  3. Shows what I know. Alaska called for Cruz. 3 states for him, 7 for the Donald and 1 for Rubio.
  4. So...Super Tuesday is all but done. 11 Democratic Primaries/Caucuses, 11 Republican Primaries/Caucuses. It's all shaping up like this: Democrats Hillary - 7 states - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (plus American Samoa) Bernie - 4 states - Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Vermont (his home state) Republicans Trump - 8 states - Alabama, Alaska (not quite confirmed but fairly certain), Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia Cruz - 2 states - Oklahoma and Texas (his home state) Rubio - 1 state - Minnesota Kasich - 0 states - Very close 2nd to Trump in Vermont Carson - 0 states - 5th in every contest Basically, as expected, Trump and Clinton tighten their grips. Cruz made a speech advocating everyone to leave the race and let him duke it out with Trump, Rubio says he has no intention of doing that, still thinks he can win, etc. Kasich is holding out for Ohio in 2 weeks time. Carson has released a statement saying he's staying in too (course he has).
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    George Bush Senior

    Was going to post the exact same thing. Here's the photographic proof. Don't think he's got long left... http://s9.postimg.org/3r3h6ft0f/Cc_Gq_Vnt_VIAAoj7s.jpg He was thinking "With Jeb out of the race which one of these guys do I want presiding over my state funeral?" Actually it is still quite likely that Obama will preside over his state funeral! Jimmy Carter recently liked cancer for now and is still teaching Sunday school and looking good for his age, he still has a decent shot of living another two years and beating Gerald Ford's record to become the longest lived US President in history. George HW Bush on the other hand at that GOP debate looked like something out of Weekend At Bernie's! Surely there's some kind of poetic irony in Hillary physically burying him 25 years after her husband buried him politically? I concur with you in the Jimmy v George HW debate. Jimmy's going nowhere soon, if suggestions of the cancer remission are solid.
  6. Huge win for Hillary in South Carolina. Maybe as much as 3-1 in her favour over Bernie. Sets her up for big wins on Super Tuesday (which is in 3 days time). Looking more and more like these terribly complicated primaries might end up in two very straightforward outcomes on both sides.
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    2016 Irish General Election

    She can say what she wants, it ain't going to happen. The third party with the Taoiseach? With what mandate? Interesting set of results, although it seems ridiculously complicated to calculate who's won. Looks likely to be a messy aftermath. Fine Gael still the largest party but Labour far too weak for coalition. Fianna Fail say no deal with Sinn Fein, but even if they did it wouldn't be enough. There's been talk of a 'grand coalition' between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail but neither seems keen on that. Another election looks likely in the near future, best estimates I can see say no longer than 2 years could a new government last (whatever its make-up is). Ireland joins Spain in the 'messy general election aftermath' stakes...
  8. Nah, he's after the VP slot. A shrewd move, as Trump will be assassinated and the fat man takes power. An obese US President would be extremely apt... Might finally give William Howard Taft a run for his money: "Taft is remembered as the heaviest president; he was 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and his weight peaked at 335–340 pounds (152–154 kg) toward the end of his presidency, though he reduced this after his presidency, and weighed by 1929 just 244 pounds (111 kg)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft Christie weighed in at around 400 pounds before 'lap band surgery' to reduce his stomach.Can't find a definitive current weight. Hell of a pic from the 'before' though. You think he's big now... http://s12.postimg.org/5a11pa4y5/chris_christie_december_7_1.jpg
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    2016 Irish General Election

    Exit polls suggest ruling coalition will be unlikely to be able to continue with a majority. Deal-making ahead! http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2016-irish-times-exit-poll-shows-coalition-well-short-of-overall-majority-1.2550489#.VtDYmWq7Adk.facebook
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    2016 Irish General Election

    Great to see a future American President carrying on that great tradition of taking a keen interest in Irish politics... http://s14.postimg.org/akrk9hl4h/Cc_Jr_WEHXIAACVom.jpg
  11. Nah, he's after the VP slot. Not sure I'd want to be too closely associated with Trump, especially if he loses. Think it's mostly that he really hates Rubio and Rubio had a good night last night. Not sure what Christie adds to a ticket: he's from the state next door and if you believe in Trump: the big cheese in business then you're not looking for any extra executive experience that Christie brings as a governor. He's not even the most conservative of Republicans, which would be another plus from Trump's point-of-view. Whatever his motives, it scuppers any hopes Cruz and Rubio had of slowing the Trump juggernaut. Name one way in which he will be better. He isn't part of the political establishment of Washington, that alone makes him a better choice. Anyone who is likely to shake up the current status quo of american politics has to be a good thing. I hope the same thing happens in the UK and we get away from the first past the post, two party stitch up we currently endure. Like the pronouncements of Trump, you haven't actually said anything. What will he do that is better than what has gone before? As an example, Obamacare. Obamacare is a fucking joke, that useless pile of shite is worth fuck all. Obama has been the worst President in decades. If Trump keeps out the illegals then he's doing great. We need to do the same in the UK, leave the EU and eject all those eastern european opportunists out of our country. Control our borders and keep out any more Africans/Halibuts. The UK is full, fuck off foreigners. I thought the 'status quo' in American politics was gridlock where the moderate Republican establishment are beholden to the extreme Tea Party wing of their party. Not sure how Donald Trump helps with that in the slightest. I'm particularly looking forward to his mythical plan to get Mexico to pay for his wall. It's impressive how much he has to say and yet how little he actually says. On Obamacare: "We're gonna have many different plans...no there's no more to add on that." On the illegals (you know, the ones who already live in the US, not the ones on the other side of the wall trying to get in): "You're going to have a deportation force, and you're going to do it humanely." On ISIS: "I would bomb the sh*t out of them." On whether he could be trusted to appoint a conservative Supreme Court justice: "Yes I would, and I've been there very strongly." On his refusal to release his tax returns: "You don't learn anything from a tax return, you learn it from statements I filed, which show I'm worth over $10bn. I built a great company, with very little debt. People were very shocked...As far as my return - I wanna file it - except, for many years, I've been audited - every year. 12 years - or something like that - every year, they audit me. Audit me. Audit me. Nobody gets audited - I have friends who are very wealthy people, they never get audited, I get audited every year - I will absolutely give my return but I'm being audited right now, for two or three years so I can't do it until the audit is finished, obviously. And I'm sure the people would understand that." How any of those statements tell us anything about what he would do as President, I'm unclear. I'm looking forward to the post-Trump era, when President Lisa Simpson takes office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h45bAiu_tzg I'd love to discuss the fullness of Britain, but unfortunately, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to type due to the increasingly large number of Eastern Europeans pressing against me.
  12. Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump. A sentence I never thought I'd write. Is this the first sign of the Republican Establishment coalescing behind the Donald? http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/26/politics/chris-christie-endorses-donald-trump/index.html
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    Sophia Loren

    I personally have no issue with Sophia Loren having her own thread, though I am far too young to remember her as a sex symbol. Just to play devil's advocate, if we're talking about ageing sex symbols deserving of their own thread, what about Gina Lollobrigida? She's got nearly 10 years on Sophia but is still going strong...
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    MHDP

    I was wondering where we were standing on this as it hadn't been mentioned for a couple of weeks. I like the new multiplier logarithm. Think it rewards those who can find obscure obits but doesn't unfairly penalise those who can't be bothered scouring the web for them. Good compromise. Not sure picking this for my first general deadpool is a great idea though. The fine arts of picking winners who score lots of obits might not be my forte.
  15. We're not there yet, I mean primaries aren't the presidential elections, but should Mr. T. be elected, we (i.e. Western Europe) should reconsider the alliance. Fair enough, I agree the primaries aren't the presidential, but 2 months ago, no one thought he'd be the nominee. The point I was making is that he will be the nominee. I can't see who's going to beat him or how they'll do so. That then means he's in a 50:50 toss-up, probably with Hillary, for the presidential election. I'm not saying she can't win, and think she has a good chance, but 50:50 are odds I'm not that comfortable with...
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    2016 Irish General Election

    Are you having an election then? Are you old enough to vote? My comment may have been meant in jest but it was not until today that I saw any reference in the UK social media about the Irish Election which is disgraceful. If the vote was in France then half of the BBC news team would have been dispatched. A distinct lack of respect here for our closest European neighbors. I agree. Read an article in one of the nationals today talking about Sinn Fein's diminishing chances (down from 20-odd% to 15% in the past 2 weeks) and noted that it's hurting their chances of being in government on both sides of the border. I'd forgotten there are, of course, Northern Ireland Assembly elections in the next 4 months too. If Sinn Fein were to end up in government on both sides of the border then the case for a united Ireland becomes somewhat stronger. Not that I'm suggesting even for a moment that this is a viable possibility in the next 10 years or anything, but it does seem odd that we apparently have zero interest in the political machinations of a country which shares an island with part of our own nation. It's baffling.
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    George Bush Senior

    Oh don't get me wrong, I agree with you about Barbara. She was quite active campaigning for Jeb(!) in the last month or so, quite sprightly for a 90-year-old. But Bush Snr on the other hand looks far more likely to shuffle on in the near future. He was certainly nowhere near standing up to acknowledge the applause, stayed slumped in his seat and just waved a hand in the air.
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    George Bush Senior

    Was going to post the exact same thing. Here's the photographic proof. Don't think he's got long left... http://s9.postimg.org/3r3h6ft0f/Cc_Gq_Vnt_VIAAoj7s.jpg
  19. Rough results of the Nevada Republican Caucus (16% reported): Trump 46.6% Rubio 23.5% Cruz 20.4% Carson 5.7% Kasich 3.8% People, get used to President Trump. He's going to be the nominee, now it's just whether he can beat Hillary (or Bernie - but mostly Hillary). Cruz is giving another victory speech. Don't be fooled - he lost by a mile. It's Trump.
  20. If this really is God's plan then he's got work to do. All Cruz is doing is looking stupid with all his Supreme Court claims. It's put the issue front and centre and reminded all liberals tempted by Trump of the dangers the court faces with a Republican president. Cruz won't be the nominee and he won't be the next President. Sorry Glenn, you'll get to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. You can choose for yourself which is Hillary and which is Trump.
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    Astronauts

    Hey, the moon landings didn't happen, did they? Aye, you have it in one here - the basic problem with most of the conspiracies being that they'll grab any nugget and shoe-horn it into a spurious argument; ignoring the fact that NASA employed around 100,000 people - directly and otherwise - at its height (so presumably almost all of them have kept quiet ever since!) This latest nugget fits more with the spaceship Moon (i.e. the aliens put it there but its a constructed craft rather than a natural occurance in the solar system) I thought Doctor Who had categorically proven a couple of years ago that the Moon was a giant egg for some kind of space bird that laid another one in its place when it was born...?
  22. I'm surprised Carson didn't drop out too. So am I. I expected Carson to drop out now, Kasich maybe wait to see how he does in Nevada, and for Bush to wait until they're both out to drop out himself. Anyways, Carson made an update on his Facebook page last night saying that he's not going to drop out, he wants Americans to hear his message, blah, blah, blah. Bush wasn't interested in staying in if it was clear he couldn't win and since he's not even finished as highly as Kasich in any contest thus far (4th in a 6-man field in SC to Kasich's 2nd in a 9-man field in NH) that point had been reached so he dropped out. Like I said earlier, Kasich is banking on surviving until the middle of March when Ohio and Michigan vote but needs some decent results to get him there. Carson is a law unto himself and God know's what's keeping him in the race. Like I said earlier, CNN suggested he's just trying to sell books. Cruz is really pissed off with him though because a lot of polls suggests that Carson voters would likely switch to Cruz if he dropped out, so all he's doing is hurting Cruz. Not that that's any bad thing necessarily...
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    Astronauts

    Apollo 10 astronauts heard 'eerie music' on the dark side of the moon that couldn't have come from Earth, new transcripts declassified in 2008 reveal. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456741/Apollo-10-astronauts-heard-mysterious-music-far-moon-newly-uncovered-tapes-reveal-no-wasn-t-Pink-Floyd.html
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    Sidney Poitier

    He won the BAFTA Fellowship last weekend but wasn't there to collect it due to ill health. They showed him receiving it on the big screen though, from Jamie Foxx, alongside his daughter (also called Sydney). He looked....very old. But he was standing up for the speech and didn't look that bad all things considered. Certainly not as though he was in severe 'ill health'. But time is clearly catching up with him, not got too many more years to go.
  25. The race is starting to solidify. If Hillary backs up her win in Nevada with a win in South Carolina next Saturday then she's well on her way to the nomination with the momentum going into Super Tuesday. With Jeb(!) dropping out, we have 5 left, and can discount Carson who, it was suggested on CNN tonight, is only staying in as a means to sell books at this stage. Trump is starting to look startlingly ominous. Cruz and Rubio both gave what seemed like winners speeches after South Carolina, despite being beat by the best part of 12 points by Trump. Trump's winning across ages and creeds. He's winning enough evangelicals to blunt any momentum Cruz might have and Rubio is still struggling to unite the 'Establishment' vote after his mauling by Chris Christie. Kasich is the unknown quantity. He finished second in New Hampshire, but 5th (behind Jeb) in South Carolina. He's running low on money and a bad result on Super Tuesday could make it hard for him, particularly if Rubio does well. However, if he can pick up Jeb's share of the vote (say people looking for executive experience - i.e. a governor like Bush and Kasich), then he could be polling comparably well to Rubio. He seems to be banking on moderate states (currently in Massachusetts for instance) and is hopeful of still being in the race in mid-March, when Michigan and Ohio vote (he's Governor of Ohio and Michigan is next door), believing that this is when he'll come into his own (but if it's still a 4-man race, I'm not sure that's a given). But no candidate in history who has won both New Hampshire and South Carolina (as Trump has done) has not been their party's nominee for the Presidential election, so however much people keep disbelieving that Trump will win, there's no reason to say that he won't, particularly as with the race still crowded, he can in all these states without breaking what appears to be his ceiling of support of around 35% right now. So, looking down the road, Trump and Hillary are the nominees and despite some of the fanciful talk on here, there will be no Bernie Sanders third party run. Bloomberg won't run if Hillary's the nominee so there goes that variable too. The Republican establishment will swallow their pride and support the most unlikely candidate their party has nominated since Barry Goldwater in 1964, maybe even ever, and concentrate on trying to destroy Clinton (Emails, Benghazi, Bill to name but a few of the things they'll bring up). Clinton will sweep up a lot of women (who already lean to the Democrats anyway), plus Hispanics and African-Americans (dependent on who they both pick as the running mates, but I'm not sure even the presence of Marco Rubio as Trump's unlikely VP would negate Hispanic dislike of his comments about Mexico) and Trump will pick up the traditional wing of the Republican party (white men, evangelical voters, veterans). The question will then be whether Trump can strip so-called 'blue collar' Democrats from Hillary and whether or not Trump can moderate himself enough in the general election to tempt back a few Independents who are currently running as far away from him as possible. My gut still says at this time that Hillary is the frontrunner but it could get very ugly in the months to come.
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