Joey Russ

Well this year has been a disaster huh? You know the drill, nominate your favorite Pokemon from Nebraska that the committee will promptly ignore. I think Rex Williams would be a good boomerang pick, was picked back in 1990, and he’s getting up there in age. Last time we had a big boomerang pick it was successful with George Cole, I’m just saying

Us Representative from Virginia Gerry Connolly has been announced with esophagus cancer. In recent days Nancy Pelosi has been pushing to have him lead the oversight committee over AOC, which I think shows Pelosi’s pettiness…

Whammed while waiting for a doctors appointment I scheduled months in advance. Of course

Since there’s a what you’re reading thread and a what have you been watching lately, I’ve decided to start a thread focusing on music you’re currently listening to. Of course, if there’s a thread that exists on this that I don’t know about, a mod can merge them together. Anyways, I am listening to Berlin by Lou Reed for the very first time, and so far, I’m enjoying the album.

Danny Estrin’s cancer battle isn’t doing too well as cancer has spread, though he says there’s treatment to try and combat it

If they really want an evil US politician on the list I feel like Mitch McConnell would probably be a better pick than Dick Cheney

This field seemed a lot more casual this year than normal (and again, Jody Gormley probably should’ve been picked)

One of the topics that I am the most interested in is the counterculture of the 1960's and early 1970's. There is just something about that era that always seem so fascinating to me, and makes me wonder what influential figures are still around from that era. So behold, I have made a list of people who have put in major influence from the counterculture in one way or another. I also do wonder which of these will be the last survivor of this group of very influential individuals. Anyways, here are the names: Richard Alpert; professor, spiritual teacher; (1931 - 2019) Bill Ayers; activist, professor; (1944 - ) Joan Baez; musician, activist; (1941 - ) Sonny Barger; Hells Angels; (1938 - 2022) Stewart Brand; environmentalist, author; (1938 - ) Tommy Chong; comedian, social critic; (1938 - ) Peter Coyote; Digger, actor; (1941 - ) David Crosby; musician; (1941 - 2023) Robert Crumb; underground comix artist; (1943 - ) Angela Davis; communist, activist; (1944 - ) Rennie Davis; activist, community organizer; (1941 - 2021 ) Bernadine Dorhn; activist (1942 - ) Bob Dylan; musician; (1941 - ) Daniel Ellsberg; whistleblower; (1931- 2023) Bob Fass; radio host; (1933 - 2021) Jane Fonda; actress, activist; (1937 - ) Peter Fonda; actor, activist; (1940 - 2019) Todd Gitlin; activist; (1943 - 2022) Wavy Gravy; hippie, activist; (1936 - ) Alan Harber; activist, (DOB unknown - ) Hugh Hefner; publisher; (1926 - 2017) Paul Krassner; author; (1932 - 2019) Charles Manson; conspirator turned to mass murderer; (1934 - 2017) Richard "Cheech" Marin; comedian, social critic; (1946 - ) Michael McClure; poet; (1932 - 2020) Barry Miles; author, impresario; (1943 - ) Ralph Nader; consumer advocate, author; (1934 - ) Graham Nash; musician, activist; (1942 - ) Jack Nicholson; screenwriter, actor; (1937 - ) Yoko Ono; musician, artist, activist; (1933 - ) Mark Rudd; activist; (1947 - ) Ed Sanders; musician, activist; (1939 - ) John Searle; professor, free speech advocate; (1932 - ) John Sinclair; poet, activist; (1941 - 2024 ) Dick Smother; musician, TV performer, activist; (1939 - ) Tom Smother; musician, TV performer, activist; (1937 - 2023) Gary Snyder; poet, writer, environmentalist; (1930 - ) Gloria Steinem; feminist, publisher; (1934 - ) Neil Young; musician, activist; (1945 - ) It wouldn't surprise me if they're all dead within 20 years tbh, but I suspect there will be a few hanging on in 2038...

Too bad nobody picked Gormley here

I did think about that but then if he makes the actual list he would have his own individual thread anyways but I guess that probably would be a Grim Reaper thing

Mary Travers had her own thread when she had cancer, see no reason why Peter Yarrow shouldn’t have the same treatment.

I reread Mary’s thread, seems like her cancer was mostly stablish until the final few months? Whereas Yarrow is clearly on his way out so like I said, if he’s still alive in 2025 Peter would be a great inclusion

Though I don’t think he’ll make the starting line I 100% think Peter Yarrow would be a great inclusion if he made it. Though they didn’t pick Mary Travers so he could get ignored anyways…

100% deathlisty if he makes it that far

Who’s ready for the new list? I sure am. I have no ideas on what names are on but Death Impends has given hints to the newly created threads that Grim made, and based on her hints, I think there’s a very strong chance Derek Draper actually debuted. But we won’t know for sure until the actual list is revealed

We still got nearly a month to go, there’s no need to make predictions that there’s no more hits until maybe like a week out or so

The Bill Clinton wins and Obama 08 probably have more of an argument that they’re landslides but I don’t think those are true landslides so if those aren’t landslides then Trump 2024 definitely isn’t a landslide when it basically was just a repeat of 2016 plus Nevada. The last real landslide was probably 1984.

Ah so if a criminal is elected president then all of their crimes are completely absolved. So if Hunter Biden were to theoretically run and get 312 electoral votes you would also be okay with him not serving time like Trump? Yep, makes perfect sense to me

I agree. So you very much believe that trump’s criminal convictions should’ve gone through and he should’ve served time in prison then just like Hunter Biden right?

There sure is

I’ll probably always have some presence on the forums, I just may not participate in the activities that are run, that’s all

Yeah, good call. I’m kinda slowly moving away from dead pooling and focusing on fixing my own life atm so I don’t really have as much time anymore

Funnily enough had they picked Tilson Thomas nothing would’ve changed score wise

Decided to give this country legend a well overdue thread, especially cause I think he could potentially make a great deathlist pick next year. With so many health issues he had to deal this past year, surely he can't live much longer, can he?

That news honestly made my fucking day when I first saw this