Joey Russ

Martha Alonso, governor of Puebla dies only days after being sworn in.

Does it really fucking matter?

That'd be a fairly good guess...

Cool. 23 lists entered as of now, with the top 5 already breaking past the 500 point barrier, so they are probably safe bets for the list at this point. Who will make the final list? We'll see in about a weeks time or so...

Nope, only three. Unless some bastard decides to kill him, then he’s worth 6.

Aye, will let you know about the references once the list is complete.

Sometimes I am shocked by how the voters vote, either by the extent of someone’s popularity or by even being viable candidates for the list. Case in point, there’s a Sinead O’Connor type figure that is currently in the top 50, and they’re doing about 30 points better than the big A-Lister I mentioned that are struggling a couple of times. At the end of the day, it is the Crowdsource list, and if the Sinead O’Connor figure makes it but not the big A-Lister, there’s nothing I can do to stop that...

Not dead:

As for me, I can confirm that I will be dropping Linda Nolan and Marieke Vervoort. So maybe they will turn out to be good picks next year...

Paddy Ashdown was at 47 when he died. Subs going for those who picked him now.

Camilla Skovgaard only got a mere 5 points before her demise, and as such was nowhere close to being in contention.

Can we please wait until New Years Eve to have the next Ideas and Possibilities thread?

FTFY

Really? Shame. Promptly removes him from shortlist.

Clive James interview tonight:

The cancer was caught early though, so not like she would need the chemo right now anyhow. However, if the cancer returns, that would be a different story...

And here’s the link.

So as I was entering somebody's list today, I had noticed that apparently I put the name of a similarly named fictional character instead of someone actually who is actually famous (and never realized how similarly those two names are). That certainly would've been mocked had I not noticed that before January 1st.

James Mattis now resigns. Probably the best member of Trump’s administration as he was at least qualified for the job, but still pretty bad...

Also, that A Lister that I mentioned was struggling to make the list, is still struggling to make the list (as in switching to barely on and barely off). Will be stunned if he doesn’t make it next year, but at this point in the game, him not making the list won’t surprise me. Which is not something I would’ve said in November!

There's only about a week and a half left to submit to the crowdsource list. Some people who submitted from past years who's entry I have yet to receive includes @Death Impends (pretty sure he's waiting to submit during the last week, but don't want to forget him), @gcreptile, @deadsox, @FixedBusiness, @Sean, and @Toast. I also hope some newer posters will also make a submission to the crowdsource list as well. As for shadowlist entries, I already got one list submitted via that route and another one confirming they plan on entering via the shadow list. Remember, everyone is welcome to make a submission to the list.

Bobby Darin went beyond the sea 45 years ago aged 37.

Ain’t that a shame to hear about.

Ahem, so the Internet is being very shitty at the moment (as in problems connecting to websites rather than the internet being slow), so any entries submitted for the Crowdsource entries submitted very soon may have to wait a few days before I am able to enter them in. I hope that it will be fixed soon so business can be back to normal...

You know the GOP is slowly fading in Arizona when they gave a participation trophy to the senate loser. Second most likely pickup in 2020 behind Colorado imo.