Joey Russ

I do think people are overestimating how helpful Kamala would be to Biden. She didn’t even make it to the Iowa caucus which showed how bad of a choice she would be on the ballot. Not to mention the bad choices as attorney general that could hurt his chances. So yeah. I definitely would not be surprised if Kamala is VP but I really don’t think she’s the best choice at all...

Apparently this is the speaker list for the upcoming convention, this might narrow down the list of potential VP contenders remaining. Or it might just be a bit misleading:

So is this pool still happening?

I’m nearly halfway there with my picks (the replacement for the NQO also died), but I feel like the next 16 will take a lot longer to go than the first 14...

I’m not sure if there’s really any VP that is actually a great choice. You’re right that Susan Rice isn’t the greatest choice in the world, but neither is Kamala, who has an abysmal record as AG (she fined parents for truant students and she did not prosecute the bank that Steve Mnuchin worked on). I personally think it’s either Susan Rice or its Gretchen Whitmer. I’d be a little surprise if it’s someone else, but it’s not impossible for someone else to get it I guess. As for personal preference, well, if there was one it’ll probably be Karen Bass. Of the potential Biden VP’s she is the least abysmal of all of them, which is why she probably isn’t going to be her anyhow. But we’ll see soon enough.

Jefferey Epstein did not kill himself one year ago today at the age of 66.

Some people had picked Kamala here.

Toad, the mushroom sidekick from the world of Mario has died from pancreatic cancer

So Kamala is the 5th known fatality from the DDP then.

The problem with Gates isn’t his illness. The problem is he is just the dad of a far far more famous son and nothing else. What next, Andrea Swift deserves to be on the list cause of her brain tumor? Give me a fucking break.

Well, Belafonte was well enough to endorse Ed Markey:

Westphal has mail coverage of his diagnosis, for anyone in doubt of his obit chances.

Hm, should I take away the cup from An Fear Beag then? He should’ve done a better job noticing his death before picking him in February (muahahaha).

Thought about hiding this, but there’s a lot of coverage of his diagnosis. NBA Hall of Fame coach Paul Westphal has the deadly glioblastoma

So Ali turned out to be a duet with Banana. I think this is probably my best chance of winning a dead pool this year. There’s still multiple folk on my team that I’m surprised that they are still alive, but then some of those folk I think is also on Banana’s team, which reduces my chance of getting into the lead. In general, the names that I don’t think Banana have are much more iffy than the names I do believe I share with Banana. And there’s a few differentials that I’m sure he have that could certainly expand his lead against me. I think Cisovsky being the youngest hit is probably among the most crucial in helping my chances of winning. Folk like Kieran O’Connor could’ve helped my chances of winning, but ah well, that’s the luck of rejected names...

Scans for Tim Bilton show that it’s still working for now. Although was it known the immunotherapy he was taking is only palliative? Makes me think whenever the treatment does stop working he’ll go extremely quick...

Here’s a QO

Link please?

Been a bit of a quiet month competitively, but that isn’t the case much longer. Alauddin Ali is a hit for me. He’s another replacement pick, which is doing far better than the replacement names last year...

Bangladesh composer and longlister Alauddin Ali has died at 67

I feel like the closest we can find in knowing whether someone has died or not is if they were a really active poster and suddenly quit the forums, and even that’s not a guarantee as seen with Magere Hein. Rockhopper is a perfect example of that. He used to be very active on the forums, and then suddenly right before it was announced that Rockefeller died he no longer showed up

No. Just no.