Joey Russ

I think in general people overestimate the first year cancer picks (myself included). Some did end up dying this year like John Lewis and Roger Scruton, but many that seemed like locks last year really weren’t that good of picks. See Yoo Sang-chul or Tom Smith as prime examples.

Yeah, this year is far from over and I could see anyone really win it from the top 15 still due to how close it is. Though I’d be more surprised if, say, Lord Football’s Usual List of Ill People wins instead of folk like To Kill a Gabor Sister...

Gambian football player Biri Biri dead before Gris Gris can consider them

Unsurprisingly the Republicans would push for a new justice should a vacancy occur. In other news, the sky is blue...

The twat Rubio has a photo of Elijah Cummings rather than John Lewis.

Makes her first public appearance since her diagnosis

I believe I’m leading again after the sad demise of John Lewis. However, I am by no means safe enough for the title, so I’ll just enjoy the view on top while it lasts...

GOOD TROUBLE, SAD DEATH 13/50 17th July 2020 John Lewis, legendary civil rights icon and politician who isn't a UK department store has died at 80 to bring another successful hit to the crowdsource list. John Lewis first heard of Martin Luther King Jr at 15, eventually leading to him meeting King at 18 and Rosa Parks at 17. Those early encounters lead him to be a major leader in the civil rights movement. He was one of the original Freedom Riders in 1961, which rode interstate buses into the segregated south. In 1963, he won a chairmanship to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. As chairman, he was part of one of the Big Six who help lead the March on Washington later that year, and during the March he gave a very impassioned speech in front of a huge crowd of hundreds of thousands. Perhaps his most famous feat was when he played a big role on the Selma to Montgomery marches in March 1965. In it, he was brutally beaten and tear gassed by the police, which eventually lead to his skull being fractured and some permanent scars he bared for the rest of his life. Eventually, he worked his way up the political system, working in the Jimmy Carter administration after a loss for a seat in Georgia's 5th congressional district. In 1986, he won that very same seat after a very contentious primary. Although his time in congress was not a perfect record by any means, he did provide many courageous votes during congress such as voting against Bill Clinton's terrible welfare reform and voting against the Iraq War. He was a political giant, and certainly among the best there was in Congress. Lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the final days of 2019, and there was a question of whether he'd make the list given that Bob Hawke missed out by over 90 points last year. However, he did end up on the list pretty comfortably, going all the way to the 39th spot in under 48 hours. He is the 13th hit in an ever moving big year of deaths...

Unsurprisingly, BBC obit

One other thing to note is that the factors of this election is very different from 2016. In 2016 Hillary was despised and Trump portrayed himself as the antiestablishment candidate, which when running against someone like Hillary would work. Now, Trump is the establishment, he’s campaigning on social issues rather than the populism that lead to his victory, and he did such an abysmal job on the Covid response. Plus, Joe Biden is not really that hated by most people.

Sorry, but the democratic party doesn't really have much of a backbone as shown by the minimal opposition to Trump when they held the house. Also Schumer will be leader until he retires/gets primaried. He's a safe choice for dems to get corporate money.

Unfortunately John Lewis was the winner.

How many of you went through the good trouble of not picking John Lewis? Cause I did.

Had a feeling his case would be a bit quicker than some of the other pancan, and especially after he didn’t show up to cast votes for a few months I thought he’d go sooner rather than later. Definitely a sad loss though. RIP to him.

I thought I’d pack my computer by now but I still needed it for a few other irl stuff. Will get an obit up tonight.

Whether people think someone is a good pick and whether people want folk to survive are two completely different things. Don’t equate the two together.

Hi Boris Johnson

Ken Chinn, punk rock singer also known as Mr Chi Pig is dead at 57

Jamie Oldaker, drummer who appeared on many of Eric Clapton’s classic albums is dead at 68

You aren’t even playing in the game, so why you trying to act like you should be the decider of when the thread will close?

The thread will close when PB decides it will close.

Pretty annoying tbh. Would've been a lock for me if I saw a QO route for him, but I didn't really see any path. Oh well, these things happen...

*chef’s kiss*

Honestly have no issue with the above at all. In fact it makes the pool a bit more complicated if we quit doing that in case people wonder if they should even pick someone cause they don’t have a first or last name...

Looks like he tried to get on some ballots but failed.