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Looks okay in photos from his 90th birthday party: https://news.sky.com/story/sir-michael-caine-celebrates-90th-birthday-with-tom-cruise-and-loose-womens-denise-welch-12834817 You know you occupy an interesting place in pop culture when such a bizarre mix of people are your guests. Can't imagine Tom Cruise and Denise Welch having much cause for interaction otherwise.

62 Shakespear’s Sister – Stay 61 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode -3 55 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 36 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 27 Snap! – Rhythm Is a Dancer +4 25 2 Unlimited – No Limit 0 Bluebells – Youth is fleeting -3

59 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode 54 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 54 Shakespear's Sister – Stay 51 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 35 Snap! – Rhythm Is a Dancer +4 35 Bluebells – Young at Heart -6 30 2 Unlimited – No Limit I like both, but Rhythm Is A Dancer is IMO a better song than No Limit, if we're comparing Eurodance classics. Stay is my other top choice in what remains.

Hitler surveys the ruins of the Reich Chancellery, a couple of days before his suicide.

On the day that the Argentinian rate of inflation is revealed to be over 100%. Mere coincidence? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64960385

52 The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode 52 Shakespear's Sister – Stay 52 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 50 Bluebells - Young at Heart 46 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 39 Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer +4 38 2 Unlimited – No Limit 22 Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt 09 Gabrielle – Dreams 8 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain 4 Shaggy – Oh Carolina -6

Interview in the Spectator to coincide with his 90th birthday. Not especially remarkable, but for the fact that it was conducted entirely through email. Not able or willing to let people speak to him in person? https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/michael-caine-i-became-an-actor-to-kiss-girls/

'If you like piña coladas, and gettin' caught in the reign'

48 Bluebells – Young At Heart 46 Shakespear's Sister – Stay 39 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 39 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode 36 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 35 Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer +3 35 2 Unlimited – No Limit 24 Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt 20 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain +1 20 Shaggy – Oh Carolina 17 Gabrielle – Dreams 17 DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room! 15 Erasure – ABBA-Esque (EP) 13 Freddie Mercury – Living On My Own (Remix) 11 George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield – Five Live (EP) 3 Boyz II Men – End Of The Road -6

That's not the only returner, the Five Live EP also contains a George Michael cover of Adamski's Killer. It's in a strange mashup with Papa Was a Rollin' Stone.

38 Bluebells – Young At Heart 36 Shakespear's Sister – Stay 32 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 31 2 Unlimited – No Limit 30 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 28 Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer +4 28 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode 25 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain 22 Boyz II Men – End Of The Road 22 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room! 19 Gabrielle – Dreams 18 Shaggy – Oh Carolina 18 Freddie Mercury – Living On My Own (Remix) 18 Jimmy Nail – Ain´t No Doubt 17 KWS – Please Don´t Go/Game Boy 16 Erasure – ABBA-Esque (EP) 15 George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield – Five Live (EP) 12 Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl -6 11 Take That – Pray 10 Charles and Eddie – Would I Lie To You 10 Mr. Blobby – Mr. Blobby 10 Take That ft. Lulu – Relight my Fire Goodnight Girl is what slipping into a coma must sound like. Musical valium.

I'll give the people behind the Mr Blobby song some credit, the video is quite creative. Includes parodies of the videos for contemporary hits like Rhythm Is A Dancer and Stay, and Jeremy Clarkson has a cameo as Blobby's chauffeur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkgDJpcuwU

32 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 31 Shakespeares Sister — Stay +1 26 Bluebells – Young At Heart 26 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode 25 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain +1 24 Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer +2 23 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 23 2 Unlimited – No Limit 20 Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl 20 KWS – Please Don´t Go/Game Boy 20 Erasure – ABBA-Esque (EP) 20 Jimmy Nail – Ain´t No Doubt 20 Boyz II Men – End Of The Road 20 George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield – Five Live (EP) 20 Gabrielle – Dreams 20 Take That – Pray 18 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room! 18 Shaggy – Oh Carolina 18 Freddie Mercury – Living On My Own (Remix) 18 Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 16 Take That ft. Lulu – Relight My Fire 10 Charles and Eddie — Would I Lie To You 10 Mr. Blobby – Mr. Blobby 08 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You 05 UB40 – (I Can´t Help) Falling In Love With You -3 05 Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy -3

Nightmare fuel.

55 The Beautiful South – A Little Time -6 48 Adamski – Killer 46 Madonna – Vogue +4 35 Queen – These are the Days of our Lives 24 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me 4 Snap! – The Power I would have voted for Snap! but it feels pointless at this stage. I really only like two of what's left, so downvoting The Dreary South to bring some balance to their, in my opinion, OTT score.

'"Wake up sheeple! Do your own research." - A thread for the hard-of-critical thinking'

Tell that to the victims. Here's the aftermath of all that nothing in Mariupol. How about the theatre there, destroyed by a Russian missile despite it being used as a shelter by hundreds of civilians, including children? This is just one of the countless atrocities that are well-documented, but I'm sure you'll just shout 'Fake!', clinging to the fantasy that it's all a vast conspiracy (that apparently the entire world is in on), and that you're one of the small group of special people who knows the 'truth'.

Yeah, no advances here, aside from the hundreds of miles of territory taken and then retaken...

53 The Beautiful South – A Little Time 42 Madonna – Vogue 38 Adamski – Killer 37 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub be good to me 25 Queen — These are the days of our lives/ Bohemian Rhapsody 22 The KLF ft. The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal 20 Snap the power +4 18 The Clash – Should I stay or should I go -6 15 Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven 04 Enigma – Sadeness (Part 1)

There you go, a selection of photos of nothing happening. Tip of the iceberg of images, footage, articles, testimony about all that nothing. https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/in-pictures-300-days-of-war-in-ukraine-idUSRTSECI24

My other half sent me this.

A well-documented genocidal war of conquest.

It was under the Carter administration that the everyday operations of the presidency were computerised: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/computers-at-the-white-house

45 The Beautiful South – A Little Time 38 Adamski – Killer 38 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub be good to me 38 Madonna – Vogue 30 The KLF ft. The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal +1 30 Snap! – The Power +3 27 Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven 23 The Clash – Should I stay or should I go -3 17 Vic Reeves & the Wonder Stuff – Dizzy 14 Enigma – Sadeness (Part 1) 12 Queen – These are the Days of our Lives 10 Michael Jackson – Black or White -3

For completeness, Topol played Milos Columbo in For Your Eyes Only. Roger's co-stars are definitely getting thinned out now.