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  1. Posted

    I'm a bit shocked honestly. 94 is an age where you can go anytime, but I hadn't seen any evidence she was sick or declining.

     

    I wonder if this may have been the primary reason of his 'retirement' from the 700 club a while back...

  2. Posted

    On 16/12/2020 at 12:27, arghton said:

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    Died at an Old Friends Equine "retirement home" for horses. Other notable horses that live in Old Friends homes include 1996 breeders cup winner Alphabet Soup, animal actor Popcorn Deelites known from the Seabiscuit movie (played Seabiscuit) and Zippy Chippy, a horse known for holding the record of most losses in modern racing.

     

    On 29/01/2022 at 05:15, arghton said:

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    The earliest/oldest Breeder's Cup Classic winner is now either Cat Thief (1996-, won in 1999. Not sure if alive) or Tiznow (1997-, won in 2000 and 2001)

     

    There's a list of horses currently at Old Friends here. Here are the ones with a wikipedia page:

    Kentucky:

    Silver Charm (1994-), Thornfield (1994-), Sarava (1999-), Commentator (2001-), Birdstone (2001-), Awesome Gem (2003-), Nobiz Like Shobiz (2004-), Eldaafer (2005-), Rapid Redux (2006-), Game On Dude (2007-), Little Mike (2007-), Soldat (2008-), The Pizza Man (2009-), Work All Week (2009-) and Stormy Liberal (2012-)

    New York:

    Zippy Chippy (1991-2022)

    As @Sir Creep posted elsewhere, Zippy Chippy died April 16th. That means @arghton the three original horses from your post all died in 2022, the first two almost within a week of each other. All within four months, Popcorn at age 23 and the other two age 30. Ironically they died youngest to oldest...quite sad + interesting.

     

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  3. Posted

    4 hours ago, Hell said:

    Canadian ice hockey player Mike Bossy has died at 65. 

    If one is a fan of Hockey/NHL or in particular the NY Islanders he is much more than just a normal hockey player.

     

    Hall of Fame, 4-time Stanley Cup winner, and widely considered one of the best of his generation. If he hadn't had his career cut short by injury, could have easily been one of the best to ever play.

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  4. Posted

    12 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

    That’s why the last paragraph specifically mentions January 2023

    "To play the hypothetical through, let's say Biden keels over tomorrow."

     

    I shall see myself out :P. You are right though @RoverAndOut. Thankfully it is highly unlikely

  5. Posted

    4 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

     

    I wasn't really suggesting you were Alt-Right, more it is something the Alt-Right would love to occur. Agreed it is possible, although more the plot of a thriller novel than likely in reality. To play the hypothetical through, let's say Biden keels over tomorrow. Kamala Harris is sworn in as the new President and sets about choosing a new VP. In the time that takes, a major secret from the new President's past is revealed which forces her to resign from office. Assuming this scandal took a week or two to force resignation, Harris could rush through a vote on a new VP to have someone in place 'just in case', which would just require a majority vote in both houses (not currently an issue for the Democrats). If resignation was near-immediate, then Speaker Pelosi would become President Pelosi. At this time a pro tempore Speaker would be in charge of the House, who could conduct either a VP vote and/or a new Speaker vote. (I suspect at this stage we're probably entering the realm of constitutional crisis, the Democrats would be in chaos, the Republicans would be trying to orchestrate whatever's necessary to gain power). Anyway, with the stress of trying to hold the government together, and before the appointment of a new Speaker and VP, President Pelosi is found dead in bed and 88-year-old Senator Feinstein is now President Feinstein and the US has gone from having no female Presidents to 3 in no time at all. At this point, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken would be next in line to the Presidency (although the Senate could have elected the next senior Senator as the new pro-temp in Feinstein's absence. This would be 72-year-old Ron Wyden). Although, assuming everything stayed exactly the same in the 2022 Midterms, there would actually be a scenario where Feinstein's elevation to president would tip the Senate's balance to the Republicans (50-49 with one vacancy), This would mean, should Chuck Grassley indeed seek re-election in November, he would be the next Senate Pro-Temp. If he didn't, it would be Mitch McConnell. *shudders*. And they would then be behind Feinstein in the line of succession until the vacancies were filled. Thank you for coming to my TED-Talk.

     

    There is one other thing to note: although the role has gone to the most senior member from the ruling party since 1949, the Senator Pro-Tempore is an elected position in the Senate. In January 2023, if the Democrats still control the Senate, they do not *have* to elect Feinstein as the new Pro-Temp, although it would be a big snub without good reason and she would be the first female Pro-Temp in US history.

    *Pushes up glasses*

     

    Technically Leahy hasn't ended his term yet so he would be President over Feinstein!

  6. Posted

    1 minute ago, Sean said:

    Or if Biden passed away Kamala took over had a huge scandal  and resigned and Pelosi took over then died in the next 2_3 years Feinstein could become president.

     

    It is unlikely but not impossible at all.Biden and Pelosi are relatively old and Kamala doesn't seem like the scandal free sort of President if she gets it.Of course assassination or illness could be a factor in all 3 cases even Kamala at 57.Wouldnt take death for someone to have to resign through illness.

    Takes quite a stretch of the mind to entertain this hypothetical. Looking through the history of U.S politics, and in particular the more modern period, it seems very long odds that this would ever happen. Mainly because it would require all of it to happen at a very rapid pace. Pelosi or Harris would have their position filled within a few weeks. That being said, the fact we even have to think about how our line of succession goes through people who are all around eighty (besides VP Harris we have 82 Pelosi, 79 Biden, and 88 Feinstein/82 Leahy).....

     

    We don't have age nor term limits why again? Most federal government agencies have a mandatory retirement age, but not the people in charge of them!

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  8. Posted

    3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

    Dianne Feinstein's colleagues now all regard her as "mentally unfit to serve":

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/dianne-feinstein-senate-17079487.php

     

    Could be expected, I guess, that it's quickly downhill after her husband's death.

    At one point in the article it actually says this,

    "The episode was so unnerving that the lawmaker — who spoke to The Chronicle on condition they not be identified because of the sensitivity of the topic — began raising concerns with colleagues to see if some kind of intervention to persuade Feinstein to retire was possible. Feinstein’s term runs through the end of 2024. The conversation occurred several weeks before the death of her husband in February."

     

    Stories such as these have been coming out the last few years. Many rumors she has dementia or something similar. Could also be we shouldn't let a 88 year old work every single day in control of our government! IMO the Democrats have been slowly leaking information like this to try and force her retirement. It is clear she has refused up to this point. The recent death of her husband, as you mentioned, has likely made all this much worse. Grassley and her can go anytime now and I wouldn't lose any sleep...

  9. Posted

    On 07/04/2022 at 07:25, MortalCaso said:

    My first time as well:

     

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

     

    Jesús Guzmán

    John Bartha Clint Eastwood

    Rada Rassimov

     

    Risky pick as all of the above could be dead already. + Not going with Eastwood!

     

    I have decided to replace John Bartha with Clint Eastwood due to mystery surrounding whether he lives or not!

     

    Debated going with Antoñito Ruiz, but alas I shall pick my hero Mr. Eastwood. Thank you @Bibliogryphon

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  10. Posted

    I have a case that might interest someone!  :sherlock:

     

     

    Recently, I picked the film The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly as my selection into the 'Silver Screens Deadpool'. As one might suspect, not many actors from a movie that came out in 1966 are still living. One such actor still lurking about, or at least I thought, is named John Bartha. At the time of my post (within the last week) IMDb + wiki had not been updated to show a DOD. That would lead one to believe he either died off the radar, or is alive and kicking at 100+. Unless I am mistaken, which is possible, I can find no reason for a recent update showing that he died in 1991 at age 71 via IMDb.   The man was born around 1920 in Hungary and supposedly moved to the U.S later in his life. The last film role I can find was 1981.

     

    I have linked his most relevant pages below. If someone can solve this riddle I would be thrilled!

    IMDb

    Wiki

     

     

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  11. Posted

    Sad times. The American comedic world has seen some shocking losses in a very short amount of time. Unlike anything I can recall.

     

    Gilbert Gottfried (4/12/22) at age 67. Heart disease

    Louie Anderson (1/21/22) at age 68. Cancer

    Bob Saget (1/9/22) at age 65. Head trauma

    Norm Macdonald (9/14/22) at age 61. Cancer

     

    In less than 6 months all these hilarious people have passed. Sad thing is they were all friends, Saget/Gottfried/Macdonald especially. These are all people I knew and followed, as I'm sure many others did as well.

     

    RIP

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  12. Posted

    7 minutes ago, TQR said:

    I think the point really is that the pandemic has become endemic, (largely through mishandling it worldwide) to the extent where people testing positive is not newsworthy in the slightest. And it is less dangerous now, both through mutations and the vast majority being vaccinated.

     

    It’s only worth posting in this thread if someone has just died of Covid.

    I can agree with that

  13. Posted

    8 minutes ago, drol said:

    Can we stop discussing about the common cold?

     

    That's what it has become honestly. Number of COVID deaths on wiki has been the lowest for months. Bit anacronistic posts above.

    Disagree. We are one or two mutations away from 2020. We can't do much to stop it, but that also doesn't mean we should stop discussing it.

     

    If you can show me statistics saying someone with the common cold has similar chances of survival/death as COVID-19, you might have a point.

  17. Posted

    1 hour ago, Lafaucheuse said:

    as Brown seems to have died yesterday but only came out today, I think you won ! (shame on who facepalmed you !) 

     

    new round starts now !

    Well how interesting. I will note I've now correctly picked 2 out of 4 days for hits this year...

     

    Make of that what you will :wub:

     

    I'll go April 28th

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  24. Posted

    44 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

    Vanna White (Wheel of Fortune) announced her father has passed away at the age of 96.  Nowhere in the brief announcement she posted on Twitter does she say his name.  Guess it’s not important.

    SC

    It is listed on her Wikipedia page. Reading through the bio, it was likely her step-father Herbert White Jr.

    A slight chance it was her biological father Miguel Angel Rosich (doubtful IMO)

     

    Someone can update it if they feel it is worth the time.

  25. Posted

    On 05/11/2021 at 15:37, MortalCaso said:

    Gen. Colin Powell had his funeral service today. Quite a few notable people there and some not.

     

    Neither Carter showed up, nor did Bill Clinton (or the Trumps....but that was obvious).

    Madeleine Albright showed up and looked fairly good. Gave a speech.

    Neither Henry Kissinger nor James Baker showed up.

     

    His wife, Alma Powell, did not look good at all in a wheelchair. She is 84 years old and I'm not sure how long she'll last.

     

    Link if anyone cares to watch more closely:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBES_1ljX5o

    How quickly times change. Madeleine Albright did not seem close to death. Kissinger marches on...

     

    I'd be interested to know what she officially died of, I realize cancer seems to be the culprit. It would just be a rapid descent from cancer in 4ish months.

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