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Its "rival" site Movie Dude is back up.

Bert Griffin wrote a book about the Warren Commission last year. He looks and sounds great for his age in interviews.

John Barbata of The Turtles and Jefferson Airplane/Starship dead at 79.

Roger Corman and Corey Williams are hits.

Jim Simons dead at 86. He was an accomplished mathematician who quit his job at MIT to become the richest hedge fund manager in the world.

Conservatorship granted. The big takeaway from the article is as follows:

*insert Baby joke here*

New film announced

List of (living) US Congressmen born in the 1920s: 1924: Frank Guarini (D-NJ. 1979 – 1993) Merwin Coad (D-IA. 1957 – 1963) 1925: G. William Whitehurst (R-VA. 1969 – 1987) Lucien Nedzi (D-MI. 1961 – 1981) Daniel J. Evans (R-WA. 1983 – 1989) 1926: Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD. 1993 – 2013) Philip Ruppe (R-MI. 1967 – 1979) 1927: Ben Blackburn (R-GA. 1967 – 1975) James Symington (D-MO. 1969 – 1977) 1928: Bill Archer (R-TX. 1971 – 2001) Bill Gradison (R-OH. 1971– 1993) 1929: Richard Ottinger (D-NY. 1965 – 1971; 1975 – 1985) James Nelligan (R-PA. 1981 – 1983) Dick Schulze (R-PA. 1975 – 1993)

CAS member Wan Huilin dead at 86.

Viola Fletcher, one of two living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, is 110 today.

I'll be seeing John Cleese on tour in a few weeks. I'll let you all know how he's doing.

Celebrated his 90th birthday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

it's an interesting read, but it doesn't have anything to do with Carter's health or current activities.

Francois Bozizé now wanted for crimes against humanity.

Former Ford CEO Donald Petersen dead at 97.

Art Schallock is 100

Looks like shit. Won't see the end of the decade.

Former Lithuanian PM Gediminas Kirkilas dead at 72

ah, the Windy City. I have a home advantage here, so I might as well play. 1: Jimmy Carter 2: Jane McAlvey (450 points) 3: William Russell (400 points) 4: Sven-Göran Eriksson (300 points) 5: Steve McMichael 6: Jose Mujica 7: Joanne Woodward 8: Stanley Baxter 9: Roberta Flack 10: Félicien Kabuga 11: David Irving 12: Bill Greason 13: Alice Munro (120 points) 14: Jean-Marie Le Pen 15: James Watson 16: Eva Marie Saint 17: James Earl Jones 18: Noam Chomsky 19: Sonny Rollins 20: Cindy Birdsong 21: William "Refrigerator" Perry Sub 1: Virginia McCaskey Sub 2: Torsten Wiesel Sub 3: Jack Hanna Sub 4: Tippi Hedren Sub 5: Sister Jean Apologies for the terribly unoriginal and un-Chicagoan list.

What a thoughtful present!

He had heart surgery in 2003 and was never the picture of health. I planned on using him for my DDP team next year.

A few hours ago, most of us here probably got an email similar to

Rule of three: