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  1. Posted

    Seeing loads of congratulations and no evidence that - say - a 112 year old Indian environmentalist died slightly off radar about a week back. 

     

    Looking good here for Banana's third enthronment in a row.

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  2. Posted

    51 minutes ago, livingbygrace said:

    Never will rely on polls myself.  2016 Hilary was supposed to win. 2020 many people and polls said Trump was supposed to win reelection..  I now vote who I would like but just let the chips fall as they will.  Nothing is guaranteed or even an easy win when it comes to U.S elections. We are too much a divided country when it comes to political matters.

     

     

    Hell yeah, we'll pencil that next civil war in to start in December, shall we?

     

    Should make 2025 a bumper dead pooling year

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    4 hours ago, Banana said:

    I win.

     

    https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/legendary-hall-of-fame-high-school-basketball-coach-died-saturday

     

     

    Banana winning the Deathrace - who'da thunk it, eh? To be clear, tradition dictates this is provisional in case any of the other nonentities talented picks capable of hauling other players to victory have pre-deceased the massively famous basketball coach who helped Banana over the 2024 point line. But, provisionally, RESPECT to Banana

     

    Banana - 2116

    Sideik - 1778

    Wannamaker - 1775

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  5. Posted

    20 minutes ago, Bentrovato said:

    Man jumps from tall building with a, as it turned out, dodgy parachute. Not sure if it is interesting. Notable perhaps.  Anyway. British base jumper dies in Thailand after parachute fails - BBC News

     

    Good job I checked this had been posted, was on my way to put the same story in the Darwin Awards thread - 33 years old,  so may have kids, in which case the Darwin thread is likely the wrong place

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    So, anyway, that thing I said about the Deathrace being more exciting than the FA Cup

     

    You knew I was kidding, right? Feel free to post any deaths of Deathrace picks, had a random trawl just now and spotted nowt since Stuart Gray

     

     

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  7. Posted

    39 minutes ago, Life Is Beautiful said:

     

    Since mid-January, there hasn't been a single poll that has Biden even remotely beating Trump nationally. Adding West and/or RFK to the equation does not seem to change much of the outcome. Seems like most people have their mind made up on the two main candidates by now.

     

    The only good news for Biden is that he seems to be "winning back" PA for now, beyond the margin of error, which still gives Trump a 283 - 254 victory (out of these 283, 21 are "leaning red" while 262 are very "strong red" electoral votes). Based on this, if this election were to be held today Trump would easily win.

     

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    Take your point but the election is in November and looks like it's two old men, one frail the other quite possibly certifiable and in danger of a custodial sentence before then. The overwhelming public opinion - way ahead of any one candidate's poll rating - is that voters are appalled at these two being the main choices in the first place. 

     

    You'd be an idiot at this point to believe that the polls today are even predicting the two candidates who'll fight it out, let alone be accurate in ten months time once the campaigns have played out. 

     

     

     

     

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  8. Posted

    16 minutes ago, Salmon Mousse said:

     

    Thing is, though, you all picked a non-celebrity.  It's not a matter of shrugging it off because there should've been no expectation of that pick even being allowed.  Rantzen actually had a notable career.

     

     

    Aye, well, should any of us win after this we'll doubtless lend the glittering trophy to a local museum for a year and donate the entire £100,000 cash bonus to medical research aimed to put dead poolers out of business. 

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    11 hours ago, Salmon Mousse said:

     

    He took the political lack-of-affiliation "Independents" and slapped the locality "Newcastle" in front of it.  Whoopty do.  Might as well be the leader of a branch campus chapter of the college democrats.

     

     

    Shit happens both ways, mind and when those of us looking into the abyss of backing a list of the missed pick were contemplating the lack of a qo a few days back we - pretty much -shrugged it off and cried a little into our collective beers. 

     

    I'm guaranteeing now, I won't moan if the DDP world and his dead pooling dog are celebrating Drop 40 bonus points for Esther Rantzen later in the year whilst I'm left out having left her out. 

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    So, the author isn't exactly an admirer of Trump but some good points here in terms of how things might go to shit for him. A basic but solid argument being his current behaviour and life-events are turning off the undecided middle voters and his absence from major social media after the storming of the Capitol might have done him a favour that's now being undone as his charmless rants remind some undecided types of what he's really like. 

     

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/26/trump-is-vulnerable-biden-way-to-win

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  12. Posted

    My bad on the DDP thread - slight adjustment for Jason Smith's actual date of death makes no difference to the running order and Stuart Gray points (provisionally 339 on today's date) don't boost anyone into the sharp end of competition, Sideik still in prime position to squeeze over if sharing a pick with anyone in the chasing pack. Three players one hit away. But - watching Maidstone United earlier - who knows when some unfancied sort suddenly turns it on and storms to victory?

     

     

    Sideik - 1778

    Banana - 1777

    Wannamaker - 1775

    An Fear Beag - 1428

    msc - 1418

    Drol - 1417

     

     

  13. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Salmon Mousse said:

     

    As pure an FFBI as there ever will be.  Hell, the town I grew up in has 5 thousand more people in it than this guy's ward and I certainly wouldn't consider anyone on the 4-person council who oversees it anywhere near famous.

     

    Bit harsh on the stay-at-home cancer mums much beloved of the Daily Mail in December, innit? Are you saying their sterling efforts to avoid paid employment or public service count for nothing?

     

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  14. Posted

    1 hour ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

    Was just.coming to post this. If you check X, he died on the day the Chronicle first reported it.

     

     

    Thanks, significant in a small way because it takes a point off Sideik and puts two teams into a tie for the lead. If their joint picks keep dying we might go into the first Deathrace head to head tiebreak. I mean, obviously the fourth round of the FA Cup couldn't compete with that nail-biter!

     

    I'll tweak the leaderboard later on after watching Maidstone humble the Tractor Boys

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  16. Posted

    Anyone seen Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey?

     

    Found the thought of it amusing when it came out but wasn't remotely bothered. Given the fact it's now lined up for Golden Raspberry gold I'm thinking we could be in spectacularly dire territory, so bad it's worth seeing. 

     

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh:_Blood_and_Honey#:~:text=Winnie-the-Pooh%3A Blood and Honey is a 2023,to A. A. Milne and E. H.

     

     

  17. Posted

    17 minutes ago, Windsor said:


    There was a theory that Trump deliberately acted up in court precisely to ensure the Jury threw the book at him. 
     

    Having  listened to his lawyer just now that might not be so far fetched. They are ramping up the narrative that this is Biden and the Democrats rigging the system against Trump, when the reality is that Trump is just a massive cunt who was found guilty. 

     

     

    Risky strategy though all the shouting and grandstanding must feel great in the moment and fits the life-script Trump has for himself, so it probably feels like what they should be doing. Then again, the same approach has brought its low moments, Rudi Guiliiani seeping hair dye and ranting in front of a garden centre being a particularly ill-conceived moment when you're trying to project effortless power. 

     

    Another likely hefty fine coming and if Trump continues to rant about E Jean Carroll being a liar now he's been hit with this fine then more could be levied on him. All of which will stoke the conspiracy narrative but it might be a bit early in a long legal year to be leaking sums on this scale. 

     

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  18. Posted

    4 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

     

    He says he is running out of energy. I am inclined to take him at his word but the question will be how many of his squad are staying because of him. Will the lure of Arab money become less difficult to resist for the likes of Salah?

     

    Also they will probably go through at least two managers before they get the next right one

     

     

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  20. Posted

    7 hours ago, Banana said:

    The way I see it with these kind of picks is that the top teams on average depending on the year have about 3-7 survivors. That gives about 3-7 picks you can try and be a little riskier on, but this number also changes depending on the strength of the 13-17 other picks.

     

     

    Totally concur, but less than  top teams - like mine - have riskier picks too. Sometimes pay off. 

  21. Posted

    On 29/12/2023 at 13:30, Miranda lass said:

    I still go with Eileen being 93 instead of 92 if you type in Eileen Derbyshire born October 6 1930, there are plenty to support that

     

    William Roache at 91 isn't the oldest tv soap star, as William Hayes (Days of our lives) is 98 and still appears in his show :o

     

     

     

    Dead as of 12 Jan, mind (Hayes, not Roache), thought I'd mention that for anyone looking in who missed it. So his final appearances might see the show re-branded Last Days of Our Lives

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  22. Posted

    20 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Personally, I don’t understand the interest in this so called “celebrity”.

     

    Yer local councillor isn’t really on a par with Melanie Safka or even toothless from Deliverance on a national level.

     

    True, there have been some noteworthy local officers with some interesting achievements or infamy (Derek Hatton for example) but the guy who had a vote on whether your conservatory goes up…well, how did he pass the DDP sniff test?

     

     

    Well, my gamble - and well aware it was - was local headlines via BBC or ITV, more an announcement following his standing down and he was the kind of guy who clearly had respect across the floor of the council chamber. Outside bet, Other Lives in The Guardian. 

     

    Really outside bet, 22 disgrunted DDP entrants have a whip round and stage a memorial gig  that reunites Gazza with the surviving Lindisfarnes to sing Fog on the Tyne!

     

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  23. Posted

    34 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

    Depends imo if there's a "paid tributes to" article for the funeral etc ... but yes, I'd say the probability is now below 50%

     

     

    OOOhhh, could be a biggish DDP moment. I considered him a risk worth taking (nailed on he'd go, obit chances depending on news cycle) but those taking the risk include some traditional big dead pool hitters with DDP form, oh aye, and me!

     

     

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  24. Posted

    21 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

    The death of Councillor Jason Smith has put a trio of Deathracers one hit from victory - https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/citylife-news/tributes-paid-former-newcastle-councillor#:~:text=Tributes were paid today to,away after bravely fighting illness.&text=Jason Smith%2C who represented Lemington,a wife and four children.

     

    Local reports, should be followed by BBC in due course 

     

    22 DDP teams fielding this talent

     

     

    So, re Jason Smith - anyone actually live in Newcastle and, like, listen to the radio, watch local telly or owt? 

     

    Askin' for 21 friends, like

  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, BonScott said:


    Don’t think he will do that, not his style, he clearly believes, deluded or not, that he is innocent, pardoning himself would be the equivalent of Prince Andrew paying off that girl, hardly anyone i know thinks Andrew is innocent now, Trump will want his day in court imho, maybe am wrong

     

     

    Exiting times either way, I think there may just be one or two pragmatic heads around him who realise too many days in court might mean he fails to get lucky. 

     

    Al Capone was a talented gangster who ran a better operation than the competition, what did for him was steady, boring forensic accounting and - metaphorically - death by many small blows. 91 charges means a lot of witnesses, evidence and more chances that someone who worked for Trump will plea bargain. Trump doesn't seem to be considering that every time he slaps down a once loyal minion. But if he doesn't keep a strong team around him the Capone-style demise is still possible. 

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