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Warren's spoiling factor is smaller than one might believe. She does better with women than men. Bernie does better with men. There's been a bit of animosity between the camps, so not many Warren people would go over. And she'll not be much of a factor anyway. Her share of the vote will generally drop below 10%. I guess her intent is to collect a triple-digit number of delegates through suburban women, the lgbt vote and liberal-minded policy nerds. Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Washington State, Oregon... She might just remain because she's two terms younger than her rivals (dementia vs. heart issues) and a term younger than Trump. Also, Sanders was once willing to consider her for VP - she might think of herself as a unity candidate at a contested convention.

I am somewhat encouraged because it seems they managed to get Bidens medication right. He's become far less doddery with every debate and speech. But you knew that with all the 70+ candidates, the White House would be occupied by a party - not just a geriatric man. Biden will be the friendly face and the administration will be made up by his defeated rivals. I wonder if Bernie wants to be a part of it. It might be best for all if he is, but I think he won't. He's just not a coalition builder. In early stages, I wanted and predicted Warren to win - but while she did great in between, she got all the big decisions wrong. She failed to give a detailed plan for Medicare For All which killed her "policy wonk" image. She got wrong that this only works together with a complete overhaul of the whole system which she wasn't willing to do (And Sanders had the easier job because he never had to quantify his revolution). For about three days, I wanted Bloomberg to win, but ah, some things look good on paper but then reality sets in... He still has the money and organizational skills, but none of Biden's persona. I hope they find a way to combine their strengths. Isn't it strange how Biden (apparently) beat those big organizations, Bloomberg and Warren with their field offices and Sanders with his activists? Maybe organization is overrated. Trump knows this, too.

Iran and Italy now roughly on par on cases and deaths, now that Iran has had its number of cases increase by 50% in a single day. I guess they couldn't hide it anymore with half the government sick. Another country with a too low number of cases: the USA. 6 deaths and only a hundred cases? That means either extremely bad health care, bad testing or a suppression of truth. We are not at the third option yet, but lots of articles are speaking now of a "testing gap".

Australian Associated Press to close in June..... bad news for some QO pathways? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51719533

D-Day veteran Harry Billinge has become an MBE and, according to this photo, he must be one of the few still living people the Queen has to bow down to:

More and more it looks like the whole Iranian government has been infected by the Coronavirus. 23 MPs officially so far.

Yes, she's supposedly endorsing Biden at a rally later tonight. Buttigieg is still coy on this though. They are trying to minimize Sanders' win tomorrow - because after that, the race becomes more favorable for Biden. And Bloomberg might collapse just as quickly as he rose.

Dead at 93 of bladder cancer: https://www.tmz.com/2020/03/02/inside-the-actors-studio-james-lipton-dead-dies-age-93/ Spade mentioned him recently, too. Edit: Okay, that was parallel posting And the Spade mention is on top of this page!

Quite the legendary name in business circles. Somewhat surprisingly, unpicked.

But is the Coronavirus ready for her?

Thoughts and prayers..

Ah yes, thanks very much! I had a wrong birthdate for Nicholas Parsons. Leaderboard adjusted.

Oops, sorry.

Sparse details, but Britt McHenry of Fox News has a brain tumour (a Fox News person in the journalism thread?): https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/fox-news-britt-mchenry-says-she-has-brain-tumor-will-n1144606

For those who like to see numbers change: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ I have to say I am becoming a little suspicious of the numbers in China and Iran, the slowing down of the spread in the former and the numbers of deaths in the latter. If we compare those numbers to Italy and South Korea, two countries with an extreme transparency, the former numbers look a little off. China's population is about 27 times that of South Korea. The number of cases in China is about 25 times of that in South Korea. I bet the real number is a little higher, maybe by at least about 1.500. Especially considering that China has had a "head start". And Italy might soon surpass the number of Iran's fatalities. It already has double the number of infections of Iran.

Let's do another update after last week's flurry of hits... New hits are: Hosni Mubarak, Pearl Carr, Diana Serra Cary, Sonny Franzese and Katherine Johnson. All of them picked here and there... My pick Pete Felton is likely not going to get a QO, unless his chemo pal Reice Reilly aka "Patient Zero" delivers an indirect QO (he's still alive and posted a Pete Felton picture just last week). Ironically, the most popular name of all the relevant ones for this update, Henry Gray, is also missing a QO. One would have suspected that NYT obit at least... I hope I didn't miss anything - if so, inform me. The new scoreboard looks like this: Rank Team Points 1 Death Impends 381 2 gcreptile 350 3 RadGuy 342 4 Banana 341 5 Cpt. Chorizo 327 6 Clorox Bleachman 319 6 Joey Russ 319 8 Grave Danger 296 9 The Quim Reaper 294 10 Torva Messor 289 11 Deadsox 287 12 John Key 283 13 Skinny Kiltrunner 273 14 msc 269 15 drol 256 16 The Mad Hatter 241 17 JiroemonKimura 237 18 Book 236 19 The Unknown Man 234 20 Sir Creep 212 21 DevonDeathTrip 208 22 Etushispushingupdaisies 189 22 Toast 189 24 theoldlady 175 25 YoungWillz 170 26 Sean 166 27 Kenny 149 28 The Old Crem 144 29 Great Uncle Bulgaria 101 30 markb4 81 31 Chilean Way 68 32 ThePrematureBurial 58 33 Bibliogryphon 42 34 Pedro67 40 35 Gooseberry Crumble 0

That's going to be quite the undertaking, respect! I wonder if Bob the Builder is still alive.

Aah, good find. They didn't even update the crowdfunding page. DDP pick for me, but most likely another LotL-er.

Is Iran hiding the true number of fatalities? Sources of BBC Iran suggest so. https://mobile.twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1233443939136548865

Pawel Krolikowski dead: https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/gwiazdy/pawel-krolikowski-nie-zyje-mial-58-lat-aa-GP1R-YNtq-x8kE.html

Have some "frail in wheelchair" picutures of Godfather actor James Caan: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8045985/Godfather-veteran-James-Caan-79-pushed-wheelchair-son-Jacob-21.html

Alright, Jenny Francis, "Ex Choice FM Producer/Presenter #TheSlowDownZone #TheHype Heart FM Network Presenter" Is she in any way famous/notable? Because she just might have terminal cancer:

Here we go again.... ...good luck everyone!

Many thanks, again, incredibly valuable help.

My birthplace of Erkelenz is now the focus of the german Corona virus developments. The infected couple also had visited a carnival event... fun...