gcreptile

I think I've got my theme team name: "da capo ...al fine"

Montserrat Caballé hospitalised for bladder problems: https://stopru.com/montserrat-caballe-was-hospitalized-in-barcelona/3012/ Death List time? Edit: The grammar of this article is atrocious though.

Quits composing but not conducting: http://slippedisc.com/2018/09/ennio-morricone-quits-composing/

Talk of him starring in a new sit-com! https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/one-foot-graves-richard-wilson-13291460 Though actually, the text isn't quite as euphoric as the headline.

Seems like the audience got their money's worth

"Controversial letters from Pope Benedict": https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/controversial-letters-pope-benedict-xvi-concerned-about-his-church-57358166.bild.html Some hints that he was in danger of getting food-poisoned.

Small side note from Jeb Bush about the health of his father: https://eu.freep.com/story/money/business/columnists/carol-cain/2018/09/22/carol-cain-jeb-bush-donald-trump-role-model/1355592002/ “He’s frail and doesn’t get out much anymore,” he said. “But he’s in relatively good health. He isn’t ready to go just yet.”

Yes, I think we do. He wants Brexit, I say, go for it! We also agree that both sides were funded by special interest groups and the billionaires vs unions separation shows what it's about. And yes, I am even tempted to mention Northern Ireland, I wonder what they do when they will be surrounded by the EU by around 2025. However, I do think that the German influence is overrated and Merkel is a big failure. Look what happened on her "watch": Brexit, Russia invades Ukraine, 3/4rd of Europe lurching to the right because of HER policies. I think she's the worst thing that happened to Europe since...I don't know... Hitler? Or let's not exaggerate... Milosevic. She was lucky to be in power when the crash came which Germany weathered well because of the reforms her predecessor enacted. She reaped all the benefits. All the big developments of our time have been moving against her intentions. And she used that good standing during the crisis to punish other countries and make Germany extremely unpopular throughout Europe.

With "professional brexiteers" I mean those who paid for it: https://www.businessinsider.de/sunday-times-rich-list-2017-biggest-political-donors-to-the-brexit-campaign-2017-4?_ga=2.4699315.1614299354.1537552810-854250911.1537301399&r=UK&IR=T - those who used it for their careers, like Boris Johnson who then quit to avoid having to deal with this mess, or Nigel Farage, who doesn't even intend to live in Brexited UK. Also those who sell newspapers with pro-Brexit headlines (owners of the Daily Mail/Telegraph/Express). I think, they thought that the UK could make a deal that would keep access to the EU markets (and vice versa) but without the EU rules on financial regulation, transparency, consumer rights and social safety nets. I do not mean the people who were misled that Brexit would be achievable without any loss in welfare. I respect those who want Brexit and want to pay the price for it, a weakened pound, falling housing values, losing Scotland, and the like...

I actually agree with you. A no-deal Brexit is the "cleanest" way. But as I just said above, many of the professional brexiteers didn't want that.

Yes, the engineer said this: If the UK post-Brexit would be an economic paradise, the remainers obviously wouldn't suffer then. But he says that the Remainers suffer because there is no deal. Apparently, the economic promises of Brexit only work with a bit of cherry-picking. I believe a lot of "professional" brexiteers thought they could get some more concessions with their "Don't make me leave you or I'll kill myself" strategy.

The EU is looking for a deal that involves a clear cut, but with as minimal pain for both sides as possible. Theresa May wants a deal in which the UK still keeps all the benefits of EU membership. In the end, she doesn't want that clear cut that the EU has accepted will happen. In a way, the EU understands the Brexiteers better than May, because the Brexiteers wanted to leave, and so they will leave. But maybe the real matter is that many of the Brexit voters were promised that the "all benefits, no costs" deal was possible. They were told that a clear cut was possible without any losses. They were lied to and so the referendum is not a true reflection of the will of the people.

Well then, Tun Tin again.

Human rights campaigner, and key participant in the founding of Amnesty International, Sir Louis Blom-Cooper dead at 92: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/sep/20/human-rights-pioneer-louis-blom-cooper-dies-aged-92

Seen on wikipedia, had to post: Titti Maartmann, a Norwegian Luger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titti_Maartmann The obituary links to a small newspaper announcement with a different surname.

I see... ugh....

Is it possible for one of the twins to die and the other to continue living?

His pancreatic cancer was high on the search results for a long time, or so it seemed to me. But the AP obit was the question I thought.

I also thought she has become more doddery than I seem to remember her.

Well, I'll be damned, a QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6185701/Detroit-opera-fine-arts-champion-David-DiChiera-dies-83.html

Opera "powerhouse" David DI CHiera, dead at 83: https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/18/david-dichiera-dead-dies-detroit-opera-michigan-house/1329892002/ DDP pick

David Di Chiera is a hit for me: https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/18/david-dichiera-dead-dies-detroit-opera-michigan-house/1329892002/ Also a DDP pick.

Mugabe

Well, let's watch his twitter activity.

The previous two pages of this thread have been remarkably stupid. Please go on.