Sean

A decent shout.I feel like the committee are more likely to pick Brigette Bardot.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-germany-mayo-clinic-virginia-b2406671.html : Tenor Stephen Gould has been diagnosed with terminal bile duct cancer "with complications".Has been given a prognosis of several to ten months.

American Singer Gloria Gaynor turns 80 today.

American actress Julie Kavner best know as the voice of Marge Simpson and also played Rhoda Morgensterns sister in Rhoda turns 73 today.

I turn 29 today.

Overdue update will be coming.Moving house today and about to start a new job hence the delay. Wonder if that means Eddie Hughes will resign too as he was going to fight Tamworth at the next election due to boundary changes.

Ted Turner is a good suggestion.Bruce Willis I think it is too soon to pay him on next year unless he declines massively in the coming months.

One more won't make a difference.

Dreamt that Nigel Starmer-Smith died last night.

September 8th

MacGowan

McConnell clearly has something very seriously wrong with him. This is the second time he has frozen and given he has had several falls including one resulting in broken ribs and concussion so I reckon it is happening in private instances too. The fact that no one around him seems fazed or concerned when this happens in public makes me think it has been witnessed by others off camera too. If he was well he would have been taken to hospital after these events which leads me to conclude they know what is causing the problem and no condition that causes that sort of episode is minor especially when you are in a senior position of power. The Dr is limited to what he can disclose due to confidentiality but it is clear McConnell is not someone you would describe as well. If the Doctor were to say no this man is not fit for office he would be hounded by Republicans and that could make his position untenable as he could and most likely would be accused of being partisan.

Bullshit

I remember flagging these pictures up in October 2020 when his hands were discoloured and swollen and his lips were blue. He has also had a triple bypass in February 2003 so there is a significant health history stretching back a long way. His falls are becoming more frequent and serious recently which is unsurprising if he is zoning out in private the way he is in public. He is most certainly in increasingly poor health and worthy of serious discussion for a place on next years list.

He hasn't been able to walk at all since he broke his pelvis several years ago

My father who is a passionate biker said if he gets ALS he will just crash his bike into a brick wall at 100 mph.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/shane-macgowan-smiles-hospital-bed-30813700 :Still in hospital and on feeding tube.

Trump and Biden are clearly both to old.If Trump became president again at the end of his term he would be 82 and Biden would be 86. As has been said Trump is overweight and has a poor diet and is under a hell of a lot of stress with all his criminal charges.Biden on the other hand has had 2 brain haemorrhages and has had a few senior moments indicating he is past his prime already at 80. The amount of senior politicians over 75 is ridiculous.In the senate you have Feinstein and McConnell who both wouldn't look out of place in a nursing home.You also have Grassley and Sanders and John Fetterman who although only young seems seriously compromised by the stroke he suffered. Then you have Maxine Waters , Nancy Pelosi , Jerry Nadler , Grace Napolitano ,Steny Hoyer and others who are all past it.

Good calls.

Why on earth is he still senate minority leader?He is clearly out of it.There are quite a few senators that belong in a nursing home.

New picture of the third oldest person in Britain Mary Florence Walker on her 112th Birthday yesterday.Looks very well.

I can understand them taking pictures of him until the 17th August one as he is smiling slightly and looks responsive in the eyes at least.Now he has no signs of life in photos. The wife actually ripped up his DNR as she doesn't want him to go die before he gets into the hall of fame.I can't fathom how nuts you have to be to think it is appropriate to try and resuscitate someone so gravely ill and frail.

That isn't even the worst picture I have seen.