Rotten Ali 600 Posted March 8, 2015 Maybe he's not got Lungu to live... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 8, 2015 Hey, someone moved my post! Who says that Lungu is a despot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 8, 2015 Maybe he's not got Lungu to live... You mean it was a collapsed Lungu? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 8, 2015 Ok, he ain't no despot no Lungu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 9, 2015 A list of Lords from The Lord of Lists The following 20 peers are the oldest of those who have been given extended leave of absence from their duties in the Lords. It is possible that such leave is granted for other reasons such as holding a UN or EU political appointed post but considering the youngest of these will be 87 this year I imagine most of them are ill or frail, and remember there are many older people than this still active in the Upper House. Michael Sandberg (b.1927) John (J D) Sainsbury (b.1927) Gwilym prys Prys-Davies (b.1923) Jim Prior (b.1927) Beryl Platt (b.1923) Olive Nicol (b.1923) James Molyneaux (b.1920) Roy Mason (b.1924) George Mackie (b.1919) Betty Lockwood (b.1924) Philip Knights (b.1920) William Griffiths (b.1923) Robert Goff (b.1926) Robert Lindsay (b.1927) Alun Gwynne-Jones (b.1919) Asa Briggs (b.1921) Thomas Bridges (b.1927) Derek Barber (b.1918) Ian Paisley (b.1926) Richard Attenborough (b.1923) There should be an obit for any of these. Third hit from this list from last August with Beryl Platt dying. you missed out Philip Knights who died in December. you must keep up ! Thank you - whoever you are. I struggle to pay attention during the festive season. 5 have gone now. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-31513192 Quarter of your list have died in just 6 months 1 Former UUP leader Jim Molyneaux dead at 94 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/james-molyneaux-former-uup-leader-dies-age-94-31051422.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted March 9, 2015 A list of Lords from The Lord of Lists The following 20 peers are the oldest of those who have been given extended leave of absence from their duties in the Lords. It is possible that such leave is granted for other reasons such as holding a UN or EU political appointed post but considering the youngest of these will be 87 this year I imagine most of them are ill or frail, and remember there are many older people than this still active in the Upper House. Michael Sandberg (b.1927) John (J D) Sainsbury (b.1927) Gwilym prys Prys-Davies (b.1923) Jim Prior (b.1927) Beryl Platt (b.1923) Olive Nicol (b.1923) James Molyneaux (b.1920) Roy Mason (b.1924) George Mackie (b.1919) Betty Lockwood (b.1924) Philip Knights (b.1920) William Griffiths (b.1923) Robert Goff (b.1926) Robert Lindsay (b.1927) Alun Gwynne-Jones (b.1919) Asa Briggs (b.1921) Thomas Bridges (b.1927) Derek Barber (b.1918) Ian Paisley (b.1926) Richard Attenborough (b.1923) There should be an obit for any of these. Third hit from this list from last August with Beryl Platt dying. you missed out Philip Knights who died in December. you must keep up ! Thank you - whoever you are. I struggle to pay attention during the festive season. 5 have gone now. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-31513192 Quarter of your list have died in just 6 months 1 Former UUP leader Jim Molyneaux dead at 94 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/james-molyneaux-former-uup-leader-dies-age-94-31051422.html Good spot that Guest Why didn't I use this as a DDP team? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted March 9, 2015 A list of Lords from The Lord of Lists The following 20 peers are the oldest of those who have been given extended leave of absence from their duties in the Lords. It is possible that such leave is granted for other reasons such as holding a UN or EU political appointed post but considering the youngest of these will be 87 this year I imagine most of them are ill or frail, and remember there are many older people than this still active in the Upper House. Michael Sandberg (b.1927) John (J D) Sainsbury (b.1927) Gwilym prys Prys-Davies (b.1923) Jim Prior (b.1927) Beryl Platt (b.1923) Olive Nicol (b.1923) James Molyneaux (b.1920) Roy Mason (b.1924) George Mackie (b.1919) Betty Lockwood (b.1924) Philip Knights (b.1920) William Griffiths (b.1923) Robert Goff (b.1926) Robert Lindsay (b.1927) Alun Gwynne-Jones (b.1919) Asa Briggs (b.1921) Thomas Bridges (b.1927) Derek Barber (b.1918) Ian Paisley (b.1926) Richard Attenborough (b.1923) There should be an obit for any of these. Third hit from this list from last August with Beryl Platt dying. you missed out Philip Knights who died in December. you must keep up ! Thank you - whoever you are. I struggle to pay attention during the festive season. 5 have gone now. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-31513192 Quarter of your list have died in just 6 months 1 Former UUP leader Jim Molyneaux dead at 94 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/james-molyneaux-former-uup-leader-dies-age-94-31051422.html Good spot that Guest Why didn't I use this as a DDP team? Simultaneously posted this in Dead of 2015, 2 teams have hits on DDP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted March 10, 2015 Former Vice President Walter Mondale has been released from hospital after suffering flu-like symptoms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 10, 2015 Former Vice President Walter Mondale has been released from hospital after suffering flu-like symptoms Was it Ebola? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted March 10, 2015 Former Vice President Walter Mondale has been released from hospital after suffering flu-like symptoms Was it Ebola? Just a bad cold I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted March 11, 2015 According to this this article about the treasonous letter sent by 47 US Republican senators, Iranian leader Ali Khamenei (75) is ailing. Could be a major miss for the current top 50. Also debatable is he is clergy or political. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted March 11, 2015 According to this this article about the treasonous letter sent by 47 US Republican senators, Iranian leader Ali Khamenei (75) is ailing. Could be a major miss for the current top 50. Also debatable is he is clergy or political. Think he has his own thread. Also think I read somewhere they released pics or a video of him alive and well and receiving dignitaries the very next day. The Castro Mystique Effect I'm calling it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 11, 2015 According to this this article about the treasonous letter sent by 47 US Republican senators, Iranian leader Ali Khamenei (75) is ailing. Could be a major miss for the current top 50. Also debatable is he is clergy or political. I posted his death on sunday. still waiting for confirmation though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 11, 2015 According to this this article about the treasonous letter sent by 47 US Republican senators, Iranian leader Ali Khamenei (75) is ailing. Could be a major miss for the current top 50. Also debatable is he is clergy or political. Think he has his own thread. Also think I read somewhere they released pics or a video of him alive and well and receiving dignitaries the very next day. The Castro Mystique Effect I'm calling it. Indeed, also, the Castro Mystique Effect usually befalls regimes the USA doesn't like (Iran, Cuba, North Korea). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted March 12, 2015 Hugo Chavez really is dead... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 14, 2015 Labour MP Frank Field in hospital after collapsing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 14, 2015 Labour MP Frank Field in hospital after collapsing... fighting for his l ife after massive heart attack according to twitter .Hope he pulls through.He's one of the few MPs who actually cares about the poor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 14, 2015 Labour MP Frank Field in hospital after collapsing... fighting for his l ife after massive heart attack according to twitter .Hope he pulls through.He's one of the few MPs who actually cares about the poor If by caring you mean using them and their experience as a selling platform for an unworkable system then yes he cares about the poor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 14, 2015 how is the system unworkable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 14, 2015 Labour MP Frank Field in hospital after collapsing... fighting for his l ife after massive heart attack according to twitter .Hope he pulls through.He's one of the few MPs who actually cares about the poor Hmm, so he's not back to campaign and he's sitting in fairly safe Labour territory, there'll be a scramble for that opportunity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 14, 2015 how is the system unworkable? Socialism relies on private financial interests to generate the tax revenue for public industries. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted March 14, 2015 how is the system unworkable? Socialism relies on private financial interests to generate the tax revenue for public industries. Stop feeding uncomfortable truths to a community full of lefties you like-whore! (oh wait you're just saying socialism should be replaced with full-on communism but whatever, it vaguely looks like you "admitted" something so I'm happy) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 14, 2015 how is the system unworkable? Socialism relies on private financial interests to generate the tax revenue for public industries. Stop feeding uncomfortable truths to a community full of lefties you like-whore! (oh wait you're just saying socialism should be replaced with full-on communism but whatever, it vaguely looks like you "admitted" something so I'm happy) First time a Labour Party spokespiece has ever said Frank Field was responding well to treatment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GossipGabe 333 Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) how is the system unworkable? Socialism relies on private financial interests to generate the tax revenue for public industries.Socialism as it existed in the Eastern Bloc didn't rely on private financial interests. It relied on "socialist work ethics" and "socialist education". But if someone lacked the ethics and couldn't be brainwashed at school, they could still be charged with "social parasitism" (which was a criminal offence) if they didn't want to get a proper job (like freelancer artists). So this mixed system advocated by the Western European parties is still better, even if it seems a bit inconsistent. Edited March 14, 2015 by GossipGabe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 14, 2015 how is the system unworkable? Socialism relies on private financial interests to generate the tax revenue for public industries.Socialism as it existed in the Eastern Bloc didn't rely on private financial interests. It relied on "socialist work ethics" and "socialist education". But if someone lacked the ethics and couldn't be brainwashed at school, they could still be charged with "social parasitism" (which was a criminal offence) if they didn't want to get a proper job (like freelancer artists). So this mixed system advocated by the Western European parties is still better, even if it seems a bit inconsistent. Socialism didn't exist in the 'eastern bloc'. A system of power pervaded which used a convenient title. Socialism as a philosophy is about making sure everyone has at least the basics needed for existence (food, warmth, shelter) which no one with an interest in humanity would deny. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
