gcreptile 11,094 Posted June 27, 2015 According to Twitter, Alexis Tsipras said that, whatever happens, the Greeks will still have oxygen next week, so they'll survive: https://twitter.com/NikiKitsantonis/status/614833661444259840 I wonder if someone thinks that this should not be true for Tsipras anymore... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,081 Posted June 28, 2015 Former acting President of Trinidad and Tobago, Joseph Emmanuel Carter, died on Wednesday in Miami, at the age of 85. SC http://pridenews.ca/2015/01/28/former-acting-tt-president-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guylevesque 18 Posted June 29, 2015 Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua dead at 88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guylevesque 18 Posted June 29, 2015 Former acting President of Trinidad and Tobago, Joseph Emmanuel Carter, died on Wednesday in Miami, at the age of 85. SC http://pridenews.ca/2015/01/28/former-acting-tt-president-dies/ This article is from January 28, 2015 by the way 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,081 Posted June 30, 2015 Former acting President of Trinidad and Tobago, Joseph Emmanuel Carter, died on Wednesday in Miami, at the age of 85. SChttp://pridenews.ca/2015/01/28/former-acting-tt-president-dies/ This article is from January 28, 2015 by the way Fine by me, no one mentioned him. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted June 30, 2015 The MP for Bristol West, Thangam Debonnaire has been diagnosed with breast cancer. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-West-MP-Thangam-Debbonaire-diagnosed/story-26743106-detail/story.html She's expected to make a full recovery, but I still bet many By-Election Bingo players will regret sending their teams in so early. Does that mean you are contemplating a late entry? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted June 30, 2015 The MP for Bristol West, Thangam Debonnaire has been diagnosed with breast cancer. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-West-MP-Thangam-Debbonaire-diagnosed/story-26743106-detail/story.html She's expected to make a full recovery, but I still bet many By-Election Bingo players will regret sending their teams in so early. Does that mean you are contemplating a late entry? No, I sent you my team 3 weeks ago. I do wish that I had waited a bit longer though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted June 30, 2015 The MP for Bristol West, Thangam Debonnaire has been diagnosed with breast cancer. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-West-MP-Thangam-Debbonaire-diagnosed/story-26743106-detail/story.html She's expected to make a full recovery, but I still bet many By-Election Bingo players will regret sending their teams in so early. Does that mean you are contemplating a late entry? No, I sent you my team 3 weeks ago. I do wish that I had waited a bit longer though. So you did but it doesn't hurt to remind everyone else out there. You confused me by changing your avatar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted July 2, 2015 Israel's first ambassador to Iran (before the Islamic Revolution), Dr. Meir Ezri, is dead at 92: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197603#.VZUXzPntlBc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,081 Posted July 4, 2015 Unless a misspelling, the search box comes up empty. How the hell did we all miss THIS one from late May??! Former Rep. Steve LaTourette (Ohio), gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, has filed a claim against the government over the treatment he received from his Capitol doctors, claiming they failed to pass along critical information about a lesion on the organ and the need for follow-up monitoring. Story was carried in UK as well so no excuses lol. SC http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/27/former-rep-latourette-files-claim-against-us-government-over-missed-cancer/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,685 Posted July 4, 2015 Unless a misspelling, the search box comes up empty. How the hell did we all miss THIS one from late May??! Former Rep. Steve LaTourette (Ohio), gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, has filed a claim against the government over the treatment he received from his Capitol doctors, claiming they failed to pass along critical information about a lesion on the organ and the need for follow-up monitoring. Story was carried in UK as well so no excuses lol. SC http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/27/former-rep-latourette-files-claim-against-us-government-over-missed-cancer/ No-one reads the Daily Mail! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted July 6, 2015 what do you guys think the odds of Yanis Varoufakis and Alexis Tsipras being killed ? Either in terrible plane crash or by 'far right terrorists ' wink wink . We saw how the EU used the Far right to overthrow an anti EU democratically elected Ukrainian Leader , now that they aren't playing ball with the EU and want to leave the euro will we something similar or worse? Well, I have Tsipras in my team as a possible unique hit, for exactly that reason. Either someone from the outside might do "an Allende" or maybe an angry Greek does it. I successfully guessed that Syriza would win the elections so the first step has already been made. But I'm a little annoyed that Varoufakis has drawn a lot of the attention away from Tsipras onto himself. Now that Syriza is more than a one-man show, you cannot collapse the movement by simply killing one of them. Edit: I should add that I wouldn't pick him again. When I picked him, I was a victim of the "plausability fallacy", i.e. I thought it was more likely to happen than it actually is, simply because I could make up a fitting story. (I have this theory from Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow".) But actually, political assassinations are very, very unlikely. Edit: Looks like step two is happening right now, the Grexit. Varoufakis is going to resign and since the new finance minister is very likely going to be less flamboyant than him, the attention will now focus on Tsipras again. The whole Syriza project is now back on his lone shoulders. Just thinking.... if... someone wanted to end this whole unruly behaviour of the greek people, now would be a good time to strike.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,260 Posted July 6, 2015 Sir Philip Goodhart, former Tory MP and author, 89. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11720720/Sir-Philip-Goodhart-politician-obituary.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted July 6, 2015 Now we're getting somewhere... The first mainstream political journalists in America are now implying that Alexis Tsipras could be a new Allende: http://www.balloon-juice.com/2015/07/06/its-got-a-groove-its-got-a-meaning/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest droosy Posted July 6, 2015 I think that Tories or other fascist will assassinate Tsipras!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted July 7, 2015 Maria Barroso, former portuguese first wife and co-founder of the socialist party is dead at 90 after falling into a coma after a fall: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/07/07/maria-barroso-former-portuguese-first-lady-and-socialist-party-co-founder-dead/ Her husband, Mario Soares, is still alive and currently on two DDP teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,260 Posted July 7, 2015 Abdel Kater Hatem, Egypt's first information minister and acting PM under Anwar Sadat in the late 1970s, 93. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/134792/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-st-information-minister-Abdel-Kader-Hatem-d.aspx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,999 Posted July 8, 2015 Maria Barroso, former portuguese first wife and co-founder of the socialist party is dead at 90 after falling into a coma after a fall: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/07/07/maria-barroso-former-portuguese-first-lady-and-socialist-party-co-founder-dead/ Her husband, Mario Soares, is still alive and currently on two DDP teams. Pretty shocking this fatty outlived his wife,must be eating the same magical donuts Al Molinaro and Ernest Borgnine did 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,081 Posted July 10, 2015 C. Fred Jones, who represented Polk County in the Florida House of Representatives from 1970 to 1992 as a Democrat, has died, according to the city of Auburndale's Facebook page. He was 85. SC http://www.theledger.com/article/20150710/news/150719972&tc=yahoo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,081 Posted July 10, 2015 Friends, family and fellow Allegheny County Democrats said they will remember former state Sen. Leonard Bodack Sr. as a vocal leader in the statehouse who didn't forget his Lawrenceville roots. Mr. Bodack, a Marine Corps veteran who fought in the Korean War and served 24 years in the legislature until 2002, died Tuesday. He was 82. A complete aside, my father was born and raised near Harrisburg, PA, where this guy was a representative. SirC http://triblive.com/mobile/8709249-96/bodack-democratic-grandchildren Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,094 Posted July 13, 2015 Just in.... Philipp Mißfelder, conservative german politician, is dead at 35: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/philipp-missfelder-ist-tot-a-1043371.html(link in german) He died completely unexpected of a pulmonary embolism. For years, he was regarded as a rising conservative star until missteps in his dealings with Russia sort of pushed him aside. Wolfgang Schäuble however liked him and wished for Mißfelder to replace him at some point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guylevesque 18 Posted July 14, 2015 Former Liberal member of Australian House of Representatives for Hume & NSW politician Alby Schultz dead at 76http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-14/former-federal-and-nsw-politician-alby-schultz-dies/6619406 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,260 Posted July 14, 2015 Willer Bordon, Italian politician and husband of actress Rosa Ferraiolo, 66. http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/07/14/news/morto_l_ex_ministro_willer_bordon-119050082/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,653 Posted July 14, 2015 Don't get too excited but I am preparing a list of Privy Concil members appointed before 1980. Will post soon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,639 Posted July 14, 2015 Don't get too excited but I am preparing a list of Privy Concil members appointed before 1980. Will post soon. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
