CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted March 20, 2018 Former US Commerce Secretary Peter Peterson has died at 91 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/peter-g-peterson-financier-who-warned-of-rising-national-debt-dies-at-91/2018/03/20/8593827a-2c51-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html?utm_term=.7071f4bf31e3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, CoffinLodger said: Former US Commerce Secretary Peter Peterson has died at 91 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/peter-g-peterson-financier-who-warned-of-rising-national-debt-dies-at-91/2018/03/20/8593827a-2c51-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html?utm_term=.7071f4bf31e3 WOO HOO a HIT for Gris Gris!Edit: QO 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 20, 2018 On 26.7.2009 at 15:54, themaninblack said: French President Nicolas Sarkozy rushed to hospital In police custody because of Gaddafi: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/20/nicolas-sarkozy-police-custody-french-president-campaign-funding-libya Just checking if he is still married to Carla Bruni .... yes...but apparently he's had affairs, but then, that is to be expected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,528 Posted March 21, 2018 Burmese president Htin Kyaw stepping down. He spent some time abroad last year, allegedly travelling for medical care Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Burmese president Htin Kyaw stepping down. He spent some time abroad last year, allegedly travelling for medical care I've never heard of Burma. Where is it? You Colonialist hack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,088 Posted March 21, 2018 27 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I've never heard of Burma. Where is it? You Colonialist hack. Near Ceylon I think. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 21, 2018 28 minutes ago, Bentrovato said: Near Ceylon I think. Wedged between East and West Pakistan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: I've never heard of Burma. Where is it? You Colonialist hack. What are we supposed to call this then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted March 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, Toast said: What are we supposed to call this then? Dickie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted March 21, 2018 Burmese is still an in use (within the country) description for people from Mynamr/country formerly known as Burma, as apparently both names predate colonialism and stem from the name of the majority ethnic group in the country, the Bamar. Quote The Bamar people are often imprecisely called "Burmese", though this term in contemporary usage can refer to any citizen of Myanmar, regardless of ethnicity. Thought cool, so sharing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted March 23, 2018 On 2/19/2016 at 15:16, gcreptile said: Former Georgia senator Zell Miller, 84, hospitalized after a fall: http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/18/zell-miller-hospitalized-after-fall-at-young-harris-college/ He got a hip operation without hip replacment, so he ...probably... survives. As I already posted elsewhere, dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,977 Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Joey Russ said: As I already posted elsewhere, dead. The rare example of a politician where you could use DINO or RINO ("Democrat/Republican In Name Only", in this case the former) without hyperbole. Very conservative despite never actually leaving the Democratic Party. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 884 Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Death Impends said: The rare example of a politician where you could use DINO or RINO ("Democrat/Republican In Name Only", in this case the former) without hyperbole. Very conservative despite never actually leaving the Democratic Party. Very convenient for Miller to pass away following the Dan Lipinski/Marie Newman primary between a blue dog and berniecrat. Anyways, here's a clip of Democrat Zell Miller speaking at the RNC in 2004 while stil serving as a U.S. Senator. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,948 Posted March 24, 2018 Irish TD and Ceann Comhairle Sean Treacy has died aged 94. He was member of Presidential commissions in 1974 and 1976 and therefore would have made it to the 20 Oldest living state leaders had he carried on for some time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tower1 93 Posted March 24, 2018 37 minutes ago, drol said: Irish TD and Ceann Comhairle Sean Treacy has died aged 94. He was member of Presidential commissions in 1974 and 1976 and therefore would have made it to the 20 Oldest living state leaders had he carried on for some time. But he had unclear status as a state leader according to the official site of 100 oldest state leaders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted March 24, 2018 Just realised Ronald Atkins has now overtaken Bert Hazell as the 2nd longest lived British MP ever, and the oldest since Theodore Cooke Taylor died in 1952. If he makes it to the end of August he'll be the oldest ever. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 25, 2018 On 27.10.2017 at 18:23, gcreptile said: Hospitalised again - for upset stomach: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/271017/sonia-gandhi-complains-of-stomach-pain-admitted-to-sir-ganga-ram-hospital.html Look, either she can't cope with the food - or - she has stomach cancer. Sonia Gandhi again: https://m.khaleejtimes.com/international/india/sonia-gandhi-rushed-back-to-delhi-due-to-ill-health Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted March 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Sonia Gandhi again: https://m.khaleejtimes.com/international/india/sonia-gandhi-rushed-back-to-delhi-due-to-ill-health When the one person (that notable) has around ten different hospitalisations relating to their health, it's maybe time for that person to have their own thread, and all that information collated in the one place. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 25, 2018 Agreed, I'll do it tomorrow at home unless anybody else wants to. I'd make a list of all her health crises. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted March 26, 2018 Former Labour MP for Brentford and Chiswick Michael Barnes, dead at 85. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=michael-cecil-john-barnes&pid=188538337 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted March 26, 2018 Could just as be in a war heroes thread. At the ripe old age of 107 years, Johan van Hulst blew out his last breath. He must have been one of the oldest politicians alive before. He also is revered for his resistance work in WW2. He was instrumental in saving 600 Jewish children. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted March 27, 2018 14 hours ago, Whitehouse said: Could just as be in a war heroes thread. At the ripe old age of 107 years, Johan van Hulst blew out his last breath. He must have been one of the oldest politicians alive before. He also is revered for his resistance work in WW2. He was instrumental in saving 600 Jewish children. Believe it or not there is one politician who was older than him still alive- Irma Rapuzzi .She'll be 108 in a few weeks. Van Hulst was the oldest politician to serve in a national parliament though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted March 27, 2018 Two Tory Councillors receive the news that their Tory Councillor daughter has died aged 21: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/27/tributes-paid-britains-youngest-councillor-found-dead-21/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted March 27, 2018 They'll blame it on alzheimers ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
