Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Sean said: Paul Flynn again didn't vote [again] last night. Damn stilted sentence. Cmon man..... just horrid. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,606 Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Sean said: Paul Flynn again didn't vote last night. Labour and Tories have both selected their candidates for any by election which is likely to be sooner rather than later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,583 Posted January 30, 2019 25 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Labour and Tories have both selected their candidates for any by election which is likely to be sooner rather than later. I had better dust off those By-election bingo entries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,622 Posted January 30, 2019 On 28/01/2019 at 20:55, The Old Crem said: Reginald Eyre, former mp, died yesterday aged 94. Telegraph obit here.I must say, MP obituaries are often interesting but this one particularly so. For the benefit of those who can't get beyond the paywall:"Driving home to Warwickshire, he picked up a hitchhiker who after a few miles pressed a gun to his ribs. Eyre heard a click and realised the chamber was empty. He braked, the assailant was thrown forward, and Eyre wrenched the weapon off him. Then, characteristically, he drove the man home to see his family before taking him to the police station: “I felt rather sorry for him,” Eyre said. “He told me he had no work.” A merchant seaman said to suffer from “delusions of grandeur”, the attacker was jailed for five years. Eyre’s sangfroid did not reflect a lack of emotion. He was outraged at the IRA pub bombings of 1974 that killed 21 people and injured more than 180. Declaring that many Birmingham people saw them as an act of war, he dropped his opposition to hanging.Liberal on immigration, he tried to calm race relations after Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech, and was one of the last West Midlands MPs to decide curbs on migration to the inner cities were needed." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted January 31, 2019 Manohar Parrikar with a tube in his nose and "high on Josh": https://www.thequint.com/news/india/ailing-goa-cm-manohar-parrikar-presents-budget 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted January 31, 2019 23 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Damn stilted sentence. Cmon man..... just horrid. Apologies had done a night shift on Tuesday and was shattered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted February 1, 2019 On 02/06/2018 at 10:19, drol said: Taiwan former dictator president Lee Teng-Hui is now wheelchair bound, but still travelling outside his country. Lee Teng-Hui discharged from hospital after more than two months. Suffered hemorrhage in November after hitting his head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted February 1, 2019 Former dictator and current opposition leader of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad is in Singapore for medical treatment. He has been hospitalized two months for liver disease. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted February 1, 2019 Hanoi, Vietnam, Office of the Communist Party Secretary. "Hurry up, mr. Secretary. Do you remember what day is today?" "Yes, it's the beginning of a new year for our time reckoning, but where must we go?" "Well, you know, mr. Secretary, 108 Military Hospital..." "Wait, a minute, he is not dead?! Not even this year?! "Oh, don't worry. Next year he won't be there..." "You have been saying this for ages.... I should fire you" Le Duc Anh lives enough to receive another visit at hospital from Vietnamese officials. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted February 1, 2019 Did anybody already mention the plight of former Argentina president Fernando De La Rua? https://punchng.com/ex-argentina-president-in-intensive-care-after-heart-attack/ Heart attack in January, heart surgery in 2017 and 2018. Cardiac problems since 2001. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 2, 2019 4 hours ago, gcreptile said: Did anybody already mention the plight of former Argentina president Fernando De La Rua? Yes, lots of times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 2, 2019 On 16/11/2013 at 22:12, VSBfromH said: Clerides is the one on the right (if you ignore the chap in the blue Frank Spencer hat). The "fat bloke" you refer to is on the left and is Rauf Denktash who left us early last year, but he did reach 87, so not bad indeed! And 5 years later, Denktashs wife Aydin pegs. https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/02/02/wife-of-former-turkish-cypriot-leader-dies-after-illness/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 2, 2019 Nawaz Sharif released (temporarily) from prison to hospital for testing. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,746 Posted February 4, 2019 Reagan/Bush Sr. Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. dead at 92. Was also a counselor to Gerald Ford and a member of the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted February 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Drewsky1211 said: Reagan/Bush Sr. Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. dead at 92. Was also a counselor to Gerald Ford and a member of the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971. Here's my question - given the significant number of rather old Reps and Sens of the past, as well as some tottering current members of both houses, are we looking at a flood coming soon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,622 Posted February 6, 2019 Former US Representative John Dingell, 92, gone into hospice care with prostate cancer. Yet said to be in "good spirits", awake, telling jokes etc. etc. Hmmm... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Former US Representative John Dingell, 92, gone into hospice care with prostate cancer. Yet said to be in "good spirits", awake, telling jokes etc. etc. Hmmm... He's a tough one to tell. He does his annual trip around town in an ambulance, only to go from looking 105 to looking 90 again. He won't live to see 2021 I guarantee that, but whether this is his time I don't know (I think it's a solo hit DDP for my Made In Detroit team too). As said in the closing of Gladiator: Dingell will see all the Representatives he worked with, but not yet.....not yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,475 Posted February 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Former US Representative John Dingell, 92, gone into hospice care with prostate cancer. Yet said to be in "good spirits", awake, telling jokes etc. etc. Hmmm... Someone launch the @Sir Creep Bat Signal, that's one of his regular picks. EDIT _ Seconds, seconds before posting and Ninja'd by Creep himself! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted February 6, 2019 On 06/02/2018 at 15:29, Zsa Zsa's leg said: Dingell will make it to 100. I like that this prediction turned out to be wrong 1 year to the day (though not dead yet, definitely not seeing 100)... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted February 6, 2019 What a shame. Dingell's frequent tweets (although presumably written by his staff) were very clever and I'll miss seeing them on my feed. Honored him with a spot on the US politics theme team last year, and this year I have him on my Z-Team. Despite his numerous health scares and bouncing back from them, this looks like the real deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted February 6, 2019 Canadian politician and DDP pick Paul Dewar dead. I was about 20/80 on him getting a QO, but I've been surprised before. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Canadian politician and DDP pick Paul Dewar dead. I was about 20/80 on him getting a QO, but I've been surprised before. Same here. Left him off my team for that reason, but had him elsewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted February 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Canadian politician and DDP pick Paul Dewar dead. I was about 20/80 on him getting a QO, but I've been surprised before. I'm not doing so well with the QO thing, so seeing as I have him in multiple spots I'd say the QO is unlikely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 7, 2019 The Asian MP from Canada (Chen?) didn’t come close to getting one a couple years ago. Why take that chance? Cool to see a DP selection hear about Dingell and say oh fuck that and die just to take the spotlight. Hear hear, Paul Dewar! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted February 7, 2019 30 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: The Asian MP from Canada (Chen?) didn’t come close to getting one a couple years ago. Why take that chance? Yeah, I wasn't here a couple of years ago, so I didn't get that lesson. I'm learning now. Fingers crossed though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
