RoverAndOut 4,749 Posted December 3, 2020 Superb analysis @msc, agree with everything you say. What a mad time 2010 was - and now look at it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 5, 2020 No politician is more frail than this chap. Suicidal even. https://www.businessinsider.com/hungarian-mep-resigns-breaking-covid-rules-gay-orgy-brussels-2020-12 Jozsef Szajer quit as an MEP on Sunday and later said he was present at a "private party." The police found Szajer and 24 other naked men at the gathering, including diplomats, local reports said. Szajer played a key role in the Orban government's crackdown on LGBTQ rights in Hungary. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted December 5, 2020 On 07/08/2020 at 16:18, drol said: Geelani doing well and not positive to COVID. What a missed opportunity. Well-written article by his granddaughter about how he was on the very brink of death, but unexplicably recovered. His family is convinced it happened because CoffinLodger announced he was done on this forum, but I could not find the post they are referring to. 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted December 5, 2020 52 minutes ago, drol said: Well-written article by his granddaughter about how he was on the very brink of death, but unexplicably recovered. His family is convinced it happened because CoffinLodger announced he was done on this forum, but I could not find the post they are referring to. I can't recall of having posted anything about him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted December 5, 2020 Ron Irwin, a former federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ambassador to Ireland, Consul General of Canada in Boston and mayor of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, has died. He was 84. https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/former-sault-mayor-ron-irwin-dead-at-84-1.5218803 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,994 Posted December 6, 2020 Former president of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez, dead of cancer, diagnosed last year: https://m.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-muere-80-anos-expresidente-uruguay-tabare-vazquez-20201206105943.html 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,239 Posted December 6, 2020 2 hours ago, gcreptile said: Former president of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez, dead of cancer, diagnosed last year: https://m.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-muere-80-anos-expresidente-uruguay-tabare-vazquez-20201206105943.html Daily Mail QO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,239 Posted December 7, 2020 Former US senator Paul Sarbanes, who was the longest serving senator from the state of Maryland until Barbara Mikulski surpassed him by a day has died at 87 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,171 Posted December 7, 2020 31 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Former US senator Paul Sarbanes, who was the longest serving senator from the state of Maryland until Barbara Mikulski surpassed him by a day has died at 87 Most famous for the Sarbanes Oxley legislation 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted December 7, 2020 Good level of obscurity: Abdullah Fikri Al-Khani, Syrian tourism minister from 1972 to 1976, dead at 98. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 8, 2020 20 hours ago, Deathrace said: Most famous for the Sarbanes Oxley legislation ...and drafted the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted December 8, 2020 On 21/06/2016 at 16:48, drol said: Old Italian politicians: Arnaldo Forlani (1925) wererabbit 95 today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,703 Posted December 9, 2020 Robin Hamilton, 13th Lord Belhaven and Stention (wiki), hereditary peer who sat as a Conservative in the House of Lords from 1961 to 1999, has died aged 93. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,086 Posted December 9, 2020 Vyacheslav Kebich, first Premier of an independent Belarus between 1991 and 1994, dead: https://eng.belta.by/society/view/vyacheslav-kebich-belarus-first-premier-dies-at-84-135695-2020/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,239 Posted December 9, 2020 5 hours ago, drol said: Stokes another lucky unique, but i feel it is not enough. Help may come from Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, currently in ICU. Just to update on this, he’s on a ventilator but tested negative for covid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,994 Posted December 9, 2020 It's deadpooling season, so, of course, Constantino Chiwenga, Zimbabwe's vice president, is being flown out of the country for health reasons again: https://thezimbabwedaily.com/news/523278-sick-vp-chiwenga-flies-out-again.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,239 Posted December 10, 2020 22 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Just to update on this, he’s on a ventilator but tested negative for covid. Buddhadeb has slightly improved but remains in critical condition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beachy Head 33 Posted December 11, 2020 Rep. Dick Hinch, a Republican who was elected speaker of the New Hampshire House just one week ago, died of COVID-19 on Wednesday. Unsure if he was at one of Trumps rallys or super spreader events, but is now dead. Article here. https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/945137222/newly-sworn-in-n-h-gop-house-speaker-dies-of-covid-19-autopsy-shows?t=1607694357259 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted December 13, 2020 On 07/12/2020 at 20:37, Joey Russ said: Former US senator Paul Sarbanes, who was the longest serving senator from the state of Maryland until Barbara Mikulski surpassed him by a day has died at 87 Sarbanes and Oxley are now both dead. Both boxes ticked! [a bit of an audit joke there]. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted December 13, 2020 On 29/10/2020 at 08:37, drol said: DL might have picked the wrong Algerian president, as Abdelmadjid Tebboune is transferred to Germany, presumably for COVID treatment. Tebboune finally appears on video, though his treatment will require another two/three weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,419 Posted December 13, 2020 The current Prime Minister of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, has died aged 52 from COVID-19. Obituaries: BBC. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideik 236 Posted December 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Thatcher said: The current Prime Minister of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, has died aged 52 from COVID-19. WOW! I think this is a shocking news for all those who ignored the existence of the glorious kingdom of eSwatini! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Thatcher said: The current Prime Minister of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, has died aged 52 from COVID-19. I must admit I never knew they had changed it's name to Eswantini. Also this should probably be posted on the COVID thread but never mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 224 Posted December 14, 2020 On 19/09/2020 at 23:46, Deathrace said: Any idea how Brian Mulroney is doing these days? Recovering from an emergency surgery, but it was a "complete success". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted December 14, 2020 8 hours ago, Thatcher said: The current Prime Minister of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, has died aged 52 from COVID-19. Former PMs Mabandla Dlamini (Prince Mabandla) and Ben Nsibandze are still alive at 90 and 89. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
