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Yes, and I've been trying to come up with a Tiswas pun ever since, and failing. Not good.

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2 hours ago, msc said:

Yes, and I've been trying to come up with a Tiswas pun ever since, and failing. Not good.

msc mind slipping, Tiswas bound to happen.

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Jack Ralite, a French Communist politician who served as Minister for Health (1981-1983) and Minister for Employment (1983-1984), has died aged 89.

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Youssouf Ouédraogo, first PM of Burkina Faso after the removal of the military coup led by Thomas Sankara, and in office from June 1992 to March 1994, has died aged 64.

 

Obit in French, cannot find an English one.

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Well, he really dealt with them!

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Lawyer and megadonor for the Texas Democratic Party, Steve Mostyn, dead at only 46:

 

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/16/democratic-mega-donor-houston-trial-lawyer-steve-mostyn-has-died/

 

"A sudden onset and battle with a mental health issue" - I guess, depression and suicide.

 

"He said he was growing tired of almost single-handedly funding top Democratic candidates in a state hostile to their party."

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Hearing from a friend that Question Time is cancelled after an audience member fell ill.

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3 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

"Well, I guess it's my turn now!"

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There goes another of my Scavenger Hunt picks.  Wouldn't have been a winner though.

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35 minutes ago, Sean said:

Hearing from a friend that Question Time is cancelled after an audience member fell ill.

it was just cut short I think

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10 hours ago, CoffinLodger said:

Lord Derek Barber has died just a week after becoming the oldest living peer http://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-11-22/debates/8C44E48C-7B38-4DE1-80A1-017145246482/DeathOfAFormerMemberLordBarberOfTewkesbury That means Lord Carrington takes over as oldest peer.


Guess he didn't go for that check up, then.

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There are reports tonight that a 'senior member' of the Labour party has committed suicide after  coming under investigation for alleged sexual abuse. Nobody has been named but the most obvious person is MP Ivan Lewis who was suspended this week  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42098762 It might not be him though. 

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19 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

There are reports tonight that a 'senior member' of the Labour party has committed suicide after  coming under investigation for alleged sexual abuse. Nobody has been named but the most obvious person is MP Ivan Lewis who was suspended this week  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42098762 It might not be him though. 

The senior member was in his 30s, Ivan Lewis is 50 so it's not him.

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53 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

There are reports tonight that a 'senior member' of the Labour party has committed suicide after  coming under investigation for alleged sexual abuse. Nobody has been named but the most obvious person is MP Ivan Lewis who was suspended this week  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42098762 It might not be him though. 

Sometimes I wonder how much better the world would be if Roy Moore did the same.

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Vietnamese general and former Vietnam president Le Duc Anh turned 97 yesterday! :birthday:

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No real surprise to anyone who remembers him, the man was a walking talking HA waiting to happen.

 

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John B. Anderson, Independent candidate for US President in the 1980 election, has died aged 95.

 

And so the presidential candidate portion of the concluded first round of the Bingo deadpool misses out on its first hit by mere weeks.

 

Also a DDP unique. Mail obit

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