Sean 6,566 Posted July 5, 2016 Ken Clarke - pissed or failing? Either way, that's a Wethertramp's face if I ever saw one. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36717447 Yeah he looks a funny colour now.Quite a few parliamentary fatties hanging around from the Commons past and present :Jim Prior John Prescott Roy Hattersley Nicholas Soames Eric Pickles Mike Gapes Diane Abbott Tom Watson Tony Baldry and Dave Anderson to name a few.Of course old Nigel Lawson was a former fatty before he famously lost loads of weight in the 90`s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted July 6, 2016 Abner Mikva, an influential liberal from Illinois who served in Congress, the federal judiciary and as a White House adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died. He was 90. Mikva died Monday July 4 of bladder cancer. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,709 Posted July 6, 2016 Ken Clarke - pissed or failing? Either way, that's a Wethertramp's face if I ever saw one. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36717447 I saw that and thought one of two things either he is really ill or the green room was very well stocked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,330 Posted July 6, 2016 Bill Armstrong, former senator of Colorado, also a university president, and close ally of Ronald Reagan, dead at 79: https://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/06/bill-armstrong-colorado-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted July 12, 2016 John Brademas, the former president of New York University and a longtime Indiana congressman, has died at age 89. The Democrat from Mishawaka in northern Indiana served 11 terms in Congress. He rose to majority whip, the No. 3 position in the U.S. House, before losing his seat in 1980. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted July 12, 2016 Former Minnesota Senate president Jim Metzen has died at age 72. SC http://m.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/minnesota/former-minnesota-senate-president-dies-at-age/article_ca7bd4dd-1877-5378-9eab-e3760b37ece8.html?mode=jqm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 2,013 Posted July 12, 2016 Former Minnesota Senate president Jim Metzen has died at age 72. SC http://m.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/minnesota/former-minnesota-senate-president-dies-at-age/article_ca7bd4dd-1877-5378-9eab-e3760b37ece8.html?mode=jqm Unlucky,he will never get the chance to watch season 3 of Fargo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,709 Posted July 12, 2016 Ken Clarke - pissed or failing? Either way, that's a Wethertramp's face if I ever saw one. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36717447 I saw that and thought one of two things either he is really ill or the green room was very well stocked. He was back on TV this morning saying what a wonderful woman Theresa May was and he looked in good health. I think he may have been a victim of hospitality on the previous occasion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,569 Posted July 12, 2016 Goran Hadzic on release for treatment for terminal brain cancer... http://news.yahoo.com/croatian-serb-rebel-hadzic-belgrade-release-cancer-treatment-092139824.html See Vojislav Seselj for recent evidence that he'll linger on... Hmm apparently dead, though not sure of the source: http://www.dtt-net.com/en/index.php?page=view-article&article=9993 I'll do some digging. Edit: There's this too: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/regija/preminuo-haski-optuzenik-goran-hadzic/160712105&usg=ALkJrhj8iJ_vmHkn6K4c-WCnjdxZiSA40A Deffo being reported. Awaiting the usual for DDP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,569 Posted July 12, 2016 Goran Hadzic on release for treatment for terminal brain cancer... http://news.yahoo.com/croatian-serb-rebel-hadzic-belgrade-release-cancer-treatment-092139824.html See Vojislav Seselj for recent evidence that he'll linger on... Hmm apparently dead, though not sure of the source: http://www.dtt-net.com/en/index.php?page=view-article&article=9993 I'll do some digging. Edit: There's this too: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/regija/preminuo-haski-optuzenik-goran-hadzic/160712105&usg=ALkJrhj8iJ_vmHkn6K4c-WCnjdxZiSA40A Deffo being reported. Awaiting the usual for DDP. BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36776998 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,684 Posted July 14, 2016 Seumas Milne (I fell foul of a con trick by a journalist pal - is there no ethics in deadpooling? ) Well, I assumed I'd fell foul of a con trick, but on seeing Corbyn's communications director on TV a lot the last few weeks with recent events: christ, he looks bloody awful. Got the Swayze weight loss look going on. No proof, mind you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted July 15, 2016 California state Sen. Sharon Runner, who left the Legislature in 2012 to undergo a double lung transplant and three years later made a dramatic return to the Senate, died Thursday, her family said in a statement. She was 62. Runner, a Republican from Lancaster, died at home following respiratory complications. SC http://m.tulsaworld.com/news/government/ap/california-republican-sen-sharon-runner-of-lancaster-dies/article_1ebaedcc-3738-50da-8d0a-ea37d7075361.html?mode=jqm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,330 Posted July 18, 2016 Former governor and senator of Minnesota, Wendell Anderson, dead at 83: http://www.kvrr.com/news/local-news/Former-Minnesota-Governor-Passes-Away/40754240 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,773 Posted July 20, 2016 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - president of Turkey and recent coup attempt survivor - was quoted on the news at lunchtime detailing special forces climbing down ropes from a helicopter and F16 jets intercepting his airliner; i.e. he damn near died. Given the tonnage of those now purged and the resulting instability in the country, is he a player for 2017? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,319 Posted July 20, 2016 He's in my 50/50 which I submitted just before it all kicked off 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,489 Posted July 20, 2016 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - president of Turkey and recent coup attempt survivor - was quoted on the news at lunchtime detailing special forces climbing down ropes from a helicopter and F16 jets intercepting his airliner; i.e. he damn near died. Given the tonnage of those now purged and the resulting instability in the country, is he a player for 2017? His oppositors are players for 2017, not him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,773 Posted July 20, 2016 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - president of Turkey and recent coup attempt survivor - was quoted on the news at lunchtime detailing special forces climbing down ropes from a helicopter and F16 jets intercepting his airliner; i.e. he damn near died. Given the tonnage of those now purged and the resulting instability in the country, is he a player for 2017? His oppositors are players for 2017, not him. Aye, but there's a coach load of the core troublemakers and tens of thousands of the purged - you're struggling to hone all that talent into a DDP theme team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,944 Posted July 20, 2016 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - president of Turkey and recent coup attempt survivor - was quoted on the news at lunchtime detailing special forces climbing down ropes from a helicopter and F16 jets intercepting his airliner; i.e. he damn near died. Given the tonnage of those now purged and the resulting instability in the country, is he a player for 2017? His oppositors are players for 2017, not him. Anyone who vaguely dislikes him more like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted July 20, 2016 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - president of Turkey and recent coup attempt survivor - was quoted on the news at lunchtime detailing special forces climbing down ropes from a helicopter and F16 jets intercepting his airliner; i.e. he damn near died. Given the tonnage of those now purged and the resulting instability in the country, is he a player for 2017? Hell no, but the leaders of said failed coup are ripe for listing. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,330 Posted July 20, 2016 The pancreatic cancer of US Representative Mark Takai has spread: http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2016/05/19/hawaii-congressman-mark-takai-wont-seek-re.html He will retire, which might significantly diminish his chances of a Daily Mail obit next year. Predictably dead, at only 49: http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/07/us-rep-mark-takai-of-hawaii-dies/ The first death this year that had me thinking "one for 2017". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,252 Posted July 24, 2016 The former PM of Sweden Thorbjorn Falldin has died at 90 http://www.svd.se/thorbjorn-falldin-har-dott/om/sverige Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,684 Posted July 24, 2016 That's a unique pick on the DDP for Crossing the Styx. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 2,013 Posted July 24, 2016 Daily Mail with the usual copy/paste job from Associated Press for the qualifying Falldin orbit http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3705474/Swedish-ex-prime-minister-Thorbjorn-Falldin-dead-90.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,252 Posted July 29, 2016 The former President of Benin Emile Zinsou has died at 98 http://www.africanews.com/2016/07/29/former-president-of-benin-emile-zinsou-dead/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 224 Posted July 31, 2016 Former President of Singapore, S.R. Nathan in critical condition after stroke. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
