Guest droosy Posted November 28, 2015 Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.htmlQuite a phrase "lovably corrupt". They do love him here in da bayou. He no sooner got out of federal prison than he was welcomed back with open arms and he wrote an autobiography that was an instant best seller, around these parts at least. SC http://www.edwinedwardsbooks.com And comments therein.... When born on the bayou, you can get away with anything, unless you are David Vitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 28, 2015 Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.html Quite a phrase "lovably corrupt". They do love him here in da bayou. He no sooner got out of federal prison than he was welcomed back with open arms and he wrote an autobiography that was an instant best seller, around these parts at least. SChttp://www.edwinedwardsbooks.com And comments therein.... When born on the bayou, you can get away with anything, unless you are David Vitter Don't kid yourself, he's about to become our next Governor (smfh) SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted November 28, 2015 Edwin Edwards, 88, lovably corrupt former governor of Louisiana hospitalised with pneunomia. But they expect him to recover: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-louisiana-governor-edwin-edwards-hospitalized-pneumonia-060527223.htmlQuite a phrase "lovably corrupt". They do love him here in da bayou. He no sooner got out of federal prison than he was welcomed back with open arms and he wrote an autobiography that was an instant best seller, around these parts at least. SChttp://www.edwinedwardsbooks.com And comments therein.... When born on the bayou, you can get away with anything, unless you are David Vitter Don't kid yourself, he's about to become our next Governor (smfh) SC So by your use of "here in the bayou" and "our next governor" I guess your a Cajun? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted November 28, 2015 http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/russian-mp-died-when-husband-sets-of-grenade-during-sex-romp/news-story/39e4ad24a728a3e5996b6289a2d0cae7 Ooops. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 28, 2015 http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/russian-mp-died-when-husband-sets-of-grenade-during-sex-romp/news-story/39e4ad24a728a3e5996b6289a2d0cae7 Ooops. Went with a bang... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 29, 2015 http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/russian-mp-died-when-husband-sets-of-grenade-during-sex-romp/news-story/39e4ad24a728a3e5996b6289a2d0cae7 Ooops. Went with a bang... Is that a grenade in your pocket or are you just happy to see me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 29, 2015 Olene Smith Walker, Utah's first female Governor--and the FOURTH major Utsh politician to go on a permanent Mormon mission this year, dead at 85. And the sitting Gov has cancer! SC http://fox13now.com/2015/11/28/olene-smith-walker-utahs-first-female-governor-dies-at-age-85/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted November 29, 2015 Olene Smith Walker, Utah's first female Governor--and the FOURTH major Utsh politician to go on a permanent Mormon mission this year, dead at 85. And the sitting Gov has cancer! SC http://fox13now.com/2015/11/28/olene-smith-walker-utahs-first-female-governor-dies-at-age-85/ I wonder if the Old Man intends to say something with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted December 2, 2015 the former US national security advisor Sandy Berger has died at 70 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/sandy-berger-national-security-adviser-216344 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted December 3, 2015 Poltical impersonator Sarah Palin had a cancer scare this year: http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/13333-sarah-palin-reveals-she-had-cancer-scare-calls-2015-her-toughest-year-yet "Some kind of melanoma but the doctor dug it out". So she's emulating Jimmy Carter, I bet she loves it.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 3, 2015 Poltical impersonator Sarah Palin had a cancer scare this year: http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/13333-sarah-palin-reveals-she-had-cancer-scare-calls-2015-her-toughest-year-yet "Some kind of melanoma but the doctor dug it out". So she's emulating Jimmy Carter, I bet she loves it.... Given the size and description, it sounds like she was pithed. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted December 3, 2015 Watching Helmut Schmidt's funeral made me think of how many politicians of the 70s are still alive. So I decided to make a list of all living cabinet or cabinet rank members of "important" countries who were in a government that was elected before 1980. I've started with the USA, West Germany, UK, and France and list their functions (with the earliest one first), their name and year of birth, and some additional information that might be relevant for obits outside of their home country. I included the secretaries of state/undersecretaries for the UK, but not for the other countries, because of obit relevance. I'll probably do four more countries soon, something like Australia, Soviet Union, East Germany and Canada or Japan. International Cabinet Members before 1980 USA Johnson Cabinet Attorney General Ramsey Clark (born 1927) - involved in Civil Rights Movement, turned leftist Postmaster General Marvin Watson (born 1924) Secretary of Transportation Alan S. Boyd (born 1922) - earliest surviving cabinet member Nixon Cabinet Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (born 1923) - Nobel Peace Prize Winner Treasury secretary/SoS/OMB/Labor George P. Shultz (born 1920) - political veteran Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird (born 1922) - "Vietnamization" Secretary of Commerce Peter "Pete" Peterson (born 1926) - Billionaire, still involved in politics Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent (born 1922) Ford Cabinet Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (born 1932) - served under Bush Jr as well Secretary of Agriculture John A. Knebel (born 1936) Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery Jr. (born 1923) Secretary of Health, Education, Welfare Forrest David Matthews (born 1935) HuD secretary Carla Anderson Hills (born 1934) - small trailblazer, public figure, on corporate boards Secretary of Transportation William Coleman (born 1920) - oldest living former cabinet member WH chief of staff Richard "Dick" Cheney (born 1941) - also Vice-President Head of CIA George H.W. Bush (born 1924) - also President Carter Cabinet: Jimmy Carter Himself (born 1924) Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal (born 1926) - political veteran, director of Jewish Museum in Berlin Secretary of Defense Harold Brown (born 1927) Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti (born 1935) Secretary of Interior Cecil Andrus (born 1931) - also very popular Governor of Idaho Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland (born 1928) Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall (born 1928) Secretary of Health, Education, Welfare Joseph A. Califano Jr. (born 1931) - also newspaper columnist HuD Secretary Moon Landrieu (born 1930) - also popular Governor of Louisiana Secretary of Transportation Neil E. Goldschmidt (born 1940) - also Governor of Oregon, lobbyist Secretary of Defense/Energy Charles William Duncan Jr. (born 1926) - Coca Cola president Secretary of Education - Shirley Hofstedter (born 1925) - first SoE, also a trailblazing judge Vice President Walter Mondale (born 1928) Chief of Staff Jack H. Watson (born 1938) EPA Chief Douglas M. Costle (born 1939) U.N. ambassador Andrew Young (born 1932) - ally of Martin Luther King, mayor of Atlanta U.N. ambassador Donald McHenry (born 1936) OMB director James T. McIntyre (born 1940) CIA chief Stansfield Turner (born 1923) National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski (born 1928) - globally known commentator until today Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors Charles Schultze (born 1924) ____________________________________________________________________________ West Germany Adenauer IV Walter Scheel (born 1919) - also became federal president Kiesinger I Justice, Special Affairs, Chancellery, Post & Communication, Research & Technology - Horst Ehmke (born 1927) Economic Cooperation - Erhard Eppler (born 1926) - leftist critic Brandt I Interior Secretary - Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born 1927) - became statesman under Kohl Education and Science Secretary - Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 1928) - later mayor of Hamburg Brandt II Secretary of the Economy - Hans Friderichs (born 1931) - turned lobbyist and CEO Youth, Family and Health - Katharine Focke (born 1922) Urban Development & Construction - Hans-Jochen Vogel (born 1926) - became Berlin mayor & party leader of the Social Democrats, also served under Schmidt Schmidt I Urban Development & Construction - Karl Ravens (born 1927) Education & Science - Helmut Rohde (born 1925) Schmidt II Interior - Gerhard Baum (born 1932) - civil rights defender Labour and Social Order - Herbert Ehrenberg (born 1926) Urban Development & Construction - Dieter Haack (born 1934) Research & Technology - Volker Hauff (born 1940) Education & Science - Jürgen Schmude (born 1936) Economic Cooperation - Rainer Offergeld (born 1937) Schmidt III Finance - Manfred Lahnstein (born 1937) - in council of Haifa University, former member of the Trilateral Commission, Consultant for Rothschild Bank and private media pioneer Education & Science, Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry - Björn Engholm (born 1939) - leader of SPD Youth, Family & Health - Anke Fuchs (born 1937) Research & Technology - Andreas Von Bülow (born 1937) - 9/11 truther _________________________________________________________________________ United Kingdom Heath Ministry 1970-1974 Treasury/Social Services/Industry/Environment - Patrick Jenkin (born 1926) Agriculture, Fisheries & Food/Northern Ireland/Employment- James Prior (born 1927) Defense/Energy/Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs - Lord Carrington (born 1919) - NATO head & leader of Falklands War Wilson Cabinet 1974-1976 Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection - Shirley Williams (born 1930) - also served under Callaghan, became Professor at Harvard Wales - John Morris (born 1984) Callaghan Cabinet 1976-1979 Foreign Secretary David Owen (born 1938) - led talks on Former Yugoslavia SoS for Prices and Consumer Protection Roy Hattersley (born 1932) SoS for Transport William Rodgers (born 1928) First Thatcher ministry (1979-1983) SoS for Energy/Transport David Howell (born 1936) SoS for Trade/Defence John Nott (born 1932) - involuntarily involved in Falklands' War SoS for Wales Nicholas Edwards (born 1934) SoS for Employment/Trade & Industry Norman Tebbitt (born 1931) Financial Secretary to the Treasury, SoS Energy, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson (born 1932) - global warming skeptic SoS of Environment/First SoS/Defence Michael Heseltine (born 1933) SoS for Health & Social Services Norman Fowler/Employment/Transport/Minister of Transport Norman Fowler (born 1938) SoS of Environment/Northern Ireland/Defence/Employment/Transport Tom King (born 1933) ________________________________________________________________________________________ France Gouvernement Debré 1959-1962 Agriculture - Edgard Pisani (born 1918) - also European commissioner of development Economy & Finance Valéry Giscard D'Estaing (born 1926) - later president Pompidou V 1967-1968 Post and Telecommunication/Information Yves Guéna (born 1922) Industry/ later Justice - Albin Chalandon (born 1920) - director of Elf Aquitaine (1977-1983) Gouvernement Chaban-Delmas 1969-1972 Environment - Robert Poujade (born 1928) Messmer I 1972/73 Post and Telecommunication/Relationship to Parliament - Hubert Germain (born 1920) Agriculture and Rural Development Jacques Chirac (born 1932) - became president Chirac I 1974-1976 Economy and Finance/Equipment Jean-Pierre Fourcade (born 1929) Labour/Reforms Michel Durafour (born 1920) - also a writer under alibi Health - Simone Veil (born 1927) - Holocaust survivor, president of European Parliament 1998-2007, legalized abortion in France Agriculture/Interior Christian Bonnet (born 1921) Barre II 1977/78 Agriculture/later Justice Pierre Méhaignerie (born 1939) Barre III 1978-81 Youth, Sports/Labour/ of State/Agriculture & Rural development Jean-Pierre Soisson (born 1934) Women's Issues Monique Pelletier (born 1926) Transportation Daniel Hoeffel (born 1929) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted December 3, 2015 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough MP Harry Harpham has announced he is suffering from cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted December 3, 2015 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough MP Harry Harpham has announced he is suffering from cancer. Oops! http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8501&page=16#entry243192 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 3, 2015 Maryland Governor Larry Hogan diagnosed with aggressive cancer of the lymph nodes. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3135140/Maryland-Gov-Hogan-says-diagnosed-cancer.html More positive news for Larry as he says 95 per cent of his cancer is gone: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/08/18/gov-hogan-95-percent-cancer-gone/ In his first interview last week, he says medical scans found no trace of cancer in Hogan’s body after five months of aggressive treatment. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest droosy Posted December 4, 2015 the former US national security advisor Sandy Berger has died at 70 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/sandy-berger-national-security-adviser-216344 isn´t Sandy a hooker´s name? At least a very funny one for a top-level politician! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 4, 2015 the former US national security advisor Sandy Berger has died at 70 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/sandy-berger-national-security-adviser-216344 isn´t Sandy a hooker´s name? At least a very funny one for a top-level politician! Thanks for your idiocy Guesty. Sandy is a JEWISH name, you fucking dweeb. Tell Sandy Levin who was a Michigan senator forever that it's a hooker's name. Feel free to use your head for something other than a hatrack. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 4, 2015 Was unaware there has never been a Jewish hooker until today. Themoreyoulearn.gif.exe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 4, 2015 Sandy. Short for Alexander or Alexandra... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 4, 2015 So Sandy Hook was a boxing hoor ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted December 6, 2015 The first post communist prime minister of Bulgaria Dimitar Popov has died at 88 http://www.novinite.com/articles/172116/Former+Bulgarian+PM+Dimitar+Popov+Dies+at+88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted December 8, 2015 British born Hong Kong based political and social activist Elsie Tu has died at 102. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1888255/elsie-tu-veteran-hong-kong-politician-and-champion 2 (or should that be Tu) DDP teams try and activate a qualifying obituary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted December 8, 2015 British born Hong Kong based political and social activist Elsie Tu has died at 102. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1888255/elsie-tu-veteran-hong-kong-politician-and-champion 2 (or should that be Tu) DDP teams try and activate a qualifying obituary. Tu too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 15, 2015 Former KwaZulu-Natal premier Lionel Mtshali, 80, died at Westville Hospital on Sunday. He had suffered from a heart ailment. SC http://mini.iol.co.za/news/politics/former-premier-lionel-mtshali-dies-1959846 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
