Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:55 pm
I always thought that was cheap shot by Rose even though it was a legal play back then because it was just an All-Star game.
Assumed Rose had bet money on the game.
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RIP Notable Figures
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Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:34 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:49 am
Colin Powell has died from Covid.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:39 am
Holy crap
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 7:09 am
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:03 am
A good example of why I limit my time on twitter. Colin Powell starting trending and, predictably, the forever-onliners wasted no in using the event of his passing to either A) rehash old Iraq War grievances or B) drumming in the fact of his vaccinations to "prove" vaccinations don't work. Anything that's a headline is immediately co-opted into talking points serving their chosen narrative. RIP Colin Powell, man of introspective leadership we'll miss.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:18 am
I don’t mind talking about Iraq. Seems like he spent the rest of his life trying to make up for what was a horrific error in judgment. So as long as people acknowledge that, I’m good with them pointing out he unwittingly (or at least claimed it was not on purpose) lied us into that war.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:02 pm
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 6:53 pm
One of the few good (ex) Republicans. RIP
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 7:03 pm
My Dad actually knew him pretty well.
RIP
RIP
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:27 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 5:46 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:36 am
So the Nobel Committee was wrong?
Not questioning, just asking. I do recall the events, just not the details.
Reads more like the revelation Robert Byrd went through here.
From Apartheid to Majority Rule
In 1990 South Africa's President Frederik Willem de Klerk decided to release Nelson Mandela, leader of the liberation movement, who had been in prison since 1963. Following the release, the two politicians worked together to bring an end to the policy of racial segregation. It was for his participation in this peace process that de Klerk was awarded the Peace Prize in 1993.
When de Klerk took office as President in 1989, no one expected him to play a key part in the termination of apartheid. Both as a lawyer, as a parliamentarian, and as a member of the government he had stood out as a firm upholder of white privilege. But when he realized that the apartheid system was leading to both economic and political bankruptcy, he put himself at the head of a radical change of course. He continued the negotiations with Mandela and the ANC liberation movement, which had begun in secret. They agreed to prepare for a presidential election and to draw up a new constitution with equal voting rights for every population group in the country.
Not questioning, just asking. I do recall the events, just not the details.
Reads more like the revelation Robert Byrd went through here.
From Apartheid to Majority Rule
In 1990 South Africa's President Frederik Willem de Klerk decided to release Nelson Mandela, leader of the liberation movement, who had been in prison since 1963. Following the release, the two politicians worked together to bring an end to the policy of racial segregation. It was for his participation in this peace process that de Klerk was awarded the Peace Prize in 1993.
When de Klerk took office as President in 1989, no one expected him to play a key part in the termination of apartheid. Both as a lawyer, as a parliamentarian, and as a member of the government he had stood out as a firm upholder of white privilege. But when he realized that the apartheid system was leading to both economic and political bankruptcy, he put himself at the head of a radical change of course. He continued the negotiations with Mandela and the ANC liberation movement, which had begun in secret. They agreed to prepare for a presidential election and to draw up a new constitution with equal voting rights for every population group in the country.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:44 am
This is why the left or the CDC makes a mistake when they try to appeal to the right's sense of helping others. The message needs to be: Do it for yourself.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:10 am
de Klerk was rabidly pro-Apartheid most of his political career. Anyone pretending that the first politically significant thing he did was releasing Mandela and sharing power with him is lying to you.
Even after Mandela’s release, de Klerk fought tooth and nail to not allow the complete undoing of White dominated structures and society. His legacy is complicated, at best.
Even after Mandela’s release, de Klerk fought tooth and nail to not allow the complete undoing of White dominated structures and society. His legacy is complicated, at best.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:36 am
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:04 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 11:59 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:25 pm
Fuck. Just about my age.
That’s sobering.
That’s sobering.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:20 pm
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:28 pm
Had one of the greatest Mustache/Slider combos I’ve ever seen.
RIP
RIP
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 1:19 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:06 am
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:44 am
Not sure that's verified. Oldest verified living person was 118 in Japan
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:46 am
It's on the internet so it's true.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:25 am
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:40 am
RIP
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:48 pm
I wonder how many courses he played that he also could not be a member at.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:57 pm
too many to mention and some additional ones that he never knew felt that way but acted silently as such under the guise of backwards traditions which is even more gutless.
at least Augusta knew and still knows who they were and who they are as repugnant as that may be.
at least Augusta knew and still knows who they were and who they are as repugnant as that may be.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:00 pm
RIP, Virgil - devastated
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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:17 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:47 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:19 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:15 am
Back when Republicans voted for war veterans, and not draft dodgers.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:38 am
From his Wikipedia page:
Dole attended the University of Arizona from 1948 to 1949
Dole attended the University of Arizona from 1948 to 1949
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:03 am
Didn't know that, and if I did I certainly forgot.
Hard enough going to college in the first place, and even harder for someone who had to learn to write with his left hand.
Hard enough going to college in the first place, and even harder for someone who had to learn to write with his left hand.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:22 pm
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:15 pm
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:34 am
Wow, that is shocking. 
His family thinks it was a seizure.
His family thinks it was a seizure.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:28 am
He's basically the reason conservatives think Tim Tebow was a great QB.
Because of this one play:
Because of this one play:
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 9:44 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:15 am
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:21 am
I hate when people automatically offer a personal anecdote when hearing of a recent death, but…
I went to a party at her house in New Orleans when I was right out of college. Her son creeped me out worse than any of her characters ever did.
I went to a party at her house in New Orleans when I was right out of college. Her son creeped me out worse than any of her characters ever did.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:39 am
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:47 am
That’s him.
Within ten minutes of meeting him I thought he was going to drug, rape, and kill me.
Within ten minutes of meeting him I thought he was going to drug, rape, and kill me.
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:41 am
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 10:58 am
A man who so often spoke truth to power.
“We had the land, and they had the Bible. Then they said, ‘Let us pray,’ and we closed our eyes. When we opened them again, they had the land and we had the Bible.”
Rest In Power
“We had the land, and they had the Bible. Then they said, ‘Let us pray,’ and we closed our eyes. When we opened them again, they had the land and we had the Bible.”
Rest In Power
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:04 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:18 pm
Re: RIP Notable Figures
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:17 pm
RIP John Madden.