February 6th, and Frasier's dad is the first well-known figure that anyone cares about, to die..?

Could be a lean year!

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"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvellous victory." - Howard Zinn

I think I've been to 4 funerals this year already (and I missed a couple). Time for us plebs to cough up our due i guess.

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What you have taken, Has been from here
What you gave has been given here
What belongs to you today
belonged to someone yesterday
and will be someone else’s tomorrow

Change is the Law of The Universe

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“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

evangelist Billy Graham 1 year short of 100

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/billy ... li=BBnb7Kz

Praise Jesus!

Give it 3 days

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Very sad to hear Emma Chambers died yesterday..

Alice from vicar of dibbly.

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Empir immoto

Nobody mentioned this one yet?

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"You'd be surprised how easily people fall in line when you have the deadly weapon." — Someguy

"FFs AV fuck off!.. Cannot you accept for once that your nation is a total cunt!?" — Barcie

"We all love a little rape... Who here hasn't raped?" — Barcie

"GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to
the demands of American Socialism." — Ambrose Bierce

"...your bloodlust sickens me". — Geronimo

Yes very sad.Far far too young . But this was last month.

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Empir immoto

I was just assuming that given the title of her band's most famous tune...

...It was probably a bit early to call it.

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"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvellous victory." - Howard Zinn

Damn. I am so far removed from mainstream tv and media that I did not know of this. I always respected this guy. Whatever you may believe, to me he seemed one of the most sincere and thoughtful public figures I've observed in my lifetime. My grandparents were big supporters and often went into prisons to minister.


He is someone that has few critics and despite his strong views, was always willing to avoid the rhetoric and just be a good human being to everyone and the world.

Evangelical Christianity is not respected much anymore, but he was, to me, the best representative for them and me when I was a part of it.

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My doctor wrote me a prescription for Dailysex but my wife insists it says Dyslexia.

To be fair, in the UK, Christian Evangelists have always been treated somewhat fairly.

You try not to be cornered by them at parties, and steer clear of them in shopping centres, but on the whole, I think everyone recognises that they're not really doing any harm, and are in fact, trying to bring a bit of good into the World.

It actually takes a particularly American type of televised obnoxiousness to turn an otherwise ambivalent Public against Christians... And as far as we know on this side of the Pond, Billy Graham was at the forefront of that.

I suspect that whilst he was one of the first, he was nothing like the worst of the breed that followed.

Still, now he's where he always wanted to be, with a completely on-side audience.

I do wonder if he's gonna get bored of preaching to the converted, now he's gonna be surrounded by them.

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"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvellous victory." - Howard Zinn

Roger Bannister is dead.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/track ... -1.4561520

TBH, he's one of those people I figured must have died a while ago.

Still, suppose he was quite fit...

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"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvellous victory." - Howard Zinn

He fell down the stairs...

....in record time?

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David Ogden Stiers from m*a*s*h has also kicked the bucket.

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Empir immoto

Yep, first to break the 0.4 second barrier.

Ken Dodd is now Ken Dead

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Interesting reading from Sir Ken's obituary:

He lived all his life (and died) in the same house in Knotty Ash, Liverpool that he was born in 90 years ago.

Which is quite inspiring.

Tickled me, anyway.

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"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvellous victory." - Howard Zinn

Physicist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008



Gutted.

Think Stephen Hawking's deserve his own thread.

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SomeGuy 2020
It's going to be a
Brave New World

Fucksake and bugger......

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Yeah, it feels like Einstein has just died or something (by coincidence, Einstein was also 76 when he fell off his twig).

This hit me surprisingly hard; I've been a great admirer of Hawking since my student days...he was only ten years older than me and I have read pretty much all his work.

I should really get around to reading A Brief History sometime soon.