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Dredge Member Posts: 2855 From: Australia Joined: |
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The good news is, he's not an atheist anymore - after he died he came face-to-face with his Creator. Gee, I wonder how he feels now, knowing that his whole life was based on a fallacy. Edited by Admin, : Hide inappropriate content.
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Phat Member Posts: 18633 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 4.1 |
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Don't tell us that your "God" would send him to eternal torture. That would not be a good advertisement for accepting Him. What would Pope Francis do? Edited by Admin, : Hide inappropriate content.
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9489 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 6.1
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Cepeda is one of the all-time great Puerto Rican baseball players. He was toward the end of his career by the time I started paying attention to baseball, but I remember being aware of him.
Orlando Cepeda dies at 86: Former Rookie of the Year, MVP for Giants, Cardinals among greatest Latin players - CBSSports.comWhat can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up, why would you have to lie?
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Percy Member Posts: 22936 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.8
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The article doesn't mention him, but Roberto Clemente was another great Puerto Rican baseball star. He and Orlando Cepeda started in the major leagues around the same time. Tragically Clemente was killed in a plane crash on an aid mission in 1972.
--Percy
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Phat Member Posts: 18633 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 4.1 |
I always liked Bob Newhart.
This was the the time he won an Emmy:
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9489 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 6.1 |
Anyone that knows anything about blues or rock should know about John Mayall. He is instrumental in what music is these days. He nurtured and mentored so many musiicians it is impossible to keep track. Without John Mayall we would not have many of the musicians we listen to today.
John Mayall, Legendary Pioneer of British Blues, Dies at 90 What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up, why would you have to lie? |
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9489 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 6.1 |
Roberto Clemente is still widely revered in Puerto Rico.
He is one of those people that I will always remember where I was when I heard he died. In the Puerto Rican culture New Years Eve is a huge celebration. Christmas was too holy a day to have parties so New Years Eve took that place. I was 10 years old in 1972. Every New Years Eve we would go to my grandparents apartment in NYC. During the evening news started to filter in that Clemente had died. The NYE celebration took on the air of a funeral march. I have memories of looking out my grandparents bedroom window onto Amsterdam Avenue as people walked by wailing and cryng. Some people shouting the latest news so the neighborhood would know. What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up, why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9489 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 6.1 |
Another loss from the sporting world for the Puerto Rican community. As a kid we always watched for Chi Chi when tournaments were televised. At 5' 7", 130 lbs he was one of the men my father would have been bigger than. Pop was 5'9 and maxed at under 140. Chi Chi was 6 months older than Pop.
Chi Chi Rodriguez, Hall of Fame golfer known for showmanship on the course, dies at 88 - CBS News What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up, why would you have to lie?
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Dredge Member Posts: 2855 From: Australia Joined: |
Chi Chi Rodriguez was a very skilful golfer. He could hit any shape shot and accurately. The only thing he lacked was the power to hit it long.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4597 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 9.5
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James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024)
Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned! What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that it has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --Percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq Why should anyone debate someone who doesn't know the subject? -- AZPaul3 If you are going to argue that evolution is false because it resembles your own beliefs then perhaps you should rethink your argument. - - Taq
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Percy Member Posts: 22936 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.8 |
My wife and I were just talking about this last night. My first boss became a good friend, attended my wedding, but over the years we lost touch. I periodically try to find him, with no success. His wife's sister, Celia Hart (stage name), was married to James Earl Jones. They'd have dinner with them occasionally, but I never met him myself.
Anyway, I kept thinking I should contact Celia, she would know where they are, but then she died. So then I kept thinking I should contact James Earl Jones, but now he's gone, too. James Earl Jones, a great actor who if I'd been pushy enough I probably could have met. --Percy
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2620 From: massachusetts US Joined: |
Kris Kristofferson, a singer-songwriter whose trove of country-pop hits such as “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Help Me Make It Through the Night” pushed him to the forefront of American popular composers and whose gritty-voiced, easygoing sex appeal propelled him to starring roles in Hollywood, died Sept. 28 at his home in Maui. He was 88.
I'll never forget him comforting Sinead O'Connor at the Bob Bash."I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside." Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned! Enjoy every sandwich! - xongsmith, 5.7dawkins scale
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Diomedes Member Posts: 998 From: Central Florida, USA Joined: |
I also remember him from his movie roles. The movie 'Convoy' of the late 1970s as well as his role as Abraham Whistler in the Blade Trilogy. RIP.
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Percy Member Posts: 22936 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 6.8 |
I didn't see him in any movies except a little-remembered TV mini-series called Amerika that aired in 1987. He was pretty good, if I recall. Me and Bobby McGee sung by Janis Joplin is one of my favorite songs.
--Percy
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8654 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 6.6
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Phil Lesh, Bassist Who Anchored the Grateful Dead, Dies at 84 - The New York Times
A source of particular excitement was the relationship between Mr. Lesh’s instrument and Mr. Garcia’s. At times they mirrored each other. At other times they contrasted, in the process widening the music’s melodic nuances while helping to create the kind of variety and tension that allowed the band to improvise at length without losing the listener. I was there, Kansas City, 1972.I was there, Chicago, 1977. The Dead Heads live.“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion,” -Daniel Dennett Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!
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