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xongsmith
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Message 1352 of 1364 (922128)
02-12-2025 12:08 AM


Tom Robbins, 92
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"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 1353 of 1364 (922303)
02-24-2025 11:14 AM


Roberta Flack, 88
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"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Tangle
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Message 1354 of 1364 (922304)
02-24-2025 11:46 AM


Democracy - Wikipedia

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London. Olen Suomi Soy Barcelona. I am Ukraine.

"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.


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Message 1355 of 1364 (922307)
02-24-2025 2:41 PM
Reply to: Message 1354 by Tangle
02-24-2025 11:46 AM


how did she die?
(Give me an answer in another thread out of respect for the truly deceased)
Message 530

When both religious and non-religious people reach the same conclusions then you know religion isn't the reason.--Percy
God alone is God *but* God is not alone~Ellis Potter
We see Monsters where Science shows us Windmills.~Phat, remixed
Critics would of course say that "God" is a product of human imagination...but then again God may well declare that all of creation is a product of His imagination! It is all in the perspective of the observer.~Phat

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Message 1356 of 1364 (922310)
02-24-2025 3:01 PM
Reply to: Message 1355 by Phat
02-24-2025 2:41 PM


Suicide

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London. Olen Suomi Soy Barcelona. I am Ukraine.

"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.


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Message 1357 of 1364 (922311)
02-24-2025 3:46 PM
Reply to: Message 1356 by Tangle
02-24-2025 3:01 PM


Tangle writes in Message 1356:
Phat writes in Message 1355:
how did she die?
Suicide
Or rather assisted suicide. Or imposed suicide.
Kind of like in a dramatization of the lovers' suicide pact between Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Freiin von Vetsera at Mayerling, there's a question of how willing a participant Mary was in that dual suicide. In reality it happened behind a locked door with no surviving witnesses, but in that dramatization Rudolf shot Mary while she slept negating her explicit vote in the matter.
Similarly, how willing a participant in her suicide is Democracy? Or is it a murder-suicide minus the suicide part?
Anyway, on to Message 530 .

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Message 1358 of 1364 (922326)
02-25-2025 9:02 PM
Reply to: Message 1357 by dwise1
02-24-2025 3:46 PM


Redirecting A Hypothetical Death/Murder
Yes. Respond to me now in Message 533

When both religious and non-religious people reach the same conclusions then you know religion isn't the reason.--Percy
God alone is God *but* God is not alone~Ellis Potter
We see Monsters where Science shows us Windmills.~Phat, remixed
Critics would of course say that "God" is a product of human imagination...but then again God may well declare that all of creation is a product of His imagination! It is all in the perspective of the observer.~Phat

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xongsmith
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Message 1359 of 1364 (922339)
02-27-2025 7:22 AM


Gene Hackman, 95
found dead with wife and dog also dead. investigation in progress.
more as they know it....

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

- xongsmith, 5.7dawkins scale


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Message 1360 of 1364 (922344)
02-27-2025 9:43 AM
Reply to: Message 1359 by xongsmith
02-27-2025 7:22 AM


Re: Gene Hackman, 95
Was shocked to read this in the morning.
The police state that there is no evidence of foul play. So if I was to hazard a guess, I would assume it might have been carbon monoxide poisoning. Nothing is certain of course until the investigation concludes.

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Message 1361 of 1364 (922355)
02-28-2025 11:44 AM
Reply to: Message 1359 by xongsmith
02-27-2025 7:22 AM


Re: Gene Hackman, 95
seems there were 3 dogs, 2 were running around alive. pills discovered beside the wife's body. Hackman found fallen in bed, his fallen glasses beside him. family suspected carbon monoxide, but initial analysis said no. more info as it develops.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

- xongsmith, 5.7dawkins scale


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xongsmith
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Message 1362 of 1364 (922356)
02-28-2025 12:02 PM
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02-28-2025 11:44 AM


Re: Gene Hackman, 95
correction. Hackman not in his bed, but fallen in the mudroom near his cane. the pills were only described by the word "prescription".

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Message 1363 of 1364 (922398)
03-04-2025 4:54 AM


James Harrison of Australia
https://www.nbcnews.com/...million-babies-dies-88-rcna194459
quote:
Prolific blood donor who saved 2.4 million babies dies at 88
James Harrison of Australia, whose blood had a rare antibody, donated 1,173 times over six decades, potentially saving millions of lives. He said he hoped someone would break his record.
Moose

  
xongsmith
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Message 1364 of 1364 (922533)
03-17-2025 11:56 PM


Jesse Colin Young, 83
Jesse Colin Young - Wikipedia
damn...

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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