Obituaries

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Postby Mongrel » Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:46 pm

Fuck. Now I miss Rik Mayall.
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Postby mharr » Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:11 pm

You see, it only takes 40 years or so for justice to catch up with the wealthy and powerful, provided they overstep the gentlemen's agreement and prey on too many their peers. The system works.

Follow-up on the Aussie comic above, he immediately played the British tabloids by emailing them details of his show while posing as an outraged patriot, then used the story about that to get in a few more digs about their silent defense of Andrew. Legendary.

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Postby Thad » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:39 pm

Walter Mondale.

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Postby Friday » Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:25 am

First to pick a female VP running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, in 84. Nice.

Of course, they were exploded by the unstoppable power of Reagan and his unique combination of folksy charm and being absolutely despicable.

edit: First major party candidate.
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Postby Thad » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:14 pm

Story about Mondale making the rounds. (By Joe Trippi, who worked on his campaign among many others.)

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Postby Mongrel » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:30 pm

Büge wrote:Jim Steinman.

I never knew he also wrote Total Eclipse of the Heart, wow.
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Postby Upthorn » Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:15 pm


A friend of mine works at the company he founded. They joined specifically because their friend Dan invited them to join the infosec company he was founding.
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Postby Büge » Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:10 pm

Michael Collins, the other astronaut on Apollo 11.
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Postby IGNORE ME » Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:36 pm

He really was the person I want to be like the most: The man who was further away from any other human being in recorded history, and found it peaceful.

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Postby Mongrel » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:06 pm

According to the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, Michael Collins made the following suggestion as to what Armstrong should say upon stepping onto the lunar surface: "If you had any balls, you'd say 'Oh, my God, what is that thing?' then scream and cut your mic."
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Postby Mongrel » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:55 pm

Took me hours to find this since I couldn't remember where I'd seen the quote. Thought I was going batty not seeing it posted interviews or the wiki for either man, when it turned out to have been right on Collins' own Twitter all along (I DUM).

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Postby mharr » Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:12 pm

Sometimes I feel like the story of Humanity wrapped up its last act shortly before we were (on average) born and we're just here to meander through an overextended epilogue.

Godspeed, Sir.

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Postby Upthorn » Fri Apr 30, 2021 5:59 pm

Upthorn wrote:

A friend of mine works at the company he founded. They joined specifically because their friend Dan invited them to join the infosec company he was founding.

Revisiting this. Said friend just showed me the letter of recommendation Dan Kaminsky wrote for their Visa application. It reads like a proud father bragging about their favorite kid. I'd really had no real comprehension of the magnitude of the loss until now.
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