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RE: RIP thread
May 9, 2026 at 8:38 am
Betty Broderick whose murder of her husband captivated imagination of many Americans back in the 90s when it inspired many books, Oprah shows, miniseries, episodes of cop shows, and then podcasts.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: RIP thread
May 9, 2026 at 12:53 pm
(May 9, 2026 at 8:38 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Betty Broderick whose murder of her husband captivated imagination of many Americans back in the 90s when it inspired many books, Oprah shows, miniseries, episodes of cop shows, and then podcasts.
I vaguely remember that. You don’t kill a man for cheating on you, Betty. Slash his tires? Sure. Clean out the joint account? Absolutely. But killing? Keep a sense of perspective.
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RE: RIP thread
May 9, 2026 at 7:49 pm
(May 6, 2026 at 11:19 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: billionare.
More of these, please.
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RE: RIP thread
May 9, 2026 at 8:01 pm
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(May 9, 2026 at 7:49 pm)Jackalope Wrote: (May 6, 2026 at 11:19 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: billionare.
More of these, please.
Hanoi Jane (his widow), too. She had absolutely ZERO business going to Viet Nam, regardless of people's opinions of that situation.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: RIP thread
May 9, 2026 at 8:03 pm
(May 9, 2026 at 7:49 pm)Jackalope Wrote: (May 6, 2026 at 11:19 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: billionare.
More of these, please.
Every time a billionaire assumes room temperature, the law should - after allow for reasonable inheritance for immediate family - require the balance to be used for social programmes.
For example, Ted Turner croaked with a net worth of around $2.5 billion. He had 5 children, so give them each $50 million and use the remaining $2.25 billion to feed hungry people.
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RE: RIP thread
May 9, 2026 at 8:06 pm
(May 9, 2026 at 8:01 pm)Fireball Wrote: (May 9, 2026 at 7:49 pm)Jackalope Wrote: More of these, please.
Hanoi Jane (widow), too.
She’s neither a billionaire nor Turner’s widow.
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RE: RIP thread
May 9, 2026 at 8:26 pm
(May 9, 2026 at 8:06 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (May 9, 2026 at 8:01 pm)Fireball Wrote: Hanoi Jane (widow), too.
She’s neither a billionaire nor Turner’s widow.
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I don't keep up with the entertainment biz, obviously. Ex-wife, it is. 
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RE: RIP thread
May 10, 2026 at 12:06 pm
(May 9, 2026 at 8:01 pm)Fireball Wrote: (May 9, 2026 at 7:49 pm)Jackalope Wrote: More of these, please.
Hanoi Jane (his widow), too. She had absolutely ZERO business going to Viet Nam, regardless of people's opinions of that situation.
Well…agree to disagree.
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RE: RIP thread
May 10, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Koji Suzuki, japanese horror writer of Ring novels that have been made into movies with Naomi Watts.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: RIP thread
May 12, 2026 at 12:06 pm
Jack Taylor, actor from a very memorable scene from the movie Conan where he plays a horny priest. He was 99.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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