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August 30, 2022 at 9:49 pm
Mikhail Gorbachev - Last Leader of the Soviet Union
RIP Mr. Gorbachev. I think history will remember him fondly. I will sure remember him that way.
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August 31, 2022 at 3:23 am
Before, I've likened Russia's relationships with her leaders to a woman who keeps dating guys who beat the crap out of her. From what I've seen, Gorbachev is like the one decent guy who does right by her but she leaves him because the abuse is so normalised that she can't even handle being treated like a human being. Apparently, he's hated in Russia mostly because he wound up being the one behind the wheel when the USSR crashed and burned.
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August 31, 2022 at 3:42 am
(August 30, 2022 at 9:49 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: Mikhail Gorbachev - Last Leader of the Soviet Union
RIP Mr. Gorbachev. I think history will remember him fondly. I will sure remember him that way.
Best of a bad lot, he was.
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September 2, 2022 at 1:06 pm
Frank Drake - an astrophysicist who coined the famous Drake equation.
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September 7, 2022 at 8:31 pm
Computer programmer, art collector John Camp dies at 77
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September 8, 2022 at 3:54 pm
Apparently it's "in bad taste" to be saying 'republic" loudly at work, today.
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September 8, 2022 at 4:00 pm
(September 8, 2022 at 1:56 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned over the U.K. for 70 years, dies at 96 (msn.com)
More like reigned over a tourist attraction in the U.K. She was as real a statesperson as William Shatner is a starship Captain.
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September 8, 2022 at 5:29 pm
(September 8, 2022 at 4:00 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: (September 8, 2022 at 1:56 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned over the U.K. for 70 years, dies at 96 (msn.com)
More like reigned over a tourist attraction in the U.K. She was as real a statesperson as William Shatner is a starship Captain.
Not a particular fan myself, but I have to admit that meeting Liz Truss and Boris Johnson then promptly dying is kind of a boss move.
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September 8, 2022 at 6:58 pm
(September 8, 2022 at 3:54 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Apparently it's "in bad taste" to be saying 'republic" loudly at work, today.
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