Colonel D Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 (edited) Thought this thread was going to be about large farts. Dumbledore 2 and Jimmy Buffett have died and yall are acting like no big deal. Edit: Someone mentioned Dumbledore 2, but remember how he tied that thing in his beard? SO magic. Edited November 24, 2023 by Colonial Dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super19 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Charlie Munger passed away 11/28/23. Just shy of 100. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 16 hours ago, Super19 said: Charlie Munger passed away 11/28/23. Just shy of 100. Cheers to one of my idols. Wish I had known about him sooner in life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satchmo Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Polarizing to say the least... Henry Kissinger, a dominating and polarizing force in US foreign policy, dies at 100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coconuts Posted November 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, Satchmo said: Polarizing to say the least... Henry Kissinger, a dominating and polarizing force in US foreign policy, dies at 100 If there is a hell, he's burning in it 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satchmo Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Coconuts said: If there is a hell, he's burning in it He's probably running the place by now, and happy to stand just a little behind Satan in the photo ops to make it look like he's still in charge., 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post the destroyer of worlds Posted November 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2023 Glad the Carter lived longer than that POS. Regular isn't hell enough for Henry. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 RIP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 14 hours ago, Satchmo said: Polarizing to say the least... Henry Kissinger, a dominating and polarizing force in US foreign policy, dies at 100 Kissinger escaped the Nazis in Germany and returned as a member of the US Army. For my generation he and Nixon got the USA out of Vietnam and then opened up relations with the Chinese. Kissinger was a big part in the Israel - Egypt peace treaty. A treaty that has stood for decades. Nobel Peace prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satchmo Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Boudrias said: Kissinger escaped the Nazis in Germany and returned as a member of the US Army. For my generation he and Nixon got the USA out of Vietnam and then opened up relations with the Chinese. Kissinger was a big part in the Israel - Egypt peace treaty. A treaty that has stood for decades. Nobel Peace prize. My generation too. I think you are pointing out the polarizing bit. He did some good, did some bad. He & Nixon had to get out of Vietnam or Nixon would have never won another election. They were kinda shady in the way they went about it. Relations with China was good, as was the Egypt/Israeli peace treaty. He won the Peace Prize but his Vietnamese co-winner refused it as he said there was not yet peace in Vietnam. (there wasn't.) One of his most recent bads was to say that Ukraine should just cede land to Russia and stop the war. That one really pissed me off and reignited my hippy days dislike for the guy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Boudrias said: Kissinger escaped the Nazis in Germany and returned as a member of the US Army. For my generation he and Nixon got the USA out of Vietnam and then opened up relations with the Chinese. Kissinger was a big part in the Israel - Egypt peace treaty. A treaty that has stood for decades. Nobel Peace prize. He won the 1973 Peace Prize for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War but it was one of the most controversial ever. Two members of the Nobel committee resigned over the selection as questions arose about the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia. ..... From Reuters. It wasn't long after "he and Nixon got the USA out of Vietnam" that Cambodia the nation he purposely weakened was taken over by General Pol Pot who enacted a wholesale genocide that saw upwards of 25% of the Cambodian population (2 million human beings) murdered. Makes me physically ill to see people singing his praises. If there is a Hell he's surely roasting as we speak. Even though this is a new site where swearing is apparently tolerated I try not to. But I will make an exception. Fuck this asshole straight to the depths of Hell. Edited November 30, 2023 by nuckin_futz 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Satchmo said: My generation too. I think you are pointing out the polarizing bit. He did some good, did some bad. He & Nixon had to get out of Vietnam or Nixon would have never won another election. They were kinda shady in the way they went about it. Relations with China was good, as was the Egypt/Israeli peace treaty. He won the Peace Prize but his Vietnamese co-winner refused it as he said there was not yet peace in Vietnam. (there wasn't.) One of his most recent bads was to say that Ukraine should just cede land to Russia and stop the war. That one really pissed me off and reignited my hippy days dislike for the guy. Kissinger takes a lot of criticism for the bombing of Cambodia. I doubt he was making military decisions but the strategic point probably being that the Vietnamese army was using Cambodia to transfer troops and supplies into South Vietnam. Bombing Cambodia prevented much of that and might have influenced the Vietnamese willingness to negotiate a peace deal. Kissinger counselled against any idea that the USA could succeed in creating a functioning democracy in Iraq. I agree with your point about his Ukraine comments. He was a big detente guy. Was it a very old man trying to stay relevant or someone using him for whatever purpose. I think he was still on the Board at Harvard. I think he did far more good than bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Boudrias said: I agree with your point about his Ukraine comments. He was a big detente guy. Was it a very old man trying to stay relevant or someone using him for whatever purpose. I think he was still on the Board at Harvard. I think he did far more good than bad. I realize this is just your opinion which you are certainly entitled to but what a grotesque statement. Edited November 30, 2023 by nuckin_futz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super19 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 9:09 AM, Shift-4 said: Cheers to one of my idols. Wish I had known about him sooner in life. So true. They didn't teach us anything about investing at my old school in east-van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 40 minutes ago, Boudrias said: Kissinger takes a lot of criticism for the bombing of Cambodia. I doubt he was making military decisions but the strategic point probably being that the Vietnamese army was using Cambodia to transfer troops and supplies into South Vietnam. Bombing Cambodia prevented much of that and might have influenced the Vietnamese willingness to negotiate a peace deal. Kissinger counselled against any idea that the USA could succeed in creating a functioning democracy in Iraq. I agree with your point about his Ukraine comments. He was a big detente guy. Was it a very old man trying to stay relevant or someone using him for whatever purpose. I think he was still on the Board at Harvard. I think he did far more good than bad. Actually one of the failings in Vietnam was the White House doing exactly that to a micro management level with sand tables and all. So he may very well have had some input. He did some bad shit and did some good. Like most with that level of power in that nation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 2 hours ago, bishopshodan said: RIP. My fave track: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 2 hours ago, bishopshodan said: RIP. I was looking forward to hearing this song now that it's getting close to Christmas. It won't be the same now..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Just now, RupertKBD said: I was looking forward to hearing this song now that it's getting close to Christmas. It won't be the same now..... I agree, its my fav Just learned that his birthday was Chrismas day. Makes the song, and his passing, even sadder... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 minute ago, bishopshodan said: I agree, its my fav Just learned that his birthday was Chrismas day. Makes the song, and his passing, even sadder... I've got two. This one and Greg Lake's I Believe in Father Christmas. Shane and Greg....two great songwriters..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 21 hours ago, nuckin_futz said: He won the 1973 Peace Prize for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War but it was one of the most controversial ever. Two members of the Nobel committee resigned over the selection as questions arose about the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia. ..... From Reuters. It wasn't long after "he and Nixon got the USA out of Vietnam" that Cambodia the nation he purposely weakened was taken over by General Pol Pot who enacted a wholesale genocide that saw upwards of 25% of the Cambodian population (2 million human beings) murdered. Makes me physically ill to see people singing his praises. If there is a Hell he's surely roasting as we speak. Even though this is a new site where swearing is apparently tolerated I try not to. But I will make an exception. Fuck this asshole straight to the depths of Hell. I was reading some stuff recently about what happened to Bengalis in what’s today Bangladesh. Never realized that Kissinger was one of the “backers” of the Pakistan’s regime back them. Plus what Indonesia did in East Timor was just atrocious, not to mention supporting Pinochet regime, Argentina junta, indiscriminate bombing of Cambodia etc. I generally don’t like to speak bad about the dead, but being involved in these ghoulish events, sure doesn’t help one’s reputation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 And now, the first woman on the US Supreme Court: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/retired-justice-sandra-day-o-connor-the-first-woman-on-the-supreme-court-has-died-at-age-93/ar-AA1kQLh2?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=d88b31d67de643759ae0fec3a76e25ef&ei=16 Quote Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court said in a news release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophomore Jinx Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) Myles Goodwyn, former April Wine singer, dead at 75 Story by Richard Woodbury Nova Scotia musician Myles Goodwyn, who stepped down earlier this year as the singer of April Wine, died Sunday. The 75-year-old's death was confirmed by his publicist, Eric Alper. The cause of death is unclear. Goodwyn, who lived in the Halifax area, achieved many feats with April Wine, including selling more than 10 million albums worldwide and receiving 11 Juno nominations. April Wine was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame earlier this year. Goodwyn was also inducted this year into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. He told CBC News earlier this year that the latter induction was his proudest achievement. "This one's for me, and songwriting is what I care for most of all…. I think, probably, I stayed in the business because of songwriting," he said. "I'm not the greatest singer, the greatest guitar player. I'm not the greatest songwriter either, but I took great pride in being able to write songs that were popular." April Wine is shown in an undated concert photo. Goodwyn fronted the group for more than five decades. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)© Provided by cbc.ca April Wine songs such as Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love, Oowatanite and Just Between You and Me are an essential part of Canadiana. While Goodwyn fronted April Wine for more than five decades, his last show with the band was March 2 in Truro, N.S. He continued to be involved with the group, helping manage the band and writing material for a new album. Goodwyn told CBC earlier this year that he was tired of travelling in airports and living out of a suitcase. "The lifestyle is not healthy for me anymore," said Goodwyn, who had diabetes. Previous health issues In 2008, he was hospitalized after he collapsed on his way to a Quebec airport. Alcohol abuse had taken its toll; Goodwyn had internal bleeding and nearly died. After months of rehab, Goodwyn said he realized there were things he wanted to do, such as write an autobiography, Just Between You and Me, which was released in 2016, and put out a blues album, Friends of the Blues. One of the songs on that album was called I Ain't Gonna Bath In the Kitchen Anymore, an autobiographical tune that referenced childhood details such as the lack of running water at their Waverley, N.S., home and hitchhiking to church on Sundays. While Goodwyn was born in New Brunswick, he was raised in Nova Scotia. He also lived in Quebec for decades. Goodwyn told CBC earlier this year that he wasn't ready to truly retire. "I still don't want to give all that up," he said. "I can't imagine the day when I don't do these things." RIP. One of my favourite bands as a youngster discovering music. Edited December 3, 2023 by Sophomore Jinx 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Dammit.....Myles.... Covered a ton of his songs over years of playing.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Sad day ... Myles Goodwin of April Wine. One of the best voices and bands to come out of Canada. Huge impact on me. RIP Myles. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spur1 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Dr. Crossbar said: Sad day ... Myles Goodwin of April Wine. One of the best voices and bands to come out of Canada. Huge impact on me. RIP Myles. Seen them 50 years ago. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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