Global RIP thread

[bust]

Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actress Loni Anderson has died aged 79

[bust]

Former heavyweight boxing champion Aussie Joe Bugner has died in a Brisbane care home aged 75.

Fighting under the name "Aussie" Joe, Bugner won the Australian, British, European and Commonwealth belts and became the sport's oldest world heavyweight champion.

At his peak the Hungarian-born boxer, who lived more than half his life on the Gold Coast, fought Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

[Old Hippie]

American conservative wind bag Charlie Kirk was gunned down, ironically,  while answering a gun control question. The shooter is still at large.

[Coss]

Just saw on tv, they had a suspect in custody, but now have released him/her/them/it, so yes the actual shooter is at large,  unless it was someone they couldn't keep, like Hunter Biden, or Donald Jnr...

[Mekong]

It was a white, heterosexual, legal citizen, Republican, he didn’t their required profile for who to blame 

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7 hours ago, Old Hippie said:

American conservative wind bag Charlie Kirk was gunned down, ironically,  while answering a gun control question. The shooter is still at large.

To be honest he doesn't deserve a mention which is why I put it in the News. Hope his rest is anything but peaceful

[Old Hippie]

21 hours ago, bust said:

To be honest he doesn't deserve a mention which is why I put it in the News. Hope his rest is anything but peaceful

Supposedly found the rifle and have video of the suspected shooter…who, if alive is still at large…. I really don’t get all the hype and mourning for this guy, just a pod caster. VP Vance and Airforce 2 take his body home, flags at 1/2 mast etc…no other victims get this recognition…almost like they are trying to cover something up or distract from other things…

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4 hours ago, Old Hippie said:

VP Vance and Airforce 2 take his body home, flags at 1/2 mast etc…no other victims get this recognition

Melissa Hortman proves your point

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BREAKING: Journalist and college professor Stacey Patton goes viral by penning a stunningly powerful statement about how she was on Charlie Kirk’s “digital hit list” and recounting the horror that he inflicted on her. We cannot allow this tragic assassination to whitewash Kirk’s legacy… “I am on Charlie Kirk’s hit list,” Patton wrote to her 215,000 followers on Facebook. “His so-called ‘Professor Watchlist,’ run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.” “For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: ‘bitch,’ ‘c*nt,’ ‘n****r.’ They threatened all manner of violence,” she continued. “They overwhelmed the university’s PR lines and the president’s office with calls demanding that I be fired,” Patton wrote. “The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.” “And I am not unique,” she added. “Kirk’s Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse,” Patton wrote. “Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely. Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!” she continued. “That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built. He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement’s lies,” she wrote. “And now, in the wake of his shooting, there’s all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater,” Patton continued. “But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!” “And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.” “But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups,” she continued. “Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.” “It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant,” she concluded. This is pure unvarnished truth from Patton. Charlie Kirk did not deserve what happened to him, but nor did his victims deserve the hell that he unleashed on them. If Americans are going to build a more peaceful future for ourselves we must condemn political violence while also condemning the hateful, bigoted rhetoric that made Kirk a

[Coss]

As is being said here and elsewhere:

if a significant portion of yer following, is racist morons, with an avowed enemies list, of women, coloured, LGBGTQ, non Christian, etc, etc, et al,  - then one of the leading proponents of said vitriol dies, then you have to ensure Martydom and a rapid ascent, into the hall of fame for bigots and also heaven.

Or your poll ratings drop so far, as to warrant your removal.

And the Media might forget to report on the Epstein files for a moment or two.