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[Proteus_MST]

Thanks

[BeBMan]

My condolences to you as well. Sounds similar to what my dad experienced, but pre-Covid (it ended a few years ago)

[Proteus_MST]

Tuberski's dad passed this morning.

My concolences to Tuberski.

My dad also passed away this year ... in march
(it didn't come as a surprise however he became more and more demented during 2022, then became immobile after a CoViD infection he contracted in Hospital and had to get to a nursery home ... after 3 weeks there he contracted pulmonia of which he succumbed 2 weeks after he was taken to hospital again. It was a slow decline (and for my mother and myself a long phase of saying goodbye to him))

[Dauphin]

I never follow polls. I follow the betting odds.

[N35t0r]

Yes indeed. What is interesting is that he out performed the poll numbers. That raises some questions.

After 2016, you guys should be less trusting of polls

[PLATO]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/15/europ...ntl/index.html



interesting development

Yes indeed. What is interesting is that he out performed the poll numbers. That raises some questions.

[Dinner]

It is always difficult to lose a parent. Hopefully, Tubs can handle this difficult situation with as much grace and understanding as he is able. I am sorry for your lose.

[pchang]

Appealing to religious zealots is a good way to build a strong base, but it will almost never create a majority on its own. After a while, the rest of the people will tire of increasingly theocratic rule.

[pchang]

Tuberski, if somehow this reaches you, you have my condolences

[self biased]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/15/europ...ntl/index.html

Turkey will have a runoff election on May 28 after longtime leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced into a second round with only a narrow lead over his rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Neither candidate achieved the required 50% to take the presidency outright, after 100% of ballot boxes were opened, according to Turkey’s Supreme Election Council. All ballot boxes in the country were opened and the voter turnout rate is 88.92%, council chairman Ahmet Yener said.

interesting development

[-Jrabbit]

Very sad news. Best wishes, Tuberski.

[BeBMan]

Sorry to hear that

[SlowwHand]

Tuberski's dad passed this morning.

[BeBMan]

Apparently at2021lwx (located near Vulpecula the Fox) started to explode some three years ago and haven't finished yet. Luckily, it's some 8 billion lightyears away, so no reason to worry

https://earthsky.org/space/largest-c...ud-black-hole/

This will be the next Micheal Bay movie.

[BeBMan]

Chicago kayakers discover 'Chonkosaurus' turtle

These two kayakers and their thick Chicago accents came upon a turtle so big that they and the internet have nicknamed it 'Chonkosaurus'.
'I can only wonder what this thing has been eating,' one of the kayakers wrote on Twitter.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-65529029

Too much fast food