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		12-01-2018, 01:41 PM 
	 
	
		Estimated time until Trump says something stupid, insensitive, or both...?
	 
	
	
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		12-01-2018, 02:10 PM 
	 
	
		 (12-01-2018, 01:41 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote:  Estimated time until Trump says something stupid, insensitive, or both...? 
you mean he hasn't yet?  Or do you mean 'Says it where his team can't hush it up'?
	  
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		12-01-2018, 05:15 PM 
	 
	
		Aw, c'mon - I already started a thread about Bush's passing over in Politics.
	 
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		12-02-2018, 09:16 AM 
	 
	
		Point taken.
	 
	
	
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		12-02-2018, 07:12 PM 
	 
	
	
	
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		12-08-2018, 10:21 PM 
	 
	
		RIP Pete Shelley, frontman of the Buzzcocks. (You know, the punk band that showed punk didn't have to be political. Those Buzzcocks.)
	  
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		12-14-2018, 09:38 AM 
	 
	
		RIP Nancy Wilson, Grammy-winning "song stylist" and torch singer.
  
RIP Sondra Locke, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in  The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
  
RIP Evelyn Berezin, inventor of the word processor.
	  
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		12-18-2018, 09:14 AM 
	 
	
		RIP Timothy May, co-founder of the Cypherpunks mailing list
	  
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		12-18-2018, 02:16 PM 
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		RIP Penny Marshall, director and actress, possibly best known as "Laverne" of  Laverne and Shirley.
	  
	
	
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		12-24-2018, 09:47 PM 
	 
	
		RIP Audrey Geisel, Theodor Geisel's widow and estate overseer.
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		12-27-2018, 10:14 PM 
	 
	
		RIP Sister Wendy Beckett, art historian and BBC art presenter.
	  
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		12-31-2018, 12:18 PM 
	 
	
		RIP Mike Taylor, keyboardist and vocalist of the indie-pop group  Walk Off the Earth
	 
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		RIP Larry Roberts, one of the first to implement packet-switching and the first person to be in charge of ARPANET. He passed away on December 26.
	  
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		01-02-2019, 07:12 PM 
	 
	
		Here's hoping that  this retrospective will be the final post in this thread.
	  
	
	
	
		
	 
 
 
	 
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