Looks pretty lean compared to some of the crossfit women at my gym...
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okaydo said:dimitrig said:okaydo said:
William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of the movies below, has died.
Directed 2 of the greatest car chase scenes in movies.
Fun fact: His wife, Sherry Lansing, was a member of the University of California Board of Regents from 1999 to 2022.
My connection to William Friedkin was through his former fiancee and the mother of his son, Jennifer Nairn-Smith who I interacted with regularly for a few years maybe a decade ago or more. She was a dancer, is a dance teacher, and also sells (or sold) real estate.
He denied her son was his for a long time, although he ultimately accepted that fact.
He provided for her and his son, but not in the way he could have or should have given his wealth and that of Sherry. They met on the set of The Exorcist and she was with him during his meteoric rise but he was a womanizer and also afraid of commitment.
He was a good filmmaker, but not a good father and a horrible human being.
Ha! One of my childhood friends was the (alleged) son of a famous married Hollywood person. This famous person publicly admitted to being in my friend's mom's home 9 months before my friend was born. But he went to his grave denying he was the father, so there was no relationship.
DNA test???
wifeisafurd said:
NO obit for the Pac?
Let's wait until the coming lawsuit fight over remaining assets is resolved.
It should be a good grand finale, no?
concordtom said:okaydo said:dimitrig said:okaydo said:
William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of the movies below, has died.
Directed 2 of the greatest car chase scenes in movies.
Fun fact: His wife, Sherry Lansing, was a member of the University of California Board of Regents from 1999 to 2022.
My connection to William Friedkin was through his former fiancee and the mother of his son, Jennifer Nairn-Smith who I interacted with regularly for a few years maybe a decade ago or more. She was a dancer, is a dance teacher, and also sells (or sold) real estate.
He denied her son was his for a long time, although he ultimately accepted that fact.
He provided for her and his son, but not in the way he could have or should have given his wealth and that of Sherry. They met on the set of The Exorcist and she was with him during his meteoric rise but he was a womanizer and also afraid of commitment.
He was a good filmmaker, but not a good father and a horrible human being.
Ha! One of my childhood friends was the (alleged) son of a famous married Hollywood person. This famous person publicly admitted to being in my friend's mom's home 9 months before my friend was born. But he went to his grave denying he was the father, so there was no relationship.
DNA test???
This was before DNA tests.
But when DNA tests became a thing, and the son was in his 20s, he tried to get a DNA test. The judge turned him down.
okaydo said:concordtom said:okaydo said:dimitrig said:okaydo said:
William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of the movies below, has died.
Directed 2 of the greatest car chase scenes in movies.
Fun fact: His wife, Sherry Lansing, was a member of the University of California Board of Regents from 1999 to 2022.
My connection to William Friedkin was through his former fiancee and the mother of his son, Jennifer Nairn-Smith who I interacted with regularly for a few years maybe a decade ago or more. She was a dancer, is a dance teacher, and also sells (or sold) real estate.
He denied her son was his for a long time, although he ultimately accepted that fact.
He provided for her and his son, but not in the way he could have or should have given his wealth and that of Sherry. They met on the set of The Exorcist and she was with him during his meteoric rise but he was a womanizer and also afraid of commitment.
He was a good filmmaker, but not a good father and a horrible human being.
Ha! One of my childhood friends was the (alleged) son of a famous married Hollywood person. This famous person publicly admitted to being in my friend's mom's home 9 months before my friend was born. But he went to his grave denying he was the father, so there was no relationship.
DNA test???
This was before DNA tests.
But when DNA tests became a thing, and the son was in his 20s, he tried to get a DNA test. The judge turned him down.
He can still do it and figure it out on his own.
I'm involved in genealogy and dna helps. There are so many people out there who have it done, you can really see a lot.
If you're still connected with this person….
I'm confused, what is the difference between a genealogist and a gynecologist?
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bearister said:
I'm confused, what is the difference between a genealogist and a gynecologist?
One is the study of who F'd whom.
The other is the study of the F'er.
Maybe that's why I'm so obsessed with Trump - he's one hell of a MF. Literally!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations
https://www.businessinsider.com/women-accused-trump-sexual-misconduct-list-2017-12?amp
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-melania-stormy-daniels-affairs-marriages-timeline-2018-3?amp
You know, back in the olden days of 25 years ago, it was considered uncouth to have affairs and not be monogamous.
But this guy is SUCH an expansive violator of cultural and legal norms, nobody even bothers to discuss his womanizing ways anymore.
It's really quite something.
But how about this one - you just KNOW there's at least one illegitimate DJT out there. It'll come forth eventually someday. DNA is forever. And that's the next stage of my genealogy research! Finding cousins (who may own old photos and such) through DNA matching.
David McCallum, the Scottish-born actor who became a sensation on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” in the 1960s and found television stardom again almost 40 years later on the hit series “NCIS,” died on Monday. He was 90. https://t.co/KGXutkPMOL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 26, 2023
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... I'm so obsessed with Trump ...
Yes.
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Terry Kirkman, a founder of the 1960s pop group the Association, whose lush vocal harmonies and sugary melodic hooks propelled a string of indelible hits, including “Cherish” (which he wrote) and “Along Comes Mary,” has died at 83. https://t.co/l6NC8iePbZ
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) September 26, 2023
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*I remember as a boy valuing his card. We never used his card in card flipping gambling games (never gambled with a Mays, McCovey, Marichal, Koufax, Mantle or Aaron card either).
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Gambon was a participant in one of the best shootouts in the history of Westerns (Open Range):
…and Helen Mirren's husband in one of her steamier roles (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover):
…and Helen Mirren's husband in one of her steamier roles (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover):
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Here's my lasting impression of The Association as their heyday was a little before I got heavily into music. Back around 1990, I was at the Silver Legacy Casino in Reno and decided to go to the bar for a drink. They had a band playing in the bar and they were pretty good, though they were playing a series of covers of songs by The Association. Slowly it dawned on me that it actually was The Association playing their own songs for free at the bar (no cover - not even a requirement to by alcohol). I recognized a couple of the original members but wasn't sure about the others. At one point, the lead singer (Kirkman I think) spent about 5 minutes introducing Cherish with a long spiel about how universally important and loved the song was and how proud they were to have created it. I stayed for about an hour and enjoyed it. As I left, I felt sorry for them as they had fallen a long way since their time at the top and it didn't seem like they had fully come to grips with it.bearister said:
Eastern Oregon Bear said:Here's my lasting impression of The Association as their heyday was a little before I got heavily into music. Back around 1990, I was at the Silver Legacy Casino in Reno and decided to go to the bar for a drink. They had a band playing in the bar and they were pretty good, though they were playing a series of covers of songs by The Association. Slowly it dawned on me that it actually was The Association playing their own songs for free at the bar (no cover - not even a requirement to by alcohol). I recognized a couple of the original members but wasn't sure about the others. At one point, the lead singer (Kirkman I think) spent about 5 minutes introducing Cherish with a long spiel about how universally important and loved the song was and how proud they were to have created it. I stayed for about an hour and enjoyed it. As I left, I felt sorry for them as they had fallen a long way since their time at the top and it didn't seem like they had fully come to grips with it.bearister said:
I have a similar story about a band playing free at a local bar.
They were pretty good and some of their songs seemed familiar.
I went back to tell my friends "Hey, that old guy on guitar is REALLY good!"
It was David Newton of The Mighty Lemon Drops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Lemon_Drops
R.I.P. DiFi*
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has died : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1125664267/dianne-feinstein-obituary
I will never forget her grace, courage and calmness after the City Hall Murders.
"As President of the Board of Supervisors, it is my duty to announce that both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk have been shot and killed."
Such a lovely woman. The first time I saw her up close was at a Hibernian Newman Club St. Patrick's Day Lunch at the Jack Tar Hotel a year or two after she became mayor. I was shocked how tall she was (5'10).
*Memory tells me Herb Caen bestowed that nickname but I can't confirm it.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has died : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1125664267/dianne-feinstein-obituary
I will never forget her grace, courage and calmness after the City Hall Murders.
"As President of the Board of Supervisors, it is my duty to announce that both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk have been shot and killed."
Such a lovely woman. The first time I saw her up close was at a Hibernian Newman Club St. Patrick's Day Lunch at the Jack Tar Hotel a year or two after she became mayor. I was shocked how tall she was (5'10).
From the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein: pic.twitter.com/rvcAmVk8O0
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) September 29, 2023
*Memory tells me Herb Caen bestowed that nickname but I can't confirm it.
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The vaccine keeps killing our greatest Americans.
Wow she was obviously not doing well but I honestly did not see that coming.
Wow — fmr Rep. Jane Harman shares on @MSNBC right now with @mitchellreports a photo she took with Feinstein just last night around 5 pm at her house pic.twitter.com/BMWipqwrIg
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) September 29, 2023
"Tributes also arrived from her Republican colleagues in the Senate. In a post on X, Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida called Ms. Feinstein "a political pioneer" who was "intelligent, hard working and always treated everyone with courtesy and respect." Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and now the oldest member of the Senate, said the two had "a wonderful working relationship."
"She's a true public servant, I'll miss her," he said."
-New York Times
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Senator Feinstein was battling shingles earlier this year, she passes away at 90.
"Her career was one of many firsts. She was the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman mayor of San Francisco, and one of two of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California,
Feinstein was born Dianne Goldman in 1933. She was born and raised in San Francisco by a Russian Orthodox mother and Jewish father. She was married three times and had one daughter with her first husband.
"Her career was one of many firsts. She was the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman mayor of San Francisco, and one of two of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California,
Feinstein was born Dianne Goldman in 1933. She was born and raised in San Francisco by a Russian Orthodox mother and Jewish father. She was married three times and had one daughter with her first husband.
I appeared before her daughter, Katherine, a couple of times for trial settings when she was the Presiding Judge of SF Superior Court.
Judges can be quite thorny and rude to counsel for a variety of reasons (e.g. they deal with a lot of jerk attorneys and start treating them all the same; they are a@ssholes drunk with the power they have over you, etc.).
I was always so impressed with Katherine Feinstein because with her entitled background and being the PJ, she had the perfect resume for being a real nightmare. She couldn't have been more courteous and even dispositioned. She is a lovely woman like her mother was.
Judges can be quite thorny and rude to counsel for a variety of reasons (e.g. they deal with a lot of jerk attorneys and start treating them all the same; they are a@ssholes drunk with the power they have over you, etc.).
I was always so impressed with Katherine Feinstein because with her entitled background and being the PJ, she had the perfect resume for being a real nightmare. She couldn't have been more courteous and even dispositioned. She is a lovely woman like her mother was.
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Was Feinstein shocked when she found out her long time personal driver was a CCP spy?
So you think she was in the habit of discussing sensitive foreign policy issues with her driver?BearHunter said:
Was Feinstein shocked when she found out her long time personal driver was a CCP spy?
In the last days of her life, Democrats wheeled Sen. Dianne Feinstein into Congress and TOLD her how to vote instead of letting her enjoy the time with her family. That's elder abuse.
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) September 29, 2023
bearister said:
R.I.P. DiFi*
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has died : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1125664267/dianne-feinstein-obituary
I will never forget her grace, courage and calmness after the City Hall Murders.
"As President of the Board of Supervisors, it is my duty to announce that both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk have been shot and killed."
Such a lovely woman. The first time I saw her up close was at a Hibernian Newman Club St. Patrick's Day Lunch at the Jack Tar Hotel a year or two after she became mayor. I was shocked how tall she was (5'10).From the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein: pic.twitter.com/rvcAmVk8O0
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) September 29, 2023
*Memory tells me Herb Caen bestowed that nickname but I can't confirm it.
I met Senator Diane Feinstein once, in the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She had just recently been assigned to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (in 2001), and it was in that capacity that she had a senior staffer from the committee ask me to come to Washington… pic.twitter.com/QQPA04hP22
— Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) September 29, 2023
"I hope when she stands in judgment before her maker, she is punished accordingly."
Hopefully Mr. Ritter is preparing his own closing argument for when he stands before his maker and tries to put his patented Russian TV spin on the crimes he was charged with, convicted of and served time in prison for.
* Congresswoman Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) on September 14th, 2001
So assume you are a HUGE Congresswoman Lee supporter, right?
Dianne Feinstein: a life in pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2023/sep/29/dianne-feinstein-life-in-pictures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Hopefully Mr. Ritter is preparing his own closing argument for when he stands before his maker and tries to put his patented Russian TV spin on the crimes he was charged with, convicted of and served time in prison for.
* Congresswoman Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) on September 14th, 2001
So assume you are a HUGE Congresswoman Lee supporter, right?
Dianne Feinstein: a life in pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2023/sep/29/dianne-feinstein-life-in-pictures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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MinotStateBeav said:I met Senator Diane Feinstein once, in the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She had just recently been assigned to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (in 2001), and it was in that capacity that she had a senior staffer from the committee ask me to come to Washington… pic.twitter.com/QQPA04hP22
— Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) September 29, 2023
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I met Senator Diane Feinstein once, in the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She had just recently been assigned to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (in 2001), and it was in that capacity that she had a senior staffer from the committee ask me to come to Washington DC to brief her on Iraqi WMD and the allegations being made by the Bush administration that Iraq continued to possess them. We met in a secure conference room in the Capital buildingme, the Senator, and a half dozen staffers and aides. It was a polite, professional affair, with the Senator asking questions and taking notes. Eventually she confronted me"Your position is causing us some difficulty. You are making the US look bad in the eyes of the world." I replied that my analysis and the underlying facts were rock solid, something she agreed with. I said that while I knew she couldn't reveal sensitive intelligence, if she could look me in the eye and say she has seen unequivocal proof that Iraq retained WMD, I'd shut up and go away. She looked at her retinue, and then me. "I have seen no such intelligence," she replied. She thanked me for the briefing, and said it provided her with "food for thought."
On October 11, 2002, Senator Feinstein voted in favor of the resolution authorizing war with Iraq. Later, she said she had been misled by the Bush administration and bad intelligence.
I will forever know Senator Feinstein as someone who had been empowered by the truth, and lacked the moral courage to act on it. The blood of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis stains her soul. I hope when she stands in judgment before her maker, she is punished accordingly.
This is a FANTASTIC little story coming from you!
You see, it is VITAL that we choose honest leaders, people we can trust, people who have a proper moral compass.
Leaders have immense sway on the population, on their staffs, their underlyings, and on other leaders.
You are correct in mocking that there were no WMDs in Iraq! But you need to place your ire upon the laps of George Bush and Dick Cheney - the directors of the deception.
And once you finish doing that, draw a thick black sharpie mental line to the most dishonest, untrustworthy, morally corrupt DECEIVER the American political system has EVER known.
And once you finish making that realization, then stop being snarky towards those of us who have long known that Trump himself IS the WMD! And he's right out in the open for all to see, not hidden, nothing secret.
Cure yourself of being under the guise - perhaps like DiFi was once upon a time.
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Ex-NFL star Russ Francis is killed in Upstate New York plane crash
https://mol.im/a/12584535
"To Russ, flying was like breathing...it came naturally and he lived for it. He used to fly his P-51 Mustang to practice and land in the stadium parking lot and really piss off Bill Walsh. There will be some comfort down the road in knowing that he died doing the thing he loved most, but not today. Not today.'"
-Kate Naiman
" 6 feet, 6 inches and 245 pounds with a 4.5-second time in the 40-yard dash.."
https://www.petaluma360.com/article/sports/former-49er-great-russ-francis-still-flying-high/
https://mol.im/a/12584535
"To Russ, flying was like breathing...it came naturally and he lived for it. He used to fly his P-51 Mustang to practice and land in the stadium parking lot and really piss off Bill Walsh. There will be some comfort down the road in knowing that he died doing the thing he loved most, but not today. Not today.'"
-Kate Naiman
" 6 feet, 6 inches and 245 pounds with a 4.5-second time in the 40-yard dash.."
https://www.petaluma360.com/article/sports/former-49er-great-russ-francis-still-flying-high/
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Ex-NFL star Russ Francis is killed in Upstate New York plane crash
"To Russ, flying was like breathing...it came naturally and he lived for it. He used to fly his P-51 Mustang to practice and land in the stadium parking lot and really piss off Bill Walsh.
Badass!!!
RIP
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Did you think it was funny when Trump mocked Paul Pelosi getting whacked or said MFers in his SoCal GOP speech?
You wanna know what I think is funny?
Trump's fraud trial in NY!
"Massive fraud", the judge said.
Oh, yes, Trump belongs in the Obituaries thread.
Or, at least, Trump's NY business operations: DOA.
BALTIMORE -- Tim Wakefield, who used his darting knuckleball to become the third winningest pitcher in Red Sox history, died from brain cancer at the age of 57 on Sunday, the Red Sox announced.
concordtom said:Cal88 said:
^Brought to you by the letters T, D and S.
Did you think it was funny when Trump mocked Paul Pelosi getting whacked or said MFers in his SoCal GOP speech?
You wanna know what I think is funny?
Trump's fraud trial in NY!
"Massive fraud", the judge said.
Oh, yes, Trump belongs in the Obituaries thread.
Or, at least, Trump's NY business operations: DOA.
I'm glad you were able, finally in line six, to tie your Trump hatred (which I share) into something relevant to the Obituaries thread. Otherwise, I was going to report you to the founder of this thread, who would be very cross with you.
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