It’s sad that she turned to Reform. In some ways, I’m glad the person arrested is white as if he had been black or non British, she would have been Reformed martyr
And doubtless we'd have had people inciting and using violence.
I don't think this has been posted - prominent British newsreader Dermot Murnaghan has died following a diagnosis of Stage IV prostate cancer, aged 68.
Randy Mantooth, the star of the 70s show Emergency has died, after a prolonged battle with various cancers.
I was just coming here to post about that. Emergency was one of those unexpectedly memorable TV shows from my childhood.
I think the premise of the show always seemed rather boring to me, and I never watched it, apart from channel-surfing here and there. I remember an episode where the recurring subplot involved the crew trying to invent a new card game, and then getting called to a new emergency each time they started getting somewhere with it.
Also remember watching a medical show with my babysitter, and a mother was in distress while trying to stop her baby from crying, and my babysitter told me "the mother took dope", which I now assume to mean the baby was born addicted. That kinda freaked me out. Not 100% sure it was Emergency, though.
Definitely remember a disclaimer at the end of Emergency telling you that you shouldn't rely on the show for medical information. But it always seemed to me the show was presenting itself as semi-educational.
The report in the Guardian seems to suggest Mr Graham may have had a heart attack.
As did CNN’s report, which said “Emergency responders were dispatched to a DC address for Graham around 8:30 p.m. ET for a report of someone suffering from chest pains, according to audio of the dispatch on Broadcastify.”
Cheery son has alerted me to the death of actor Wai Ching Ho. Some will know her as Madame Gao in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Our family will remember her as Grandma in Pixar's Turning Red, one of our favourite films.
Just read that Sam Neill has passed away. It's sad we won't see him in any more acting roles. He had had cancer, but it was in remission so I was hoping he had a few more years left.
The only film starring Sam Neill I've seen was 'Sleeping Dogs' which was an adaptation of a book titled "Smith's Dream" by C,K Stead. I think it was the first film he starred in. I'd read the book, but the film was more disturbing as it changed the ending to the one the author had originally envisaged.
I found it really powerful because it was the first NZ films I'd ever seen. The newsreader was an actual newsreader who appeared nightly on NZ T,V at the time. When someone was paid off for something they were shown being paid in NZ dollars, the bush they scrambled through was NZ bush.
It was the first time I realised the power of seeing the place I lived in portrayed and it had a powerful impact on me.
Radio NZ have had comments flowing in about Sam in the last few hours. My favourite was from an incompetent waitress who had served him years ago. She had been really nervous about serving someone so well known and he tipped her $50, and spoke to her kindly.
I know they’re fictional characters, but I’m glad he was able to play Alan Grant one last time and that his character and Ellie Sadler were able to get back together for a happy ending with each other in that recent Jurassic World movie.
I've seen quite a few Sam Neill films including My Brilliant Career, Jurassic Park ( the only one of the series I've seen), Hunt For The Wilderpeople, and have enjoyed seeing Sam in all of them.
I’d add Evil Angels (Australia and New Zealand)/A Cry in the Dark (elsewhere), with Meryl Streep. I used to use some of the courtroom scenes in it when I taught trial advocacy.
Going back to Lyndsey Graham. He was a very unique character. He grew up in a one room apartment with his sister and parents over a store they owned. After his parents died, he adopted his sister. He never married.
He made a career as a JAG officer in the Air Force Reserve.
He was considered a mainline Republican when he became a Senator. He had a few choice words about Trump during Trump's first campaign, and then during Trumps impeachment after January 6, but he did not vote to impeach.
He was always an interventionist--he never saw a war he did not like. He probably kept Trump from abandoning Ukraine all together.
He knew which side his bread was buttered on. He realized he had to join the Trump machine if he wanted to remain a Senator from South Carolina.
It is said of all the people in the Senate, he enjoyed his position the most.
Yes, he was a man of contradictions. But he could work across the aisle to move the work of the Senate.
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And doubtless we'd have had people inciting and using violence.
I was just coming here to post about that. Emergency was one of those unexpectedly memorable TV shows from my childhood.
I think the premise of the show always seemed rather boring to me, and I never watched it, apart from channel-surfing here and there. I remember an episode where the recurring subplot involved the crew trying to invent a new card game, and then getting called to a new emergency each time they started getting somewhere with it.
Also remember watching a medical show with my babysitter, and a mother was in distress while trying to stop her baby from crying, and my babysitter told me "the mother took dope", which I now assume to mean the baby was born addicted. That kinda freaked me out. Not 100% sure it was Emergency, though.
Definitely remember a disclaimer at the end of Emergency telling you that you shouldn't rely on the show for medical information. But it always seemed to me the show was presenting itself as semi-educational.
Again, awful person, but prayers for his redemption. 🕯
I found it really powerful because it was the first NZ films I'd ever seen. The newsreader was an actual newsreader who appeared nightly on NZ T,V at the time. When someone was paid off for something they were shown being paid in NZ dollars, the bush they scrambled through was NZ bush.
It was the first time I realised the power of seeing the place I lived in portrayed and it had a powerful impact on me.
Radio NZ have had comments flowing in about Sam in the last few hours. My favourite was from an incompetent waitress who had served him years ago. She had been really nervous about serving someone so well known and he tipped her $50, and spoke to her kindly.
He made a career as a JAG officer in the Air Force Reserve.
He was considered a mainline Republican when he became a Senator. He had a few choice words about Trump during Trump's first campaign, and then during Trumps impeachment after January 6, but he did not vote to impeach.
He was always an interventionist--he never saw a war he did not like. He probably kept Trump from abandoning Ukraine all together.
He knew which side his bread was buttered on. He realized he had to join the Trump machine if he wanted to remain a Senator from South Carolina.
It is said of all the people in the Senate, he enjoyed his position the most.
Yes, he was a man of contradictions. But he could work across the aisle to move the work of the Senate.