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    Humor 8/24/2025

    I'll get us started today.
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    Connie Francis, 'Pretty Little Baby' singer, dead at 87

    https://variety.com/2025/music/news/connie-francis-dead-pretty-little-baby-stupid-cupid-singer-1236463533/ and https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/connie-francis-pretty-little-baby-singer-dead-87 Per Fox: Connie Francis, known for musical hits such as "Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool" and...
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    Bobby Sherman, Singer and TV Actor, Dies at 81

    Variety.com obit: https://variety.com/2025/music/news/bobby-sherman-dead-singer-actor-1236439296/ Bobby Sherman, a singer and actor who became a quintessential shaggy-haired teen idol of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died Tuesday at age 81. His wife, Brigette Poublon Sherman, had announced...
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    George Foreman, heavyweight boxing champion and entrepreneur, dead at 76

    George Foreman, heavyweight champion, dead at 76 | Fox News excerpt: Heavyweight champion George Foreman has died at the age of 76, his family announced Friday. Foreman died surrounded by loved ones, his family said. "Our hearts are broken," the family wrote in an Instagram post. "With...
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    NRA Board Ballot - Reformers?

    Got my annual ballot in the mail today. As usual, I have no idea who most of these people are. Can anyone point me to nominees who support reform like we had last year with Mr Knox and those he pointed us to?
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    F-18F Super Hornet shot down by "friendly" fire

    News outlets are reporting the USS Gettysburg shot down a Super Hornet shortly after it took off from USS Harry S Truman last night. The crew successfully ejected with one of the two crew reported with minor injuries. Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent '''friendly fire'''...
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    Microsoft widget says it's really warm in Colorado

    This just popped up on my desktop widget...Something's not right here.
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    NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison dies at 86

    [ NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison dies at 86 | Fox News ] "The NASCAR world lost one of its legends Saturday when Bobby Allison died at the age of 86. NASCAR released a statement from Allison's family that said he died at home in Mooresville, North Carolina. A cause of death wasn't given...
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    SCOTUS rules in unanimous decision in NRA vs New York 1st Amendment case

    Supreme Court sides with NRA in free speech dispute with New York regulator - CBS News Washington - ” The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of the National Rifle Association in a dispute over whether its free speech rights were violated when the top financial regulator for New York state...
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    Wreck of USS Harder (SS-257) found

    Wreck of America’s most lethal World War II sub found near the Philippines | Stars and Stripes An organization on a quest to find and memorialize all 52 U.S. submarines lost during World War II has located the wreck of the USS Harder, a sub credited with sinking the most enemy warships during...
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    Bernard Hill, actor in LoTR and Titanic, has passed away

    "Bernard Hill, the actor known for playing King Theoden in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and Captain Edward Smith in "Titanic," has died. He was 79. Hill died early on Sunday morning, his agent Lou Colson confirmed to Variety. He was with his fiance Alison and his son Gabriel. No cause of...
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    General Alfred M. Gray, 29th Commandant USMC, has passed away

    Death of General Alfred M. Gray, 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps > United States Marine Corps Flagship > Press Release Display excerpts from the article linked above: "It is with great sadness that the Marine Corps announces the death of the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps, General...
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    Carl Weathers, "Rocky" Apollo Creed and "Mandalorian" Actor, Dies at 76

    Carl Weathers, "Rocky" Apollo Creed and "Mandalorian" Actor, Dies at 76 Carl Weathers Dead: Rocky's Apollo Creed, Star Wars, Predator Actor Was 76 Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four "Rocky" films opposite Sylvester Stallone, died Thursday, his manager Matt Luber...
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    David Soul has passed away - Starsky & Hutch

    David Soul Dead: 'Starsky & Hutch' Star Was 80 David Soul, who starred as Sergeant Kenneth Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson in the TV series "Starsky & Hutch," died Thursday, his wife announced on his website. He was 80. "David Soul — beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother — died...
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    Justice Sandra Day O'Conner has passed

    Sandra Day O’Connor, former Supreme Court Justice, dead at 93 Retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died, the high court announced. She was 93. O'Connor died Friday morning in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia...
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    Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has died, 96

    Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96 | Fox News Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter died with her family by her side at her home in Plains, Georgia on Sunday, according to a statement by The Carter Center. She was 96. The wife of the 39th President of the United States died after she was...
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    Legendary college basketball coach Bobby Knight dead at 83

    Legendary college basketball coach Bob Knight dead at 83 | Fox News Bob Knight, one of the most legendary college basketball coaches of all time, died Wednesday at the age of 83. Knight was a three-time national champion and made five Final Fours, all during his 29-season tenure at Indiana...
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    Brooks Robinson, MLB Hall of Famer, has died

    Orioles legend Brooks Robinson dead at 86 Robinson won 16 Gold Glove Awards and was an 18-time All-Star The Baltimore Orioles announced Tuesday that franchise legend Brooks Robinson has died at the age of 86. Nicknamed "the Human Vacuum Cleaner," Robinson is perhaps the greatest defensive...
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    NFL Hall of famer Jim Brown has passed away

    "Cleveland Browns legend Jim Brown has died at the age of 87. Brown is one of the greatest running backs of all time, having won three MVPs (including in his rookie season in 1957) and being named to nine All-Pro teams, eight of which he was a First-teamer. Brown led the NFL in rushing yards...
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    President Carter's time on Earth nearing an end

    His family released the following statement this afternoon: ""After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention," a statement from the...
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