Murph Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 On 11/30/2023 at 9:02 PM, Ivanhoe said: Horrible man, did more damage than any other US secretary of state in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Got America out of Vietnam, laid the ground for peace between Israel and Egypt, reduced the megatonage between the superpowers, albeit briefly. There has been worse, much worse. I think Al Haig was far worse personally. I struggle to think of anything good that useless fucker did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Fredriksson Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Actor Andre Braugher, at 61. For me best known for his role in "Homicide..." series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Stefan Fredriksson said: Actor Andre Braugher, at 61. For me best known for his role in "Homicide..." series. Most Americans know him for his role in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and he is good at deadpan humor, but IMHO his work on Homicide was exceptional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickM Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said: Most Americans know him for his role in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and he is good at deadpan humor, but IMHO his work on Homicide was exceptional. Braugher's one man honor guard for Det. Steve Crosetti literally moved me to tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 Great actor. Only saw him in Homicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 He was pretty good as a keen young intellectual turned soldier in Glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Yeah, thats the only thing I know him for. He did a real good job with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrustMe Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) He was also in a favorite film of mine "The Mist" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%20mist Edited December 14, 2023 by TrustMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Paint Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Robert Pardo - https://nypost.com/2023/12/17/news/air-force-legend-robert-bob-pardo-famous-for-pardos-push-maneuver-dead-at-89/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardo's_Push Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 On 12/14/2023 at 2:10 AM, Stuart Galbraith said: Yeah, thats the only thing I know him for. He did a real good job with that. You really should try to find Homicide on one of the free online channels. IMHO its one of the best police procedurals done in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Wire, Homicide and... pretty much nothing else could be compared. There were decent attempts, Southland was good, as was Bosch and few more, but IMO nothing managed to really get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrustMe Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I have fond memories of Hill Street Blues from 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 7 hours ago, TrustMe said: I have fond memories of Hill Street Blues from 1982. Available on Disney Plus as well as NYPD Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrustMe Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, R011 said: Available on Disney Plus as well as NYPD Blue. I don't have Disney Plus but I can get the first few seasons on a free UK only steaming site "All Four". It's worth watching just for the intro theme tune Edited December 19, 2023 by TrustMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 4 hours ago, TrustMe said: I don't have Disney Plus but I can get the first few seasons on a free UK only steaming site "All Four". It's worth watching just for the intro theme tune One of the best ever! And a real change from what cop shows used to look like right there. No sunny California skies and palm trees, just a rainy, snow covered, miserable north eastern urban landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Used to like NYPD Blue. At least in part because of Kim Delaney I suspect. There is quite a lot of old TV series on Youtube if you are willing to look for them. Danger UXB and the Sandbaggers foremost among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I did the Sandbagger series. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Jones Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 2023 claims another one https://www.wbtv.com/2023/12/27/tommy-smothers-smothers-brothers-comedy-duo-dies/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 On 12/20/2023 at 9:02 PM, Ivanhoe said: I did the Sandbagger series. Interesting. Yes, it seems to have a popular following in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Wolfgang Schäuble, long-time professional politician. MP from 1972 to 2023, and as such the longest-serving member of all time in Germany. Negotiated the terms of the German reunification as minister of the interior, balanced the budget as a minister of finance under Merkel, president of parliament, and has been credited to move the the German capital from west German Bonn back to Berlin with a speech that may have tipped the vote in favor of Berlin. Also, suffered from paraplegia as the result of an October 1990 assassination attempt. His involvement in the shady financing practices of the Christian Democratic Party probably killed his chances at becoming the Chancellor of Germany, creating the conditions for Angela Merkel to bypass him and other influential party figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Yeah, he was heir apparent to Helmut Kohl whom he first served as chief of staff before becoming interior minister for the first time. Many expected he would get the nod for the 1998 candidacy, but then Kohl decided to run for an unprecedented fifth term, and promptly got shot down in flames by Gerhard Schröder. In fairness, that might just have saved Schäuble from the same fate; after 16 years of CDU-led government, with resentment over the effects of reunification mounting, there was a clear popular mood for change. He became CDU head afterwards, but stepped down over the financing scandal, clearing the way for Merkel. The ultimate party soldier, loyal to a fault, if personally often abrasive; 50 years in politics, getting shot in the spine halfway through, will do that to people of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sielbeck Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Gaston Glock, creator of handgun that flooded the world, dies at 94 https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/12/28/gaston-glock-handgun-dies/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Actor Tom Wilkinson (age 75) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 And what a fine actor he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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