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Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





I only know what the headlines have shown but there's some wild theory that she's actually dead :shrug:

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Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



Cugel the Clever posted:

Uhh, what's the context? Is the gossip that she's feuding with other royals? Clinically depressive?

Had surgery for something in January and hasn't been seen since.

Nystral
Feb 6, 2002

Every man likes a pretty girl with him at a skeleton dance.

Midjack posted:

Had surgery for something in January and hasn't been seen since.

She hasn’t made a formal public appearance or even some generic “thanks for the well wishes” statement. However there was a photo snapped of her riding in a car driven by her mom.

General thoughts are that whatever caused the surgery in the first place was far more serious than initially reported.

Terrifying Effigies
Oct 22, 2008

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

It was abdominal surgery which 'does not involve cancer' with no further details. And what with Charles getting a cancer diagnosis during unrelated surgery it's got the establishment spun up in rumor mode.

My Spirit Otter
Jun 15, 2006


CANADA DOESN'T GET PENS LIKE THIS

SKILCRAFT KREW Reppin' Quality Blind Made American Products. Bitch.
onvipusly prince phillips dying wish was to rpincess diana her as well, to keep the family tradition strong

lightpole
Jun 4, 2004
I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

i hate living in a future where we didn't get president Schwarzenegger but got loving Trump

I love Arnold and thought he was a good governor but he is also a Republican and had some very Republican calls.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
Arnold's an interesting case because as far as he's concerned The American Dream™ is real, because it happened to him*. Of course he's pro-business and all that poo poo, because in his case it worked.

*Insert all necessary caveats you feel free to bring up here because yeah. And even with all of that, immigrant bodybuilder to international movie star to state governor is one hell of an outlier.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Arnold's an interesting case because as far as he's concerned The American Dream™ is real, because it happened to him*. Of course he's pro-business and all that poo poo, because in his case it worked.

*Insert all necessary caveats you feel free to bring up here because yeah. And even with all of that, immigrant bodybuilder to international movie star to state governor is one hell of an outlier.

I'm fairly certain it's unique

Wombot
Sep 11, 2001

This is a good overview of the image and what's wrong with it: https://bsky.app/profile/fmark.bsky.social/post/3knewtu4vo22w

The big deal is that this is an official photo from Kensington Palace/the Royal family. You've now got the AP calling them an untrustworthy source.

Jimmy Smuts
Aug 8, 2000

Even though I didn't vote for him, I do miss being able to say that my governor can beat up your governor.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
It’s really funny that BBC & co. were slamming “wild” conspiracy theories hours before that photo was exposed as a sham.

It’s within her family’s rights to stay tight‐lipped, but lmao what an unforced error.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
You'd think the Palace could just say "she's taking a deliberate break from the public eye and spending time with her family in private, now gently caress off". Even if it isn't true the only people who would complain are the gutter press and scumfuck paparazzi.

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011
Liz's last will and testament was "would you mind whacking this one too? thanks"

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
lmao at the Beeb phraseology here

Princess of Wales: Kate image withdrawn by four news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns

quote:

It has become a regular routine for the royal couple to release their own photos of special family occasions. More often than not, the photos are taken by Catherine and are issued to the media with instructions on how they can be used.

But, before Prince William's image of his family was posted online, it would have gone through the social media team at Kensington Palace who manage the online accounts of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

It may well have been that some editing was done on the original photo which has now resulted in the discrepancies in its appearance.

The implication here is not that the entire photo is a fake or that the Princess of Wales is more unwell than she appears in the image. That seems unlikely and would be a very high-risk strategy from the Kensington Palace team.

quote:

At this stage, the more likely explanation is that some overzealous editing of the picture to get it ready for publication has actually cast doubt on its authenticity.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

Parliament is going to spend the next two years holding hearings about this so they can continue to ignore actual issues.

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Lol royals

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

You'd think the Palace could just say "she's taking a deliberate break from the public eye and spending time with her family in private, now gently caress off". Even if it isn't true the only people who would complain are the gutter press and scumfuck paparazzi.

FLOTUS disappeared for a month and Trump dealt with it by pointing at an empty window off in the distance and asking if we could all see her standing there, smiling

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
What's wild is that all this "Kate Middleton is dead" poo poo was basically pizzagate-level conspiracy nonsense with zero proof until yesterday.

Overnight, it's shifted to an official source openly admitting to photoshopping her into poo poo with the excuse of "sometimes I dabble in graphics design":

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1767137629743563259?t=Juk_iDS8OVG8y1GKWpE1hg&s=19

I went from "what are these weirdos talking about" to "oh she's dead as hell" in about a day

Nuclear Tourist
Apr 7, 2005

Never thought I'd actually see the graphic design is my passion excuse in real life, maybe they should change the font on the Buckingham Palace stationary to comic sans while they're at it.

Eason the Fifth
Apr 9, 2020
Anxiously awaiting the Middleton medical scandal episode of The Crown season 14

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
I am hearing that on her deathbed, Kate Middleton received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahadah. Even now she looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but God, and Muhammad is his prophet!

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

https://twitter.com/SwissWatchGuy/status/1766898835584864380?t=P3DhFBzAQZIx63OcRCBTnQ&s=19

LtCol J. Krusinski
May 7, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

facialimpediment posted:

I am hearing that on her deathbed, Kate Middleton received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahadah. Even now she looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but God, and Muhammad is his prophet!

See, this bit is hilarious to me for reasons I can’t explain but it lives rent free in my head and I have at least once crossed the line with in this thread, even.

But know that I lol’d and will always lol at that bit.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

See, this bit is hilarious to me for reasons I can’t explain but it lives rent free in my head and I have at least once crossed the line with in this thread, even.

But know that I lol’d and will always lol at that bit.

we just need a way for this to somehow intersect with Jeb! to make a twofer of copypastas that will never stop making me laugh

but really I'm just pissed that Shaun King apparently converted on the first day of Ramadan just for the clicks and failed to get the copypasta correct

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

facialimpediment posted:

we just need a way for this to somehow intersect with Jeb! to make a twofer of copypastas that will never stop making me laugh

but really I'm just pissed that Shaun King apparently converted on the first day of Ramadan just for the clicks and failed to get the copypasta correct

That loving grifter did what

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

pantslesswithwolves posted:

That loving grifter did what

https://twitter.com/KareemRifai/status/1766991572661399933

https://www.newarab.com/news/did-shaun-king-convert-islam

quote:

Prominent African-American activist and writer Shaun King converted to Islam at a mosque in Texas on Sunday, along with his wife Rai, according to a video that has since gone viral online.

The video shows Palestinian-American imam Omar Suleiman guiding King through the shahadah - the Muslim profession of faith.

After reciting the shahadah in Arabic and English in front of other followers, King can be seen passing the microphone to his wife Rai, wearing a brown hijab, who also takes the oath.

King linked his decision to convert to Malcom X's heritage and to his longtime friendships with Muslims, but also to the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

"I don't know that I would be here today without the past six months of suffering and pain and trauma that we've seen in Gaza," King said after converting.

stealie72
Jan 10, 2007

facialimpediment posted:

we just need a way for this to somehow intersect with Jeb! to make a twofer of copypastas that will never stop making me laugh

but really I'm just pissed that Shaun King apparently converted on the first day of Ramadan just for the clicks and failed to get the copypasta correct
If it makes you feel any better, when I saw a tweet about it, my brain immediately went to the copypasta.

maffew buildings
Apr 29, 2009

too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned
lol, lmao, and also rofl x1000

Eason the Fifth
Apr 9, 2020
is he taking a new name? W.E.B. DeFraud?

Bored As Fuck
Jan 1, 2006
Fun Shoe
Lmao that guy is such a hack

CainFortea
Oct 15, 2004





5 fuckin hour dinner listening to this poo poo head?

Plastic_Gargoyle
Aug 3, 2007

CainFortea posted:




5 fuckin hour dinner listening to this poo poo head?

"human rights leader" sets off so many alarm bells

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



Bored As gently caress posted:

Lmao that guy is such a hack

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

CainFortea posted:

5 fuckin hour dinner listening to this poo poo head?

I knew there was a racket somewhere, I just didn't care/know where to look.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
Which idiot grifter is Shaun King again? I don't want to pollute my impeccable search history of porn and video game cheats with his name.

stealie72
Jan 10, 2007
And Iftar doesn't start till 7:01 in Montreal on Friday, so 2 hours waiting to eat listening to that schmuck.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

CainFortea posted:




5 fuckin hour dinner listening to this poo poo head?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUj-65MxhEA

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

stealie72 posted:

And Iftar doesn't start till 7:01 in Montreal on Friday, so 2 hours waiting to eat listening to that schmuck.

You don’t even need to look it up this close to the equinox.

It’s basically the same everywhere, minus daylight saving time and how far you are from your time zone’s ideal center.

CainFortea
Oct 15, 2004


Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Which idiot grifter is Shaun King again? I don't want to pollute my impeccable search history of porn and video game cheats with his name.

His sins are legion and i'm not sure which one would ring your bell, but he's always attaching himself to any vaguely leftist movement and stealing money from it. He's also frequently made social media tweets doxxing people he says are violent racists, he's proven wrong, and then he just deletes the tweets and never mentions it again.

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Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Boeing whistleblower shot himself three times in the back of the head

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703

quote:

A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US.
John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.
In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.
Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett's passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.
It said the 62-year-old had died from a "self-inflicted" wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

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