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[russsnyder]

Could there be two people on the planet that are more completely opposite than Prince Phillip and DMX?

 

 I was thinking the same thing.

 

 RIP to both gentlemen,

[Mark Carver]

Prince Philip dies at 99

Yes he was married to the Queen of England. But before that he served his adopted country proudly and bravely as a decorated WWII combat veteran. At the age of 19 in January 1940 he was posted to the Royal Navy and at the age of 21 he became one of the youngest to be a First Lieutenant and second-in-command on board the HMS Wallace, a escort destroyer.

 

https://www.business...d-war-ii-2021-4

[Old Man]

Yes he was married to the Queen of England. But before that he served his adopted country proudly and bravely as a decorated WWII combat veteran. At the age of 19 in January 1940 he was posted to the Royal Navy and at the age of 21 he became one of the youngest to be a First Lieutenant and second-in-command on board the HMS Wallace, a escort destroyer.

 

https://www.business...d-war-ii-2021-4

Unlike his son, British people respected the man.

 

He didnt retire from official duties until he was 96.

[NewMarketSean]

Wasn't a huge DMX fan, but he definitely had some bangers. Seems like we've been losing rappers at young ages recently.

 

Prince Phillip...99 years as a royal. Not a bad life even though I am sure he had his struggles like everyone does. I wonder how long the queen hangs on now. When one person in a couple dies, especially after being together for so long and with her being 94 herself, the other usually doesn't last much longer.

[Old Man]

https://www.tmz.com/...ad-dies-cancer/

[BSLChrisStoner]

Bernie Madoff.  Still such a crazy story.

[russsnyder]

Bernie Madoff. Still such a crazy story.

A story that is still hard to believe. He was so revered on Wall Street that he was the non executive Director of Nasdaq before he was arrested by the feds.

[BSLMikeLowe]

If it weren't for the big financial crisis in 2008, and all his clients desperate for cash he didn't have, who knows how much longer he could have gotten away with it?

[russsnyder]

If it weren't for the big financial crisis in 2008, and all his clients desperate for cash he didn't have, who knows how much longer he could have gotten away with it?

Good point.

Since he was working his scheme in the 70's, he probably had a couple of close calls. (1987 comes to mind) Ultimately, it was bound to come crashing down. It came down hard on a lot of people in this case.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Good point.

Since he was working his scheme in the 70's, he probably had a couple of close calls. (1987 comes to mind) Ultimately, it was bound to come crashing down. It came down hard on a lot of people in this case.

It did, though it’s also noteworthy that many of his victims are close to getting back much of the money he actually stole from them, around $20B. That’s probably not of much consolation to them, since those phony returns he said they’d earned, and they assumed they had, (about $45B) will never exist. But it’s pretty rare to recover as much money as they have from a Ponzi scheme.

[Nigel Tufnel]

Without Madoff, there might have been no Bobby Bonilla day, so at least he gave us that.

[russsnyder]

It did, though it’s also noteworthy that many of his victims are close to getting back much of the money he actually stole from them, around $20B. That’s probably not of much consolation to them, since those phony returns he said they’d earned, and they assumed they had, (about $45B) will never exist. But it’s pretty rare to recover as much money as they have from a Ponzi scheme.

That is very noteworthy.

[NewMarketSean]

British actress Helen McCrory died at 52 of breast cancer. Wife of Damien Lewis from Band of Brothers and Billions.

 

Dang. I recently watched Peaky Blinders which was amazing and she was in the main cast. That sucks.

 

Was also in Harry Potter movies and Skyfall.

[Old Man]

https://www.tmz.com/...uie-dead-at-77/

 

RIP

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Jim Steinman, writer of Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Total Eclipse of the Heart, and Making Love Out of Nothing at All.

[Old Man]

Jim Steinman, writer of Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Total Eclipse of the Heart, and Making Love Out of Nothing at All.

Love the name Meat Loaf, but love his songs too.

[Old Man]

https://www.tmz.com/...rter-minnesota/

[Nigel Tufnel]

Here's Steinman talking about Phil Rizzuto's part in Paradise by the Dashboard Light.

 

[Mark Carver]

Clayton Schenkelberg, reportedly the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 103

 

He drove a train loaded with torpedoes away from strafing Japanese planes

 

In between he experienced one of the most fateful days in modern U.S. history, the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that shoved the United States into World War II. A Navy torpedoman at a submarine base, Schenkelberg volunteered to drive a train loaded with the underwater missiles away from strafing Japanese airplanes. Then he ran to an armory, grabbed a rifle, and started shooting back.

 

https://www.sandiego...r-survivor-dies

 

[Mike B]

Clayton Schenkelberg, reportedly the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 103

 

He drove a train loaded with torpedoes away from strafing Japanese planes

 

 

https://www.sandiego...r-survivor-dies

 

There are not many left from WW2, but what those men did and lived through will never be forgotten.

RIP to a true American hero,