Grumpy cat? I thought you guys were going to tell me someone of consequence passed away... like a Tim Conway or something.
Author Herman Wouk at 103 https://www.npr.org/2019/05/17/4687...binson-of-jewish-american-fiction-dies-at-103
F1 champion and aviation entrepreneur Niki Lauda dies at 70https://t.co/vuHpQZceBc— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) May 21, 2019
Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a courtroom and died, officials say. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48668941
for lack of a better thread... Tree that some say inspired Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax' topples - ABC News https://t.co/1Pschq7KHV— Michael F Ozaki MD (@brontyman) June 18, 2019
1. The Lorax is/was consequential 2. And I said "for lack of a better thread"... Let me ask @superdave to create a thread for the destruction/dead of interesting cultural symbols
Prominent anti-war and gay rights activist Justin Raimondo, 67 https://original.antiwar.com/antiwar_staff/2019/06/27/justin-raimondo-rip-1951-2019/ Justin co-founded Antiwar.com with Eric Garris in 1995. Under their leadership, Antiwar.com became a leading force against U.S. wars and foreign intervention, providing daily and often hourly updates and comprehensive news, analysis, and opinion on war and peace. Inspired by Justin’s spirit, vision, and energy, Antiwar.com will go on. Justin (born Dennis Raimondo, November 18, 1951) grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York and, as a teenager, became a libertarian. He was a fierce advocate of peace who hated war, and an early advocate of gay liberation. He wrote frequently for many different publications and authored several books. He was also politically active in both the Libertarian and Republican parties. . . . . Justin was very active politically from an early age. In the mid to late 1970s, he worked to get the Libertarian Party to accept gay rights and was a participant in the gay liberation movement in San Francisco. Justin was one of the activists who spoke out strongly against the Dan White verdict. White was found guilty of manslaughter and given a 7-year prison sentence for killing San Francisco mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, two prominent gay rights advocates. Justin thought that White should have been found guilty of first-degree murder. His powerful booklet about the case, In Praise of Outlaws, was published by the Students for a Libertarian Society. Justin CO-founded the Libertarian Party Radical Caucus (LPRC) in late 1978. Economist Murray Rothbard joined a few months later. Around the same time, Justin became one of the first employees of the newly formed Students for a Libertarian Society. Shortly after Democratic US Senator Sam Nunn and other members of Congress moved to reinstate the military draft and draft registration, Justin helped organize a number of anti-draft rallies that were held around the country on May 1, 1979. The LPRC disbanded in 1983.