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2016-08-17 -Obits-

John McLaughlin dead at 89, hosted 'The McLaughlin Group' since 1982

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "Bye Bye!"
Heck of good run.

Posted by Nguard 2016-08-17 00:09|| 2016-08-17 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually his prediction rate was much much worse than random chance - around %15.

Posted by 3dc 2016-08-17 00:48|| 2016-08-17 00:48|| Front Page Top

#3 i was like "Oh Nooooes - not my favorite musician" - ok powers above, thanks for that.

Having said that, this old dude was about the only thing I could watch on PBS and not go Trigglypuff

Pass with grace into the house of the Lord

Posted by Bov Flimbers 2016-08-17 01:39|| 2016-08-17 01:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Trigglypuff. So that's what I was doing.
God rest his soul.

Posted by jvalentour 2016-08-17 01:43|| 2016-08-17 01:43|| Front Page Top

#5 'One of the early talking heads telling us what to think...'
Sorry, 'impartially consolidating many selected streams of information and opinion through inspired pseudolectuals so that we could make informed decisions about the world's events'...no, that's not right either...

Posted by Skidmark 2016-08-17 12:04|| 2016-08-17 12:04|| Front Page Top

#6 He was one of my teachers at Fairfield Prep, in Connecticut. Just the same in class as he was on television. AMDG.

Posted by Sgt.D.T. 2016-08-17 19:22|| 2016-08-17 19:22|| Front Page Top

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