Michael Clarke Duncan dies aged 54

Hospitalised since a heart attack on July 13th, Mr. Duncan's publicist released a statement to the press confirming that despite nearly two months of treatment the star had died Monday morning in a Los Angeles hospital.

The former celebrity bodyguard turned Academy Award nominated actor rose to fame for his role in The Green Mile opposite Tom Hanks, as well as films such as Armageddon, The Whole Nine Yards, Daredevil, Sin City and TV show The Finder.

"I identified with John Coffey in the fact that we both had troubled times, we are both big, and by looking at us, you would be fearful of your life if you met us in a dark alley." - Michael Clarke Duncan

Source: LA Times

Tear-jerking testament to 'nature red in tooth & claw'

The list of films, books and songs that are capable of making me cry is extensive. The list of things that genuinely upset or distress me is far shorter but has just grown by one.

"People die because they lack health insurance and more will die if Romney wins and the Affordable Care Act is repealed. That point needs to be made."

I genuinely wonder if those calling for "Obamacare" to be scrapped realise that doing so will kill people.

Real actual people, dead because reforming the U.S. healthcare goes against whatever belief it is they have in maintaining the status quo. I'd like to think they were unaware of it, or had failed to consider it, rather than believe that such large numbers of Americans would so callously dispose of the lives of their fellow citizens.



People will also die because the Affordable Care Act does not go far enough in providing for those citizens who need help the most, but it seems unlikely that an American NHS will come into being any time soon despite it being cheaper and more effective than the current regime.

Via: eclectablog

29 phrases that are always followed by very bad things

YouTube masters Rhett & Link, have put together a compilation of utterances that are inevitably followed by death or serious injury for the speaker, in a manner likely to earn them a Darwin Award nomination.