The problem, of course, is that if the military told him that they think the guy who blew himself to bits was al-Baghdadi, but they’re no more than 70% sure really, you know Trump would still run with it. And at least publicly, the military wouldn’t contradict him, so it might take days for their doubts to be leaked to the media.
And who knows how long it would be before ISIS said anything, one way or the other. When he was dead back in 2017, months went by before he wasn’t dead anymore.
RTF, it sounds as if you don’t want those points!
Oh, I want them. But having been through this in 2017, I only want them if they won’t have to be retracted later.
But wait! It is only the 28th of October, not December! I had him on my list for a few years, but gave up on ever getting confirm-able points for him. Congratulations to those who stuck with him. (and to all others who are celebrating his death)
If it’s true, then I will have earned my first-ever points in my three years of playing!
Robert Evans died.
Kay Hagan, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015, died earlier today at age 66.
Ok, I’m going to go ahead and award the points for Baghdadi. Look at that, a spread of only ten points between the top three.
1 RTFirefly 343 7 0
2 GIGObuster 339 7 1
3 Registered at Last 333 8 1
4 Happy Lendervedder 266 6 0
5 CAMJAY77 250 5 1
6 Little Nemo 225 4 0
7 Hoopy Frood 207 4 0
8 Its Not Rocket Surgery 199 5 0
9 carnivorousplant 196 4 0
9 jeezums 196 4 0
11 FavreCo 177 4 0
12 bowler girl 159 4 0
13 Queen Annes Lace 155 4 0
14 RobotDevilDog 122 4 1
15 candide 116 2 0
16 melondeca 114 3 0
17 Mahaloth 99 3 1
18 amarinth 96 3 1
19 The Kraken 86 2 0
20 5-time champ 76 2 1
21 Mean Mr. Mustard 74 2 0
22 Borborygmi 72 2 0
23 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0
23 phungi 71 1 0
25 Loach 70 2 1
26 Kitten Mitten 65 2 0
26 Tangent 65 2 0
28 Cazzle 64 4 3
29 ataraxy22 52 1 0
29 meghan 52 1 0
29 Ponch8 52 1 0
32 The Vorlon 49 1 0
33 Team Dirt 47 2 1
34 Captain Klutz 45 1 0
35 Bayaker 44 2 0
36 kayT 43 2 1
37 Spiff 40 2 0
38 Mona Lott 35 2 0
39 GuanoLad 27 2 1
40 Paul in Qatar 25 1 1
41 Dr. Girlfriend 20 1 0
41 eschereal 20 1 0
41 imthjckaz 20 1 0
41 krondys 20 1 0
41 nearwildheaven 20 1 0
41 Stephe96 20 1 0
47 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0
47 kopek 19 1 0
47 Shoeless 19 1 0
50 justmeetee 18 2 1
51 Allecher 15 1 0
51 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0
51 J-PL 15 1 0
51 notfrommensa 15 1 0
51 zamboniracer 15 1 0
56 CreaseMunky 12 1 1
57 SpoilerVirgin 10 2 1
58 Andrew 21 9 3 1
59 zadscmc 8 1 1
60 commasense 6 2 1
61 Biotop 3 1 0
61 lel 3 1 0
Woohoo!! This is the latest in the year I’ve ever been in the lead!
But uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, and all that stuff. With two players within ten points, all it takes is one death on either of their lists that aren’t on my list, and it’s back to second place.
But who knows - my slender lead might just hold up for the next nine weeks and a day. You never know. 
What you really need is for Kim Woo Bin to shuffle off this mortal coil
RTF has four remaining picks that neither GIGO or Registered has. GIGO does not have Greg Gilbert but the other two do. Registered has three picks that are unique in that group, and GIGO has five. This could go a lot of different ways.
Robert Evans, Hollywood movie producer, is dead at 89. He is best known for his work on Rosemary’s Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown.
Last time I checked, he was looking disgustingly healthy.
Actually, I’ve only got three remaining picks that neither of the other two have. All three of us have Linda Nolan, GIGObuster and I have Kamala (the wrestler, not the Presidiential candidate), and you’ve already mentioned Gilbert. So GIGObuster actually has just four picks that neither RAL nor I have.
It sure could. And while others like Happy and CAMJAY would need two deaths from their lists to overtake me, well, that can happen! After all, I’m in the lead because four celebs on my list have kicked the bucket since mid-September. (I promise not to activate the Infinite Improbability Drive any more this year. :))
Nick Tosches, biographer and novelist.
Jerry Fogel, actor.
John Downs, sketch artist famous for the trial of John Wayne Gacy and the assassination of JFK.
This is actually one of the most suspenseful and exciting end games in quite a while…Knowing how close the leaders are makes one keep a close eye on their picks too.
Actor/comedian John Witherspoon dies at 77
Rudy Boesch, Navy Seal and contestant on the First US Survivor TV show, has died at age 91.
I respected him and his service…but not in a homosexual kind of way*.
Seriously, he seemed like a pretty good guy. He had a show after Survivor where Seals went up against Marines and Rangers. It was pretty good.
*He famously said a phrase like this on Survivor.
Honestly, the only time I watched that show was to see more of Colleen Haskell
Actor Brian Tarantina has died at 60.
He did not see this coming.