16 Sep
1:30pm, 16 Sep 2024
25,614 posts
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larkim
rf_fozzy wrote: I would expect there to be significant noise around it all of course. It's the "noise" that would be terrifying. Jan 6th would be a calm day out with the WI by comparison. |
16 Sep
1:34pm, 16 Sep 2024
9,421 posts
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Pothunter
Statistically speaking being president is the most dangerous job in the USA. Out of 46 presidents (actually only 45 people because Cleveland counts twice) four have been assassinated and another 4 have died in office. |
16 Sep
1:43pm, 16 Sep 2024
24,764 posts
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3M
Only 9 UK sitting MPs have been assassinated/murdered, according to Wikipedia. That includes one Prime Minister, back in 1812. en.wikipedia.org Definitely a better bet than serving as POTUS. |
16 Sep
2:08pm, 16 Sep 2024
33,125 posts
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Johnny Blaze
That's quite a high fatality rate!
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16 Sep
2:08pm, 16 Sep 2024
33,126 posts
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Johnny Blaze
The US one I mean.
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16 Sep
2:11pm, 16 Sep 2024
50,944 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I missed the word "recently". I meant in the last few years. Was just contrasting the thread to Trump and others in US politics with our very actual deaths in UK and avoiding glass house pitfall! Starmer considering swapping Rwanda for Albania for migrant processing. No, bring them here legally, process them quickly and humanely. The tiny percentage who don't qualify for asylum (more than 80% do qualify after processing?), send them back. Hmm. |
16 Sep
2:18pm, 16 Sep 2024
6,455 posts
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paulcook
Johnny Blaze wrote: That's quite a high fatality rate! The most dangerous job in the world is apparently logging. (* I'm not entirely convinced giving soldiers, etc, don't appear on any of the lists but logging is down on multiple sources so I'm going with it) Anyway death rate of 111 per 100,000 US president (I'm counting assassination only) is 8888 per 100,000. Quite the challenge. I suspect there's some (many?) countries with worse chances. |
16 Sep
2:47pm, 16 Sep 2024
21,868 posts
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Cerrertonia
paulcook wrote: I suspect there's some (many?) countries with worse chances. My out of date copy of the Guinness Book of World Records says it's a 3-way tie between USA, Spain and Dominican Republic! |
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16 Sep
2:50pm, 16 Sep 2024
24,767 posts
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3M
Mind you, there's an urban myth to the effect that many beavers are also killed by falling trees. Maybe it's nature's way of saying "gerroff!".
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16 Sep
2:57pm, 16 Sep 2024
6,456 posts
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paulcook
Cerrertonia wrote: Dominican Republic! Jeez. en.wikipedia.org Ousted by coup d'etat Ousted by coup d'etat Ousted by coup d'etat Ousted by coup d'etat Interim Ousted by coup d'etat Ousted by coup d'etat Assassinated Ousted by coup d'etat Ousted by coup d'etat Resigned Resigned Nice safe job! |
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