Jack Kerouac ? I play games like this all the time to exercise my memory...
Santa said
05:34 PM Feb 22, 2024
Not Jack Kerouac Hanna.
Extraordinary Rendition said
06:23 PM Feb 22, 2024
OK But I must be getting warm surely ? A dissident that annoyed a lot of people in the Great Game? One whose persona has been co opted for all sorts of adjacent agendas..???? I know I know !!! Gotta be Gotta be .. Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov ??
Santa said
01:55 PM Feb 23, 2024
Clue time!
Has been in the news of late.
Extraordinary Rendition said
08:36 PM Feb 23, 2024
I know !!! I know I have got this !!! Hammering it out to reach the touch line and such I feel thsfor once in my pathetic life I am going to get something right and maybee the Pom Pom Girls might nitice me .. Here GOES !!!
Mika Brzezinski
Plain Truth said
08:46 PM Feb 23, 2024
Extraordinary Rendition wrote:
I know !!! I know I have got this !!! Hammering it out to reach the touch line and such I feel thsfor once in my pathetic life I am going to get something right and maybee the Pom Pom Girls might nitice me .. Here GOES !!!
Mika Brzezinski
Don't think so,someone just putin his death notice on the web
Santa said
12:26 PM Feb 24, 2024
Think I'll take a break from "Who is this" until things get a little less weird.
Big Gorilla said
08:17 AM Feb 26, 2024
OK, let's try this one:
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 26th of February 2024 09:09:35 AM
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 26th of February 2024 09:19:13 AM
Yulia Borisovna Navalnaya (néeAbrosimova; Russian: , née, IPA:[jljnvalnj]; born 24 July 1976) is a Russian public figure, economistand the widow of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. She has been described in media as the "first lady" of the Russian opposition. After her husband's death, she announced that she will continue his work
Santa said
11:20 AM Feb 27, 2024
Thanks Ken, this gentleman (I use the term loosely) perhaps a little more difficult.
Methinks it is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
Santa said
10:40 AM Mar 5, 2024
StewG wrote:
Methinks it is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
You think correctly Stew.
Sorry about my delayed reply, have been otherwise occupied over the past few days.
Viktor Mihály Orbán[1] (Hungarian:[viktororban]; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has led the Fidesz political party since 1993, with a break between 2000 and 2003.
Orbán studied law at Eötvös Loránd University before entering politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989. Orbán already headed the Hungarian dissident student movement and became nationally known after a 1989 speech in which he openly demanded that Soviet armed forces leave the People's Republic of Hungary. After the end of communism in Hungary in 1989 followed by transition to a multiparty democracy the following year, Orbán was elected to the National Assembly and led Fidesz's parliamentary caucus until 1993.
During Orbán's first term as prime minister, from 1998 to 2002 with him as the head of a conservative coalition government, inflation and the fiscal deficit shrank and Hungary joined NATO. Orbán was the Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2010. In 2010, Orbán was again elected prime minister. Central issues during Orbán's second premiership include controversial constitutional and legislative reforms, in particular the 2013 amendments to the Constitution of Hungary, as well as the European migrant crisis, the lex CEU, and the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary. He was reelected in 2014, 2018, and 2022. On 29 November 2020, he became the country's longest-serving prime minister.[2]
Starting with the Second Orbán Government in 2010, during his uninterrupted stay in power, Orbán has curtailed press freedom, weakened judicial independence, and undermined multiparty democracy, amounting to democratic backsliding during Orbán's tenure.[3][4][5] He frequently styles himself as a defender of Christian values in the face of the European Union, which he claims is anti-nationalist and anti-Christian. His portrayal of the E.U. as a political foe while accepting its money and funneling it to his allies and relatives has led to accusations that his government represents a kleptocracy.[6] It has also been characterized as a hybrid regime and dominant-party system.[7][8][9][10]
Orbán defends his policies as "illiberal Christian democracy".[11][12] As a result, Fidesz was suspended from the European People's Party from March 2019;[13] in March 2021, Fidesz left the EPP over a dispute over new rule-of-law language in the latter's bylaws.[14] In a July 2022 speech, Orbán criticized the miscegenation of European and non-European races, saying: "We [Hungarians] are not a mixed race and we do not want to become a mixed race."[15][16] Two days later in Vienna, he clarified that he was talking about cultures and not about race.[17] His tenure has seen Hungary's government shift towards what he has called "illiberal democracy", while simultaneously promoting Euroscepticism and opposition to liberal democracy and establishment of closer ties with China and Russia.[18][19][20]
I ought to know who that bloke is. I put his picture in this thread during last year, I think.
I reckon that is Edwin Flack
StewG said
08:42 PM Mar 7, 2024
Watsea, you are quite correct. I don't recall seeing your entry before and I won't scan through the previous hundreds of pages to spot it. Edwin Flack is well worth a second run (deliberate pun) anyway.
The first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens from 5 to 10 April 1896.
Edwin Flack, an accountant and Australasian champion runner, is considered Australias first Olympian. He won the 800-metre and 1500-metre sprints, took part in the marathon and won a bronze medal in doubles tennis.
Yes, it is Margaret Whitlam. A quick ID from Santa. I thought that her pic might that longer.
Over to you Santa.
A Bio:
Margaret Elaine Whitlam, AO (née Dovey; 19 November 1919 17 March 2012) was an Australian social campaigner, author, and athlete. She was the wife of Gough Whitlam, the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975, and a representative of Australia in swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney.[1]
Whitlam was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1983 for services to the community.[12] In 1995 she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of New England and, in 1997, became one of the one hundred Australian National Living Treasures.[10] In 2001 she received a Centenary Medal "For outstanding service to Australian society and to the Australian community".[13] In 2007 she and her husband were made national life members of the Australian Labor Party.[1][2]
Just got an unpleasant medical report, my future here is somewhat uncertain.
Will keep you posted.
Big Gorilla said
09:38 AM Apr 7, 2024
Sorry to hear about your medical problem. I understand what you are saying. I have several medical problems, and medication, I take so many i rattle when I walk. Hang in there Santa.
Clue Time: Chances Are he's an American entertainer, Singer..
Santa said
11:10 AM Apr 13, 2024
Morning Ken, I'd say Chances are it's Johnny Mathis.
Big Gorilla said
02:37 PM Apr 13, 2024
Good afternoon Santa. Chances are you are right. Hope you are feeling OK now and nothing serious is catching up with you.
Johnny Mathis
American pop singer
Singer of 1957's "Chances Are" whose distinctive, honeyed vocals and stylistic eclecticism have helped him remain a popular concert attraction. Wikipedia
Great Idea!! Count me in.
Jack Kerouac ? I play games like this all the time to exercise my memory...
Not Jack Kerouac Hanna.
OK But I must be getting warm surely ? A dissident that annoyed a lot of people in the Great Game? One whose persona has been co opted for all sorts of adjacent agendas..???? I know I know !!! Gotta be Gotta be .. Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov ??
Clue time!
Has been in the news of late.
I know !!! I know I have got this !!! Hammering it out to reach the touch line and such I feel thsfor once in my pathetic life I am going to get something right and maybee the Pom Pom Girls might nitice me .. Here GOES !!!
Mika Brzezinski
Don't think so,someone just putin his death notice on the web
Think I'll take a break from "Who is this" until things get a little less weird.
OK, let's try this one:
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 26th of February 2024 09:09:35 AM
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 26th of February 2024 09:19:13 AM
Morning Ken.
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Alexei Navalny who recently died under suspicious circumstances in a Russian prison camp.
She has said she will continue her husbands work, I hope she does'nt meet a similar fate.
You have it Santa. I knew it would be an easy one !!
Yulia Borisovna Abrosimova
24 July 1976 (age 47)
Yulia Borisovna Navalnaya (née Abrosimova; Russian: , née , IPA: [jlj nvalnj]; born 24 July 1976) is a Russian public figure, economist and the widow of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. She has been described in media as the "first lady" of the Russian opposition. After her husband's death, she announced that she will continue his work
Thanks Ken, this gentleman (I use the term loosely) perhaps a little more difficult.
Clue time!
He's the leader of a European nation.
Methinks it is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
You think correctly Stew.
Sorry about my delayed reply, have been otherwise occupied over the past few days.
Viktor Mihály Orbán[1] (Hungarian: [viktor orban] ; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has led the Fidesz political party since 1993, with a break between 2000 and 2003.
Orbán studied law at Eötvös Loránd University before entering politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989. Orbán already headed the Hungarian dissident student movement and became nationally known after a 1989 speech in which he openly demanded that Soviet armed forces leave the People's Republic of Hungary. After the end of communism in Hungary in 1989 followed by transition to a multiparty democracy the following year, Orbán was elected to the National Assembly and led Fidesz's parliamentary caucus until 1993.
During Orbán's first term as prime minister, from 1998 to 2002 with him as the head of a conservative coalition government, inflation and the fiscal deficit shrank and Hungary joined NATO. Orbán was the Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2010. In 2010, Orbán was again elected prime minister. Central issues during Orbán's second premiership include controversial constitutional and legislative reforms, in particular the 2013 amendments to the Constitution of Hungary, as well as the European migrant crisis, the lex CEU, and the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary. He was reelected in 2014, 2018, and 2022. On 29 November 2020, he became the country's longest-serving prime minister.[2]
Starting with the Second Orbán Government in 2010, during his uninterrupted stay in power, Orbán has curtailed press freedom, weakened judicial independence, and undermined multiparty democracy, amounting to democratic backsliding during Orbán's tenure.[3][4][5] He frequently styles himself as a defender of Christian values in the face of the European Union, which he claims is anti-nationalist and anti-Christian. His portrayal of the E.U. as a political foe while accepting its money and funneling it to his allies and relatives has led to accusations that his government represents a kleptocracy.[6] It has also been characterized as a hybrid regime and dominant-party system.[7][8][9][10]
Orbán defends his policies as "illiberal Christian democracy".[11][12] As a result, Fidesz was suspended from the European People's Party from March 2019;[13] in March 2021, Fidesz left the EPP over a dispute over new rule-of-law language in the latter's bylaws.[14] In a July 2022 speech, Orbán criticized the miscegenation of European and non-European races, saying: "We [Hungarians] are not a mixed race and we do not want to become a mixed race."[15][16] Two days later in Vienna, he clarified that he was talking about cultures and not about race.[17] His tenure has seen Hungary's government shift towards what he has called "illiberal democracy", while simultaneously promoting Euroscepticism and opposition to liberal democracy and establishment of closer ties with China and Russia.[18][19][20]
Thank you, Santa.
Who might this man be?
I reckon that is Edwin Flack
The first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens from 5 to 10 April 1896.
Edwin Flack, an accountant and Australasian champion runner, is considered Australias first Olympian. He won the 800-metre and 1500-metre sprints, took part in the marathon and won a bronze medal in doubles tennis.
To read more of this amazing athlete go to: www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/edwin-flack-first-olympian
There is a monument to him and an athletics reserve in Berwick, Victoria.
Over to you, Watsea!
Yes, Stew, it is good to see some faces of Aussies in this thread.
So, who is this bathing belle?
Margaret Whitlam.
Over to you Santa.
A Bio:
Margaret Elaine Whitlam, AO (née Dovey; 19 November 1919 17 March 2012) was an Australian social campaigner, author, and athlete. She was the wife of Gough Whitlam, the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975, and a representative of Australia in swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney.[1]
Whitlam was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1983 for services to the community.[12] In 1995 she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of New England and, in 1997, became one of the one hundred Australian National Living Treasures.[10] In 2001 she received a Centenary Medal "For outstanding service to Australian society and to the Australian community".[13] In 2007 she and her husband were made national life members of the Australian Labor Party.[1][2]
Thanks Ted.
This gentleman shouldn't be overly difficult.
John Flynn
John Flynn OBE (25 November 1880 5 May 1951) was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) which later separated into Frontier Services and the Presbyterian Inland Mission, as well as founding what became the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.
John Flynn it is Ken.
Sorry re the late reply.
Just got an unpleasant medical report, my future here is somewhat uncertain.
Will keep you posted.
Sorry to hear about your medical problem. I understand what you are saying. I have several medical problems, and medication, I take so many i rattle when I walk. Hang in there Santa.
OK, let's try this one:
Clue Time: Chances Are he's an American entertainer, Singer..
Morning Ken, I'd say Chances are it's Johnny Mathis.
Good afternoon Santa. Chances are you are right. Hope you are feeling OK now and nothing serious is catching up with you.
American pop singer
Singer of 1957's "Chances Are" whose distinctive, honeyed vocals and stylistic eclecticism have helped him remain a popular concert attraction. Wikipedia
Sorry, I'm a bit lost here.
Is this the right Forum and was Dorian next to have a go?
Did Dorian post as intended?