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ACTOR JERRY STILLER has died at the age of 92, his son actor Ben Stiller confirmed today.
Jerry was best known for his roles as Frank Costanza in comedy show Seinfeld and as Arthur Spooner in The King of Queens.
His son confirmed the news on Twitter this morning.
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“I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” Ben Stiller said on Twitter.
“He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.”
I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes. He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad. pic.twitter.com/KyoNsJIBz5
Jerry’s last role was in the TV movie Zoolander: Super Model which also starred Ben Stiller. Jerry also appeared in the original Zoolander film in 2001 alongside his son.
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Most sensible thing Shane Ross has said. The sooner they stop trying to include Green Party in a government the better. 7,5% per annum carbon reduction is lunacy. It is high time we stopped trying to go along with the costly climate change scam.
@Rochelle: All I heard after 6 weeks of lockdown was that the planet has been saved and all holes on the ozone had been repaired. Was that more codswallop?
@Ulick Stafford: 7.5% is nothing. It needs to be far higher than that. We’ve agreed to the Paris Accord to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2030. We’re the worst performing country in the EU for meeting the targets. Climate change is only a scam to tinfoil hat loonies who continually cherrypick data from flawed studies to suit their agenda.
@Rochelle: that is just weather in one part of world. Average temperature about 0.5c above 1979 level – not much, and not worrying.
And if it is warmer it is probably just cycles. The likely temperature rise from a doubling of CO2 is just 1C.
Correlation does not imply causation.
The environmental damage from windmills, solar farms, biofuels and electric cars are much much worse than burning fossil fuels. Watch planet of Humans by Michael Moore if you can.
@Dáinéil Ó hÍobhair: I have a PhD in chemical engineering. I have studied issue for years. Anyone with a brain and no prior agenda who studies underlying science realizes it is greatly exaggerated and cures are worse than disease.
Please define tinfoil hat loonie? And please explain where you get your understanding of this? I recommend wattsupwiththat.com for anyone who wants to educate themselves on this scam.
@Ulick Stafford: What makes it hard for me to believe it’s a ‘scam’ is who is orchestrating it? How would you get so many scientists to promote it and then so many countries to act on it? No way all the world’s governments who are acting on climate change could collaborate on something like this. Or are they all just falling for the scam too? Which is back to my original question, who is pulling the scam?
@Dáinéil Ó hÍobhair: “7.5% is nothing. It needs to be far higher than that.” I am confused. If the target is -20% by 2030 how would -7.5% per annum not just meet, but also well exceed, the target?
I have ever agreed with anything that Shane Ross ever said, that is until now, and these are the truest words he ever spoke. Of course FF& FG would be better with the Sensible Independents, and there are at least a dozen of them, that can be relied upon. Of course the Greens will try to punch above their weight and try to have their way in All their demands. I say, ditch them now , talk to the decent Country Independents who have the interest of the Rural Community at heart .
@David Clements: Green Policies is what WILL Ruin our Economy, Looney Tunes, that what they are, Ryan appears to be a complete Clown , from watching and listening to him in the Dail He appears that way anyway, lift not going all the way up .
@Hector Son: Lowry can be depended upon to do the right thing for Rural Ireland, so can Healy- Rea’s, they may sometimes give the impression that they are fools, but they are far from that. Michael Fithmaurice, Denis Naughton , Peter Fitzpatrick, – and there are more like them, can be relied on.
@Eugene Comaskey: That has to be the biggest pile of nonsense I’ve read this week. The sooner support for the corrupt rural TDs you mention dies off, the better.
Shane Ross lost his seat as an acting minister his comment will not go down well with the part time Taoiseacht Michael Martin who is relying on the Greens for that position. To remind the Greens the last time they were in power with F.F. the country was brought to it’s knees. Now a combination of F.F.G/ Greens is a recipe for disaster.
The Green Party refuse to allow the use of the word women and don’t believe those with Christian views should receive a promotion; are other reasons they should not be in government.
@Shazam37: agreed, the principled Greens or the unprincipled independents?
Most people dont disagree with the thrust of what the Greens want, just how they’re going to pay for it.
Ironically lots of the same people dont have any problem with sf spending plans or how they’re going to pay for them.
@Shazam37: oh there you are.. Covidiot.. spluttering your usual nonsense.. Who left you out tonight…I told you before bud, your a Cabaret Act….BTW… When the Greens parliamentary party vote on going into govt it will be rejected..pfftttttttt
@Shazam37: last time green were in grovement they changed the car tax and everyone buying a new car went for diesel, as it was meant to be better for the environment so tax was lower at the time.
Now we know the small petrol car we’re better and the old tax system was better for the environment.
If the green get a good run at it, it’s not known what damage they could do to the environment
Any party that is fundamentalist in its approach, be they from the left or the right, is bad news. The Greens want to decimate rural Ireland & tax the $hite out of urban dwellers too.
The Green Party can agree with each other so in government you would have individuals going on solo runs all over the place. So that would never be a stable government.
They wanted to build a playground on the Croppy Acre in Dublin, 500 metres away is the largest walled park in Europe. Dancing on the graves of Fenians of 1798.
Why is stability always spun as if it’s a positive for the general public? It’s essentially less accountability for a serving government as they can make unpopular decisions without consequence.
Having a party like the Greens with ideological differences to FF & FG holding the balance of power is very much in the interest of the country and helps keep the larger parties in check. Replacing them with gene pool independents is handing them free reign for 5 years and no incentive to tackle problem areas like housing.
Because the Greens have a cohesive policy that their TDs were elected on the basis of (regardless of how you feel about it), and the Indos just need their own little parish pump policies worked on to be happy?
They should dump the Greenss, they are playing party politics with the future of our country, both Ryn and Martin both want to keep the members happy because one way or the other could swing the leadership batle towards the other.
FG should call another election and walk away with 55 plus seats. FF would be decimated. Of course SF would have 40 or so sears , so we’d all be back to square one again
I think FG and FF are creating problems for themselves in a few years by going into government together. Unless they can please most people in the country in four years they’re handing SF a go in power. But I’d rather they go with independents over Greens. If the Greens get in they’ll tax all our home grown cabbage.
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