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Jilly_in_VA

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56. You got it!

Wed May 6, 2026, 04:56 PM

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I used to watch the Cubs too! They were my "other" team (I grew up in southern WI). I also used to watch WGN for the Midnight Mass on Christmas Ever. Actually my late friend Sheila, my late ex, and I would come home from doing our own at the Episcopal Church, split a bottle of wine, and watch it together, and occasionally trash the Cardinal's sermon. I remember one Christmas Eve years ago (and several Cardinals ago!) when Sheila turned to me after the sermon and said, "Did he say something?" and we all dissolved in laughter because it was the most pointless sermon any of us had heard in a long while. It might have been Cardinal Bernardin.

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*****BREAKING NEWS***** Ted Turner Has Passed [View all] DemocratSinceBirth 20 hrs ago OP

He had been suffering advanced dementia and his son had taken over the massive land holdings hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #1

Well said malaise 20 hrs ago #2

I live by Vermejo Park DenaliDemocrat 19 hrs ago #13

That is a tiny piece of the story. He did do a lot of good for conservation. You should educate yourself. hlthe2b 19 hrs ago #19

My grandfather was at Ludlow DenaliDemocrat 18 hrs ago #28

It is YOU who is lecturing me and everyone else here--without the facts of those posting here. hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #30

I call out a guy who locks people out of land DenaliDemocrat 18 hrs ago #31

Clearly you did not even bother to read what I posted to you from the CNN biography. hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #32

I live here DenaliDemocrat 17 hrs ago #37

Your living in that part of Colorado* (and I too live here) does not show you know anything about hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #38

Honestly, just stop DenaliDemocrat 17 hrs ago #39

You don't bother to read anything before you spew forth. I already said I agree on Vermejo Park hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #40

Again. My family has lived in this part DenaliDemocrat 16 hrs ago #41

How about you stop arguing about a point with which I have repeatedly stated that we agree? hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #44

How about you quit glazing DenaliDemocrat 16 hrs ago #47

He bought land that you believe was never legal to be sold. Maybe so but you try to extend hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #49

Rockefeller put a bounty on my grandfather's head DenaliDemocrat 16 hrs ago #51

I understand your resentments. But they are misfocused. hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #52

I'm sorry but no... DenaliDemocrat 14 hrs ago #54

A good man he protected prairie lands and supported the American Bison too. Botany 20 hrs ago #3

And Trump is trying to get rid of bison on public land. mtngirl47 20 hrs ago #12

He's an asshole. DenaliDemocrat 19 hrs ago #14

Learn something. Botany 19 hrs ago #20

I live here. DenaliDemocrat 19 hrs ago #22

You can lead a horse to water Mysterian 16 hrs ago #46

Again DenaliDemocrat 16 hrs ago #50

You made your point. Joinfortmill 18 hrs ago #29

In my long career as a communications attorney I interacted with Ted a few times onenote 20 hrs ago #4

I was lucky to attend an advertising sales seminar that he led mtngirl47 19 hrs ago #15

And you have long earned my respect malaise 16 hrs ago #43

Thanks. I'm heading to our island home away from home. Not looking forward to $8 gallon gas. onenote 16 hrs ago #45

Well gas prices are up here malaise 16 hrs ago #48

The sad part is that I can head to the islands, but I can't escape the monsters. onenote 13 hrs ago #57

When I was a waiter Henry203 20 hrs ago #5

He was married to Jane Fonda... kentuck 20 hrs ago #6

I remember they stayed friends Tree Lady 17 hrs ago #36

A great environmentalist - a man that made the world better. walkingman 20 hrs ago #7

RIP Ted. FalloutShelter 20 hrs ago #8

Sad news. 87 yrs. old. From ex Jane Fonda: Liberal In Texas 20 hrs ago #9

So incredibly moving. Thanks for sharing that. Grim Chieftain 19 hrs ago #16

... SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #10

As an addendum... PCIntern 20 hrs ago #11

Lost Cause and Colorization bmichaelh 19 hrs ago #17

I remember seeing Gettysburg edhopper 19 hrs ago #23

Gods and Generals... RetiredParatrooper 19 hrs ago #25

Remember watching the Braves on TBS. Kingofalldems 19 hrs ago #18

The only good thing about his having dementia AdamGG 19 hrs ago #21

Montanans are so hoping Ted Turner's son MontanaMama 19 hrs ago #24

Is that Beauregard? BaronChocula 18 hrs ago #33

I met Ted once... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #26

... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #27

I will forever thank him Jilly_in_VA 17 hrs ago #34

Is that why we can't watch WGN anymore?! buzzycrumbhunger 15 hrs ago #53

You got it! Jilly_in_VA 14 hrs ago #56

LOL buzzycrumbhunger 11 hrs ago #59

I kept a letter from him (his office?) from the 1990s. Ilsa 17 hrs ago #35

One of my early jobs. calimary 16 hrs ago #42

Smooth sailing, Captain Outrageous* - may the wind forever be at your back. Buns_of_Fire 14 hrs ago #55

Turner was a pioneer in network news PCB66 13 hrs ago #58

Why does someone always have to come and shit all over a thread recognizing someone who's passed? MorbidButterflyTat 10 hrs ago #60