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Satirist PJ O’Rourke has died.
The Spectator ^ | February 15, 2022 | The Spectator

Posted on 02/15/2022 1:26:28 PM PST by PallMal

The great American journalist and satirist PJ O’Rourke has died. He contributed a number of articles to The Spectator over the years.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.co.uk ...


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So far, his family has yet to disclose the cause of death.

RIP.

1 posted on 02/15/2022 1:26:28 PM PST by PallMal
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To: PallMal

Well damn.


2 posted on 02/15/2022 1:26:49 PM PST by TomServo
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To: PallMal

My fav neocon


3 posted on 02/15/2022 1:27:05 PM PST by wardaddy (1-20-21 if ever wa day needed a reckoning settled with blood....I'm with Bannon)
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To: PallMal

He sure didn’t care for Trump, but he was a huge influence on me growing up.


4 posted on 02/15/2022 1:27:10 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PallMal
He was one of the first really good conservative writers I was exposed to. Brilliant in a target rich environment.
5 posted on 02/15/2022 1:28:13 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: PallMal

He was a great writer.

I’ve read most of his books.


6 posted on 02/15/2022 1:29:17 PM PST by Oklahoma
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To: PallMal

His sense of humor was equalled only by Rush. I believe he had been fighting cancer for some time. RIP.


7 posted on 02/15/2022 1:30:03 PM PST by cdcdawg (Everyone who disagrees with me is a Qtard blogger!!!!)
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To: PallMal

In a battle of wits, he was exceptionally well armed and capable. I’ll miss him.


8 posted on 02/15/2022 1:30:18 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Fido969

Don’t remember the exact quote but he once said the reason the death penalty doesn’t work is because it doesn’t get implemented nearly often enough.


9 posted on 02/15/2022 1:30:20 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: PallMal

Oh this is sad. RIP PJOR. You’ll get your own Bulgemobile in Heaven.


10 posted on 02/15/2022 1:30:59 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: PallMal

I remember him from the National Lampoon days. Before anyone was calling him conservative. Hard to believe that was almost 50 years ago.


11 posted on 02/15/2022 1:31:15 PM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: PallMal

After starting off hot he rolled off into irrelevance for the last decade or so.


12 posted on 02/15/2022 1:31:18 PM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: TomServo

Dang.

RIP


13 posted on 02/15/2022 1:31:51 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: PallMal

Sad news.


14 posted on 02/15/2022 1:31:56 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: PallMal

Loved Holidays in Hell. Not sure what happened to him lately though.


15 posted on 02/15/2022 1:33:28 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: PallMal

A sad day. I still have copies of “Parliament of Whores” and “All The Trouble in the World.”


16 posted on 02/15/2022 1:33:54 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: PallMal

A brilliant writer back in the day. RIP P.J.


17 posted on 02/15/2022 1:34:21 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: PallMal

74 years old.

He had treatable cancer, in 2008.

RIP.


18 posted on 02/15/2022 1:34:30 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: wardaddy

I remember his wit at The American Spectator. I actually thought he passed a long time ago.


19 posted on 02/15/2022 1:35:03 PM PST by Luke21
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To: PallMal

Noooo! Republican Party Reptile...Eat the Rich...Give War a Chance...and my all time favorite, Holidays in Hell. Loved that guy’s writing back in the 80s! Thanks, PJ...you helped define my cynical youth!


20 posted on 02/15/2022 1:35:12 PM PST by FalloutShelterGirl (Cool! I found my original screen name!)
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