David Prowse AKA Darth Vader has passed.

Dave Prowse, the Bristolian former bodybuilder best known for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died aged 85.

Prowse was cast as Vader for his imposing physique, even though the role was voiced by James Earl Jones.

But the weightlifter-turned-actor was most proud of playing the Green Cross Code Man. The role, promoting road safety in the UK, earned him an MBE.

"May the force be with him, always!" said his agent Thomas Bowington.

Prowse's career as an actor spanned 50 years, but it was his role as the Sith Lord in Star Wars that brought him international fame.

Unfortunately, his West Country accent was not deemed suitable for the part of a menacing Hollywood villain and his lines were dubbed.

However, Prowse was a definitive presence in all three of the early films, thanks to his hulking 6ft 6in (1.98 m) frame, honed by the weightlifting skills which saw him represent England at the Commonwealth Games in the early 1960s.

Even before he began acting, Prowse found success in Hollywood circles, preparing the late Christopher Reeve for the physical demands of his role as Superman, as the actor's personal trainer.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/entertainment-arts-55117704?__twitter_impression=true

Conservative logic: Trump clearly won because he has more Twitter followers than Joe.

Website for Trump's 2024 campaign.

Trump-supporting sheriff who visited WH charged with theft.

A Pennsylvania sheriff is now being charged with stealing from the town that employed her

President Donald Trump’s friend, former Chester County, Pennsylvania Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh is being accused of stealing from her own town.

Welsh, who has been invited to the White House several times during Trump’s presidency is being accused of theft and was recently charged in a plan that charged taxpayers for volunteer work to maintain a K-9 unit. Her live-in lover, Harry McKinney, was charged with using those funds for his own personal expenses, per Daily Local.

“Bunny Welsh used her position of power for her and her partner Harry McKinney’s own personal gain instead of serving her community as she was elected to do,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement sent to The Washington Post.

In 2016, Welsh attended the Republican National Convention and spoke in support of Trump at campaign rallies. After his win, she was invited to the White House for a roundtable discussion with other sheriffs and returned for a visit in 2019. At the time, the president called Welsh a “friend of mine for a long time, from the beginning.”

But Chester County might not be able to say the same about their former sheriff, who in 2000 became the first woman to hold the title. Though she retired in 2019 rumors of misconduct had already begun to swirl.

K-9 Unit officers were paid through government funds and donations managed by McKinney even though he did not have the credentials to do so. The couple would host fundraising events and pay deputies that would volunteer to work the events, sometimes during work hours with compensation from the county, though some of the events were private.

“Welsh and McKinney allegedly used public employees to perform work for private charity events both on and off-duty at the expense of Chester County, and McKinney then used those fundraised dollars to cover his own personal expenses,” said Shapiro.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-supporting-sheriff-visited-wh-004400322.html

The Law and Order party.

Biden Receives First Box Of Wadded-Up Napkins And Receipts Comprising Trump Intelligence Briefing

WILMINGTON, DE—Ending two weeks of a transition blockade, President-elect Joe Biden confirmed Wednesday that he had received his first box of wadded-up napkins and greasy receipts comprising President Trump’s intelligence briefing.

“We appreciate the Trump administration cooperating in a peaceful transition of power, and our team has already begun sifting through the important information scrawled on the odd banana peel and tuna can,” said Biden, adding that his staff was already using the damp cardboard box of soiled tissues and a plethora of crumpled hamburger wrappers containing possible national security threats to plan foreign policy strategy.

“Some of the information we received may just be old take-out menus smeared in grease with some food items circled, but we can’t be sure, so we’ll be keeping them in case they contain any details of CIA covert actions. We’re also meeting with experts from the National Security Council, who are going to help us decipher the state secrets that seem to be written in barbecue sauce on the back of an empty Little Debbie Swiss Rolls box.”

At press time, the Biden transition team was reportedly very alarmed by some smeared toothpaste on a Doritos bag that seemed to reference an impending terrorist attack on the United States.

https://www.theonion.com/biden-receives-first-box-of-wadded-up-napkins-and-recei-1845756730/amp?__twitter_impression=true

7:00am and Rudy is already tanked.

Guess that election fraud thing ain’t working too well. On to Plan B.

https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1331570396987060227

Sound advice from Tony Schwartz

This tweet didn't age well.

4 days for crying out loud.

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1328849514015363072

And the oozing Rudy tweets keep on coming.

Watch out Mitt!

Looks like you’ve got some serious competition next election!

https://twitter.com/ScottBaio/status/1329818613994323968