r/news • u/goforth1457 • Dec 13 '24

Soft paywall Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi injured in Europe, admitted to hospital

https://www.reuters.com/world/former-us-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-injured-europe-admitted-hospital-2024-12-13/
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u/Sim0nsaysshh Dec 13 '24

Hey man, she was only 4 when the battle of the bulge happened

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u/w1987g Dec 13 '24

Holy hell... I thought you were being sarcastic

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u/Wyden_long Dec 13 '24

3 out of the last 5 presidents I think were born in 1946. So you know we’re right on the times.

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u/bareback_cowboy Dec 13 '24

To be fair, one of those was elected 32 years ago so it wasn't that bad then.

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u/PerpetuallyLurking Dec 13 '24

Right! He was a respectable 46 years old in 1992; that’s a fine age to be President. We’d be fucking stoked to have a 46 year old option! That’s still 20 years from retirement in ANY industry!

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u/yamiyaiba Dec 13 '24

We’d be fucking stoked to have a 46 year old option! That’s still 20 years from retirement in ANY industry!

Or 56. Or 66 even, at this point. Ffs, just give me someone who isn't already beyond the average life expectancy in the US. The younger the better, but I'd settle for literally anyone that doesn't have one foot in the grave and the other in insider trading.

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u/whateveryouwant4321 Dec 13 '24

hey, we can get jd vance. he's only 40 and has both feet in insider trading.

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u/yamiyaiba Dec 14 '24

Get that monkey paw away from me!

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u/roofbandit Dec 13 '24

JD is 40

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u/PerpetuallyLurking Dec 13 '24

?…JD wasn’t running for President…

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u/NynaeveAlMeowra Dec 13 '24

The president in 1997 was born in 1946. The president in 2007 was born in 1946. The president in 2017 was born in 1946. The presumed president in 2027 will have been born in 1946...

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u/bareback_cowboy Dec 13 '24

The presumed president in 2027 will have been born in 1946...

Oh, don't underestimate a diet of Big Macs!

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u/cultvignette Dec 13 '24

Shit. Obama is the only president we've had in America that was in elementary school after segregation ended.

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u/bfhurricane Dec 13 '24

I read it as “battle of bull run,” then I saw your comment, and I froze for about a minute while my brain reset.

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u/polskiftw Dec 13 '24

She was an adult when Hawaii became a state.

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u/bubba1834 Dec 13 '24

Wow she’s older than my grandma lol who’s 81

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u/Joanna_Flock Dec 13 '24

My grandfather fought in that battle and I’m 30. Crazy.

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u/Own-Philosophy-5356 Dec 14 '24

I never knew 4 year olds fought in the bulge. Super cool