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I would imagine so. 47 is an awful young age to be found deceased in bed. My first thought was drugs and I hope that's not the case.

Most people have arteries and veins in their hearts that are blocked even to small degrees by plaque. Sometimes a piece of plaque can break off, and block an artery in the heart causing sudden death. Usually it's newly formed plaque that does this. My own arteries are blocked to 30%, but that's normal for my age. They actually have a test for that now that can determine if you have the type of plaque that is in danger of breaking off and blocking an artery to your heart.

"Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established." -- Ludwig Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity, 1841

Stalin's atrocities certainly weren't Bible based.  Nor those of Lenin and Pol Pot. Religion was actively discouraged by the Soviets. Mao was responsible for innumerable deaths in China. Your comments are ludicrous. Any country that doesn't separate religion from governance will inevitably become corrupt however. People have always tried to use religion to control others. But "religion" takes many forms.
 Including worship of the State.

I suppose those jobs will end up in Mexico too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_de_M%C3%A9xico

Some union jobs wind up in Mexico. The furniture barons in Lenoir had a good thing going here for years. Was a prosperous town. Then they sent the work overseas to save money on labor.
  Lenoir suffered greatly. Income here has dropped to 23,000 a year. Many formerly employed workers went for govt programs like welfare. Alcoholism and drug use skyrocketed. Now Lenoir is basically a strip of fast food joints on the way to Blowing Rock and Boone. Old timers here tell me that Lenoir used to be a good place to live. Now? Hopelessness abounds.

Been through Kville a few times, mostly on my way to Townsend.

Big Early Bronco gathering in Townsend this weekend.

We have several Russian Trollbots here continually pushing that 'unwinnable' line.

They're being good lil' Putin Propaganda Parrots.

The traitorous bastards.

Blah blah blah get some new material, dim wit. We've already heard that 20,000 times and it wasn't funny or clever then, just stupid and immature.

Good morning! Going to an girl's day out with a friend!

Somebody got him!  In this case I hope it was the russians, it would serve him right.


"...Russell Bentley, a pro-Kremlin American man who fought against Ukraine in 2014, was killed in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan claimed on Telegram on April 19. Bentley had previously been reported as missing.

Simonyan did not provide any details on his death, and the Kyiv Independent cannot verify the news.

Bentley, age 64, was a U.S. military veteran and self-identified supporter of Russian occupation forces in Ukraine.

Local occupation authorities claimed Bentley went missing on April 8 after a district in occupied Donetsk Oblast was shelled by Ukrainian troops. His wife reportedly told the Mash Telegram channel that he went to see if other residents needed help after the strikes and never returned.

Bentley's wife then claimed that he had been abducted by Russian soldiers amid allegations that he was spying for the U.S.

Bentley originally took up arms with Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine in 2014, fighting against the Ukrainian military during Russia's invasion of Donbas under the call sign "Texas," according to Russian state media.

Bentley then reportedly left the army to produce propaganda videos for Russia's state-owned Sputnik news agency and obtained Russian citizenship.

Rolling Stone released a controversial interview with Bentley in March 2022, where he described how he shifted his political beliefs toward communism.

Bentley was also a convicted felon in the U.S., having been charged with drug trafficking in the 1990s. He briefly served time in prison before allegedly escaping in 1999 and remained a fugitive for almost 10 years before he was recaptured and put back in prison.

In the Rolling Stone interview and other media appearances, Bentley referred to himself as an "information warrior" and repeated Russian propaganda talking points about Ukraine and the West..."

Not sure where it is coming from but some are saying that he was beheaded. So chances are that his russian buddies did him in.  I love it!

Somebody got him!  In this case I hope it was the russians, it would serve him right.


"...Russell Bentley, a pro-Kremlin American man who fought against Ukraine in 2014, was killed in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan claimed on Telegram on April 19. Bentley had previously been reported as missing.

Simonyan did not provide any details on his death, and the Kyiv Independent cannot verify the news.

Bentley, age 64, was a U.S. military veteran and self-identified supporter of Russian occupation forces in Ukraine.

Local occupation authorities claimed Bentley went missing on April 8 after a district in occupied Donetsk Oblast was shelled by Ukrainian troops. His wife reportedly told the Mash Telegram channel that he went to see if other residents needed help after the strikes and never returned.

Bentley's wife then claimed that he had been abducted by Russian soldiers amid allegations that he was spying for the U.S.

Bentley originally took up arms with Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine in 2014, fighting against the Ukrainian military during Russia's invasion of Donbas under the call sign "Texas," according to Russian state media.

Bentley then reportedly left the army to produce propaganda videos for Russia's state-owned Sputnik news agency and obtained Russian citizenship.

Rolling Stone released a controversial interview with Bentley in March 2022, where he described how he shifted his political beliefs toward communism.

Bentley was also a convicted felon in the U.S., having been charged with drug trafficking in the 1990s. He briefly served time in prison before allegedly escaping in 1999 and remained a fugitive for almost 10 years before he was recaptured and put back in prison.

In the Rolling Stone interview and other media appearances, Bentley referred to himself as an "information warrior" and repeated Russian propaganda talking points about Ukraine and the West..."