Deathlist 2012

So I've been formulating my death pool for next year, and right at the top of my list was a certain dictator. So much like the year Benazir Bhutto was killed a month too early for me to shamelessly exploit, this year starts with a strike-through name. If you like morbidity and taking odds on the mortality of famous people, drop me a line.

1.) Kim Jong Il

2.) Hosni Mubarak

3.) Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (I was going to go with Assad, but he'll probably find a way to escape the gallows)

(notice a theme here?)

4.) Bradley Manning (sorry, they're gonna execute that dude.)

5.) Ron Paul

I'm only going with 5 this year. Rather than hedge my bets I want to demonstrate my conviction that at least one of these dudes (huh... no women. weird.) will die before the end of the world. Cheers.

Happy New Year.