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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats

(The Guardian)
Trump and Musk posters

He also accused Musk of being “disrespectful to the office of the president”
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Fisticuffs, cudgels & obstinate #uck off temper - he & Elon do despise each other
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Matt Brown

Proud Boys sue US government for $100m over Jan 6 prosecutions

(BBC)
Film from the first public hearing into the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

Proud Boys sue US government
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Trump never used you goons? BS!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: RD Barry

Friday, June 6, 2025

Trump says travel ban applies to countries that 'don't have things under control'

(BBC)
Travel ban

US President Donald J Trump bans travellers from twelve countries to the USA:
  1. Afghanistan
  2. Myanmar
  3. Chad
  4. Republic of the Congo
  5. Equatorial Guinea
  6. Eritrea
  7. Haiti
  8. Iran
  9. Libya
  10. Somalia
  11. Sudan
  12. Yemen
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  1. Pashtun, mountainous
  2. Onetime Burma
  3. TD
  4. Vast land
  5. GQ
  6. ER, in East Africa
  7. Record crime everywhere
  8. Onetime Persia actually
  9. Gaddafi
  10. Pirates' haunt
  11. Blue Nile
  12. Houthi, iron
All anagrams by Jason Lofts
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: Victoria Pickering

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, spews plumes of ash

(The Guardian)

Italy’s Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, spews plumes of ash
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Etna,a pest erupting steam, unleashes a hot, vile, venomous pyroclastic flow
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Video: Guardian

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Real TikTokers are pretending to be Veo 3 AI creations for fun, attention

(ArsTechnica)
TikTok III

Real TikTokers are pretending to be Veo 3 AI creations for fun, attention
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Internet often looks to prove it: AI feature is not taking ‘er (band career)!
Anagram: Salamander
Image: Focal Foto

Isaacman's NASA nomination pulled

Semafor)
Jared Isaacman Senate Confirmation Hearing (NHQ202504090002)

Isaacman's NASA nomination pulled
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Elon's a damn insaniac; man-pal is out
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: NASA

Friday, May 30, 2025

Loretta Swit, Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 87

(The Hollywood Reporter)
TV Guide #1039

List of The Twelve Finest & Most Predominant Roles from the TV Series of M*A*S*H
  1. Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce
  2. Captain John Francis Xavier McIntyre
  3. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Braymore Blake (deceased)
  4. Captain Hunnicutt
  5. Colonel Sherman Tecumseh Potter
  6. Major Margaret Houlihan
  7. Father Francis Mulcahy
  8. Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly
  9. Major Franklin Delano Marion Burns
  10. Major Charles Emerson Winchester (the Third)
  11. Sergeant Maxwell Klinger
  12. Lieutenant Kealani Kellye Yamato
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  1. "Hawkeye" - maniacal merriment, no inhibition
  2. "Trapper" - funny 'chest cutter', makes moonshine in still
  3. "Henry" - humanitarian Commanding Officer
  4. Jolly "BJ" - actor Mike Farrell
  5. Commonsensical, part Cherokee. (Harry Morgan)
  6. Men lust after "Hot Lips" played by Loretta Swit
  7. Venerable "Padre" in Korean War hellhole
  8. Telepathic hunches. Juvenile "Radar"
  9. Jealous, nondominant, telltale "Ferret Face" Frank
  10. Excellent thoracic surgeon ‘n gentleman
  11. Actor Jamie Farr is "Max", a transvestite
  12. Wholesome nurse
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Jim Ellwanger

Elon Musk leaves DOGE after criticising Donald Trump's tax bill for expanding US federal deficit

(ABC News)
Elons Toys-5713

Elon Musk leaves DOGE
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Male geek’s so unloved
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Um love ends, seek gaol
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Geoff Livingston

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Tesla has a Europe problem

(CNN)
Don't buy a swasticar

Tesla has a Europe problem
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Reputable? Ahem, poor sales
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Duncan Cumming

Kremlin calls Trump 'emotional' after US president says Putin is 'crazy'

(BBC)
Untitled

Kremlin calls Trump 'emotional' after the US president says Putin is 'crazy'
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Don T: Put P in mental asylum. Zelensky claims RUS chief pirate's a terrorist.
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: Hillel Steinberg

Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder

(The New Yorker)
Not My President Day Rally

He has said it loudly and clearly: “we are a government of billionaires”
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Anti-egalitarian adherers blindly choose money over lawful ideals
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: David Geitgey Sierralupe

Monday, May 26, 2025

Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes

(The Guardian)
24-07-16 Huge Bombs Used in Gaza

Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
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Sly and sickening game - Netanyahu & IDF terrorize & blockade guileless girls
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Felton Davis