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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Details of 100m Facebook users collected and published

(BBC)

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Details of Facebook users collected and published = "Cute" chat and bold episodes of a bored luckless life
(by Dharam Khalsa)

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Nobel Peace Prizes 'are being awarded illegally'

(The Independent)


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Nobel Peace Prizes 'are being awarded illegally' = Peaceably spied, winner Al Gore blazed "I'll agree!"
(by Maurice Goddard)

Most pet dogs are too fat, study finds

(The Daily Telegraph)
Man and His Bulldog

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Most pet dogs are too fat, study finds = Fattest on treats, my pug Fido's so odd!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Sherrod regards Obama's call as apology

(CNN)


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Sherrod regards Obama's call as apology = Abashed Pres. cools drama - 'O, gal, sorry, gal!'
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Putin Sings With Deported Russian Spies

(Yahoo! News)
CHELYABINSK, RUSSIA. JULY 23, 2010. Russian PM Vladimir Putin chairs a session on measures to develop iron industry. (Photo ITAR-TASS/ Maxim Shemetov) Photo via Newscom

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Putin sings with deported Russian spies = Red's this stupid twirp's genuine passion!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61

(The Guardian)
Embassy World Snooker Chamnpionships Sheffield 1986 Alex Higgins who died today (24/07/2010) aged 61 after a long battle with throat cancer. World Champion in 1972 and 1982 Higgins blamed the cigarette manufacturers who sponsored the sport for his illness Photo Roger Parker Fotosports International Photo via Newscom

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Snooker player Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins is dead = A drink-hellraiser has expired... going on cue, say?
(by Tony Crafter)

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Daniel Schorr

(National Public Radio)
Daniel Schorr

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NPR anchor dies (see article) = Rest in peace, Daniel Schorr.
(by Dharam Khalsa)

Clintons in tears over Chelsea? You can bet on it

(Reuters)
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25:  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Chelsea Clinton look on at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 25, 2009 in New York City. The fifth annual meeting of the CGI gathers prominent individuals in politics, business, science, academics, religion and entertainment to discuss global issues such as climate change and peace in the Middle East. The event, founded by Clinton after he left office, is held the same week as the General Assembly at the United Nations, when most world leaders are in New York City.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Clintons in tears over Chelsea? You can bet on it = Love story's heat can continue in celebrations!


Clintons in tears over Chelsea? You can bet on it = Bill announces: "O! Even I can cry to its toast here!"
(by Maurice Goddard)

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Police nab bandit who used underwear as mask

(Yahoo! News)
Close-up of Indian banknotes of different denominations in a boot Horizontal

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Police nab bandit who used underwear as mask = Woman ducked alias: "Unwashed Panties Robber"
(by Dharam Khalsa)

A Display on Galileo With Catholic Overtones

(The New York Times)
Telescopes belonging to Italian scientist Galileo are displayed at the Galileo Museum in Florence June 7, 2010. A tooth, thumb and finger cut off from the body of renowned Italian scientist Galileo, who died in 1642, go on display this week in Florence after an art collector found them by chance last year. The remains, along with two telescopes, a compass and a wealth of other instruments designed by Galileo, are the main attraction at the refurbished, and renamed, Galileo Museum, which reopens on June 10 after two years of renovation work. Picture taken June 7, 2010. To match Reuters Life! ITALY-GALILEO/ REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (ITALY - Tags: SOCIETY)

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A Display on Galileo With Catholic Overtones = Idolise a 'heretic'? Vatican's 'holy' loon lot gawp!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu retires from public life

(The Daily Telegraph)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 28: Archbishop Desmond Tutu attends the TIME/FORTUNE/CNN Global Forum at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on June 28, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Michelly Rall/Getty Images for TIME/FORTUNE/CNN)

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu retires from public life = This "Bird of Peace" murmured: "Uplift Christ! So Nobel!"
(by Maurice Goddard)

Raoul Moat: Brother and former girlfriend criticise Facebook tributes

(The Daily Telegraph)
ROTHBURY, ENGLAND - JULY 10: Life slowly begins to return to normal despite several road closures in Rothbury where Raoul Moat who had evaded police capture for seven days, shot himself on July 10, 2010 in Rothbury, England. Raoul Moat shot himself after police negotiations broke down, and later died in a Newcastle hospital. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Close the Facebook Page 'RIP Raoul Moat You Legend'! = Cause of people outraged by homage to a killer con
(by Tony Crafter)

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

British prime minister to meet with Obama

(CNN)
United States President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 20, 2010.  UPI/Ron Sachs/Pool Photo via Newscom

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Obama, British leader Cameron meet at White House = Hawaiian embraces Brit at home. Those meet or duel?
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Monday, July 19, 2010

Palin invents word 'refudiate,' compares herself to Shakespeare

(Washington Post)
Former vice-presidential candidate and governor of Alaska Sarah Palin shows the note I'm the NRA that she wrote on her hand as she speaks at the National Rifle Association's Leadership Forum in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 14, 2010. UPI/Nell Redmond . Photo via Newscom

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Palin invents word 'refudiate,' compares herself to Shakespeare = Dame here's an ever-pretentious spin-freakish fat codswalloper!


The adroit art of codswalloping ~ got cited to "World of Sarah Palin".
(by Maurice Goddard)

American politics has caught the British disease

(The Daily Telegraph)
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands at the end of their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit in Toronto June 26, 2010.   REUTERS/Jason Reed  (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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American politics has caught the British disease = A high-up A-class 'Cameronitis' beside 'Thatcheritis'
(by Maurice Goddard)

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Pope Benedict in his Saturn hat

(National Public Radio)
Sunny day in Rome: Pope Benedict XVI wears his red Saturn hat , named after the ringed planet Saturn, at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 9, 2010. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM Photo via Newscom

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Pope Benedict in his Saturn hat = Pathetic drip sunbathes in one!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Argentine Senate backs bill legalising gay marriage

(BBC)
Close up of a male couple's hands during a wedding ceremony

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Argentine Senate backs bill legalising gay marriage = At an altar, eligible rank gays beam in sincere giggles!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Ian McEwan says Americans are 'profoundly bored' by climate change

(The Daily Telegraph)
Al Gore, a U.S. former vice-president and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, gestures in front of a monitor during his lecture on climate change inside a mall in Manila June 8, 2010. Al Gore arrived in the capital on Tuesday to deliver lecture on climate change, part of the world's environment day celebration. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)

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Ian McEwan says Americans are 'profoundly bored' by climate change = "God, war, facile prayer, Islam menace, soccer, ninny Bush, and Obama yet!"
(by Maurice Goddard)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Vatican Sets New Rules on Responding to Sex Abuse

(The New York Times)
Sunny day in Rome: Pope Benedict XVI wears his red Saturn hat , named after the ringed planet Saturn, at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 9, 2010. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM Photo via Newscom

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Vatican Sets New Rules on Responding to Sex Abuse = Venue's end: Castrate sex abusing priest loons now!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The shortening of America: YMCA to become just Y

(Baltimore Sun)


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Young Men's Christian Association = As it's using a short iconic "Y" on name.
(by Adie Pena)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Afghanistan: When Women Set Themselves on Fire

(Time)
Afghan women wait for their turn to get registered at a voter registration centre in Kabul July 13, 2010. Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections on September 18. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)

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Afghanistan: When Women Set Themselves on Fire ~ We sense men of Satan who enslave them in fright
(by Maurice Goddard)

Weight-loss pills are waste of money, claim diet experts

(The Herald)
GLENDALE, CA - JANUARY 04:   Xenadrine EFX capsules are photographed on January 4, 2007 in Glendale, California. The marketers of four weight loss products,  Xenadrine EFX, One-A-Day Weight Smart, CortiSlim and TrimSpa, were fined $25 million by the Federal Trade Commission on January 4 for making false advertising claims. The marketers of Xenadrine EFX, made by Nutraquest, Inc., were levied the largest fine and will pay between $8 million and $12.8 million. The investigated claims included rapid weight loss, reduction in the risk of osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, and cancer.  (Photo Illustration by David McNew/Getty Images)

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Weight-loss pills are waste of money, claim diet experts = Wife's cheapest, older way to slim, ain't pills: "Get more sex!"
(by Maurice Goddard)

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Carrie Underwood marries hockey player Mike Fisher

(AP)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 30: Singer Carrie Underwood and professional hockey player Mike Fisher during the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards - Salute To Icons Honoring Doug Morris held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 30, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS)

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Carrie Underwood marries hockey player Mike Fisher = Oh! Make merry! Like rays, Cupid fired arrows on ice here!


Carrie Underwood = drew ardour on ice!
(by Maurice Goddard)

That Sarah Palin Video: Beware of the Mama Grizzlies

(Time)
Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks during the National Rifle Association's 139th annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina May 14, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

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That Sarah Palin Video: Beware of the Mama Grizzlies = Ever a high-prize half-wit, alas. Madam's better in a zoo!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Friday, July 9, 2010

To Those With Nothing, Soccer Is Everything

(The New York Times)
Karma Game Farm Johannesburg South Africa Kids playing soccer at the local school Photo Anne Parker Fotosports International

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To Those With Nothing, Soccer Is Everything = Oh! Thirsty cheering voices, in town ghettos.
(by Maurice Goddard)

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Getting a New Knee or Hip? Do It Right the First Time

(The New York Times)
Surgical instruments on a Mayo stand.

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Getting a New Knee or Hip? Do It Right the First Time = Meek in her eighties, Gran, with fitting op, trotted!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Paul The Octopus Predicts Spain's Win Over Germany

(National Public Radio)
A two year-old octopus Paul, the so-called octopus oracle predicts Germany's victory in their 2010 World Cup quarter-final soccer match against Argentina by choosing a mussel, from a glass box with the German flag instead of a glass box with the Argentinian flag, at the Sea Life Aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen June 29, 2010. Paul has so far rightly predicted Germany's first and second round victories over Ghana, Australia and England plus Germany's defeat against Serbia. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann  (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP ANIMALS)

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Paul the Octopus was right in his prediction = Shit! It's got a euphoric Spain in the World Cup!
(by Adie Pena)

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Catholic priest Kevin Gray stole $1M and spent it on male escorts: police

(New York Daily News)
Pope Benedict arrives to celebrate a mass at the Church of the Holy Cross at the U.N.-controlled buffer zone of the divided capital of Nicosia June 5, 2010. Pope Benedict held a surprise meeting with a Turkish Cypriot Islamic leader from the divided island on Saturday, underscoring his view that inter-religious dialogue should be used as an inspiration for reunion. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (CYPRUS - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

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Catholic priest Kevin Gray = Potent, rich vicar likes gay
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Barack Obama A Better President than Reagan? No Chance

(Fox News)
WASHINGTON - JUNE 2:  Former first lady Nancy Reagan (L) and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) (R) listen while President Barack Obama speaks during a bill signing in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House June 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.  President Barack Obama signed the ' Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act' which is intended to honor the former US President Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday in 2011.  (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

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Barack Obama A Better President than Reagan? No Chance = Barack: "Can one mar that pea-brained has-been actor gent?!"
(by Maurice Goddard)

Monday, July 5, 2010

Cheaper Charles: Royal Costing Taxpayer Less

(Sky News)
GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visits Water Aid on day 1 of the Glastonbury Festival on June 24, 2010 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

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Cheaper Charles: Royal Costing Taxpayer Less = Shoo a real classy, extra-ghastly, Prince Creep!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Study: The secret to long life is having the right genes

(USA Today)
JAMES WATSON'S & FRANCIS CRICK'S 1953 MODEL OF DOUBLE HELICAL STRUCTURE OF DNA, START OF SELF-REPLICATION PROCESS . THE TWO STRANDS OF THE DOUBLE HELIX BEGIN TO UNZIP AND UNCOIL AT ONE END, EXPOSING THE UNPAIRED REACTIVE BASES ON EACH STRAND 1953 model of DNA start of self-replication

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Study: The secret to long life is having the right genes = Gee, he's eighty+? Fit DNA it's such strength to live longer.
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Sea of yellow at Quirino Grandstand

(Inquirer)
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 30: Incoming President-elect Benigno Noynoy Aquino sings during the inauguration street party of Aquino as the fifteenth President of the Philippines at Quezon Memorial Circle on June 30, 2010, Quezon City Philippines. Aquino won the 2010 Presidential Election and was proclaimed winner and President-elect on June 9, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.(Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 30: Supporters rejoice during the inauguration of Noynoy Aquino as the fifteenth President of the Philippines at Quezon Memorial Circle on June 30, 2010, Quezon City. Aquino won the 2010 Presidential Election and was proclaimed winner and President-elect on June 9, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.(Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

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Sea of yellow at Quirino Grandstand = Stately Aquino son leading forward
(by Adie Pena)

World Cup: England crash out to Germany.

(Channel 4)
England players look dejected as they walk back to the halfway line after Germany's fourth goal during the Round of 16 match at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa on June 27, 2010. UPI/Chris Brunskill Photo via Newscom

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England sad as their team goes out of the World Cup = Lost goal. Thumped Four-One. The end. 'Twas a disgrace.
(by Tony Crafter)