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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Ex-UBS banker Weil agrees to extradition to US

(Swissinfo)
WE & UBS
Photo: twicepix


Ex-UBS banker Weil agrees to extradition to US = IRS being outed - likes to exert war on tax abuse
(by Jason Lofts)

Friday, November 29, 2013

Why Americans Can't Lose Weight

(24/7 Wall St.)
Untitled
Photo: Malingering


Why Americans Can't Lose Weight = Many watch calories stewing, eh?
(by Robert Jordan)

Why Americans Can't Lose Weight = Why? Manic eaters then swig Cola!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Why Americans Can't Lose Weight = Now I eat, chewing starchy meals
(by Jason Lofts)

Why Americans Can't Lose Weight = Warnings while they eat Mac's & Co?
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Do elephants grieve like people do?

(BBC)
Cry Baby Cry
Photo: rageforst


Do elephants grieve like people do? = O! Grave deep pine look spelled it, eh?
(by Maurice Goddard)

Berlusconi Accused of Bribing 'Bunga Bunga' Witnesses

(Time)
Silvio Berlusconi - Caricature
Caricature: DonkeyHotey


Berlusconi Accused of Bribing 'Bunga Bunga' Witnesses = Buccaneer SB fornicated, was using bungs, i.e. lubing? SOB!
(by Jason Lofts)
The word bung is a slang for a bribe, as is lubing.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Barack Obama tells Hollywood it has 'responsibility' on gun violence

(The Daily Telegraph)
US Gun Ownership Grows Under Obama Presidency - FBI NICS
Chart: Cory M. Grenier


Barack Obama tells Hollywood it has to demonstrate more 'responsibility' on gun violence = No balding Bruce Willis or no tormented macho Sylvester Stallone. Boohoo. A mistake. A pity!
(by Julian Lofts)

Judge rejects OJ Simpson's bid for retrial

(BBC)
O.J. Simpson
Photo: Project M·A·R·C


Judge has rejected OJ Simpson's bid for retrial = Mr OJS in jail, depressed. Hard to beg for justice!
(by Jason Lofts)

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Obama defends Iran policy amid Israel anger

(Yahoo! News)
Photo: marsmet546


Obama defends Iran policy amid Israel anger = An American Pres. said: 'Brief, mainly good deal!'
(by Aronas Pichas)

Saatchi accused Nigella Lawson of drug-taking, court hears

(BBC)
Nigella Lawson is Smexy
Photo: Saima


Saatchi accused Nigella Lawson of drug-taking, court hears = Chef took cocaine (a Class A drug) during a wealth sting? A slur!
(by Jason Lofts)

Monday, November 25, 2013

Mother and dead son's de facto in bitter legal battle over ashes

(Western Australia News)
Urns in the Graveyard
Photo: kundalini


Mother and dead son's de facto in bitter legal battle over ashes = The 'dead bit' forgotten as clan bad lot seethe over lad's remains
(by Mark McNamara)

Syria conflict: Children 'targeted by snipers'

(BBC)
Lebanese Town Opens its Doors to Newly Arrived Syrian Refugees
Photo: UNHCR


Syria conflict: Children 'targeted by snipers' = Protesters decry grisly infanticide (blanch)
(by Julian Lofts)

Jermaine Lloyd Arrested Naked - Except For The Turban And High Heels

(Huffington Post)
High Heels a'dancin'
Photo: cobalt123


Jermaine Lloyd Arrested Naked - Except For The Turban And High Heels = Aargh, indecent exposure! Lonely mad hatter jerk flash'd behind tree
(by Jason Lofts)

Crack-smoking Toronto mayor more popular than Obama

(RT)
YOU CRACK ME UP
Photo: designwallah


Crack-smoking Toronto mayor more popular than Obama = Oh look, rampant bar guy partook as commoner. Romantic!
(by Dharam)

World powers, Iran clinch 'historic' nuclear deal

(Yahoo! News)
THE ALARMING PROFILE OF IRAN
IllustrationL The Pix-Jockey


World powers, Iran clinch 'historic' nuclear deal = Cross Tehran will hold no war? Nice? Ridicule! Crap!
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Plea deal reached in case of ricin-laced letters sent to Obama

(Washington Post)
Castor bean green fruit, with flash
Photo: Martin LaBar


Plea deal reached in case of ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama = Last elected leader sent fierce castor bean poison per candid hate mail
(by Jason Lofts)

Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger to become a great-grandfather

(The Salt Lake Tribune)
Andy Warhol - Mick Jagger  1975
Photo: oddsock


Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger to become a great-grandfather = Fame or no, reckon old megastar Jagger's tight, celebrating!
(by Maurice Goddard)

French weathergirl stuns viewers with nude report

(The Daily Telegraph)

French weathergirl stuns viewers with nude report = The interviewer/porn star - rightful crudeness. Whew!
(by Julian Lofts)

Michael Jackson "accidentally killed himself" claims pop star's former doctor Conrad Murray

(The Independent)
Michael Jackson
Photo: Roadsidepictures


Michael Jackson "accidentally killed himself" claims pop star's former doctor Conrad Murray = Half mad, sick, cyclical insomniac, Jacko, calmly prompted ruthless MD for sedation. Real error!
(by Julian Lofts)

Friday, November 22, 2013

Tsarnaev indicted for weapon of mass destruction

(USA Today)
Photo: Wikimedia


Tsarnaev indicted for a weapon of mass destruction - charges could bring the death penalty = Adolescent WMD offender sent to try in US court. Case proven? Hang bastard high? Capital idea!
(by Jason Lofts)

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Obama awards Medal of Freedom to Clinton and Winfrey

(BBC)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (201311200005HQ)
Photo: NASA


Obama awards Medal of Freedom to Clinton and Winfrey = Two famed and formidable American wonders of any lot!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Monty Python reunite to pay off their mortgages

(Stuff.co.nz)
Monty Python
Photo: jonnyphoto


Monty Python reunite to pay off their mortgages = Sort of pithy-potty-humor-generating-money feat
(by Julian Lofts)

Kim Kardashian goes topless, straddles Kanye West in rapper's 'Bound 2' music video

(New York Daily News)
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

Kim Kardashian goes topless, straddles Kanye West in rapper's 'Bound Two' music video = A motorbike in pseudo desert. Curvy KK strips and hangs loose. NW's pa's dismal, wet idea?
(by Jason Lofts)

Churchill polar bear cam shares 'amazing' live footage

Churchill polar bear cam shares 'amazing' live footage (CBC)
snow bear
Photo: ucumari


Churchill polar bear cam shares 'amazing' live footage = Clan gather. Graphic frolicsome behaviour amazes all!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Brussels widow 'slept with husband's corpse for a year'

(Yahoo! News)
Doesn't Look a Day over 2500
Photo: Stuck in Customs


Brussels widow 'slept with husband's corpse for a year' = Ha! Crass! What suppressed blowflies 'n odors? Bury it! Ew!
(by Julian Lofts)

Brussels widow 'slept with husband's corpse for a year' = Farce's world sure was: Happy bed bliss without snores!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Qatar's 'accidental vagina' stadium

(The New Zealand Herald)


Qatar's 'accidental vagina' stadium = Caveat: A grandstand as a licit quim
(by Julian Lofts)

Monday, November 18, 2013

At least seven dead as storms hit American midwest

( The Irish Times)
Tornado
Photo: mr_balage


At least seven dead as storms hit American midwest = Mere mess as twisters claim devastation and death
(by Mark McNamara)