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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Elon Musk agrees to resign as Tesla chairman in settlement with SEC

(TechCrunch)
Tesla and SpaceX CEO, and Solar City Chairman, Elon Musk, Sun Valley Idaho, Allen & Company Conference, July 2015

The chairman of US carmaker Tesla resigns over SEC federal law violation complaint = Charismatic, arrogant, overassertive Elon Musk. He is a compliant felon. Farewell cad
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Thomas Hawk

Friday, September 28, 2018

'They fricken hate her': Full Emma Alberici email shows Justin Milne was not taken out of context

(The Canberra Times)

A man named, Justin Milne, officially resigns as the acing ABC Chairman = Damn email in Justin's office gets ill, aching chairman a scary ban. Amen.
Anagram: George Missailidis

Thursday, September 27, 2018

'Free Solo' trailer teases Alex Honnold's journey up El Cap

(snews)

The American ropeless solo climber Alex Honnold = Lad's role: excels on incomparable sheer monolith
Anagram: Jason Lofts

Chile unveils Patagonian Route of Parks hiking trail

(BBC)
Paisaje de Coyhaique - Explore

Chile unveiled the Patagonian Route of Parks = People do covet nature, fauna, hiking trails, eh?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Mariano Mantel

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Trump brags at UN, crowd laughs


Trump brags at UN, crowd laughs = braggart, plus was much rotund
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

UN members laugh at Trump after claim his administration has 'accomplished more than almost any in US history'

(The Independent)
Laughingstock

"In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country," says President Trump
=
Hmm, utter nonsense, a myth! An asinine fool, liar, moron, idiot, spy! Oh listen, why can't a psychiatrist treat your hatred, narcissism, and toadyism, Mr POTUS?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Thomas Cizauskas

Who Is Renate Dolphin? Woman Behind "Renate Alumnus" in Kavanaugh Yearbook Withdraws Support for Judge

(Newsweek)
Protesters against the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota

Renate Alumnus = Alas, men, untrue
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Lorie Shaull

Mary Kay Letourneau On Affair With 12-Year-Old: "I Didn't Know It Was A Crime"

(Yahoo!)

Notorious pedophile Mary Kay Letourneau = O, you rape and pain our youth like molester!
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Bill Cosby sentenced to state prison for sexual assault

(BBC)
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Punish busted entertainer Bill Cosby = Put insolent US celebrity behind bars
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Montgomery County Planning Commission

Donald Trump Just Got Laughed At By The Entire United Nations

(Huffington Post)

The President of the United States of America Donald Trump = Potentate's speech to UN dreadful, instead it made for mirth!
Anagram: Jason Lofts

Saturday, September 22, 2018

The Woman's Fatal Selfie

(ABC15)
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Upper Peninsula, Michigan

The Woman's Fatal Selfie = She falls. Wait ...fate? Omen?
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Tony Webster

Friday, September 21, 2018

Storm Ali: two killed as 100 mph winds lash UK and Ireland

(The Guardian)
Old jetty post in the stormy sea, Maryport, Cumbria, UK (19/9/18)

Storm Ali ~ is mortal
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: Martyn Fletcher

Brett Kavanaugh nomination: Trump challenges accuser

(BBC)
A protester against the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota

1. Professor Christine Blasey Ford appeals the nomination of the United States Supreme Court
2. Judge Brett Kavanaugh
3. President Donald Trump
= 1. "A student pervert tried to fondle and rape me!"
2. No justice for us, Republicans think
3. The trotters of a pig, Yeti pubes and a mushroom-shaped glans
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Lorie Shaull

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

The Most Horrified Reactions to Trump's Dick Allegedly Looking Like Toad

(Vice)
Seta *

Toadstool = Toad's tool
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: jacinta lluch valero

Strawberry needle scare: strict new export rules put in place

(The Guardian)
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The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association = Needles sow terror! So what? Big scary quarantines! = Sow terror with needle! Gross! Bananas! Quite scary!
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: Ahmed Helal

Monday, September 17, 2018

Trump aides plead guilty

(Twitter)

Trump aides:
1. Manafort
2. Gates
3. Flynn
4. Papadopoulos
5. Cohen
=
1. Loathsome
2. Fraud
3. Polecat - P.U.
4. Minor Pansy, and
5. Fat sponge
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: CNN

Victoria Beckham sparks carrier bag-wearing trend on social media

(The Irish Independent)

The UK fashion designer Victoria Caroline Beckham = Hark, I'm inclined to stick a bag over her heinous face
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Beckham

Sunday, September 16, 2018

"Gina is Great": Trump endorses book declaring him possibly the "most sound-minded" president ever

(Washington Post)
Bryce Tache at Stand on Every Corner protest - Day 87

The "most sound-minded" president? = Dishonest Don Trump is demented
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: FibonacciBlue

Uranus, Missouri's New Newspaper Is the Uranus Examiner (Huh. Huh.)

(Riverfront Times)
Donald John Trump Newspaper launches with title Uranus Examiner – & people are NOT happy

Newspaper of Uranus = Press unaware of pun
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Manafort plea deal: Trump ex-campaign chief to help Mueller inquiry

(BBC)
Manafort guilty plea

Manafort cuts a plea deal with Mister Mueller = Malefic Trump has a real meltdown, utters a lie
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Pickering

Europe's farmers on red alert as deadly African swine fever spreads to Belgium

(The Guardian)
African Swine Fever (05510240)

African swine fever spreads to Belgium = Endemic virus answerable for pigs' fate
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: IAEA Imagebank

It's Not Just the President* Who Ought to Be Sweating Today

(Esquire)
Paul Manafort, updated LinkedIn photo

Paul Manafort Mike Pence Nomination = A prominent minion. Fate? A lock-up. Amen.
Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Mike Licht

Dead: Volkswagen Beetle

(Jalopnik)
The quintessential cool car of the early-2000s, the VW Beetle, will be no more

Dead: VW Beetle = a VW be deleted
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: John Ellrod

The 10 Most Valuable Brands in 2018

(Inc.)
amazon logo Apple Logo google

A List of the Ten Most Valuable Brands in the World This Financial Year
1. Amazon
2. Apple
3. Google
4. The Samsung Group
5. Facebook
6. AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph)
7. Microsoft
8. Verizon
9. Walmart
10. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
=
1. Online retail trailblazer
2. Computers, phones, tv
3. Internet web, a mega ‘billboard’
4. Phones, gadgets
5. Think talkathon, fandom, crazy election havoc (hahaha!)
6. Mass media
7. Software
8. Communications
9. Full of popular retail
10. Mortgage, finance
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Daniel Iverson

Friday, September 14, 2018

The New York Race for Trump to Watch Tonight? Not the Governor's

(Bloomberg)
Zephyr Teachout Hi-Five

NY Professor Teachout ~ has to prosecute for NY
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Digital Media

Skripal poisoning: Putin says suspects 'civilians, not criminals'

(BBC)
A pussy in disguise by Patti Warashina #mesacontemporaryartsmuseum #pattiwarashina #donaldtrump #trump #putin #vladimirputin #maskoff

It lines up = Putin lies
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Echo L.C. Hou

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Restaurant loses $190m in value after dead rat found in soup

(BBC)
Holly eating the soup

Dead rat in soup ~ astounded pair
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Tambako The Jaguar

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

'God bless us all if this man continues on this path': Puerto Rican mayor rips into Trump's disaster-relief effort amid Hurricane Florence

(Business Insider)
Rafael Romo conversó con la alcaldesa de San Juan, de visita en Atlanta, quien le dio el balance de la situación en Puerto Rico a más de 100 días del paso del huracán María. Carmen Yulín Cruz también opinó sobre los recientes comentarios de Donald Trump.

The Puerto Rican mayor says ~ "Oh yes, Trump's a reactionary"
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Ruperto Miller

The racist Serena cartoon is straight out of 1910

(CNN)
Defiant Australian Newspaper Herald Sun Reprints Controversial Serena Williams Cartoon On Front Page

"No!" to racist ~ cartoonist
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Cartoon: Mark Knight

Monday, September 10, 2018

"I had to be real": #PlaidShirtGuy removed from Trump rally after viral facial expressions

(The New Zealand Herald)

Plaid shirt guy ~ said "Ugh!" triply
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Clip of Donald Trump failing to pronounce the word 'anonymous' is going viral

(The New Zealand Herald)

The word "anonymous" is a real tongue twister ~ says moron. Ow, he's a twit, ingenue, lout, retard
Anagram: Julian Lofts

More than 1 million people forced to flee as Hurricane Florence nears Category 5 status

(CNN)
ISS Sees Florence From Space

Southeast Storm = States Shut Room
Anagram: Dora L. Alg
Image: NASA

Was this the moment Richard Branson poached Chris Evans?

(Daily Mail)
BBC building / logo logo-de-virgin-radio

Christopher Evans has resigned from BBC Radio Two ~ when broadcaster Virgin poached this former boss
Anagram: Chris Sturdy

Nike unveils its controversial 'Just Do It' advert narrated by Colin Kaepernick

(Stuff.co.nz)
Learning With: ‘Colin Kaepernick’s Nike Campaign Keeps N.F.L. Anthem Kneeling in Spotlight’

Colin Kaepernick ~ can pick Nike role
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Plaque for "first modern lesbian" to be reworded after complaints

(The Guardian)
Shibden Hall, W. Yorks

"First modern lesbian" = Bid for Ms Anne Lister
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Rictor Norton & David Allen

Serena Williams unleashes furious rant at umpire as she loses US Open 2018 final to Naomi Osaka

(The Daily Telegraph)
Embed from Getty Images

The recent eventful US Open Women's Final
1. Patrick Mouratoglou
2. Carlos Ramos
3. Serena Williams
4. Naomi Osaka
= Isn't normal
1. A coach makes a mistake
2. A Portuguese umpire frowns on faults
3. Mean, volatile loser
4. Cool winner
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Monday, September 3, 2018

Sadiq Khan balloon in pictures: London Mayor MOCKED as bikini blimp takes flight

(The Daily Express)
Embed from Getty Images

Sadiq Khan bikini balloon in pictures = Punish ilk in niqab clad Boris on a kite
Anagram: Robert Jordan

CNN fires back at Trump, stands by controversial story: "CNN does not lie"

(Fox News)
CNN Logo

"CNN does not lie" = No, not silenced
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Gregor Smith

Women ARE best drivers

(The Daily Express)
Jill Jackson • Getaway Driver (Outtake)

Women ARE best drivers = Reverse, I'd ban 'em! Worst!
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Kris Kesiak

John McCain's Family Gets Donald Trump's "Sympathy"; No Salute For Deceased Senator

(Deadline New York)
tRump refuses to honor John McCain

The veteran Senator McCain has died prematurely = Ever nasty Trump hated acclaimed hero in earnest
Anagram: Dr Julian Lofts
Image: Thomas Cizauskas

A senator's remarkable mother: At 106, Roberta McCain has outlived her son

(The New Zealand Herald)
June 12 Concert on the Avenue at the U.S. Navy Memorial

Roberta McCain = Acerbic matron
Anagram: Dr Julian Lofts
Image: US Navy Band