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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

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Outrage, horror after Israeli attack kills nine children of Gaza doctor

(Al Jazeera)
Israeli air strike destroys part of last fully functional hospital in Gaza City

Medical personnel and civilians as their target
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POV: Israelis mangled children in a tent. Arise, act!
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: Andrew Prophet

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Penguin poop may help preserve Antarctic climate

(ArsTechnica)
Penguin Poop

Penguin poop may help preserve Antarctic climate
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Ice group crap, pee impact aptly heals environment
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: June Campbell

Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's children, hospital says

(BBC)
Tel al-Sultan, Rafah

Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's children, hospital says
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Narrator Lofts scolds “Aha I spy this is genocide, like Nazi killers”
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Wasfi Akab

Friday, May 23, 2025

Musk’s AI bot Grok blames ‘programming error’ for its Holocaust denial

(The Guardian)
IN MEMORIAM - 64 YEARS LATER

Musk’s AI bot Grok blames ‘programming error’ for its Holocaust denial
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US Fool Leader Musk shrinks robot, promoting immoral racist garbage
Anagram: Salamander
Image: Benjamin

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer

(The New York Times)
Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States

Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
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Former president B. given diagnosis: "dong scare". What a case of it!
Anagram: Salamander
Image: Mike Goad
(His cancer is stage 4 with a Gleason score of 9, having metastasized to his bones.)

US Senate blocks California’s EV mandate

(INSERT_NEWSPAPER_NAME)
Electric vehicle charging station

US Senate blocks California’s EV mandate
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Con suits slam, balk at a CA enviro-defense
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Quinn Dombrowsk

Sunday, May 18, 2025

What to know about the Brooklyn Bridge crash

(Axios)
Portsmouth 26 June 2015 005

What to know about the Brooklyn Bridge crash
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Ah, can brought briny death to two work blokes
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Paul Appleyard

Friday, May 16, 2025

What Does '86' Mean? White House Reacts to James Comey's Post

(Newsweek)
James Comey - Caricature

What does ‘Eighty six Forty seven’ mean?
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Feds say who he’s vying to exterminate
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: DonkeyHotey

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Seeing a New Color ~ we can

(The Atlantic)
Peacock feathers

Seeing a New Color ~ we can. Olo is green.
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Ashok Boghani

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Greenland CofA status plan

(The Guardian)
Trumps outrageous landgrabs

Greenland CofA status plan
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Actuates felon's grand plan
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Mike Finn

TikTok prank 'Chromebook Challenge' prompts warnings from schools after laptops are intentionally set on fire

(NBC News)
Day 226 - My New Toy

The Chromebook Challenge
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Agh, hello! Broken tech come!
Anagram: Salamander
Image: slgckgc

Judges warn: Americans could be next

(Politico)
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Judges warn: Americans could be next
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We object, alarmed and cursing nexus
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Paul

Friday, May 9, 2025

Cardinal Robert Prevost announced as first American pope, taking name Leo XIV

(Fox News)
Habemus Papam - Pope Leo XIV

First American pope
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or I am a perfect spin
Anagram: Salamander
Image: Catholic Church England

Who is Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American pope?

(Scripps News)
Habemus Papam - Pope Leo XIV

The first American Pope
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Name’s apt, terrific hope
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Catholic Church England

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney tells Trump that Canada is 'not for sale' as the two leaders meet to discuss tariffs

(NBC News)
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"Canada is not for sale. It never will be for sale."
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"O, icon Sr. T, we aren't available for endless fail."
Anagram: Salamander
Image: The White House

Carney arrives in Washington ahead of Trump meeting

(Baha Breaking News)
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Carney arrives in Washington ahead of Trump meeting
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Fierce man, guy is adamant he isn’t “Governor” & their pawn
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: The White House

Monday, May 5, 2025

Trump sparks outrage with AI-generated image of himself as pope

(YnetNews)
Papa Donaldus

Trump sparks outrage with Artificial Intelligence assisted image of himself as pope
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Sacrilege, shame, sir! AI image of "Pontiff Don I" with Trump lacks taste, i.e. all upset (gripes)
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: Beatrix

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

(BBC)
CDEL2720

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison
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"Fool!" opponents groan, mourn. It's a stupid, crazier error.
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: CDEL Family

White House posts image of Trump as pope

(The Times of Israel)
POPE DUNNING KREUGER

White House posts image of Trump as pope
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Pompous oaf, (upset sigh) we hate imposter!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Who knows!

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Trump accused of Pope Francis funeral faux pas after ‘breaking dress code’ then leaving early

(The Independent)
President Trump's Trip Abroad

President Trump is accused of Pope Francis funeral faux pas after ‘breaking dress code’ then leaving early
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Sacrosanct, no excuse. Grifter’s gaffe - enraptured pachyderm parades in offensive dark blue suit & lapel pin
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Trump White House Archived

One Hundred Days of Ineptitude

(The New Yorker)
A NIghtmare on Any Street !

One Hundred Days of Ineptitude
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FU testy opinioned dunderhead
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Alisdaire Hickson

Trump Insists Abrego Garcia Has ‘MS-13’ Tattoo Despite Evidence of Altering

(The New York Times)
The Most Dangerous Person in the World

Trump Insists Abrego Garcia Has ‘MS-13’ Tattoo Despite Evidence of Altering
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Fascist there at MAGA based deporting native on computer sigil stories
Anagram: Salamander
Image: Alisdare Hickson