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Monday, February 7, 2011

Happy birthday! Reagan's cake weighs four hundred pounds

(The Daily Blitz)
Ronald Reagan
Illustration: DonkeyHotey

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Happy birthday! Reagan's cake weighs four hundred pounds = Ha! Darn unhappy disaster for puny dickhead George W. Bush!
(by Maurice Goddard)

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Happy birthday! Reagan's cake weighs four hundred pounds = He's dead, for god's sake! R.I.P. grub? Write 'Happy'?? And Nancy??? Uh-uh...
(by Steve Allison)

Super Bowl LXV: Christina Aguilera fluffs national anthem

(The Daily Telegraph)
Burlesque - Christina Aguilera
Photo: WorthingTheatres

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Christina Aguilera fluffs national anthem = A failure in USA NFL final match? O, that singer!
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Beer From Super Bowl States Heads up Obama's Party

(ABC News)
Super Bowl Fridge 2007
Photo: mrpbody33

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Beer From Super Bowl States Heads up Obama's Party = Famous tapped brews, bless a 'bottoms up!' array here!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Fighting in south Sudan kills 30

(BBC)
-Different point of view-
Photo: Vít Hassan

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Fighting in South Sudan = I find a gun...gunshots...hit
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Sarah Palin: America Needs to 'Reconnect' With Reagan's Values

(ABC News)
Sarah Palin "Refudiate"
Photo: Cain and Todd Benson

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Sarah Palin: America Needs to 'Reconnect' With Reagan's Values = "Please Lord, as sane near care, curse that moaning naive witch."
(by Maurice Goddard)

Egypt Officials Seek to Nudge Mubarak Out

(The New York Times)
End torture by the Mubarak regime - Egypt Uprising protest Melbourne 4 Feb 2011
Photo: Takver

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Hosni Mubarak = Arab: "Oh, I'm sunk!
(by Adie Pena)

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Dennis Kucinich Settles Over 'Dangerous' Olive Pit Sandwich

(MSNBC)
Dennis Kucinich
Photo: DonkeyHotey

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Dennis Kucinich Settles Over 'Dangerous' Olive Pit Sandwich = "I, OH. Rep, love tort laws!" Sad, suing isn't kind - such nice evidence!
(by Steve Allison)

Charlie Sheen's mouthful of gold teeth

(NBC Today)
Charlie Sheen is on Fire
Photo: CREDITS

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Charlie Sheen in a crazy hotel bender - 'News' nails him! Nice hair - a mouthful of gold teeth ! = A nice smile (and glitter); i.e. "Half a man" - he hit her? Nice fun old boozer, Why then, such a loser?
(by Steve Allison)

What do women want from cars?

(The Daily Telegraph)
My favorite car (and a favorite friend) from the sixties
Photo: gbaku


What do women want from cars? = What now? Warm sedan & comfort
(by Aronas Pinchas)

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What do women want from cars? = Aw! Man! New F.W.D. motor to crash?
(by Maurice Goddard)

Germany sells vision for 'green toys' to world

(Yahoo! News)
my hobby is sawdust...
Photo: windsordi

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Germany sells vision for 'green toys' to world = Elves of wood on slim string? Try solar energy!
(by Dharam Khalsa)

Across dusty Egypt, anxiety has filled the air

(CNN)
sphinx-cleanedIII
Photo: digitalurbanlandscape

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Across dusty Egypt, anxiety has filled the air = Steadfast Sphinx touchily agrees, yet aridly.
(by Maurice Goddard)

Forget hotels: Ten cheaper places to stay

(MSNBC)
High Diver
Photo: ecstaticist

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Forget hotels: Ten cheaper places to stay = Yep: Lean-to, street, patch of grass, hole, etc.
(by Steve Allison)

Yasi: Monster Storm Sends Thousands Fleeing in Australia

(Pacific Free Press)
The Age, 4 February 2011
Photo: Gerard's World

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Monster cyclone Yasi bearing down on Australian coastline = Wet lunacy! It's only rainin' crocs 'n dingoes, mate! A bar soon... ale...
(by Steve Allison)

Hundreds of thousands jam Cairo square shouting 'He must leave!'

(USA Today)
Hosni Mubarak
Photo: robertxcadena

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Demonstrations in Cairo, Egypt = O, many incidents, top rage, riots!
(by Aronas Pinchas)

The Clash on Liberation Square

(The Wall Street Journal)
Revolutionary Pussy Cat in Tahrir Square
Photo: Frame Maker

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Liberation Square, Cairo, Egypt = Rarely quiet on a big riot space

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Liberation Square, Cairo, Egypt = Rarely a big riot on quiet space?
(by Adie Pena)

There Was a Loud Noise, Then the Top Floor Was Gone

(MSNBC)
Roof Collapse-54
Photo: pastorchrisbishop

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There Was a Loud Noise, Then the Top Floor Was Gone = Let it snow, ho ho ho! (fade...) settle... groan... snap! woe, rue :-(
(by Steve Allison)

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

With No Charlie Sheen, CBS Mulls Its Monday Lineup

(The New York Times)
Charlie Sheen
Photo: flashbacks.com

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Actor Charlie Sheen = Cocaine? He shalt err!
(by Adie Pena)

Life on other planets? Leading expert weighs in

(MSNBC)
Hubble Sees Pinwheel of Star Birth
Photo: NASA Goddard

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Life on other planets? Leading expert weighs in = Explains how to find E.T.: Peer... Seeing light, learn...
(by Steve Allison)

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Egyptian reform leader calls for Mubarak to resign

Hosni Mubarak
(Yahoo! News)
Photo: DonkeyHotey

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Demonstrations in Cairo, Egypt = Inept dictator may soon resign
(by Dharam Khalsa)

A royal flush for Firth

(The Sun Daily)
Colin Firth
Photo: Martin de Witte

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The English actor Colin Andrew Firth = For I'll win the enchanted Oscar, right?
(by Adie Pena)