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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Kerry, Hagel make case for US strike on Syria

(Yahoo! News)
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Photo: Secretary of Defense


The word of the United States must mean something. It is vital currency in foreign relations and international and allied commitments - US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel = Most of us cannot feel safe if terrorists remain unchallenged, killing civilians at home, and the Americans decide to do nothing. Try we must - tyrannic scum hate true detente.
(by Julian Lofts)

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Toto Koopman: model, muse, mistress - and spy

(The Daily Telegraph)


The many lives of Miss Toto Koopman: the model, the muse, the mistress - and as spy = Phenomenal infamous story. Devotees say that she (Ms. TK) is most immodest. Help!
(by Jason Lofts)

Diana Nyad becomes first to swim from Cuba to Florida without shark cage

(The Guardian)
Photo: booknews


Diana Nyad becomes first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage = Official record - at a big risk. Proof - she swam with boats. Utmost endurance. A dynamo!
(by Julian Lofts)

Monday, September 2, 2013

Duchess of Cambridge returns to work in skinny jeans

(The Australian)
Photo: Wikimedia


Kate back to work in skinny jeans = Bonniest in a skanky work jacket
(by Julian Lofts)

Diana Nyad swims from Havana to Key West

(Havana Concierge)


And again Diana Nyad tries the feared Havana to Key West crossing = A fad: a driven naiad - wet sea - no shark cage - an eternity (day/night)! SOS!
(by Jason Lofts)

Obama weighs 'limited' strike on Syria

( Ma'an News Agency)
Critical Mass Bike Ride Against the Bombing of Syria
Photo: DC Protests


Obama weighs 'limited' strike on Syria = I think - I may tie or blow Assad's regime
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Silicon Valley's golden pair split in Google love triangle

(The New Zealand Herald)
Google's secret new book-scanning technology
Photo: Esther Dyson


Silicon Valley's golden pair split in Google love triangle = Patio lolling Serge divorces, positively galling Anne. LOL!
(by Julian Lofts)

Thursday, August 29, 2013

'Twerking' and 'selfie' added to Oxford dictionary

(BBC)
Twerking at McGill College Ave & Ste-Catherine
Photo: caribb


Twerking enters OED = New stinker 'greed to
(by Adam Beardwell)

Zheng Jie knocks Venus Williams out of U.S. Open

(Los Angeles Times)
Venus Williams
Photo: y.caradec


Venus Williams is knocked out of U.S. Open tournament by Zheng Jie = Gadzooks! Flukey Chinese just won mean tennis prelim. But V: "No! IOU!"
(by Jason Lofts)

Woman rips out 6-year old boy's eyes in China

(NewsShow)
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Photo: Sukanto Debnath


Attacker rips out eyes of little boy in China = A heinously sick petty fanatic - too terrible!
(by Julian Lofts)

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

New York Times and Twitter struggle after Syrian hack

(BBC)
The New York Times
Photo: Scott Beale


New York Times and Twitter struggle after Syrian hack = Murky SEA's warring attack on NYT. Fight riled tweeters.
(by Jason Lofts)

Singapore's Scoot Latest Airline to Offer Child-Free Flying Zone

(Time)
Scoot Airlines 777
Photo: Simon_sees


Singapore's Scoot Latest Airline to Offer Child-Free Flying Zone = I feel frenzied Catholic priests or felons are not going to fly SA
(by Julian Lofts)

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Nigerian boy flies to Lagos from home town hiding in airplane wheel cavity

(Yahoo! News)
Airplane wheels
Photo: amlusch


Nigerian boy flies to Lagos from home town hiding in airplane wheel cavity = Hypothermic stowaway and moron fleeing on airline Boeing flight is alive
(by Julian Lofts)

Monday, August 26, 2013

Tale of adultery, deception, death

(The New Zealand Herald)
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Photo: Abode of Chaos


Tale of adultery, deception, death = Hatred fueled plot to eat cyanide
(by Julian Lofts)

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Yosemite fire threatens Bay Area water, power

(USA Today)
Yosemite fire panorama
Photo: CREDITS


Yosemite fire threatens Bay Area water and power = A fiery terror! We weep at heat. [Ed.: An arsonist, maybe?]
(by Jason Lofts)

A Novelist Who Made Crime an Art, and His Bad Guys 'Fun'

(The New York Times)
Elmore Leonard.
Photo: John Levanen


Elmore Leonard: A Novelist who Made Crime an Art, and his 'Bad Guys' Fun, Dies age Eighty-seven Years Old = Dear unforgettable man, a loved doyen - savageness in really grimy ideas which so endeared him to us
(by Julian Lofts)

Saturday, August 24, 2013

'MOMO' The Sam Giancana Documentary Feature Film Wins 'BEST MOVIE' at the Monaco Charity Film Festival

(Garnier)
Sam Giancana
Illustration: Shawn Calvert


Infamous Sam ("Mo", "Momo" or "The Cigar") Giancana. O, wasn't he a mobster chief? = Mamma mia, not wrong! A member of Chicago's Cosa Nostra, a heinous thief!
(by Jason Lofts)

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Scores Killed in Syria, With Signs of Chemical Warfare

(The New York Times)
A woman is treated for what appears to be breathing difficulties at a clinic in the north of Aleppo  Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313971/Syria-Does-video-Aleppo-victims-foaming-mouths-prove-Assad-used-chemical-weapons.html#ixzz2RNzP
Photo: Asitimes


Scores Killed in Syria, With Signs of Chemical Warfare = Wily foe Assad's horrific, sickening, lethal war crimes
(by Julian Lofts)

About one-third of white girls use tanning bed, despite cancer risks

(New York Daily News)
Alien Legs
Photo: leyla.a


One-third of American white girls use tanning beds, dramatically increasing cancer risks = Nice girls, if recent research said melanoma is sinister and tragic, why go in and turn black?
(by Josiah Winslow)

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Explosive breast implants now a terror threat

(UPI)
new project - deflated implants
Photo: libby lynn


Explosive breast implants now a terror threat = A vile terrorist bosom thwarts an expert panel
(by Julian Lofts)