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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Luiz Felipe Scolari takes the blame for Brazil's 7-1 loss to Germany

Yahoo! Sports)
Carlos Kubo


Luiz Felipe Scolari says he takes the general blame for his national team's rout = As Germans effortlessly keelhaul Brazil, lamentation I hear is: "Cease! Hop it! Out!"
(by Jason Lofts)

Brazil's humiliating defeat to Germany

(Flickr)
Photo: Wolf Gang


Brazil's humiliating defeat to Germany = Mighty bitter failure, amazing end also
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Germany dominates Brazil in stunning 7-1 victory to advance to World Cup final

(Yahoo! Sports)
Photo: Fanis Xouryas


Germany dominates Brazil = As men do terribly. Amazing!
(by Adie Pena)

Oscar Pistorius video: what is The Evidence Room?

(The Daily Telegraph)


The Evidence Room = Recent Home Video
(by Mark McNamara)

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Oops! Highway Sign Misspelled

(MSN)


Oops! Highway Sign Misspelled = Slip lane? Miss Piggy whooshed
(by Robert Jordan)

Pakistani newlyweds decapitated by bride's family in honor killing

(CNN)
Photo: Brett Jordan


Pakistani newlyweds decapitated by bride's family in honor killing = Get blessed initially, or kidnapped by criminal with knife. Nowadays?!
(by Dharam)

Australia's last indigenous police tracker, Barry Port, has been described as a living legend

(The Courier Mail)
Photo: Courier Mail


Australia's last indigenous police tracker, Barry Port, has been described as a living legend = Cape York Aboriginal sleuth: "I began trailing rustlers, card bandits, escapees and evildoers"
(by Julian Lofts)

Friday, July 4, 2014

Germany Defeats France, 1-0

(The New York Times)
Photo: Michael


The Germans defeat France one-nil = "Die Mannschaft" - none feel greater
(by Jason Lofts)

Bertrand Russell Society Calls for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and Supports Lawsuit

(PRWeb)
Art: Arturo Espinosa


"The prospect for the human race is sombre beyond all precedent. Mankind are faced with a clear-cut alternative: either we shall all perish, or we shall have to acquire some slight degree of common sense. A great deal of new political thinking will be necessary if utter disaster is to be averted." = The pacifist Bertrand Russell appealed: "We deem it elementary that evil megalomaniac men's rash use of deadliest nuclear weapons to resolve their quarrels is both grave and not ecological. Therefore we beseech the world politicians to reflect and backtrack ere we finish nightmarishly."
(by Jason Lofts)

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Israel's Search for Three Teenagers Ends in Grief

(The New York Times)
Photo: Robert Croma


Israel's Search for Three Teenagers Ends in Grief = Effect I see: Needless terror raising harsh anger
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Rolf Harris guilty: More alleged victims come forward

(BBC)
Photo: Mikey


Rolf Harris guilty: More alleged victims come forward = Frightfully coarse vile molester or a grim dim coward.
(by Maurice Goddard)

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Dolly Parton Draws Biggest BBC TV Audience at Glastonbury Festival

(Billboard)


Dolly Parton Draws Biggest BBC TV Audience at Glastonbury Festival = Feel it! Captivating busty grand old star! Stage's vocal bubbly wonder!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Luis Suarez apologises for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup

(The Daily Telegraph)
Photo: Paul Townsend


"I deeply regret what occurred, apologise to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family and I vow to the public there will never be another incident like it." -Footballer Luis Suarez apologises from Montevideo
=
"God, am I a vile, cruel moron? Did I err? Bitter lie! I intend never to repent or apologise to that idiotic gigolo fool until hell freezes over! I will bite the cocky bastard's balls off when we play in the Euro champion league!"
(by Julian Lofts)

Antibiotic resistance: Cameron warns of medical 'dark ages'

(BBC)
Photo: Blue Ridge Business Journal


Antibiotic resistance: Cameron warns of medical 'dark ages' = A crisis. Be alarmed, we risk infections a doctor can't manage.
(by Chris Sturdy)

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Rolf Harris found guilty of indecent assault

(Yahoo! News)
Photo: Jaswooduk


Rolf Harris found guilty of indecent assault = Australian offender still in custody for ....(ugh!)
(by Julian Lofts)

Israeli teenagers: Netanyahu warns Hamas will pay

(The Daily Telegraph)
Photo: Jordan Sitkin


Netanyahu warns Hamas will pay for the deaths of three Israeli teenagers = An eye for an eye saga - herewith Israel's harsh painful Old Testament wrath
(by Julian Lofts)

Monday, June 30, 2014

9/11 trial dealt blow as defendant asks for alleged CIA torture records

(The Guardian)
Photo: Justin Norman


CIA Torture File = Fierce Tutorial
(by Mark McNamara)

Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumes after psychiatric tests

(Channel 4)
Photo: Lwp Kommunikáció


Oscar Pistorius murder trial resumes after psychiatric tests = It's a terror. Stupid erratic ass must pay for his cruelest crimes.
(by Maurice Goddard)

Sunni militants declare Islamic state in Iraq and Syria

(Fox News)
Photo: Thierry Ehrmann


Sunni militants declare Islamic state in Iraq and Syria = ISIS crisis: Tyrannical Al Qaeda militiamen and nutters!
(by Jason Lofts)

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Evolutionary roots of an urge to bite in a sporting competition

(Financial Times)
Photo: Tambaco


Evolutionary roots of an urge to bite in a sporting competition = Cue? I've got it too! It's an inborn primal ego to rout any foe in sport!
(by Maurice Goddard)