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Friday, September 5, 2014

What next for Islamic State, the would-be caliphate?

(The Guardian)
Photo: Stella G Soto


A caliphate is an Islamist state = Eclipse that ISIS, attain salaam!
(by Jason Lofts)

A banana a day can help keep strokes at bay

(The Daily Express)
Photo: Maureen Veras


A banana a day can help keep strokes at bay = A-OK as an apple, say, can break any bad teeth
(by Robert Jordan)

Comedienne Joan Rivers Dead At 81

(CBS Miami)
Photo: Steve Rhodes


Late comedienne Joan Rivers = Inter one jovial screen dame
(by Jason Lofts)

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Biden Warns: We Will Chase ISIS 'to the Gates of Hell'

(NBC News)
Photo: Michael Candelori


Biden Warns: We Will Chase ISIS 'to the Gates of Hell' = "Good will win the war" he hisses. Battle facileness?
(by Jason Lofts)

Newly found asteroid to pass close to Earth on Sunday

(CNN)
Photo: Philip Bond


Asteroid to pass very close to Earth = So, a threat to destroy lives or space?
(by Rosie Perera)

Wilson Raj Perumal: The man who fixed football

(CNN)
Photo: Tin Nhanh Bóng Đá


Wilson Raj Perumal is the man who fixed football = Oh, he'd plan loss for awful mob, win extra jail time
(by Rosie Perera)

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Cameron says he's 'nervous' over Scottish independence vote

(Reuters)
Photo: duluoz cats


Cameron says he's 'nervous' over Scottish independence vote = Oh! To accept unseen north's severance vision, seems very odd?
(by Maurice Goddard)

ISIS video shows beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff

(CNN)

Photo: Wikimedia


Second American journalist beheaded = Obscene end as cruel jihadi man orated
(by Rosie Perera)

Sotloff beheading: Obama warning to Islamic State

(BBC)


President Obama on IS: "Americans are repulsed by their barbarism, we will not be intimidated, their horrific acts only unite us. Our reach is long and justice will be served." = Bloody bestial! Brutal embittered British Muslim rapper beheads innocent US civilians on camera in desert. We're nearly in a second religious war. I just watch horrified!
(by Jason Lofts)

Liberia Ebola patient's dramatic recapture caught on video

(BBC)


Liberian Ebola patient's dramatic recapture has been caught on video = Oh, an unreliable pariah tries to escape but can't avoid being cremated
(by Julian Lofts)

Human trial of experimental Ebola vaccine begins this week

(CNN)
Photo: NIAID


Drug trials of the experimental vaccine = Hope it can fell tragic and extreme virus
(by Rosie Perera)

Researchers Uncover 39,000-Year-Old Abstract Art by Neanderthals

(US News & World Report)
Photo: Chris & Steve


Tic-tac-toe pattern 'demonstrates the Neanderthals' capacity for abstract thought and expression,' researchers say = Archaeologists decode their ancestors' arbitrary scratch pattern as sharp testament to unexpected fantasy then
(by Jason Lofts)

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

California Plastic Bag Ban Would Be First Of Its Kind In The Nation

(Huffington Post)
Photo: voltra jaibo


California Plastic Bag Ban Would Be First Of Its Kind In The Nation = Fab fit action, sir! I'd back it! Sane war on pollution and filth begins!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Monday, September 1, 2014

London: Thousands gather in massive demonstration against UK anti-semitism

(RT)
Photo: Benjamin


Massive demonstration in the UK = Shun or veto naked anti-Semitism!
(by Adie Pena)

Meet CrossFit's Fittest Man on Earth

(CNN)
Photo: Tony Felgueiras


Rich Froning wins "Fittest Man on Earth" title = Inner merit: thin star can lift tons of weight
(by Rosie Perera)

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Comedian Joan Rivers, 81, rushed to New York hospital - report

(Eyewitness News)
Photo: David Shankbone


The American comedian and actress Joan A. Rivers has been rushed to a NYC hospital after she stopped breathing = Thespian has just braved throat operation and she's had emergency cardiac arrest. Bet she feels no pain in coma.
(by Julian Lofts)

Friday, August 29, 2014

UK raises terror threat level, citing Syria, Iraq risk

(CNN)
Photo: Number 10


Britain raises terror threat level = Rib-rattler ISIS to travel near here
(by Rosie Perera)

Girl accidentally kills gun instructor

(The New Zealand Herald)
Photo: Andrew Becraft


A young girl has accidentally killed her male gun instructor in Arizona = Larking gunner has used an Uzi lethally. Tragic. Clearly moronic. An idiot!
(by Julian Lofts)

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie marry in France

(CNN)
Photo: Hot Gossip Italia


Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie marry in French village = Finally! A drab vicar joined them in legal partnering.
(by Rosie Perera)

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Hurricane Cristobal heads toward Bermuda

(The New Zealand Herald)
Photo: WGXA TV


Hurricane Cristobal heads toward Bermuda = A lurid southward storm reached Caribbean
(by Julian Lofts)