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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Who Is Running for President (and Who's Not)?

(The New York Times)


USA presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton = Rand Paul's chief ploy is "I'll rule the nation!"
(by Julian Lofts)

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Book review: The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos, by Patrick Leigh Fermor

(TeleRead)


"The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos" by Patrick Leigh Fermor = Teen trekker's romp: A most forthright boy, he marched on foot into Bulgaria
(by Jason Lofts)

Friday, April 10, 2015

Are human head transplants coming soon?

(CNN)
Photo: Nata Luna Sans


Are human head transplants coming soon? = Ah, no! Gasp! Can result in a monster. Oh, damn!
(by Rosie Perera)

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Dr. Fredric Brandt, 65, celebrity 'Baron of Botox' is dead

(The New York Times)
Photo: Wikimedia


Doctor Fredric Brandt, the celebrity 'Baron of Botox' is dead = Hobnobber Dr addicted to bacterial toxin for deft sorcery
(by Julian Lofts)

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Meet Britain's ideal dog

(The Daily Express)
Photo: Daily Express


Meet Britain's ideal dog = I'm old, I bite Great Danes
(by Robert Jordan)

Monday, April 6, 2015

China family of seven drown in failed rescue

(BBC)
Photo: Malingering


China family of seven drown in failed rescue = Failure of life (chi). None can swim - very sad end
(by Julian Lofts)

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Varoufakis resignation rumor denied by Greek Ministry of Finance

(MarketWatch)
Photo: EU Council Eurozone


Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis = Keynesian maverick (a ruffian) is to resign?
(by Jason Lofts)

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Bizarre Syndrome Makes Visitors to Jerusalem Go Crazy

(Yahoo! News)
Photo: jasonwain


Jerusalem syndrome = Er...Lord, my name Jesus!
(by Aronas Pinchas)

France divides the fashion world by banning skinny models

(The Daily Telegraph)


France moves to ban skinny fashion models = French invoke BMI; soon only damn fat asses!
(by Jason Lofts)

When cats go bad

(Stuff.co.nz)
Photo: Doug Wheller


When cats go bad = What can dogs be?
(by Robert Jordan)

Hundreds protest Islamic law in Australia

(Yahoo! News)
Photo: Lynette


Hundreds in Islamic law protest = Halt pitiless racism Down Under!

"Reclaim Australia" movement = Ultra-Islamic area met venom
(by Jason Lofts)

Friday, April 3, 2015

Iran will honour nuclear deal if powers do likewise - Rouhani

(Yahoo! News)
Photo: World Economic Forum


Iran will honour nuclear deal if powers do likewise - Rouhani = Oh no, dear! I produce a nuke...Hell follows - I win war, I ruin Israel
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Classroom experiment goes painfully awry

(Daily Mail)


This classroom experiment goes painfully awry = On film: axe pulps teacher's genitals. Yow! "I'm sorry!"
(by Julian Lofts)

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

I nearly drowned in chocolate

(BBC)
Photo: Jennuine Captures


I nearly drowned in chocolate = Done concealed within a lorry
(by Robert Jordan)

Monday, March 30, 2015

Mark Lundy retrial: Shirt 'no place for wife's brain'

(The New Zealand Herald)
Photo: James Vaughan


Shirt 'no place for wife's brain' = When stain-proof fabric riles
(by Robert Jordan)

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Hillary Clinton wiped email server clean

(The Daily Telegraph)
Photo: Public.Resource.Org


Hillary Clinton has wiped email server clean = Hell! Rash! Revile cynical presidential woman
(by Julian Lofts)

Italian court acquits Knox and Sollecito of Kercher murder

(BBC)
Photo: Ninian Reid


"The knowledge of my innocence has given me strength in the darkest times of this ordeal," Amanda Knox said in a statement = "O, I am an attestant, one misdemeanant. After sex we evil sickos got high, strangled 'Ms Moody' and then knifed her in the neck."
(by Julian Lofts)

Alps crash: The pilots who immolated themselves and their passengers

(The Daily Telegraph)
Photo: Diggita Italia


Pilot suicides ~ politicised us
(by Julian Lofts)

Friday, March 27, 2015

Top 10 Richest Soccer Players: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo & Neymar Top List of Highest Paid Soccer Athletes in the World

(Latin Post)
Illustration: Charis Tsevis


Most paid soccer player in the world is Lionel Messi = Especially shrewd competitor's raised millions, no?
(by Jason Lofts)

Asia's deadly secret: The scourge of the betel nut

(BBC)
Photo: Nagarjun Kandukuru


Asia's deadly secret is the scourge of the betel nut = It's detestable. Hefty use - get hideous oral cancers
(by Julian Lofts)