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Thursday, February 25, 2016

These Are The Ten Best Cities In The World To Live In

(Yahoo! News)
Vienna
Photo: Steve Evans

These Are The Ten Best Cities
In The World To Live In:
1. Vienna
2. Zurich
3. Auckland
4. Munich
5. Vancouver
6. Dusseldorf
7. Frankfurt
8. Geneva
9. Copenhagen
10. Sydney
= 1. Look, here tender inviting Austria!
2,8. Correct Swiss
3. True love - NZ
4, 6 plus 7 (bunch!) - Germany
5. Huh, even Canada fifth!
9. Even Danish city!
10. Even decent AU!
End, folk!
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Report: BBC missed chances to stop sexual predator Jimmy Savile

(CBS News)
Gordon Brown and Sir Jimmy Savile
Photo: Downing Street

Sexual predator Jimmy Savile = Slim jovial sex marauder type = Ideal summary: jovial "sexpert" = A VIP sex marauder's jolly time
(by Jason Lofts)

Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters

(Washington Post)
scalia
Caricature: Jeff Fecke

International Order of St. Hubertus ~ for tenebrous traditional hunters
(by Jason Lofts)

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Dutch squirrel bridge used five times

(The Independent)
Hampstead Heath Bird Bridge Squirrel
Photo: Mark Garth

Dutch squirrel bridge used five times = Lush girder quite dumb, defective, sirs
(by Russ Atkinson)

Sunday, February 21, 2016

How to speak like a true Brit

(BBC)
Words.
Photo: Nina A.J.

How to speak like a true Brit = The tea brews, I talk, OK I pour
(by Robert Jordan)

Trump wins South Carolina primary

(Los Angeles Times)

Trump wins South Carolina primary = A worry: Manipulator triumphs in SC
(by Jason Lofts)

Friday, February 19, 2016

Italian author Umberto Eco dies aged 84

(The Guardian)
Umberto Eco
Illustration: giveawayboy

Famous Italian writer Umberto Eco has died = A formidable Euro semiotician thwarted us
(by Julian Lofts)

Australian town gripped by hairy panic

(Al Jazeera)

Australian town gripped by hairy panic = Runaway plant crop: it is in big yard heap
(by Russ Atkinson)

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Turkeys go postal

(MSN)
US Postal Truck
Photo: WFIU Public Radio

Turkeys go postal ~ stalk poorest guy
(by Russ Atkinson)

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

GPS for your sex drive

(UC Berkeley News)

GPS for your sex drive = Foxy surges provider
(by Russ Atkinson)

Need a job? Google is hiring like crazy for its driverless cars

(Yahoo!)
Le Google car si ricaricheranno via wireless
Photo: Automobile Italia

The self-driving car = First grand vehicle
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Monday, February 15, 2016

The Men Who Stare at Laundry

(MSN)

The men who stare at laundry = Why a turn-on lathered mates
(by Robert Jordan)

Trying to Buy a House

(Huffington Post)
pink house
Photo: Dave Kliman

Trying to buy a house = You bug his attorney!
(by Robert Jordan)

Ehud Olmert begins first day in prison today

(Arutz Sheva)
Ehud Olmert
Photo: Jonathan Klinger

Ehud Olmert has been sent to prison in Israel = Elite PM's rotten. He's a dishonourable sinner.
(by Julian Lofts)

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Free subway for dogs in Madrid

(MSN)
Ending the Day on the Subway with a Puppy
Photo: Seth Werkheiser

Free subway for dogs in Madrid = Fido rides wards no fare, by gum
(by Russ Atkinson)

Friday, February 12, 2016

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a fossilized Viking Turd

(Readicon)
Photo: Wikimedia

This is coprolite, a fossilized Viking turd = Go visit, scrutinize pile of dark solid shit!
(by Jason Lofts)

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Scientists say they have detected gravitational waves, proof of Einstein's theory of relativity

(Daily Kos)
Colliding Black Holes and Gravitational Waves
Photo: Maxwell Hamilton

Scientists say they have detected gravitational waves = As savvy ghost Einstein watched a cited test, "Ya, Relative!"
(by Dharam)

Star Wars prosecuted over Harrison Ford injury

(BBC)
Mayhew, Hamill, and Ford walk down the aisle to the dais, with extras in the background clothed in Mollo’s last-minute find at Berman’s - olive green US Marine outfits
Photo: Tom Simpson

Star Wars prosecuted over Harrison Ford injury = "JRRrrrr," chewie says "Stop! Turn! Avoid unsafe door!"
(by Greig Templeton)

Former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning on trial in Germany

(The Daily Telegraph)

A former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning put on trial = The old and frail Nazi German war thug in court. Punish or ...?
(by Jason Lofts)

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Feel the Bern tattoo

(MSN)

Feel the Bern tattoo ~ to be near to the Left
(by Russ Atkinson)