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Monday, January 9, 2017

2016 Celebrity Deaths

(Legacy.com)
2016

A List of Many of the Superstars, Actors, Musicians, Authors, Celebrities, Sportsmen, Heads of State and Household Names et cetera Who Died Last Year
1. George Michael
2. David Bowie
3. Leonard Cohen
4. Carrie Fisher
5. Prince Rogers Nelson
6. Nancy Reagan
7. William Christopher
8. Robert Vaughn
9. President Fidel Castro
10. Muhammad Ali
11. Bernard Fox
12. Gene Wilder
13. Debbie Reynolds
14. Glenn Frey
15. Arnold Palmer
16. John Glenn
17. Alan Rickman
18. "Patty" Duke
19. Harper Lee
20. Shimon Peres
21. Richard Adams
22. Zsa Zsa Gabor
23. Sir George Martin
24. Ron Glass
25. Doris Roberts
26. Morley Safer
27. Anton Viktorovich Yelchin
28. A A Gill
29. Andrew Sachs
30. Paul Daniels
31. Viola Beach
32. David Gest
33. Sir Terry Wogan
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1. He's the Wham! gent
2. Chimeric hero Ziggy Stardust
3. Canadian rhymer - had charisma
4. Svelte Princess Leia in 'Star Wars' series
5. Sang songs. Fentanyl overdose
6. Elderly US First Lady
7. Father Mulcahy
8. Napoleon Solo
9. Cuban dictator
10. Boxer - a legend
11. Dr Bombay
12. Comedian ("Blazing Saddles")
13. Mary Frances
14. Eagles
15. Professional golfer
16. Astronaut
17. Snape, 'Die Hard'
18. Anna Marie
19. Her novel: "To Kill A Mockingbird"
20. Israeli President
21. Watership Down
22. Effervescent gold digger who married nine times
23. Beatles records
24. Det. Ron Harris
25. Marie Barone
26. Journalist
27. Pavel Chekov
28. A critic
29. Manuel
30. Popular magician
31. Band
32. Ha, he's a rather gross Hollywood horror!
33. Presenter.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Jan Hammershaug

Donald Trump simply doesn't get it: His vast egotism is doing serious damage to America

(Salon)
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Donald Trump simply doesn't get it: His vast egotism is doing serious damage to America = To sum up, it is so sad, and it's more grim, to get this dodgy vile megalomaniac as President = God! A depraved sinister mammoth megalomaniac's loonier egotist stupidity, disgusts!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Elvert Barnes

Trump Reacts to Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech on Twitter

(Elle)
Meryl Streep - Berlin Berlinale 66

Trump Reacts to Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech on Twitter = Wretched, pottiest, rotten, gormless, monster bully-creep gapes!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: GlynLowe.com

Meryl Streep tore Donald Trump down at the Golden Globes

(The Verge)
International Day of The Girl

"This instinct to humiliate, when it's modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful; it filters down into everybody's life because it kinda gives permission for other people to do the same thing." = Impossible not to know this testimony aim applies to the abhorrent, tiresome, heinous, iffy dummy-swine, Donald Trump, the creepiest egoistic bigoted bully-fiend ever, who'll soon be President in the Oval Office.
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Exchange Photos

The Meryl Streep Golden Globes Backlash Is F-ing Ridiculous

(The Daily Beast)
Meryl Streep - Berlin Berlinale 66

Actress Mary Louise (Meryl) Streep = Yes sir, see me clearly roast Trump!
Anagram: Dharam
Image: GlynLowe.com

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Meryl Streep's Incredible, Devastating Speech Against Trump

(Elle)

"Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose." -Meryl Streep = Donald Trump Twitter spree boils so, spews fiery, hostile speech ... these utterly low, repulsive incoherent lies. Silence online voice -- evict!
Anagram: Christopher Davis

Donald Trump Is Very Upset That The Media And American People Are Mocking Him

(PoliticusUSA)
Umpa Lumpa Drumpf

Donald Trump Is Very Upset That The Media And American People Are Mocking Him = Ha! Methinks that rip-paranoid egomaniacal puerile dummy deserved contempt!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: H. Michael Karshis

Putin Led a Complex Cyberattack Scheme to Aid Trump, Report Finds

(The New York Times)
Vladimir Putin carrying his buddy Donald Trump

The United States Presidential election = Russian incident helped settle it to a tee = I see that Putin let Donald see it in secret
Anagram: Josiah Winslow
Caricature: DonkeyHotey

Saturday, January 7, 2017

Texas police mistake rap video shoot for armed robbery in progress

(UPI)

Texas police mistake a rap video shoot for armed robbery in progress = Story: Barrage of boomed expletives in raid is more a shock to rappers!
Anagram: Dharam

Friday, January 6, 2017

Andrea Angel Bocelli excluded from inauguration

(Rolling Stone)

Andrea Angel bocelli excluded from inauguration = Include congenial balladeer, outfoxing marauder!
Anagram: Ulysses Proteau

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Seriously ill Manson 'innocent' claim fans

(The New Zealand Herald)

The American cult leader Mister Charles Manson is not a ~ stoic innocent. Maniac alert! He's a lethal mass murderer!
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Osama Bin Laden's Son Hamza Added To US Terror Blacklist

(National Public Radio)
Osama bin Laden - have they found him?

Osama Bin Laden's Son Hamza Added To US Terror Blacklist = Our able men soon attack small hazard or bad dissidents
Anagram: Christopher Davis
Image: Chris Beckett

Don't "diagnose" Donald Trump, it's not helpful

(The Guardian)
Street art

I deduce Mr Trump has to resist ~ the autism spectrum disorder
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Michell Lee

Auto sales strong as industry nears record

(USA Today)

Auto sales strong as industry nears record ≠ Our cars are in urgent loss and stress today!
Anagram: Josiah Winslow

Russia penetrated Vermont utility company computer

(USA Today)

US computers hacked by the Russians = Trump, he's caustic, "Absurd hokeyness!"
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Janet Jackson announces birth of first child -- a baby boy -- at age of 50

(The Daily Telegraph)
1420

Eissa Al Mana = Alias as name
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: J Vettorino

Monday, January 2, 2017

Reina: site of Istanbul attack, a nightclub renowned for famous guests

(The Guardian)


The popular Reina nightclub in Istanbul on New Year's Eve = An evil robust butcher seen annihilating unwary people
Anagram: Julian Lofts

George Michael dies on Christmas

(The New York Times)
George Michael

George Michael dies on Christmas = Mega glee choir intros sad chimes
Anagram: Ulysses Proteau
Image: Hans PƵldoja

Sunday, January 1, 2017

New Year Honours 2017: Olympic heroes and entertainers recognised

(BBC)
Andy Murray, US Open 2012

The New Year Honours List = "What?! Oh surely not!" I sneer.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Marianne Bevis

William Christopher, Father Mulcahy on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 84

(The Hollywood Reporter)
So long Father Mulcahy.

The actor William Christopher (played Reverend Francis Mulcahy) has died last year at 84 = I fondly recall the very timid sane Catholic M*A*S*H padre. He truly cared. He was a star. RIP.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: lylejk