Trump's baseless wiretap claim

(CNN)

Alarmist Trump gets paranoid, ~ starts tapping rumor, a mad lie!

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Matt Brown

Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia inquiry amid calls for resignation

(The Guardian)

Sessions's recusal = Russia's closeness

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Mike Maguire

First Lady Suggests People Losing Healthcare Should Rely on Nature for Cures

(The Ring of Fire Network)

First Lady: People should rely on nature for cures = Yes, poor adults to offer children pure sun. Really?!?

Anagram: Dharam
Image: Mark Dixon

Donald Trump and the Russia connections: From Jeff Sessions' contacts with ambassador to 'campaign's intercepted calls with Moscow spies'

(The Daily Telegraph)

Russia's moles in the USA - President ~ "I sure hate lies!" Trump and Sessions

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Folsom Natural

Wherever Trump goes, nuclear 'football' to follow

(CNN)

Wherever Trump goes, nuclear 'football' to follow = Overrule that! No more power at fellow's golf club!

Anagram: Dharam
Image: Airman Magazine

US foreign aid expected to be biggest casualty of Trump's first budget

(The Guardian)

The US threatens foreign aid = It's the "Go fundraise!" era, then

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Image Editor

Photos from pro-Donald Trump rallies show sparse crowds across the country

(Salon)

"Maybe the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN should have their own rally. It would be the biggest of them all!" = BOO! BOO! the haughty and lame evil toad, tweeting malodour's filthy ill crap at three a.m., to spewing more fake "believe me!" ill hogwash!

Maybe the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN should have their own rally. It would be the biggest of them all!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017

Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Ray Rivera

Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Missouri

(Yahoo!)

Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Missouri = Note, men who did it are just crazy! See, despise, & stop foolish men!

Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: Shachar Abiry

Donald Trump vs. the First Amendment

(The Nation)

Your sociopathic President flouts the First Amendment = Trump's despotic. Uh, that loon's effrontery incites media.

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Fibonacci Blue

PwC faces review after best picture mix-up at Oscars

(Financial Times)

"Moonlight" wins Best Picture at the Oscars = Oh, but PwC got to star in this real nice mess!

Anagram: Adie Pena
Image: Disney | ABC TV

History Repeats Itself

(The Hindu)

History repeats itself = Past life story. It's here.

Anagram: Madhu Rao
Image: Enzo Cesanelli

The Anagram Times Q&A with our India Bureau Chief Madhu Rao

From time to time we take you behind the scenes at The Anagram Times. Today we sat down with our India bureau chief Madhusudan Hanumantha Rao. He goes by Madhu and is based in Chennai. When he is not reporting for us, (in his spare time) he dabbles in IT. We believe it's an international law -- if you're an Indian and speak English you have to work in IT, software, or a related field.

Q How did you get into anagrams?
A In the early 90s, an article about tips on solving crosswords that appeared in The Hindu, a prominent Indian daily inspired me to solve cryptic crosswords. Since anagrams are central to solving cryptic crosswords, it unlocked my fascination towards anagrams. Ever since, I have obtained thrill and joy in discovering them, wherever possible. I have attempted to narrate my love with crosswords here.

Q Do you remember the first anagram you made?
A I am finding it challenging to stretch my memory to the first anagram. The first cryptic crossword I set was for an event in college and I remember it was heavily loaded with anagrams.

Q Do you have a favorite anagram?
A One of my favorites is "Sachin Tendulkar = And I lack the runs" for its sheer irony :-). For people not familiar with cricket, Sachin is the most prolific run scorer in the game of cricket, widely followed in India. Other favorites include "Astronomer = Moonstarer" and "Internet Anagram Server = I, rearrangement servant".

Q How do you pick a news headline to anagram?
A I browse Google News and pick headlines which I think has maximum anagram potential -- those with an even scattering of key vowels & consonants, that are neither too short not too long, don't have difficult letters such as Q, J, X, etc. and have obvious eye catchers. As an example of the last, one can clearly discern that "Angela Merkel" needs one more letter from another word to make "Germany". I pick headlines that satisfy these criteria but not all of them necessarily end up as good anagrams.

Q How do you make anagrams? Manually, software, a combination, etc.?
A I use the Internet Anagram Server widely to make anagrams, after I have culled out the keywords out of the headline manually. If I do not identify such key words, then I abandon the headline and move to another.

Q Describe the moment when you are working on anagramming a phrase and the last few letters just fall into place and you realize that you have an outstanding anagram on your hand.
A The last few letters usually tend to be less than perfect fit to the other key words in the anagram. For this reason, the thrill is maximum in the midst of cracking an anagram. On rare occasions, the last word(s) site perfectly as was the case with "Are you stressed? Probiotics can help = Super bacteria cools thy depression!". The word "thy" was the last to come out and it was quite satisfying to get a word that gave an imperative tone to the statement.

Q Approximately how long do you spend on an anagram?
A On an average, I spend 30-45 minutes on an anagram. Based on my experience, I don't necessarily get good anagrams if I spend more time.

Q What do you do in your non-anagram life?
A Hiking is one of my favorite weekend pastimes, when I am in the US. I have spent quality time hiking in the mountains of the West Coast, especially the Pacific Northwest and several other National Parks across the US. Stargazing has been an interest from childhood and I have had the pleasure of carrying my Orion 6" to Grand Canyon and Death Valley to observe the sky from one of the best viewing spots in the world. I love solving cryptic crosswords and dabble myself into blogging once in a while. I have great passion for Vedic Astrology and the Sanskrit language. I read books on Cold war espionage, Eastern spirituality (to state a few genres), cooking, and travelling on pilgrimage. In general, I love to travel and keep learning from the experiences offered by life.

Q Some people use anagrams for divination. Do you think there's a mystical angle to anagrams?
A Seeing anagrams such as "Mother-in-law = Woman Hitler", it is hard to believe anagrams don't have a deep meaning embedded inside them :-). More seriously, I "believe" that some words do abstract the higher meaning and truth that is not immediately perceptible by our intellect. Only by continuously immersing into this word soup, one might discover their higher meaning.

Q Anything else you'd like to add?
A I would like to congratulate and thank Anu Garg for his excellent work in spreading the beauty of English language. I have used his resources extensively and successfully and wish him all the very best in taking his passion forward to great heights.

Selected anagrams from Madhu Rao:

• Goodfellas: Martin Scorsese's self-reflecting masterpiece
• Starbucks: Crowded stores turned off customers
• East Coast, California brace for powerful storms

Incoming! False Missile Warning Rattles Air Force Crew

(Huffington Post)

False missile warning rattles Air Force crew = Fast clerical fingers sent war email or wires!

Anagram: Dharam
Image: US Navy

Boy Wrestler Wins Girl's State Title

(MSN)

Boy Wrestler Wins Girl's State Title = Was girl's rebel, now titters testily

Anagram: Russ Atkinson

President Trump Seems Determined To Continue The Permanent Campaign

(National Public Radio)

President Trump Seems Determined To Continue The Permanent Campaign = Smug, incompetent, demented, mean, putrid, pain-in-the-arse creep, torments!

Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Mike Maguire

Senate confirms climate change sceptic Scott Pruitt to run Environmental Protection Agency

(The Independent)

The Environmental Protection Agency = One notion: try prevent climate change

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Thomas Cizauskas

Movie Review: Hacksaw Ridge

(Stuff.co.nz)

Actor Andrew Garfield is the main star in the biographical war film drama 'Hacksaw Ridge' by the controversial director Mel Gibson and set on the island of ~ Okinawa. Pacifist medic is a heroic wartime battler, scaling gradients, thrillingly saving harmed band of brothers on a stretcher. Awarded Medal of Honor.

Anagram: Julian Lofts

Mammoth project to create hybrid

(The New Zealand Herald)

To create a mammoth-elephant hybrid = Och, reanimate that embalmed trophy

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: JLS Photography

Trump falsely claims biggest electoral win since Reagan

(USA Today)

Trump boasts that he had biggest electoral win since Ronald Reagan = The last Presidential races, Obama, Clinton, and G.H.W. Bush got greater

Anagram: Josiah Winslow
Image: Marcy

Adele Broke Her Grammy in Half So She Could Share It with Beyoncé

(Yahoo!)

Adele Broke Her Grammy in Half So She Could Share It with Beyonce = Singer: Behold, my nice award's yours too. Climb here, take half (he! he!)

Anagram: Aronas Pinchas