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Saturday, May 13, 2017

The Ten Neglected Senses

(University Press Scholarship Online)
Senses

The Ten Neglected Senses
1. Balance
2. Motion
3. Pressure
4. Itch
5. Pain
6. Fatigue
7. Breathing
8. Temperature
9. Appetite
10. Expulsion
= Phenomena
1. e.g. React in a boat
2. Speed
3. Feel stress
4. Tingling
5. Ouch!/Numb
6. Tire
7. Inspire, pant
8. Heat
9. Lust, eat it up
10. Excrete/pee
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Kris Krüg

Trump warns Comey over leaks to media

(BBC)
Comey firing demonstration

Trump Issues Threat On-Line = Nurse, stop this lite manure!
Anagram: Shaun Jex
Image: Victoria Pickering

Corbyn: "I'm not a pacifist"

(Channel 4)
Jeremy Corbyn Says #StopTrident - 1

I'm not a pacifist = I top fanaticism
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Garry Knight

Friday, May 12, 2017

James Comey out

(The New York Times)
Comey firing demonstration

James Comey out = You! Jetsam! Come!
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Victoria Pickering

Read: Trump's bizarre letter telling FBI Director James Comey he's fired

(Vox)
Comey firing demonstration

"I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation" = Seething paranoid Trump fires Comey. Incoherent ape! You enrage. Veto antagonistic totalitarianism!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Pickering

Trump fires FBI director James Comey

(CNN)
Comey firing demonstration

President Trump fires FBI director James B. Comey = Stupid creep factor: "Remember, friends, it is my job!"
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Victoria Pickering

Donald Trump to Comey: You're Fired!

(CNN)
Comey firing demonstration

Donald Trump to Comey: You're Fired! = Fury at unemployed Director. DOOM.
Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Victoria Pickering

Monday, May 8, 2017

Emmanuel Macron: French president-elect to fight 'forces of division'

(BBC)
Macron President, Emmanuel Macron campaign poster, Paris

Nine Recent Politicians of the State of France
1. Emmanuel Macron
2. Francois Hollande
3. Marine Le Pen
4. Nicolas Sarkozy
5. Charles de Gaulle
6. Valery Giscard d'Estaing
7. Georges Pompidou
8. Francois Mitterand
9. Jacques Chirac
=
1. A garcon can meet a nice cougar
2. Classic Gallic chauvinist president
3. National Front jerk (gag!)
4. "Napoleon syndrome" (small physique)
5. French Free Forces leader
6. Modernizer
7. Defeated Alain Poher
8. Socialist
9. A communist
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Lorie Shaull

Sunday, May 7, 2017

GOP rep: "Nobody dies because they don't have access to healthcare"

(The Hill)

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) claims "Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care." = Tosh! Prove it, bum! Dad's ill (cancer), needs health care or he's a bloody carcase (obituary ahead).
Anagram: Rosie Perera

An Emmanuel Macron presidency, weakened from the outset, would be bad news for Britain, the euro and EU

(The Daily Telegraph)
Emmanuel Macron

An Emmanuel Macron presidency = Democracy unmans Marine Le Pen
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: internationaleuropeanmovement

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Trayvon Martin awarded posthumous degree

(The New York Times)
Silver Spring #ReclaimMLK Sit-In 57

George Zimmerman. Trayvon Martin. = A man terrorizing. My grave moment.
Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Stephen Melkisethian

Donald Trump is 'worse than any horror story I've written', says Stephen King

(The Independent)
Trump chases planet

Donald Trump is 'worse than any horror story I've written', says Stephen King = O, hey, Pres. is a worst nightmare, known as phony and snotty stirrer, evil turd!
Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: Joe Flood

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Donald Trump praises North Korean leader as a 'smart cookie'

(The Daily Telegraph)
American Psycho / Korean Psycho

The man's a 'smart cookie' = N Korea state machismo
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Duncan C

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Report: Trump won't fire Spicer because 'the guy gets great ratings'

(The Hill)
Climate March 1169 Trump

"I'm not firing Sean Spicer. That guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in." (Donald Trump) = Nutty, often engaging, erratum-prone dud Press Secretary gets to maintain his living.
Anagram: Rosie Perera
Image: Edward Kimmel

Trump assails media, Obama, at 100-day rally while skipping Correspondents' Dinner

(ABC News)
Climate March 0782  Trump Sign

Trump Skips Correspondents Dinner = Dirt! Red con spurns print spokesmen.
Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Edward Kimmel

"Ferderal" transit project sign

(UPI)
Found: Ferderal Transit Administration sign at Sacramento & Chicago from chicago

"Ferderal" transit project sign = Jarring presence at first. Dolt!
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

Anthony Joshua beats Wladimir Klitschko in 11-round TKO win to snare boxing heavyweight title

(ABC News)
Wladimir Klitschko, Anthony Joshua

Joshua beat Klitschko = He jabs at stoic hulk. KO!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Karl-Ludwig Poggemann F

Trump declares May First as Loyalty Day

(Twitter)
Donald Trump, Loretto street art

Trump declares May First as Loyalty Day = Smartly decrypt a date of my ally: Russia!
Anagram: Christopher Davis
Image: Duncan C

Monday, May 1, 2017

New York Times Readers Are Canceling Subscriptions Over Climate-Denying Writer

(Huffington Post)
new york times

NYT Readers Are Canceling Subscriptions Over Climate-Denying Writer = Livid, I cry a cry: "Times can't print lies as "news". Recant! Be green, or go under!"
Anagram: Rosie Perera
Image: Sam Chills

Friday, April 28, 2017

United Airlines investigates giant bunny death

(BBC)
Giant Rabbit Hugs All Around

The death of a giant bunny called Simon ~ on a United flight's a banal comedy then
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Lee Summers