Seven Natural Wonders

(Wikipedia)

A List of Seven Natural Wonders 1. The Iguacu Falls 2. Halong Bay 3. Jeju Island 4. The Puerto Princesa Underground River National Park 5. Table Mountain 6. Komodo Island 7. The Amazon Rainforest

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Portend a hefty thrill 1. Brazil-Argentina border 2. Vietnam, offshore 3. aka Jejudo, S. Korea 4. Saint Paul Mountain Range tunnels 5. Cape Town 6. Unusual old dragons live on island 7. South America

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Trump claims he's passed more bills "than any president, ever"

(CBS News)

"We've signed more bills -- and I'm talking about through the legislature -- than any president, ever. For a while, Harry Truman had us. And now, I think, we have everybody."
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Here, Trump lied about a highlight: a big, unheard rush by making twenty-nine laws in a hundred days. However, Franklin Roosevelt, at a lower time, had over seventy.

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Republican Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer

(Sydney Morning Herald)

The Republican Senator McCain has ~ a brain neoplasm. Censure chitchat.

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Earth is becoming 'Planet Plastic'

(BBC)

Our Earth is becoming 'Planet Plastic' = "Cor! It's appalling on beaches!" I mutter.

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Justine Damond: Australian PM calls shooting 'inexplicable'

(BBC)

Australian Justine Damond shot by police = Just a 'normal' death in USA - beyond politics

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Trump's Plan To "Let Obamacare Fail" Is Morally Appalling

(Huffington Post)

"Let Obamacare fail" (Donald Trump) = Unpalatable for a mild Democrat

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An entire Scottish island is on sale for just £325k - but it has a disturbing past

(Yahoo!)

Little Ross Island = Dirt's still on sale

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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker is first woman Time Lord replacing Peter Capaldi as 13th Doctor

(The Independent)

Dr Who has morphed into a female = Hermaphrodite? False - woman, doh!

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President Trump Must Release Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs

(MSN)

The US President, Donald Trump, must release the visitor records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida = Retains revered plutocrats, florid madmen, apes, this calm primatologist. O, but the Russians are deleted, haha!

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Roger Federer claims historic eighth Wimbledon title with straight sets win over emotional Marin Cilic

(The Daily Telegraph)

Oh, the great Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has beaten the poor Croatian Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon men's final = Fairytale finish. 8 times is a phenomenal record to celebrate - one more than pedantic Britisher W. Renshaw's long reign.

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Judge me on four things, said Trump. So we did

(BBC)

Judge me on four things, said POTUS Donald Trump. So we did = O he's just an idiot, a doddering old mugwump, fusspot nerd.

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Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams in straight sets to win Wimbledon title

(The Times of India)

The Spaniard Garbine Muguruza Blanco completely demolished American Venus Ebony Starr Williams in the final = O yes, a brash millennial usurper challenged and beat tearful US champion in a mesmerizing victory at Wimbledon

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Hawaii judge weakens travel ban, Trump to appeal

(Los Angeles Daily News)

Judge weakens President Trump's travel ban = Vet grandparents. Unkempt Jews abide rules.

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Beyoncé twins are here -- and their names are Sir Carter and Rum

(Vox)

The singer Beyoncé has had twins that are called Sir Carter and Rumi = Huh, they'll resent artistic names as arcane, hardcore, dingbat, weird

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Flat Out Denial Inside the weird world of "flat earthers" who deny the earth is round, think gravity is a myth and boast tens of thousands of members including top celebs

(The Sun)

The Flat Earth Community = Heretical man of myth. Tut!

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Trump says son's Russian lawyer meeting 'opposition research'

(BBC)

'Opposition research'? ~ or son is a heretic, Pop!

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Despacito

"Despacito" = Poetic, sad = Disco tape = Poised act

Wiz Khalifa's 'See You Again' ends 'Gangnam Style's' streak as most-viewed YouTube video

(Los Angeles Times)

Agonizing over his car accident that finished him, & to pay homage to US St Paul Walker (Furious 7), we see ~ that music video "See You Again", featuring those two singer-composers Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth.

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Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails About Meeting With Russian Lawyer, Annotated

(National Public Radio)

Donald Trump Junior Russia Collusion = All run as jurisdiction round-up looms

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'My Son Is a High-Quality Person.' President Trump Defends Embattled Trump Jr.

(Time)

A high-quality person" is ~ "quite a liar" sighs phony

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