Wordsmith.org : the magic of words

Sunday, July 23, 2017

'UK will never have own sovereignty!' Cable in Brexit rant

(The Daily Express)
Banksy does Brexit (detail) #banksy #brexit

'UK will never have own sovereignty!' = Verily ruling the waves even now, OK?
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Duncan Hull

Donald Trump insists he has 'complete power' to pardon

(BBC)
Trump Running for President

Pardon me POTUS = Trump's a dope, no?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Frank L. Ludwig

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Anthony Scaramucci: Who is the new White House communications director?

(BBC)

The new Communications Director is aka ~ Scaramucci. The dominator is keen to win.

Scaramucci - "No, not editor! I'm ~ a communications director!"

Anthony Scaramucci is ~ a masochist, a cynic. Run!
Anagrams: Julian Lofts

Seven Natural Wonders

(Wikipedia)
Iguazu falls Halong Bay Jeju
Outside the Puerto Princesa Underground River
Table Mountain Komodo Island The Water Tree

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
= 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
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Images: Linda De Volder, Anthony, Christie Yunhwa,
Jam A, Neville Nel, CristinaPessini, Jake Gordon

Friday, July 21, 2017

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

(CBS News)
tRump's "eventual" plan!

"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."
=
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.
Anagram: Josiah Winslow
Image: Thomas Cizauskas

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Republican Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer

(Sydney Morning Herald)
John McCain - Caricature

The Republican Senator McCain has ~ a brain neoplasm. Censure chitchat.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Caricature: DonkeyHotey

Earth is becoming 'Planet Plastic'

(BBC)
Waste Collects on the Shores of Timor-Leste

Our Earth is becoming 'Planet Plastic' = "Cor! It's appalling on beaches!" I mutter.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: United Nations Photo

Justine Damond: Australian PM calls shooting 'inexplicable'

(BBC)


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

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

(Huffington Post)
Philly Health Care is a Right Rally

"Let Obamacare fail" (Donald Trump) = Unpalatable for a mild Democrat
Anagram: Rosie Perera
Image: Joe Piette

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

(Yahoo!)

Little Ross Lighthouse tower and keepers houses (geograph 2123471).jpg


Little Ross Island = Dirt's still on sale
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas
Image: Wikimedia Commons

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

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

(The Independent)
Jodie Whittaker

Dr Who has morphed into a female = Hermaphrodite? False - woman, doh!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Reza Vaziri

President Trump Must Release Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs

(MSN)
Tangerine Harem scarerm

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!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Graham C99

Monday, July 17, 2017

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.
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Sunday, July 16, 2017

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

(BBC)
send trump to planet mars !

Judge me on four things, said POTUS Donald Trump. So we did = O he's just an idiot, a doddering old mugwump, fusspot nerd.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: doubichlou14

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
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Friday, July 14, 2017

Hawaii judge weakens travel ban, Trump to appeal

(Los Angeles Daily News)
Untitled

Judge weakens President Trump's travel ban = Vet grandparents. Unkempt Jews abide rules.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Lion Multimedia

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
Anagram: Julian Lofts

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 Earth is Round!

The Flat Earth Community = Heretical man of myth. Tut!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Dushan Wegner

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

(BBC)
'I did not have improper collusions with #russia'. #trumpbaby #donaldtrump #trumpgate #microwave #wiretap #russiandoll #putin #destroyer #baby #usa  #twitter #election2016 #fixing

'Opposition research'? ~ or son is a heretic, Pop!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Michael de Groot

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Despacito


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