Thank you, Sinéad O'Connor, for showing the messy reality of mental illness

(The Guardian)

The singer Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor = An obscene or tormented anti-Irish renegade

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Only looking out for herself: SNP turns on flailing Nicola Sturgeon and her husband

(The Daily Express)

Only looking out for herself = Sturgeon: Irony of folk, eh? LOL

Anagram: Robert Jordan
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President Trump Moves Doomsday Clock to Half Past 'Oh My God'

(Gizmodo)

President Trump moves Doomsday Clock to half past 'Oh My God' = Odds are, chump simply attempted glory on vast mood of shock.

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North Korea threatens strike on Guam

(CNN)

Donald Trump's North Korea Fire and Fury = Profoundly horrid. Fat Man. Undertakers.

Anagram: Erin Neathery
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USDA Clamps Down on Staffers Using the Term 'Climate Change'

(Wired)

USDA clamps down on staff using term 'Climate Change' = A panel's documents and 'wrong' claims might affect us?

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Usain Bolt beaten in last solo race as drug cheat Justin Gatlin gatecrashes world 100m final

(The Daily Telegraph)

The drug cheat Justin Gatlin has beaten the favourite Usain Bolt in the London World champs = That USA chap battled booing, ran an eventful race on helium, just hit his stride, then won gold.

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Government minister urges British holidaymakers to choose Blackpool over Benidorm

(The Daily Express)

Government minister urges British holidaymakers to choose Blackpool over Benidorm = Oh, illuminations, pier, mmm seaside rock, beach donkeys v. obverse, globe trotting horror?

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"Nobody kill anybody": Baltimore hopes for homicide-free weekend

(CNN)

Baltimore's "Nobody kill anybody" weekend = Irk mob? Don't need bloke's body in alleyway!

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Mexican Lawyer Markets Trump-Branded Toilet Paper For A Very Good Cause

(Huffington Post)

A Mexican lawyer markets white Trump-branded toilet paper = Dare Mr T to expel crap, wipe arse with marketable mundanity = Mad retort: expel crap, wipe arse with marketable mundanity

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Is there really a market for pickle flavoured condoms in India?

(BBC)

India has some really strange pickle flavoured condoms ~ or are nicknamed foulest old smelly vegan aphrodisiacs

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Under Trump's new immigration rule, his own grandfather likely wouldn't have gotten in

(Washington Post)

The President prohibits immigrants to US = Trump's ban - I pestered him, "It is so not right!"

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Fen Tiger SPOTTED? Fears mysterious beast has returned to Cambridgeshire

(The Daily Express)

Often get striped ~ Fen Tiger SPOTTED

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Mike Pence Ignores NASA's "Do Not Touch" Sign, Sends Internet Into Orbit

(Huffington Post)

Critical Space Flight Hardware "Do Not Touch" = Pic's to warn that 'chocolate fireguard' child!

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What's behind the Dow's stunning rise to 22,000?

(The New Zealand Herald)

The Dow Jones industrial average rises = Just delivered share gains too, I answer.

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The Great Peanut Butter Escape Of 2017

(National Public Radio)

The Great Peanut Butter Escape = Better put a Great Escapee Hunt

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'Hire more staff' UK union berates "failing" EU airports for making Brits queue for HOURS

(The Daily Express)

Hire more staff ~ Safer for it, meh!

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Mooch lasts ten days

(Huffington Post)

Mooch lasts ten days = A sly smooth cat's end

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
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Jeanne Moreau, Femme Fatale of French New Wave, Is Dead at 89

(The New York Times)

The iconic French actress Jeanne Moreau has died = Such an enchantress. "Je t'adore, ma chèrie," I confide.

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Trump's lies are the Republican playbook

(Daily Kos)

"No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." - that writer and a political satirist, P.J. O'Rourke
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Just look at the old, elite institution of the US Republican Party, starring foul Edgar Hoover, psychotic roue President Donald Trump, doleful Gerald Ford, Spiro Agnew, Dwight Eisenhower, Rick Santorum, etc. O leer at voters too. What woeful, useless fools. (No offence!)

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A Dysfunctional White House

(NBC Los Angeles)

Dysfunctional White House = I fault NYC's White House Don

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