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Monday, August 14, 2017

Racist Jason Kessler

(Twitter)
Congregate Charlottesville Confronts Unite The Right 16

See frightening terror when a short speech to journalists goes viral recently - suddenly a sleazy racist lawbreaker panics = Unite the Right rally organizer Jason Kessler was chased away by protesters during a press conference in Charlottesville
Anagram: Christopher Davis
Image: PROStephen Melkisethian

A reckoning in Charlottesville

(BBC)
Solidarity with Charlottesville - 14 August 2017.
A reckoning in Charlottesville, USA = Racial killings touch nerves. Atone!

A reckoning in Charlottesville, US = Racists rant, kill - enough violence.

A reckoning in Charlottesville = Alt-Right convene kill scenario
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Ron F.

Saturday, August 12, 2017

The fallout shelter business is booming -- even in Canada -- amid North Korean tensions

(Global News)
Fallout shelter

Nuclear fallout shelter = Full-on threat; all secure.
Anagram: Rosie Perera
Image: Toby Scott

'EU is taking a STEP BACK' Asia distances itself from Brussels as Eurozone crisis grows

(The Daily Express)

EU is taking a STEP BACK = ASEAN stake big uptick
Anagram: Robert Jordan

The latest in coffees and teas - are they really good for us?

(Fox2 Detroit)

The Vitamin-Infused Coffee = Hi, aid's effective, fun to men!
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Thursday, August 10, 2017

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

(The Guardian)
Sinead O'Connor

The singer Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor = An obscene or tormented anti-Irish renegade
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Bryan Ledgard

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

(The Daily Express)
Nicola Sturgeon opens the new Scottish Power HQ in Glasgow

Only looking out for herself = Sturgeon: Irony of folk, eh? LOL
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: First Minister of Scotland

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

President Trump Moves Doomsday Clock to Half Past 'Oh My God'

(Gizmodo)
Time

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

North Korea threatens strike on Guam

(CNN)
American Psycho Korean Psycho, Charing Cross Road, London, UK

Donald Trump's North Korea Fire and Fury = Profoundly horrid. Fat Man. Undertakers.
Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Cory Doctorow

USDA Clamps Down on Staffers Using the Term 'Climate Change'

(Wired)
Two Decades of Changes in Helheim Glacier

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

Monday, August 7, 2017

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.
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Government minister urges British holidaymakers to choose Blackpool over Benidorm

(The Daily Express)
Blackpool beach

Government minister urges British holidaymakers to choose Blackpool over Benidorm = Oh, illuminations, pier, mmm seaside rock, beach donkeys v. obverse, globe trotting horror?
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: diamond geezer

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

(CNN)
NO SHOOT ZONE

Baltimore's "Nobody kill anybody" weekend = Irk mob? Don't need bloke's body in alleyway!
Anagram: Rosie Perera
Image: Tyler Merbler

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
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Friday, August 4, 2017

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

(BBC)
Pickles

India has some really strange pickle flavoured condoms ~ or are nicknamed foulest old smelly vegan aphrodisiacs
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Nannette Turner

Thursday, August 3, 2017

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

(Washington Post)
My Mommy Is an Immigrant

The President prohibits immigrants to US = Trump's ban - I pestered him, "It is so not right!"
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Geoff Livingston

Fen Tiger SPOTTED? Fears mysterious beast has returned to Cambridgeshire

(The Daily Express)
Cougar Closeup Profile

Often get striped ~ Fen Tiger SPOTTED
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Eric Kilby

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

(Huffington Post)
Mike Pence Ignores NASA’s ‘Do Not Touch’ Sign, And The Internet’s Response Is Merciless

Critical Space Flight Hardware "Do Not Touch" = Pic's to warn that 'chocolate fireguard' child!
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: Trending News

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

(The New Zealand Herald)
Charging Bull - New York City

The Dow Jones industrial average rises = Just delivered share gains too, I answer.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Sam valadi

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

The Great Peanut Butter Escape Of 2017

(National Public Radio)
Escape

The Great Peanut Butter Escape = Better put a Great Escapee Hunt
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas
Image: Fox Wu