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Friday, September 1, 2017

Tropical Cyclone 10 heads for Britain: Atlantic SUPERSTORM to spark UK 'monsoon' next week, by Nathan Rao

(The Daily Express)

Tropical Cyclone Ten heads for Britain = Typical Rao on nth incredible forecast
Anagram: Robert Jordan

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Novartis' CAR-T gene therapy, the first approved by FDA, to cost $475,000

(MarketWatch)
Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, (NITD), NIBR Singapore

The so called 'living drug' Tisagenlecleucel (aka Kymriah™ by Novartis) is a new CAR-T cell therapy = Docs say pricy gene-altering will violently attack, avert, and might cure harsh B-cell leukaemias
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Novartis AG

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Hurricane Harvey: Donald Trump says 'Texas can handle anything' as dams overflow, Houston deluged

(The Daily Telegraph)
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US Donald President Trump says "Texas can handle anything" = "My last pretty stupid, carnal and nude sex shenanigans. Doh!"
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: thetortmaster

Melania, Donald Trump ridiculed for bizarre Hurricane Harvey outfits

(The New Zealand Herald)
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The First Lady of the US Melania Trump is far too ~ fitted out sartorially for a mishap, then fumes
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Melania Trump mocked for her 'storm stilettos' as she heads to Texas for Hurricane Harvey relief

(Yahoo!)
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Melania wears "storm stilettos" to visit Houston = Riot! She seems too tall to swim in vast rain, so 'Tut!"
Anagram: Rosie Perera

This Guy Spent A Year Exploring The Subculture Of Competitive Punning

(Fast Company)

Guy spends a year in the world of competitive punning = Get your tiny mind seasoned, peppering with vocal fun
Anagram: Chris Sturdy

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Peru's indigenous-language push

(The Economist)
Exposition

Peru indigenous-language push ~ dug up a European using English
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: CIFOR

Floyd Mayweather stops Conor McGregor in 10th round in Las Vegas

(BBC)
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The grinning US boxer Floyd Mayweather thrashes the UFC champion ~ Irishman McGregor in ten rounds. Yes, watch the hype, hoax, bluff, hate.
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Saturday, August 26, 2017

The five most controversial acts of clemency by US presidents

(The Guardian)
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I deplore partisan and ~ a presidential pardon
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Monica D. Spencer

How unpopular has President Donald Trump become? This chart shows just how much

(The Independent)
Refuse Fascism

Unpopular president = People spurn dirt, Anu.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Refuse Fascism

Arpaio is pardoned

(ABC News)
Joe Arpaio

Arpaio is pardoned = I do spare paranoid
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Gage Skidmore

President Trump pardons controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio

(BBC)
Joe Arpaio

The President of the United States Donald Trump pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio = Honest, it's truth - er, people did jeer at mad POTUS' fondness for defiant pariah
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Gage Skidmore

Friday, August 25, 2017

The secret life of dodos, revealed

(Phys.org)
Dodo Skeleton

The secret life of dodos revealed ~ e'er coveted feathered old fossil
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Paul Gravestock

Hurricane Harvey: what we know about the Category 4 storm about to hit the Gulf Coast

(Vox)
As expected Harvey has intensified into a Hurricane

Hurricane Harvey will hit land soon = O, us! Real heavy rain, chill north wind
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: NASA

Allah-Las gig cancelled in Rotterdam due to terrorism warning

(The Guardian)
Allah Las | Double Door | 2016

The rock band Allah-Las are no longer playing in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, due to this awful Islamic ~ terror plot. Is warfare. Agents condemn, hunt and shoot dead all the nihilistic men yelling "Allahu Akbar!"
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Xanic Lopez

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

President Maduro strips Venezuela's parliament of power

(The Guardian)
Nicolas Maduro

President Nicolas Maduro ~ also damped insurrection
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Jeso Carneiro

Monday, August 21, 2017

'Prince William should stand for election' Fury as Owen Jones suggests ABOLISHING monarchy

(The Daily Express)
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Owen Jones, host of LBC Radio ~ He's a Tower of London job [sic]
Anagram: Robert Jordan

Imam in Spanish Town Emerges as Suspect in Barcelona Attack

(The Wall Street Journal)
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The Ripoll Imam Abdelbaki Es Satty's ~ hopes "Stab, slay, maim, kill, batter, die!"
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Fotomovimiento

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Women are painting vaginas on their fingernails -- and they're incredibly detailed

(The Daily Mirror)
A manicurist at work

Vagina nails = A vain signal
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: freestocks.org

Nice to see you: Bruce Forsyth's scandalous history of love, lust and lies

(The Daily Mirror)
Internet’s Bruce Forsyth (Game Show Host)…Digitally Streamed Light Entertainment / …You’ve Won a Free Download!

The ancient English entertainer Bruce Forsyth has died = Had heinous chin, big ferrety teeth and internal secrets
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Surian Soosay