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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Monarch Airlines goes bust cancelling 300,000 bookings with scramble to rescue 110,000 stuck abroad

(The Sun)
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Monarch Airlines = Online armchairs
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Alec Wilson

Live: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Hotel massacre: 59 dead, 527 hurt in worst US shooting

(The New Zealand Herald)
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The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino (four star rating) = A furor, a nasty massacre by a ranting dotard in hotel
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Working Families Party

Monday, October 2, 2017

OJ Simpson Released From Prison

(National Public Radio)
O.J. by Lostastic

Released from prison = Freedom! No reprisals.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Illustration: Lostastic

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Trump attacks Puerto Rico mayor: 'They want everything done for them'

(The Guardian)
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Puerto Rico's mayor Señora Carmen Yulin Cruz ~ on Trump: "O your crazy American señor is cruel."
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Spanish police seal off polling stations in Catalonia

(Al Jazeera)
People's Power

Catalonia is a mutinous region in the north-easterly part of Spain = Ah, nationalists are after recognition, apparently. Uh, it's ominous.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: alister

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Gal Gadot Hasn't Always Looked Like This

(The Cheat Sheet)
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Gal Gadot, star of Wonder Woman, the record-breaking superhero blockbuster = Babe from Israel altogether brought a new record - knocked down stars group!
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas
Image: Gage Skidmore

Kid Rock rants about Nazis, KKK, Black Lives Matter and Colin Kaepernick at a concert

(Salon)
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That US quarterback Colin Rand Kaepernick = Kid Rock's a queer prick, bent charlatan, a nut!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Brook Ward

Jared Kushner is a female

(CNN)
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Jared Kushner is a female = She's injured, a lame faker
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: DonkeyHotey

Italy woman marries herself in 'fairytale without prince'

(BBC)
Japanese obsession #1

O, my goal's ~ sologamy
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Dario-Jacopo Lagana'

Quick-thinking bus passenger narrowly stops mountain tragedy

(Evening Standard)
APT tour coach depicting the Vancouver cityscape

Quick-thinking bus passenger narrowly stops mountain tragedy = Got lucky, then! Quite surprising man's bad parking's not any worse :-)
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: Can Pac Swire

Bali volcano: Indonesia fears imminent Mt Agung eruption

(BBC)
Volcano in Bali

The Balinese stratovolcano Mount Agung has erupted = A cone hurled hot lava, emits a pungent gas. O, best to run!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Ângelo Pereira

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Trump Says US Is Ready to Use "Devastating" Force on North Korea

(Bloomberg)

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Rash despotic US men so want to fire ~ their weapons of mass destruction.
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Friday, September 22, 2017

Where is 'Nambia'? President Trump 'invents' African country

(BBC)
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Donald Trump has fabricated this African country called Nambia = Darn! A daft, absurd, moronic blunder. In fact it's a mythical place. Ha!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Elvert Barnes

Melania Trump in legal row with English-language school

(BBC)
First Ladies of the United States

Croatian advertisement: "Just imagine how far you can go with a little bit of English" = Brilliant! I jest 'n gag at how a curvy 'feminist', Melania, got to White House. Fornicated?
Anagram: Julian & Jason Lofts
Image: IIP Photo Archive

Monday, September 18, 2017

Stanislav Petrov dead: The Soviet officer who 'saved the world' by averting nuclear war dies aged 77

(The Independent)

The Russian army officer Stanislav Petrov has died = Man's efforts stop a vivid nuclear disaster. Hairy, eh?
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Maria is newest hurricane

(CNN)
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Maria is newest hurricane = Irma's heir, water nuisance
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Antti Lipponen

The Eagles are coming to town, with Glenn Frey's son Deacon taking his place

(Seattle Times)

American rock band "The Eagles" = I heard clear - men back on stage!
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Lady Gaga hospitalized, cancels show

(UPI)
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Lady Gaga hospitalized, cancels show = "Ow!" she gasped. A zany Catholic gal slid.
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: GabboT

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Rebel Wilson awarded A$4.5m in magazine defamation case

(BBC)
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The Australian actor Rebel Wilson = Liar? Ha, not true. Star won libel case.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Disney | ABC TV

Apple launches $999 iPhone X in bid to regain innovation lead

(Reuters)

iPhone X = Phoenix?
Anagram: Julian Lofts