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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Strawberry needle scare: strict new export rules put in place

(The Guardian)
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The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association = Needles sow terror! So what? Big scary quarantines! = Sow terror with needle! Gross! Bananas! Quite scary!
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: Ahmed Helal

Monday, September 17, 2018

Trump aides plead guilty

(Twitter)

Trump aides:
1. Manafort
2. Gates
3. Flynn
4. Papadopoulos
5. Cohen
=
1. Loathsome
2. Fraud
3. Polecat - P.U.
4. Minor Pansy, and
5. Fat sponge
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: CNN

Victoria Beckham sparks carrier bag-wearing trend on social media

(The Irish Independent)

The UK fashion designer Victoria Caroline Beckham = Hark, I'm inclined to stick a bag over her heinous face
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Beckham

Sunday, September 16, 2018

"Gina is Great": Trump endorses book declaring him possibly the "most sound-minded" president ever

(Washington Post)
Bryce Tache at Stand on Every Corner protest - Day 87

The "most sound-minded" president? = Dishonest Don Trump is demented
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: FibonacciBlue

Uranus, Missouri's New Newspaper Is the Uranus Examiner (Huh. Huh.)

(Riverfront Times)
Donald John Trump Newspaper launches with title Uranus Examiner – & people are NOT happy

Newspaper of Uranus = Press unaware of pun
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Manafort plea deal: Trump ex-campaign chief to help Mueller inquiry

(BBC)
Manafort guilty plea

Manafort cuts a plea deal with Mister Mueller = Malefic Trump has a real meltdown, utters a lie
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Pickering

Europe's farmers on red alert as deadly African swine fever spreads to Belgium

(The Guardian)
African Swine Fever (05510240)

African swine fever spreads to Belgium = Endemic virus answerable for pigs' fate
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: IAEA Imagebank

It's Not Just the President* Who Ought to Be Sweating Today

(Esquire)
Paul Manafort, updated LinkedIn photo

Paul Manafort Mike Pence Nomination = A prominent minion. Fate? A lock-up. Amen.
Anagram: Erin Neathery
Image: Mike Licht

Dead: Volkswagen Beetle

(Jalopnik)
The quintessential cool car of the early-2000s, the VW Beetle, will be no more

Dead: VW Beetle = a VW be deleted
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: John Ellrod

The 10 Most Valuable Brands in 2018

(Inc.)
amazon logo Apple Logo google

A List of the Ten Most Valuable Brands in the World This Financial Year
1. Amazon
2. Apple
3. Google
4. The Samsung Group
5. Facebook
6. AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph)
7. Microsoft
8. Verizon
9. Walmart
10. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
=
1. Online retail trailblazer
2. Computers, phones, tv
3. Internet web, a mega ‘billboard’
4. Phones, gadgets
5. Think talkathon, fandom, crazy election havoc (hahaha!)
6. Mass media
7. Software
8. Communications
9. Full of popular retail
10. Mortgage, finance
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Daniel Iverson

Friday, September 14, 2018

The New York Race for Trump to Watch Tonight? Not the Governor's

(Bloomberg)
Zephyr Teachout Hi-Five

NY Professor Teachout ~ has to prosecute for NY
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Digital Media

Skripal poisoning: Putin says suspects 'civilians, not criminals'

(BBC)
A pussy in disguise by Patti Warashina #mesacontemporaryartsmuseum #pattiwarashina #donaldtrump #trump #putin #vladimirputin #maskoff

It lines up = Putin lies
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Echo L.C. Hou

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Restaurant loses $190m in value after dead rat found in soup

(BBC)
Holly eating the soup

Dead rat in soup ~ astounded pair
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Tambako The Jaguar

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

'God bless us all if this man continues on this path': Puerto Rican mayor rips into Trump's disaster-relief effort amid Hurricane Florence

(Business Insider)
Rafael Romo conversó con la alcaldesa de San Juan, de visita en Atlanta, quien le dio el balance de la situación en Puerto Rico a más de 100 días del paso del huracán María. Carmen Yulín Cruz también opinó sobre los recientes comentarios de Donald Trump.

The Puerto Rican mayor says ~ "Oh yes, Trump's a reactionary"
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Ruperto Miller

The racist Serena cartoon is straight out of 1910

(CNN)
Defiant Australian Newspaper Herald Sun Reprints Controversial Serena Williams Cartoon On Front Page

"No!" to racist ~ cartoonist
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Cartoon: Mark Knight

Monday, September 10, 2018

"I had to be real": #PlaidShirtGuy removed from Trump rally after viral facial expressions

(The New Zealand Herald)

Plaid shirt guy ~ said "Ugh!" triply
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Clip of Donald Trump failing to pronounce the word 'anonymous' is going viral

(The New Zealand Herald)

The word "anonymous" is a real tongue twister ~ says moron. Ow, he's a twit, ingenue, lout, retard
Anagram: Julian Lofts

More than 1 million people forced to flee as Hurricane Florence nears Category 5 status

(CNN)
ISS Sees Florence From Space

Southeast Storm = States Shut Room
Anagram: Dora L. Alg
Image: NASA

Was this the moment Richard Branson poached Chris Evans?

(Daily Mail)
BBC building / logo logo-de-virgin-radio

Christopher Evans has resigned from BBC Radio Two ~ when broadcaster Virgin poached this former boss
Anagram: Chris Sturdy

Nike unveils its controversial 'Just Do It' advert narrated by Colin Kaepernick

(Stuff.co.nz)
Learning With: ‘Colin Kaepernick’s Nike Campaign Keeps N.F.L. Anthem Kneeling in Spotlight’

Colin Kaepernick ~ can pick Nike role
Anagram: Julian Lofts