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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Fed up Paris locals look to BAN Instagrammers who flood their cobbled street to take 'perfect' social media photos

(Daily Mail)
UYE* Rue Crémieux: Photoshoot Yelp Paris, Paris, May 1st, 2013  (*Unofficial Yelp Event)

Locals are getting 'perfect' social media photos
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'Floods the street', gets an image or pic? I call a cop!
Anagram: George Missailidis
Image: Yelp

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Experts Think This ‘Nude Mona Lisa’ Could Have Been Drawn by Leonardo da Vinci

(Smithsonian)
Monna Vanna, Cartoon, musee Conde.jpg

Experts Think This 'Nude Mona Lisa' Could Have Been Drawn by Leonardo da Vinci
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She's reexamined and involved a born 'southpaw', and certainly could be, I think
Anagram: Dharam Khalsa
Image: Wikimedia

Luke Perry dead: Beverly Hills 90210 actor dies aged 52 after massive stroke

(News.com.au)
Luke Perry

The actor Luke Perry has died in USA
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Pure incredulity as he had a stroke
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Gage Skidmore

The House just voted to terminate Trump's national emergency declaration

(Business Insider)
Protesting The Trump National Emergency Chicago Illinois 2-18-19 6135

The House just voted to terminate Trump's national emergency declaration
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Voters reject his emotional tantrum and say "Enough!" to ultimate precedent
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Charles Edward Miller

NASA names facility after "Hidden Figure" Katherine Johnson

(ABC News)
Katherine Johnson Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom (NHQ201511240006)

NASA names facility after "Hidden Figure" Katherine Johnson
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Definite action! NASA judges her, thanks Afr.-Am. flyin' heroine
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: NASA

Man Saves His Dog From A Mountain Lion In His Underwear

(INSERT_NEWSPAPER_NAME)

Man saves his dog from a mountain lion in his underwear
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An invasion in man's undies is harmful, or a dog wore them?
Anagram: Dharam

Chubby Rat Stuck In Sewer Cover Didn't Think Anyone Would Stop To Help Him

(The Dodo)
Untitled

Plump rat gets stuck in drain
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Panicking Trump startled us
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Michael Sehr/Berufstierrettung Rhein-Neckar/dpa

Nudists plan roller-coaster world record attempt

UPI)

British nudist group plans to attempt world record for most naked roller-coaster riders
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'Mirror' alert: Well-proportioned studs risk bad discomfort on rattletrap's rough descent!
Anagram: Dharam

‘WHY SHOULDN’T I LIKE HIM?’ Donald Trump hails his ‘great relationship’ with Kim Jong-un and reveals they BOTH walked away from North Korean nuke summit

(The Sun)
KimLove

Trump desires Kim
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Summit risked rep
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Um, risk distemper
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: FolsomNatural

Police suspicion over Scot's 'drowning' in California

(BBC)
Carmel Wedding Shoot (2013)

Monastery Beach
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Ahem, Scot nearby
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Joseph Thornton

Donald Trump's epically bad week

(CNN)
Little Hands for a clownish wave at #INDYPLUNGE.

The USA President preceded by Obama ~ is Trump. (He's beyond a deadbeat creep!)
Anagram: George Missailidis
Image: Steve Baker

Friday, March 8, 2019

Meghan Markle baby … 'gender fluid' baby story

(The Daily Express)

'Gender fluid' baby story
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'Royal trend' guys fibbed
Anagram: Robert Jordan

Trump says he was impressed by one thing in Cohen hearing

(CNN)
Donald Trump's Latest Chinese fashion Import

Trump: "Cohen 'lied a lot' during congressional hearing.
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I shrugged, then agreed on criminal part: 'No collusion'."
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Loco Steve

Cardinal George Pell spending his first night in jail for sexually abusing choirboys

(Stuff.co.nz)
Cardinal George Pell in 2012.jpg

Cardinal George Pell hides
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Aged groper is held in a cell
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Wikimedia

Monday, February 25, 2019

Do you know the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates?

(Politico)
The White House (p)


1. Elizabeth Warren
2. Bernie Sanders
3. Amy Klobuchar
4. Kirsten Gillibrand
5. Joe Biden
6. Andrew Cuomo
7. Kamala Harris
8. Cory Booker
9. Pete Buttigieg
10. Julian Castro
11. Tulsi Gabbard
12. Marianne Williamson
13. Richard Ojeda
14. John Delaney
15. Andrew Yang
= DEM SLATE
1. PocaNOTus girl
2. Radical guy ran
3. Minn Law
4. NY moderate
5. Senior runner
6. Clintonian law
7. CA Jezebel
8. A Jersey Bidder
9. BBB star? Nah
10. Obama cabinet (HUD)
11. Hindu Honey
12. Wakko joke, I said
13. Warrior (ret. Major)
14. (I giggle, sir)
15. He dabbler, a lark
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: David Seibold

Saturday, February 23, 2019

R. Kelly arrested, surrenders to Chicago police following sex abuse charges

(USA Today)
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Singer and record producer Robert Sylvester Kelly
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Sick pervert surrendered, led to cell by sorry organ
Anagram: Dharam

Washington on high alert for Mueller report but uncertainty surrounds what happens next

(Los Angeles Times)
Protest Trump and Protect the Mueller Investigation Rally and March Downtown Chicago Illinois  11-8-18 5087

Special Counsel Attorney Robert Swan Mueller III
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We really notice silent "prosecutorial submarine".
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Charles Edward Miller

Friday, February 22, 2019

Turpin captivity case: California parents admit torture

BBC)
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Turpin parents = Truant nippers
Anagram: Julian Lofts

'ISIS bride' sues US to enter country amid fight over her citizenship, debate over fleeing fighters

(ABC News)

"Sir, I must enter mid-US! ... No? It is a bad trip?" She ~ ("ISIS bride") sues the Trump Administration.
Anagram: George Missailidis

NBA disputes findings, game anecdotes and 'conflicting' quotes in ESPN's Tim Donaghy report

(Yahoo!)
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Tim Donaghy, NBA referee = Fine, grab the money, dear!
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas