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Monday, June 10, 2019

Trump visit avoids major pitfalls despite usual blunders

(The Guardian)
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Trump has a visit to United Kingdom
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Damn that! I puke or vomit in disgust!
Anagram: George Missailidis
Image: Garry Knight

Monday, June 3, 2019

German Chancellor Angela Merkel awarded a Harvard honorary degree

(PBS)
Angela Merkel honored at Harvard

German Chancellor Angela Merkel awarded a Harvard honorary degree
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Anagram: Grand hall acknowledged her. Everyone roared. A real charmer!
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Political News

Record floods breach Arkansas levee, overtop 2 in Missouri

(The Santa Fe New Mexican)
Flooding in Arkansas, USA

Record floods breach Arkansas levee, overtop two in Missouri
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Serious reminder: Pros can't block overflow, so avoid the areas!
Anagram: Dharam
Image: US Department of Agriculture

The Theresa May Story

(BBC)
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The Theresa May story
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A mystery others hate
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Tom Page

Storm chasing tour has a ‘very unfortunate incident’ with a Kansas tornado

(The Santa Fe New Mexican)
Niccolò Ubalducci Photographer

Storm chasing tour has a ‘very unfortunate incident’ with a Kansas tornado
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Tourists and/or fans can overturn in a search. What'd you think? It's not a game!
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Niccolò Ubalducci

Burmese python found in Wicklow Mountains

(BBC)
Burmese Python

A Burmese python has been discovered in the Wicklow Mountains
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Unloved Irish-based snake went out in snow, became hypothermic
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Birgit Fostervold

Deaths on Mount Everest — Who's to blame?

(Yahoo!)
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Deaths on Mount Everest
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Oh, most tense adventure!
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

College student fell to her death while trying to snap a photo

(NBC News)

Oregon selfie death
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Foolish degenerate
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Thousands expected in Vienna to pay respects to F1 legend Lauda

(Yahoo! News)
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"From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks conclusions can be drawn. That goes for your private life as well as your career." - Niki Lauda
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Fun, noble, sacrosanct lesson: "Measure your self-knowing success by what you had to soulfully learn, craft, give, break up or sacrifice, in order to earn it." -Dalai Lama
Anagram: George Missailidis
Image: Harald de Payrebrune

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Game of Thrones Fans Fly Banner Over Seattle After Controversial Finale: 'Rewrite Season 8'

(People)
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HBO has transmuted the American novelist George Martin's fantasy title "A Song of Ice and Fire" ~ into a TV series “Game of Thrones”, featuring carnal themes, dragons, combat, death, life, insanity....
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Game of Thrones finale

(CNet)
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Game of Thrones finale
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I enrage them fool fans
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

Trump to Pelosi: 'I don't do cover-ups'

(BBC)
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“Me? I don’t do cover-ups”
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Trump’s ode: “Do no vice!”
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Monday, May 20, 2019

Trump's Second Term

(The Atlantic)
Still not welcome

Trump's US election victory
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Tut, it only covers up crimes!
Anagram: George Missailidis
Image: Duncan C

Jacinda Ardern rejects schoolgirl's £2.50 bribe to conduct 'dragon research'

(The Daily Telegraph)

Dragon research
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Ardern, go search!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Reddit

Friday, May 17, 2019

£4500 bottle of wine served in error

(MSN)
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Restaurant diner accidentally served up 4,500 pounds bottle of wine
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Nice treat and its flavour would be decent! I rarely spent £40-50.
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: Raffi Youredjian

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Trump unveils 'merit-based' immigration policy plan

(BBC)
"Oh my god. I'm f*cked!"

The possible new United States 'merit-based' immigration policy scheme
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Seems idiotic militants need not apply. Guess we hate their bombs, crime.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Thomas Cizauskas

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Full English! All four European finalists come from Premier League

(Daily Mail)
NCFC Celebrations

Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, and Chelsea
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Oh, a Prem lot earn all the TV slots and cash in Europe!
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: Michael Button

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Putin breaks silence on Russian spy Maria Butina after jailing in US

(Yahoo!)
Maria Butina,  Republicans' Russian Sweetheart

Spy Maria Butina
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Ambit: a pry in USA
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas
Image: Mike Licht

Lil Dicky’s “Earth” Debuts At #3 On Global YouTube Music Videos Chart

(Headline Planet)

The Earth's beings live and rule upon it
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That's our divine greenish-blue planet! :)
Anagram: George Missailidis

Original 'Star Wars' Chewbacca Peter Mayhew Dies at 74

(MSN)
Star Wars Weekends 2015: Peter Mayhew

Original 'Star Wars' Chewbacca Peter Mayhew Dies at 74
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Awe as we describe a giant character. Why, almost 7'4". RIP
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: Scott Smith