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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Unredacted transcript

(Washington Post)
Trump

Unredacted transcript
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underacted script rant
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: IoSonoUnaFotoCamera

Monday, September 23, 2019

Teen activist tells Davos elite they're to blame for climate crisis

(CNN)
Greta Thunberg - Caricature

“We are facing [an] existential crisis, the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced....Some people, some companies, some decision makers in particular have known exactly what priceless values they have been sacrificing to continue making unimaginable amounts of money. I think many of you here today belong to that group of people." Whose great quote is this? Guess!
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Swedish girl Greta Thunberg - hey, she is quite a remarkable freak, a sweet, unconventional, goofy sixteen year old activist, a plucky campaigner with a Weltanschauung against a fiasco, i.e. imminent climate change/eco mayhem. An over opinionated freethinker, she mesmerises, testifies, convinces obnoxious, pompous, myopic, hoggish people (us!) to use boats, not fly
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Caricature: DonkeyHotey

Kevin Hart Likely To File Lawsuit Against Company Who Built His Barracuda

(Yahoo!)
Kevin Hart

Plymouth Barracuda
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O, hump, truly a bad car!
Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: Automotive Rhythms

Monday, September 16, 2019

Australian man dies after attack by a swooping magpie

(CNN)
Swooping Magpie

Australian man dies after attack by a swooping magpie
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Bird takes a plunge, as if an impact woos a mate. Try again!
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Ed Dale

Afghan peace deal: Trump says Taliban talks are 'dead'

(BBC)
MoCo Stands With Immigrants 16

Pretended summit
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Is Trump demented?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Stephen Melkisethian

Huffman sentenced to prison

(CNN)
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Huffman sentenced to prison
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Hard confinement? Soft? Pen us!
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Walt Disney Television

Felicity Huffman handed prison time over college admissions scandal

(BBC)
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As these US prosecutors averred that "neither probation nor home confinement (in a large home in the Hollywood Hills with an infinity pool) would constitute meaningful punishment or deter others from committing similar crimes".
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Oh no, this corrupt ‘Desperate Housewives’ actor/moron Ms Felicity Huffman, she tried enrolling her nubile, nitwit daughter, Sophia, into top institution. No atonement. Moron is sentenced. Grim Mr William Macy has left her. Hello! Moron!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Walt Disney Television

DOD manager says "UFOs are real!"

(Huffington Post)
Whale Watchers

DOD manager says "UFOs are real!"
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So, do alarm us! Yes, fear a danger!
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Jörg Bergmann

Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas reveals HIV diagnosis

(The Guardian)
DSC_7024 Gareth Thomas

Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas has AIDS
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Oh, it’s a life drama. He’s aghast!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Plashing Vole

Drone Strikes Hit Saudi Oil

(CNN)
Refinery

Drone Strikes Hit Saudi Oil
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it's real odd (serious, I think).
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Rongy Benjamin

Permanent Record by Edward Snowden review – the whistleblower’s memoir

(The Guardian)

Odd American whistleblower’s ‘Permanent Record’
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Edward Snowden lit a torch, pens cerebral memoir
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Friday, September 13, 2019

Human corpses keep moving for over a year after death, scientist says

(Newsweek)
Untitled

Human corpses keep moving for over a year after death, scientist says
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A very freak decomposition process ensures many a shift at the grave.
Anagram: Dharam
Image: cottonM

Seven tonnes of marine plastic pollution collected on remote Arnhem Land beach

(The Guardian)
Beach Garbage 1

Plastics in the oceans
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This space is not clean
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Is this aspect clean? No!
Anagram: George Missailidis
Image: John Schneider

What happens to 'Gucci Grace' now that Robert Mugabe is gone?

(CNN)
President Jacob Zuma welcomes President Robert Mugabe on a State Visit to South Africa, 8 Apr 2015

Robert and Grace Mugabe
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Brute romanced garbage
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: GovernmentZA

Saturday, September 7, 2019

Indian woman gives birth to twins at age of 73

(CNN)

Indian woman gives birth to twins at seventy-three
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What strength! So, maybe it was Divine intervention.
Anagram: Dharam

Bianca Andreescu, 19, Defeats Serena Williams in U.S. Open Women's Singles Final

(People)
Bianca Andreescu

Tennis player Bianca Andreescu, a ~ Canadian, aces inept burly Serena
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: chococliff

Friday, September 6, 2019

Brexit delay set to become law after winning Lords' approval

(Al Jazeera)
Brexit pigs might fly

Brexit delay ~ axed liberty
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: muffinn

Scottish Lake's DNA Suggests Loch Ness 'Monster' Might Be Giant Eel

(Huffington Post)
DGJ_5088 - Sea Monster Sign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loch Ness water has revealed ~ what searchers solve - eel DNA!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Dennis Jarvis

Man Somehow Catches Stranger's Phone Mid-Air on Roller Coaster

(Thrillist)

So, here's a man pulling off one remarkable catch!
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Roller coaster fan, Samuel Kempf can be on a high :-)
Anagram: Chris Sturdy

Howard Schultz, Former Starbucks Chief, Won’t Run for President in 2020

(The New York Times)
Howard Schultz

Howard Schultz, Former Starbucks Chief, Won’t Run for President in 2020
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Burnt Coffee Whizkid Shuns 2020 Trumpcard. Forlorn, He Craters, Owns It.
Anagram: Mike Hammond
Image: Gage Skidmore