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Monday, December 9, 2019

Anthony Joshua Can Reverse The Sportswash Effect Of His Saudi Fight

(The Huffington Post)
Anthony Joshua rematch with Wladimir Klitschko pencilled in for October at Principality Stadium Cardiff

The Saudis’ sportswashing exercise
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Aghast such wide repression exists
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: quapan

Sunday, December 8, 2019

British woman survives six-hour cardiac arrest from hypothermia while hiking

(Metro)
Hypothermia

This extremely cold patient suffered prolonged cardiac arrest and she “died” during a heavy snowstorm
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Expert doctors unerringly defrosted and resuscitated said hypothermic woman and salvaged her life
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Popfossa

Friday, December 6, 2019

Chinese gene-edited twins created to be immune to HIV may have 'unintended mutations'

(The Daily Telegraph)
He Jiankui at Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing (cropped).jpg

Dr Urnov tweeted “his delusion and hubris are a tragic lesson – a negative example for the ages.”
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Ah, Dr He’s experimental gene editing violates rules. Ergo, he’s an avowed obscurantist, a fraud!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Wikimedia Commons

Dollar General opening twenty stores a week

(NBC News)
Dollar General

Dollar General opening twenty stores a week
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Enterprise key agent: no large towns allowed
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Mike Mozart

1000 Protesters killed in Iran

(Politico)
Iranians Regime Change Now Protest

1000 Protesters killed in Iran
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1000 knells rise per tradition
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Geoff Livingston

India's crashed Vikram moon lander

(The Guardian)
Chandrayaan-2

India's crashed Vikram moon lander
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Arrives. Smack! Die! Hard moon landin'.
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Joel Raupe

Italian vinegar makers lose battle over 'balsamic' ownership

(BBC)
Oil and vinegar

Protected geographical indication
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Acetic acid had proper title going on
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: barnimages.com

Uber drivers, riders report assaults

(The Verge)
Uber $20 ride credit gift card

Uber drivers, riders report assaults
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It's us; riders are bad perverts, or ... slur?
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: LA Foodie

Read the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment report in full

(Business Insider)
Impeachment hearings

Report findings of the US House Intelligence Committee showed ~ how to use meddlesome thuggish interference often in politics
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Pickering

Elon Musk Buys Out the Neighbors

(The Wall Street Journal)
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Buys Out the Neighbors
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True bunk: he's buying lots o' homes
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Thomas Hawk

Sunday, December 1, 2019

I match clothes with my pug

(BBC)
Dog Snow Walk - Creative Commons

I match clothes with my pug
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Hmm, ugly pet is what to chic?
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Live Once Live Wild

Friday, November 29, 2019

Tesla's Cybertruck window smash

(The Verge)
Tesla Cybertruck

Tesla's Cybertruck window smash
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window smash try's cruel setback
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: CarsDrive

Old lady beats down robber at door

(Business Insider)
Willie Murphy

Old lady beats down robber at door
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Old babe draws blood at door entry
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: RafaƂ Sachanowicz

EU chief lashes out at pro-Brexit MEPs in fiery rant

(The Daily Express)
The Brexit nightmare continues...

Ursula von der Leyen
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Unruly leavers done
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Duncan C

Trump Tweeted A Photo of His Face on Rocky Balboa and the Internet Erupted

(Newsweek)
Be Thankful, Turkeys.

D Trump impersonates Rocky ~ and it sure prompts mockery
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Donald F. Narcissump

Man dies from dog lick

(CNN)
P1090234

Man dies from dog lick
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Fido gloms; karmic end
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: John Sibley

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Michael Bloomberg is finally officially running for president

(Vox)
Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg for US President
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Must be bored or a schemer if polling
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Gage Skidmore

Tony Robbins sues BuzzFeed for defamation over sexual misconduct reports

(New York Post)
Fortune Brainstorm Health

Life coach, philanthropist and writer Tony Robbins
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No sir, I'll both fornicate with any bitch AND prosper!
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Brainstorm Health

US attorney general blames 'screw-ups' for suicide

(BBC)
Epstein Didn't Act Alone

US attorney general blames 'screw-ups' for suicide
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Fourteen-year-old girl accusers saw Epstein's bum
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Tony Webster

Gordon Sondland's testimony

(USA Today)
Gordon Sondland - Caricature

Gordon Sondland's testimony
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no grand tensions, mostly odd
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: DonkeyHotey