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Thursday, February 11, 2021

Thomas Tuchel: New Chelsea boss known as control freak, power player & visionary

(BBC)
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Chelsea must sack a legend in a move for a trophy
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Eye Thomas Tuchel as novice Frank Lampard goes
Anagram: Chris Sturdy

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Ohio-based Gorilla Glue responds to viral saga of woman who used adhesive spray on her hair

(Fox8)

Ohio-based Gorilla Glue responds to viral saga of woman who used adhesive spray on her hair
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Horrendous, even hopeless! Damages? Poor foolish bird! I'd shave all away! Hair grows out again!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard

Mars Mission From the U.A.E. Begins Orbit of Red Planet

(The New York Times)
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Mars Mission From the UAE Begins Orbit of Red Planet
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Ooh, immense, uttermost "Arab Spring-Board" flies fine!
Anagram: Steve Allison

Georgia opens investigation into Trump effort to overturn election results

(The Guardian)
What goes around comes around

Georgia opens investigation into Trump effort to overturn election results
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Former egotist POTUS: Repugnant gent is one evil traitor-rotten vicious felon.
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Mike Finn

Monday, February 8, 2021

Trump won’t testify at his second impeachment trial

(Politico)
Impeached

Trump won't testify in his impeachment trial
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A firm punishment! It's contempt with reality.
Anagram: Dharam Khalsa
Image: Alan Grinberg

"The power under the Constitution will always be in the people" - George Washington

United States Constitution

"The power under the Constitution will always be in the people" - George Washington
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We weep! Last POTUS in power, the leeching, ignoble, low heinous tyrant, ignored that!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Ryan Scott

Veteran journalist Craig Unger on his latest book “American Kompromat”

(WMNF)
LOS SUPUESTOS VIDEOS DE TRUMP Kompromat o cómo las orgías “facilitan” la política http://bit.ly/2j6sZQb

Veteran journalist Craig Unger on his latest book “American Kompromat”
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CIA shocker - is Trump a rotten amoral KGB agent or just a vile inane moron?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Marcos Gasparutti

Wyoming GOP Censures Liz Cheney For Voting To Impeach Trump

(National Public Radio)
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Wyoming GOP Censures Liz Cheney For Voting To Impeach Trump
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My! Then crown feminine ethic courage v GOP's split grumpy zoo!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard

Rescuers search for 125 missing after glacier burst in Indian Himalayas, many believed trapped in tunnel

(Yahoo!)
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Glacier burst in Indian Himalayas
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My, a disturbing chill in Asian area!
Anagram: Aronas Pinchas

Schumer's office says it will accommodate Trump attorney request to delay impeachment trial during Sabbath

(CNN)
Black Lives Matter Plaza, prepared for the Inauguration

Schumer's office says it will accommodate Trump attorney request to delay impeachment trial during Sabbath
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I'm sure, queasy hefty arse, madman Trump, accused for inciting a mob to wildly storm the Capitol, celebrates that!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Victoria Pickering

Saturday, February 6, 2021

Tennessee man shot, killed after YouTube video 'prank' goes wrong

(NBC News)
Where did he go?

Tennessee man shot, killed after YouTube video 'prank' goes wrong
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Knives out; a gun drawn. Be sad, for he's gone... Like nettlesome poetry...
Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: Stavos

Sasse inflames GOP with anti-Trump video

(Politico)
Ben Sasse

Sasse inflames GOP with anti-Trump video, deriding a brand of politics animated by "the weird worship of one dude".
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"Dear Leader" fad of Trumpism drives a horde of bitten wimps within GOP! Top idiot ass Hawley is one cunning baddie!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Gage Skidmore

Heavy metals found in baby food

(Reuters)
Vintage Baby Food Jars, 1940-50's

Heavy metals found in baby food
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Oy! Bad to have bony duff in meals
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Allen

Friday, February 5, 2021

Josh Hawley Blasts 'Lie' He Incited Riot As Missouri Newspaper Calls Him 'FrankenHawley'

(Newsweek)
Largest Federal Employee Union Calls for Senator Josh Hawley’s Resignation for His Role in Fomenting Anti-Democracy Attack on U.S. Capitol

Josh Hawley Blasts 'Lie' He Incited Riot As Missouri Newspaper Calls Him 'FrankenHawley'
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Fiery Trump ally is ill on air! Swine was senseless when a harsh mob hijacked the Capitol!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: AFGE

Trump pushed out of SAG union

(CNN)
I Didn't Spend 200k on Law School...

Trump pushed out of SAG union
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group shun fat piteous mound
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Thomas Hawk

The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks

(The New York Times)
New York City - Crysler Building TiltShift 02

The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks
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"Shake, rattle, and roll - we dance to it" works... Lessees? I barf! I puke!
Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: Daniel Mennerich

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Captain Sir Tom Moore has died, aged 100

(Leicester Mercury)
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Captain Sir Tom Moore has perished
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Oh, patriotic man impressed as hero
Anagram: Julian Lofts

'She is weighing us down': Georgia GOP cringes at Marjorie Taylor Greene spectacle

(Politico)
Marjorie Taylor Greene - Caricature

'She is weighing us down': Georgia GOP cringes at Marjorie Taylor Greene spectacle
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A grim unhinged gawping gal goes & ejects worst, eerie conspiracy theories galore!
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: DonkeyHotey

Trump’s actions described as ‘a betrayal of historic proportions’ in trial brief filed by House impeachment managers

(Washington Post)
'Donald the Loser' January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2021

The Inaugural Presidential Oath Of Office: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help me God"
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Impeached for 'Incitement of Insurrection', abusive Tweet nit Donald Trump once swore this essential oath. Totally self-fixated, totally petty, hateful, hot-headed, bigoted, deceitful ill despot, he typifies the foulest of the Founding Fathers fears in woe.
Anagram: Maurice Goddard
Image: Ron Cogswell

Monday, February 1, 2021

Joe Biden rolls up his sleeves

(The Guardian)
Joe Biden illustration by Chris Riddell

The Twelve Labors of Hercules

1. Eliminate the Nemean Lion
2. Kill the Lernean Hydra
3. Capture the Golden Hind
4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar
5. Clean the Stables of King Augeas in a day
6. Annihilate the Stymphalian Birds
7. Capture the Cretan Bull
8. Return the Mares of Diomedes
9. Obtain the Belt of Hippolyta
10. Obtain the Cattle of Geryon
11. Steal the Golden Apples from the Garden of Hesperides
12. Must take Cerberus captive
= The Herculean Tasks for Biden

1. Beat the Orangutan Trump
2. Drain the Republican Swamp
3. Stop the Pandemic
4. Abolish the Death Penalty
5. Redraft the Bill of Immigration
6. Let the many hapless detainees go
7. Tackle the Chinese Dragon
8. Neutralise the Russian Putin
9. Destroy the Nuclear Program of Iran
10. Solve the Change of Climate
11. Delete the North Korean Leader
12. Ban the *bleep* boloney, the bile
13. Stay alive effectually
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Illustration: Chris Riddell