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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Mississippi asks US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade

(NBC News)
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Mississippi asks US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade
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MS advocates, "O, I suppress women. I pursue virtue ... (or skirts)"
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Philip Cohen

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Tom Brady cracks joke about election denial

(CNN)
Tom Brady

Tom Brady cracks joke about election denial
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Buccaneer joy knocked. Tom's aboil. Alt rt. idea?
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Brook Ward

Sunday, July 18, 2021

The person to ‘weaken’ America: what the Kremlin papers said about Trump

(The Guardian)
PutinPuppet

Russia released a report titled “…on strengthening the state and stabilising the position of Russia under conditions of external economic constraint”
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As if ruthless totalitarians insisted on experiments to stir, encourage Republicans to endorse, enthrone this f***ing idiotic orange contestant Donald
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: FolsomNatural

Thursday, July 15, 2021

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: Shark attacks to be renamed ‘negative encounters’ & ‘bites’ to change deadly predators’ image, say scientists

(The Sun)
Shark!   VAB 288

Close Encounter: Shark attacks to be renamed ‘negative encounters’ & ‘bites’ to change deadly predators’ image, say scientists
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Be nice and be sympathetic to the detested dangerous stinking sea creatures? Not a very correct analogical assessment, OK
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: R.A. Killmer

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Climate change: The craft brewery using algae to cut emissions

(BBC)

Climate change: The craft brewery using algae to cut emissions
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Actual technical game! Beer ecosystem touting fresh air swing
Anagram: Mark McNamara
Image: Young Henrys

Monday, July 12, 2021

Trump makes Ashli Babbitt, killed in the Capitol riot, into a martyr. Why that's so dangerous.

(NBC News)
Trump in color

Trump makes Ashli Babbitt, killed in the Capitol riot, into a martyr. Why that's so dangerous
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Mr T, I like to think you are a mad, bombastic, bullshitting tyrant. PS, ow, his role’s a death trap
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: bigredpenguin

Death Valley hits one-thirty

(Yahoo! News)
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Death Valley hits one-thirty
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Holy shit! Ventilate dry heat
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

Euro 2020 final: It's coming Rome! Italy beat England in shootout

(The New Zealand Herald)
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It's coming Rome!
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Grim emoticons 😫😭😤🤬
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Miguel Discart

Kristi Noem

(CNN)
Kristi Noem - Caricature

Kristi Noem
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Irksome Nit
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: DonkeyHotey

Demonstrators in Havana

(Yahoo! News)
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Demonstrators in Havana
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hard starvation, no means
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

METAL MADNESS Mum names kids Metallica, Pantera & Slayer in tribute to favourite metal bands as Twitter says kids ‘will be bullied’

(The Sun)
Heavy Metal graffiti, Leake Street

Kids Metallica, Pantera, and Slayer
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A radical patently likes rad names
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Duncan C

Earthquake sends boulders onto Cal. highway

(USGS)

Earthquake sends boulders onto Cal. highway
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Whoa! Heed! Brake gently. O lord, it can squash us.
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Caltrans / Matt Hussman

Friday, July 9, 2021

Pfizer to seek authorization for COVID booster shot

(The Hill)
Doctor holding BioNTech and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer to seek authorization for COVID booster shot
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I bet this one took free hot pizza for various doctors!
Anagram: Dharam
Image: Marco Verch

The surprising rise of New Zealand's pizzle exports

(RNZ)
Deer

The surprising rise of New Zealand's pizzle exports
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Puzzling how a frozen deer penis restarts sex, I lisp
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Michael Levine-Clark

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Woman killed by bear in Montana

(NBC News)
Four!

Woman killed by bear in Montana
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Animal knew dominant role, baby
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Pat Gaines

Monday, July 5, 2021

Pope Francis in Rome hospital for scheduled intestinal surgery

(The Guardian)
Pope Francis

Pope Francis in Rome hospital for scheduled intestinal surgery
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I hear or infer he grimly suppressed flatus in constipated colon
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Catholic Church England and Wales

Ukraine plans for women to march in high heels spark outrage

(BBC)
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Ukraine plans for women to march in high heels ~ now spark outrage - hellish feminine charm, hon!
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Friday, July 2, 2021

Robbing the XBOX Vault: Inside a Gift Car Cheat

(Bloomberg)
XBox

Robbing the XBOX Vault: Inside a Gift Card Cheat
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Troubled fibber's tactic: had giant, vexing hoax
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Mike Mozart

Trump gonna Trump: ex-president diverts and deflects as legal woes mount

(The Guardian)
The Yolk's on Trump

Adam Schiff, chair of the House intelligence committee, told the MSNBC channel: “This is a grifter from start to finish. He brought his swamp with him from New York to the Oval Office.”
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Off the cuff comment: I’m ecstatic that he, offensive honcho Mr T, will make history highlight in a month as first former US president charged with a crime. Banish SOB, wife too, to Hell!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Alex McCrae

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Outcry over South Africa's multiple husbands proposal

(BBC)
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Outcry over South Africa’s multiple husbands proposal
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Brave lotharios or polyandrous hussies’ fact, “pump” cult
Anagram: Mark McNamara
Image: Bob King / Wikimedia