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Friday, August 26, 2022

What Ukraine needs to win the war

(Yahoo!)
Easter congratulations by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

What Ukraine needs to win the war
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Ah, one answer: undertake with wit!
Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: President of Ukraine

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart says affidavit 'reliable'

(Politico)
The Treachery of Donald Trump

Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart says affidavit 'reliable'
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FBI gave fair analysis, detail; jurist agreed. Embrace truth!
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Jeff Gates

Uvalde school board fires police chief

(CBS News)
2022 March For Our Lives 8

Uvalde school board fires police chief
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Clueless cop did behave a horrific fool
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Stephen Melkisethian

Six months of the war in Ukraine

(Reuters)
Puck Futin

Six months of the war in Ukraine
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Russia within Fort Knox - mean, eh?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Cityswift

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty

(Washington Post)
Allen Weisselberg.png

Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty ~ between ugly illegal dispersals
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Wikimedia

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Japan urges its young people to drink more

(BBC)
Bartender Teruhiko Moriyama preparing a Grapefruit & Champagne Cocktail

Japan urges its young people to drink more
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"Glug sake, poppets, or drain one rum! Enjoy it!"
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: City Foodsters

Exploding meteor startles Utah

(LiveScience)
Perseids meteor shower over toadstool rock formations at Toadstool Geological Park in northwestern Nebraska

Exploding meteor startles Utah
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Note, more apex lights rattled us!
Anagram: Mark McNamara
Image: Diana Robinson

The Lawless GOP Response to the Raid at Mar-a-Lago

(The New York Times)
The Very, Very Horrible and Nasty President

The Lawless GOP Response to the Raid at Mar-a-Lago
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Arrest that hero? MAGA’s espionage plot’s allowed!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Alan

Friday, August 12, 2022

American actress and director Anne Celeste Heche has died age 53

(Indie Mac User)
Anne Heche at the Palms, Las Vegas

The US actor Anne Celeste Heche has died
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The scene: Car hit LA house - then…. deceased
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Mark Richardson

House passes sweeping climate and health care bill

(NBC News)
Harnessing the coastal winds

House passes sweeping climate and health care bill ~ because policies heal, slashed the planet's warming
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Wayne S. Grazio

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed

(AP News)
Sir Salman Rushdie at NYT TimesTalk 20130503 - pix 03 discussing and giving the Ai Weiwei finger

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed
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Doubtless an Arab rushed at him
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Kempton

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Donald Trump asked top aide why US generals couldn't be like Hitler's, book says

(The New Zealand Herald)
Send HIM Back!

Donald Trump asked top aide why his US generals couldn't be like Hitler's, book says
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Kelly is nonplussed - “Because I know heros had attempted to kill horrid bad ass guy”
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Alan

Mar-A-Lago Raid

(The New York Times)
Donald Trump, Document Thief

Mar-A-Lago raid
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Railroad MAGA!
Image: Mike Licht

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Brazilians fear return to dictatorship as ‘deranged’ Bolsonaro trails in polls

(The Guardian)
07/03/2020 Jantar oferecido pelo Presidente dos Estados Unidos da América

‘Deranged’ Bolsonaro
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Goon branded a loser
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Palácio do Planalto

Monday, August 8, 2022

FBI searches Trump's Home in Florida

(The New York Times)
trump Arrest 2

FBI searches Trump's Home in Florida
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Feds be chasin' him, former POTUS liar
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: FolsomNatural

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Elon Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead if spam bot scandal resolved

(The New Zealand Herald)
Elon Musk Dreaming of a Brighter Future

Elon Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead if spam bot scandal resolved
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Verdict shows, adeptly reveals doofus made a most unbalanced mistake - LOL!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Steve Jurvetson

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1m over false Sandy Hook claims

(The Guardian)
alex sad wrinkles-soloblack

Conspiracy theorist
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A necrotic sophistry
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Justus Hayes

Can prayer and medicine work together to cure mental illness?

(Scroll.in)
Depression please cut to the chase.

Can prayer and medicine work together to cure mental illness?
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Now, recite hymn and/or take pill to reinduce greater calmness
Anagram: Madhusudan
Image: darcyadelaide

Sixteen shiploads of grain ready to leave Odesa

(Al Jazeera)
Ambassador Bridget A. Brink travels to Odesa, July 29, 2022

Sixteen shiploads of grain ready to leave Odesa
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Heads eager to export food daily in Asian vessel
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: US Embassy, Kyiv

Asteroid whizzes past Earth in close encounter : NASA

(The Hindustan Times)
Elite Dangerous / Its Getting Dark

Asteroid whizzes past Earth in close encounter : NASA
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Space scientists see an aura (red) waltz on the horizon
Anagram: Madhusudan
Image: Stefan S