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Friday, September 9, 2022

Steve Bannon charged with money laundering and conspiracy in New York

(The Guardian)
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Steve Bannon charged with money laundering and conspiracy in New York
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Irony in how wretched cunning snaky Svengali can’t be pardoned anymore
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Nordiske Mediedager

Elizabeth Holmes wants a new trial

(National Public Radio)
Fortune Global Forum 2015

Elizabeth Holmes wants a new trial
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Liz, who remains the blatant weasel
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Fortune

Sunday, September 4, 2022

FBI returns lost two thousand-year-old Italian Medusa mosaic

(CNN)
Salon villa

FBI returns lost two-thousand-year-old Italian Medusa mosaic
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Anonymous artistic illustration left abroad, showed Medusa
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Gérard

Billionaire's granddaughter has been abducted

(Yahoo!)
kidnap

Billionaire's granddaughter has been abducted
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Teacher's terrible nabbing added a loud anguish
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Newtown grafitti

Trump’s first rally since Mar-a-Lago raid

(The Independent)
Donald Trump - Caricature

Trump’s first rally since Mar-a-Lago raid
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MAGA liar corruptly friends alarmists
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: DonkeyHotey

Saturday, September 3, 2022

‘These Are Happy Tears’: Serena Williams Bids Emotional Farewell to Tennis After Heartbreaking U.S. Open Defeat

(Mediaite)
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‘These Are Happy Tears’: Serena Williams Bids Emotional Farewell to Tennis After Heartbreaking US Open Defeat
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“The best female player in Open era” is apt - she is a talented warrior, a fine foe - awesome skill and a brute strength
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Dominican University

Embattled Nuclear Plant Is Cut Off From Main Power Line After Shelling

(The New York Times)
Press Briefing Situation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP (02011045)

Embattled Nuclear Plant Is Cut Off From Main Power Line After Shelling
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Battle and mess. A nice atomic glow. Net? I ran huff-puff, pell-mell in terror!
Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: IAEA

Friday, September 2, 2022

Empty folders marked classified found at Mar-a-Lago = Yikes, so addled MAGA Trump malefactor offends - liar!

(BBC)
Trump Pumpkin in Orange Prison Clothes 1

Empty folders marked classified found at Mar-a-Lago
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Yikes, so addled MAGA Trump malefactor offends - liar!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Amaury Laporte

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president, dies

(CNN)
Mikhail Gorbachev (Wikipedia)

Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president, dies
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Not a grim Bolshevik premier, he rid vested fiasco
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Wikipedia

'Man of the Hole': Last of his tribe dies in Brazil

(BBC)
Man of the Hole, Brazil

'Man of the Hole': Last of his tribe dies in Brazil
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Terrible life finished this last Amazon hobo!
Anagram: Mark McNamara
Image: FUNAI

Sunday, August 28, 2022

(Wallpaper)

Ai Weiwei unveils first-ever exhibition of glass sculptures in Venice church
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Hence Wei’s art’s explicit, when it vivifies unceasing cruel hubris of our lives
Anagram: Julian Lofts

America's Got Talent: Drake Milligan's Original Song "Kiss Goodbye All Night" Wows the Crowd

(Yahoo!)
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Drake Milligan
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Kid in real glam
Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: ruthdaniel3444

Friday, August 26, 2022

FBI retrieved top secret documents from Trump’s Florida home

(PBS)
Arrest Tump in NYC

Top secret documents
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Trump’s set to concede
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Backbone Campaign

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)
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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