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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Trump says he is nominating TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

(ABC News)
Dr. Oz - Caricature

Trump says he is nominating TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Ostracize eminent doc & TV star - gee, he demanded to spread Covid misinformation, myths & miracle cures
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: DonkeyHotey

What is hybrid warfare?

(The Guardian)
Hybrid Warfare and Collective Defense

What is hybrid warfare?
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Hit by rash war, far & wide
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

Arthur Frommer, Creator of Renowned Travel Guides, Dies

(Bloomberg)
Frommer in 2007

Arthur Frommer, Creator of Renowned Travel Guides, Dies
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The treasured informer - germane advice for world tours
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Franchin/Wikimedia

Monday, November 18, 2024

Baby saber-toothed cat mummy found

(CNN)
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Baby saber-toothed cat mummy found
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My, my. Boo! And cute tomb-beast had fur!
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: ninniane

Will Melania be living in the White House for Trump’s second term? Probably not

(The Guardian)
Melania Trump - Caricature

Will Melania be living in the White House for Trump’s second term? Probably not
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FLOTUS will escape, might be in NY to write memoir & help Barron, not vile husband
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Hmm, when will FLOTUS “Be Best” to nag POTUS, divorce, pine, then marry billionaire?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: DonkeyHotey

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Why is Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s new intel tsar, so controversial?

(Al Jazeera)
Tulsi Gabbard - Caricature

“Not only is [Gabbard] ill-prepared and unqualified, but she traffics in conspiracy theories and cozies up to dictators like Bashar-al Assad and Vladimir Putin,” Democratic Representative and a former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger wrote
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Very absurd appointment, derided gaffe, abysmal fiasco. She’s a puppet in Donald Trump’s brand, had inadequate political savoir faire before critical US intelligence director’s ordination. Backs Israel’s abhorrent Gaza war & critic of Iran
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: DonkeyHotey

Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul result: Former champ barely lands a punch as YouTuber claims victory

(The New Zealand Herald)
Jake Paul Iron Mike

Former champ barely lands a punch as YouTuber claims victory
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Oh no, Tyson rumbled by Paul - a very farcical mismatch, crap ruse
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Erik Drost & Thomas Hawk

Biden and Xi meet, Delivering Messages for Trump

(The New York Times)
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Biden and Xi meet, Delivering Messages for Trump
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Intended missives urged: "Examine graft problem."
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: USA-China

RFK Jr's to-do list to make America 'healthy' has health experts

(RNZ)
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The pseudoscientist thinks of himself as a “nonpartisan public health soldier”
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Heh, RFK is heretical fabulist. Shun idiot, stop damn hippie nonsense at all costs!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Waterkeeper Alliance Inc.

Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned?

(History)
Trump worse than Nero

According to a well-known expression, Rome’s emperor at the time, the decadent and unpopular Nero, “fiddled while Rome burned”
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Trump and apprentice RFK will do the same in US ‘n our world won’t mend. Good riddance to “Napoleon the redeemer”. He is execrable
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: FolsomNatural

Friday, November 15, 2024

Donald Trump full speech at America First Policy Institute Gala

(WFAA)
Say Cheese

America First Policy Institute
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Trump’s artifice, yo titanic lies
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Thomas Hawk

What to know about vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump's pick for US health secretary

(ABC News)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Caricature

What to know about Robert F Kennedy Junior, Donald Trump's pick for US health secretary
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Oh, flunky’s an abhorrent wack job twerp like that moronic fraudster Don, you sputtered
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: DonkeyHotey

'Nuts on a lot of fronts': NY Post

(Politico)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Caricature

'Nuts on a lot of fronts': NY Post
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Top front: fool's stunt annoys
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
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Sylvester Stallone calls Trump '2nd George Washington' at Mar-a-Lago gala

(Wion)
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“No one could have done what this man has done,” Stallone said. “He’s the second George Washington”
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Hang on, he’s not honest - his agenda: crime, violence and hostages, so he won and would do the steal?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Ed Uthman

Ship of Fools

(Wikipedia)

The eminently fitting term “Ship of Fools” that is still relevant today:

- First attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato who wrote De Republica approx. 375 BC
- Basel lawyer Sebastian Brant’s satirical book Das Narrenschiff 1494 later adapted by chaplain, later a Benedictine monk, Alexander Barclay 1509
- Talented Early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch’s moralistic allegorical religious painting
- Stanley Kramer’s film
- Jurgen Weber’s novel fountain
- Robert Plant’s song
- Tucker Carlson’s book
- Jenkins and Goddard’s Magazine of Christian unrest - the world’s first dedicated online church
- Aka “Unto Leviathan” - a horror sci-fi novel
- A tiresome seafaring roguelite co-op game - developer Fika Productions
= Captain Ahab Orange Monster - POTUS ‘n his worrying ill-assorted group of inappropriate apprentices to be exact

- This deviant sex bad boy ‘n retard Matt Gaetz is Attorney General
- Little nerd Marco Rubio’s Secretary of State
- Callow warlord Pete Hegseth is Defense Secretary
- Flipflopper Tulsi Gabbard, hint is a diva, is Director of National Intelligence
- Dog ‘n goat killer Kristi Noem - Homeland Security
- Dull John Ratcliffe - CIA Director
- Arrogant border blocker and anti non-US nationals Tom Homan
- Sly billionaire backer Muskrat - DOGE official
- Wacko RFK Jr - Health and Human Services
- Slothful shlepps Stefanik & Huckabee - Ambassadors to the UN ‘n Israel
- Where the hell is dirty villain Steve Bannon?
Anagram: Julian Lofts
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Neurologist reveals the exact age you should stop drinking beer

(LADbible)
No alcohol

Neurologist reveals the exact age that you should stop drinking beer
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Restak's hint: No, end usual purge o' cold lager above sixty-three to -eight
Anagram: Jason Lofts
Image: Reuben Ingber

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency: Trump

(NBC News)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Sun Valley Idaho, Allen & Company Conference, July 2015 Vivek Ramaswamy

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency
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Defy venal madman’s diktat trick to save money ‘n give them more affluence ‘n power
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Gage Skidmore and Thomas Hawk

Trump names Ratcliffe to lead the CIA

(NBC News)
John Ratcliffe

Trump names Ratcliffe to lead the CIA
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Dam* oaf replace smart intel chief? Tut.
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Thomas Hawk

Alien of extraordinary ability

(Wikipedia)
Melania Trump - Caricature

Alien of extraordinary ability is an alien classification by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Fascinatingly, icy Melania T is a contentious example of the ‘Einstein visa’. Rabid Hitler border czar said, “It is asininity.”
Anagram: Julian Lofts
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Monday, November 11, 2024

Wicked movie merchandise directs fans to porn website

(The New Zealand Herald)
Disney - I'll Get You My Pretty!

Wicked movie merchandise directs fans to porn website
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Been massive mistake - find creeps who did it, correct now!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Joe Penniston

Dozens killed as Israel strikes north Gaza, medics say

(Riverine Herald)
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Dozens are killed as the Israeli army/IDF strikes north of Gaza, medics say
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Sick fiendish serial killers raze Gaza to destroy rest of Hamas, many died
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Image: Peg Hunter