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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Iran Dismisses Vote-Fraud Claims

(The Wall Street Journal)


















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Iran Dismisses Vote-Fraud Claims = Mousavi claims: Disaster, friends!
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Monday, June 29, 2009

The 2009 BET Awards: A Tribute To MJ

(Yahoo! Music)


















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A Tribute To Michael Jackson = America to blithe Jacko-nuts
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Madoff reduced to nothing

(CNN)


















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Madoff reduced to nothing = Good! Handcuff time, rodent! = Got handcuffed, monitored.
(by Dharam)

Powerful ex-President Rafsanjani remains quiet in election fallout

(CNN)


















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Powerful ex-President Rafsanjani remains quiet in election fallout = Past inadequate ruler not in line of complex affair; just reins new lie
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Stoned wallabies make crop circles

(Yahoo! News)


















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Stoned wallabies make crop circles = Come back, practised Roswell aliens!
(by Dharam)

Top Iranian legislative body declares election fair

(Reuters)


















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Top Iranian legislative body declares election fair = Repeating: Leader rectified. Basically, no violations
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Brain scans show how hypnosis can paralyze a limb

(Yahoo! News)


















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Brain scans show how hypnosis can paralyze a limb = Physicians analyze how brainwash lobs on cramps.
(by Squidrock.com)

Friday, June 26, 2009

Monkey urinates on Zambian president

(Yahoo! News)


















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Monkey urinates on Zambian president = Enzyme intrusion on Pres. Banda at mike
(by Dharam)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

German Jews Horrified by Britney Holocaust Role

(ABC News)


















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German Jews Horrified by Britney Holocaust Role = Lo, Trashy babe worries genocide film jury: "Not her!"
(by Squidrock.com)

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Los Alamos fastest computer in world

Los Alamos fastest computer in world

(KDBC 4 News)


















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Los Alamos supercomputer remains fastest in world = We claim topmost Roadrunner almost surpasses life!
(by Dharam)

Iran protests: phone footage gives brutality a worldwide audience

The Guardian)


















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Iran protests: phone footage gives brutality a worldwide audience = ...and now I see -- as little brother put up every wrong of a sad, idiotic age.
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing

(Yahoo! News)


















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Seven hundred New York City teachers are paid to do nothing = Red-inky Tenured ride; Saying proven: Those who cant do, teach.
(by Squidrock.com)

Investigators probe capital's worst subway crash

(AP)


















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Investigators probe capital's worst subway crash = Bravest cops rap out - "It was big, worst clash in years!"
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Monday, June 22, 2009

Obama draws guffaws after cracking wise at correspondents' dinner

(New York Daily News)


















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Obama draws guffaws after cracking wise at correspondents' dinner = New pres tries comic act: "Boffo-graded!" "Stark...and funnier'n W's war!" "A gas!"
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Iran arrests hundreds in clashes

(AP)


















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Iran arrests hundreds in clashes = Tehran-crisis, rules and hardness
(by Pinchas Aronas)

T-Mobile plans July launch of new Google phone

(USA Today)


















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T-Mobile plans July launch of new Google phone = One hopeful cell lamely gunning at Jobs'... whoop.
(by Squidrock.com)

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Simon Cowell 'Made Mistakes' with Susan Boyle

(People)


















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Simon Cowell 'Made Mistakes' with Susan Boyle = Boss: Yes, we almost killed the woman musician

Simon Cowell 'Made Mistakes' with Susan Boyle = I know she seemed ill on a cam, but it was my loss
(by Dharam)

Obama: Fathers play important role in kids' lives

(The Seattle Times)


















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Obama: Fathers play important role in kids' lives = Pres. (advisor): Illation - both parents make family
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Anagram Times Q&A with Dharam Khalsa

Dharam KhalsaThere are anagrams and there are anagrams. Dharam Khalsa's anagrams stand out in their sheer inventiveness. Consider this anagram that sums up the North Korean issue concisely:
North Korea fires short-range missile = Is Kim honing terror? (Others fear sales)

When a BBC headline announced that the French president would attend the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Dharam came up with:
French head will attend Olympics = Child's calm reply, "And with no feet?"

We go behind the scenes to have a chat with master anagrammer Dharam Khalsa for The Anagram Times:

Q How did you get into anagrams?
A Having always enjoyed word puzzles, jumbles, and Scrabble-type games, I have played around with the anagram concept since I was a child. Then in 2007, I made a few attempts at political anagrams on another website using their online software, which even after two years are still 'pending approval' and must be fairly lame. Sometime in early 2008, I discovered "The Anagram Times" and tried my hand at some headline anagrams using the combined letter tiles from three estate-sale Scrabble games. When I found some humorous variations, which were well received and posted to the site, I was hooked!

On February 29, I found The Anagrammy Awards site's monthly challenge and surprised them in the last few hours of February with my first post. The task was to anagram a short poem, "Groundhog Day" into another poem about spring. I had never tried anything so long before and ran out of letters, but was quite pleased to find just the word "etcetera" remaining.
___________________________
Groundhog Day
The funny little groundhog
Digs a home in the fall,
And hides there all winter
Rolled up in a ball.
On February second
He comes out of there
To look at the sky
And to sniff the air.
=
Oh, yellow daffodils emerging,
Fluted bonnets fanning,
Rooted firmly underground
On hilltops all around.

Oh, youthful shoots hairlike,
Ascend the heath at daybreak
Nigh to Thee...
(Etcetera)
___________________________
The Anagrammy Awards contest had been around for almost ten years and there were some very talented people competing from all around the world. When my little poem received a nomination and came in 9th place in the voting, I was thrilled!

Q Do you remember the first anagram you made?
A I probably started with anagrams of my own (difficult) name, including: "Had a lark? Sham!", "L.A. shark had Ma!", and "Hark! Lad's a ham."

Q Do you have a favorite anagram?
It's hard to pick just one favorite, but I think it would have to be:
Conceptual artist Andy Warhol = A red soup can! Why not call it art?













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Q Describe the moment when you are working on anagramming a phrase and the last few letters just fall into place and you realize that you have an outstanding anagram on your hands.
A It's a very satisfying moment. One anagram that came to me like a lightning bolt was:

eBay auction = I can beat you!














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Q What do you do in your non-anagram life?
A I live in the high desert area of New Mexico, where I enjoy hiking with my husband and dogs. When not rearranging letters and words into anagrams, I'm using words in other ways. My two home businesses, both based on words, are medical transcription and an online bookstore. I am also a wife of over 35 years, mother and grandmother, and collect jigsaw puzzles of all types, especially hand-cut wooden antique puzzles.

Q Approximately how long do you spend on an anagram?
A That depends on the length of the anagram and my schedule. It can be anywhere from an immediate "Aha!" find to a long poem, joke or passage I'll save and work on for several days. My Scrabble board is always ready on the coffee table, and I enjoy shuffling all 100 of the letter tiles into limericks or poems, which I call 'Scrabblagrams'.

Q Anything else you'd like to add?
A Anagramming is a great creative outlet for those moments at the computer when I'm transcribing medical records and just can't bring myself to type the word "pain" one more time. As a part-time reporter for "The Anagram Times", I like to turn headlines of serious world events into entertainment, both for my own enjoyment and to share with others. Anagramming can range from a simple hobby to a near obsession, and I think my anagram below sums it up nicely:

If total thermonuclear war were to shake the world, God forbid, and we saw mushroom clouds billowing (Pray it will never happen!),
=
we would all be at work feverishly wording anagrams on the whole incident (albeit, harsh) from our laptop computers worldwide!


Some of Dharam's recent anagrams for The Anagram Times:
Reagan's Glory Days Recalled at Statue Installation
Dance group Diversity trumps Boyle on 'Britain's Got Talent'
Have questions, comments, or suggestions? Post them below. Also see Q&A with master anagrammer Jeffrey Barnes.
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Judge says Miami cat killings suspect poses no danger to community

(ABC News)


















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Judge says Miami cat killings suspect poses no danger to community = So Jimmy, a stoic guy, digs catguts...couldn't I skin people's -- same manner?
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Obama seeks counsel from ex-presidents

(US News & World Report)


















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Obama seeks counsel from ex-presidents = Ex-members seanced, talk issues -- no proof
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Netanyahu's revolution

(Haaretz Newspaper)


















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Netanyahu's revolution = No value in a nut's theory
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Obama has stomach for a full plate

(The Wall Street Journal)


















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Obama has stomach for a full plate = Oh alas, Mama -- Bush left a lot of crap
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Romanians flee Belfast homes after racist attacks

(Reuters)


















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Romanians flee Belfast homes after racist attacks = Racist clan at tea blames/threatens far-off Eskimos
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Obama: Ahmadinejad and Mousavi not very different

(Jerusalem Post)


















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Obama: Ahmadinejad and Mousavi not very different = Both are even, mad variation and may offend Judaism
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Italy rallies to beat US 3-1 at Confederations Cup

(AP)


















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Confederations Cup, South Africa = No apartheid. I focus at fun - soccer.
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Monday, June 15, 2009

Biden still has his eye on the oval office

(AP)


















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Biden still has his eye on the oval office = He is honest: "Hell, one 'vice' is bad -- lay off it!"
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attacked

(Reuters)


















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CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attacked = Face it -- as at mean, wicked, nasty evil, he's so cute! (*belch*)
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Iran's Clarifying Election

(The Wall Street Journal)


















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Iran's Clarifying Election = Earliest Cry "Oil Financing"
(by Rodney Koodray Jr)

Susan Boyle due back on tour after "rest day"

(Yahoo! News)


















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Susan Boyle due back on tour after "rest day" = Ask beefy Scotland star, "Are you burned out?"
(by Dharam)

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Iran election anger boils; Ahmadinejad defends results

(Los Angeles Times)


















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Iran election anger boils; Ahmadinejad defends results = Landslide again! Serenades for incumbent -- others jailed.
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Calif. to probe latest HIV case in porn industry

(Yahoo! News)


















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Calif. to probe latest HIV case in porn industry = Torn Safeties at Prophylactic, Virus in Blonde
(by Squidrock.com)

Friday, June 12, 2009

Ronaldo set for Real Madrid

(Reuters)


















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Cristiano Ronaldo's dream = Real Madrid star-icon. Soon!
(by Tony Crafter)

Turnout heavy in Iranian election

(CNN)


















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Turnout heavy in Iranian election = I run, I run (in each, at any line) to vote!
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Russia is ready for nuclear-free world, Putin says

(Reuters)


















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Russia is ready for nuclear-free world, Putin says = "Surly lands dis us. We are rarin' for peace -- you first."
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

New, superheavy element to enter periodic table

(Yahoo! News)


















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New, superheavy element to enter periodic table = Obey Reeve: Umpteenth particle now eternalised
(by Squidrock.com)

Feds Freeze Online Poker Payments

(WebProNews)


















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Feds Freeze Online Poker Payments = Plan First Defense, Keep Zero Money
(by Rodney Koodray Jr)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Shooting reported at Holocaust Museum in Washington

(CNN)


















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Shooting reported at Holocaust Museum in Washington = With one murderous thought, a man goes to plot Cain's sin.
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Great grandma dared cop to Tase her, so he did

(MSNBC)


















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Great grandma dared cop to Tase her, so he did = A demand to get shot -- dare a cop disregard her?
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Gunman shoots, kills, guard at Holocaust Museum


















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Gunman shoots, kills, guard at Holocaust Museum = O, God sulks! Most calamitous unhuman slaughter
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Lanterns cast light on UFO claims


















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A Chinese lantern = Alien's enchanter?
(by Tony Crafter)

North Korean labor camps a ghastly prospect for U.S. journalists

(Los Angeles Times)


















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North Korean labor camps a ghastly prospect for U.S. journalists = Rats, jail for both reporters - shock, unpopular amongst any class!
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Monday, June 8, 2009

The Anagram Times Interview: Jeffrey Barnes

Jeffrey BarnesAnagramming is an art as well as a science. From time to time we'll interview master anagrammers who combine the two to produce anagrams that are filled with ingenuity and display their passion and devotion to anagramming. Our first interview is with Jeffrey Barnes, a Grammy Award winning musician from Texas.

Q How did you get into anagrams?
A Circa 1980 I began writing palindroems, little "poems" whose lines are spelled the same backward as forward. Trying to make some kind of crazy sense within a very constrictive framework was fun!

Books by authors like Willard Espy showed me other ways of "making the alphabet dance", including word squares (the apotheosis of palindrome), charade ("poems" where couplet lines are spelled the same, but with the word breaks in different places), and anagrams.

Q Do you remember the first anagram you made?
A I don't remember my first, but Thursday night as I was going to sleep, my brain jumbled the word "Batman" into "Bantam". I had a short dream about a guy fighting crime in a chicken suit and woke up laughing. My wife woke up too, but not laughing.

Here's an early "poem" where every line is an anagram of the title:

Existentialism

X is a silent item.
Examine its list:

It's man's exile. It
is Time's tax line.

Next it is a smile
-- snail-exits Time!

Next, a missile. It
lies in state. Mix

six mentalities...
Mine is late. It's X.

Q Do you have a favorite anagram?
A Surely "Twelve + one = Eleven + two" is hard to beat!














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Q What do you do in your non-anagram life?
A I'm a musician. My wife Gina teaches dyslexic children to read. We're both interested in language.

I've played in a band called Brave Combo for 26 years. I perform on saxophones, clarinets, flutes, harmonicas and other noisemakers. We play many different musical styles, but won the Grammy for Best Polka Recording in 1999 and 2004. (Sadly, that Grammy category was discontinued several days ago.)

My band appeared on an episode of The Simpsons, called "Co-Dependence Day", for which I arranged the closing theme.

Q Describe the moment when you are working on anagramming a phrase and the last few letters just fall into place and you realize that you have an outstanding anagram on your hands.
A After choosing the source, separating and alphabetizing the vowels and consonants, putting carats on every five letters so the count is correct, finding a starting word that's rife with promise, separating the other letters and trying to use the odd ones (j,k,q,v,x,z et al,) repeating the process over and over using Anu's amazing Internet Anagram Server or little wooden letter squares or just a cocktail napkin, sometimes reaching blind alleys and disassembling words for their parts, one winds up with a small handful of letters and...*click* everything comes together! Not a word (or letter) is wasted. The result is a cogent, pithy, pertinent comment on its source -- often hilarious, but sometimes serious, or even heartbreaking. The anagrammatist has manipulated the primary elements of language with great skill. All the elements of artistic performance are there, except...the anagrammatist is not really responsible for the result. He or she is like a pythoness at the Delphic oracle -- only the conduit for a message from beyond, one of many that existed within the source before the anagrammatist even began.

Q Approximately how long do you spend on an anagram?
A Sometimes it clicks in at 15 or 20 minutes. Sometimes I'll run into all manner of blind alleys, get obsessed, work for hours, and finally (1) get a satisfactory result or (2) give up in disgust.

There is a 28-letter source, which uses only 1/2 the letters of the alphabet plus one, that I've worked on for a couple of years without exhausting. It's generated thousands of viable anagrams, which I'll put into a book eventually.

Long boring trips with the band make this sort of thing possible -- maybe inevitable.

Q Anything else you'd like to add?
A Oh, yes! Something about the ethics of anagramming:

There's a passage in Book XII of The Odyssey, where Odysseus must sail through a narrow pass between two rocks, one of which houses Scylla, a monster whose six heads devour sailors, and the other which has Charybdis, another monster whose giant mouth creates a whirlpool that can suck down a whole ship. (A less classical allusion would be "between a rock and a hard place" or "between the Devil and the deep, blue sea".)

This reminds me of our ethical plight. Remember that an anagrammatist, our "hero" surviving by virtue of his wits, is not completely in charge of what he expresses. He often risks saying something abjectly evil -- and you decide whether he's "channeling" some evil spirit or expressing a dark aspect of his own psyche -- to avoid the bottomless pit of nonsense which always threatens to engulf him.

Of course, "a little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men". On the other hand, we may be tempted to say something morally reprehensible because it's often richly comical to assume the persona of a villain, but it's probably a good idea to edit yourself -- or let somebody responsible do it for you -- than to have righteous people feel offended, or wicked people feel justified.

Some of Jeffrey Barnes's recent anagrams:
Jeffrey Barnes's picture on New Year's Eve in Tampa, Florida above shows his (word)playful side. Every year he cuts out letters from a "Happy New Year" tiara, so it says "Hay ewe".
What anagrammers would you like to see interviewed here? What questions would you like to ask them? Post your questions and comments about anagrams, this interview, or The Anagram Times below.


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Leaders gather for commemoration of Normandy beach landings

(Radio France Internationale)


















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The beaches of Normandy = Death on some French bay
(by Tony Crafter)

Saturday, June 6, 2009

The Most Interesting Pitchmen in the World

(Yahoo! TV)


















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The Most Interesting Man in the World. = In restatement: Hot winner - Goldsmith
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Friday, June 5, 2009

Reagan's Glory Days Recalled at Statue Installation

(The New York Times)


















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Reagan's Glory Days Recalled at Statue Installation = Old gray colleagues lie; translated, a tyrant's a saint!

Other anagrams:
Daily guests see cast Ronald at national art gallery
And analysts relate it's astrologically guaranteed.
Gallant sunny actor, yet got all satirised as a leader.
(by Dharam)

Obama calls for 'new beginning' between U.S. and Muslims

(Los Angeles Times)


















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Obama calls for 'new beginning' between U.S. and Muslims = Uncle Sam suggests no ban - firm, amiable, noble, new wind
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Barack Obama reaches out to Muslim world

(BBC News)


















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Barack Obama urges end to Islam discord = I came, do mark...US addressing to Arab bloc
(by Pinchas Aronas)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Sotomayor hits Hill again as GOP's race rhetoric cools

Sotomayor hits Hill again as GOP's race rhetoric cools

(CNN)


















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Sotomayor hits Hill again as GOP's race rhetoric cools = "Ooo -- Anita Hill?" says Thomas. "Great cross, pro-choice girl!"
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Will denying Kim cognac have any effect on N. Korea?

(AP)


















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Will denying Kim cognac have any effect on N. Korea? = Get fancy -- give 'em any new, fake, non-alcoholic drink
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Toy Gun Sparks Lockdown At Princeton

(CBS News)


















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Toy Gun Sparks Lockdown At Princeton = Pentagon runs down tacky cork pistol
(by Squidrock.com)

Jacqui Smith resigns as home secretary

(The Guardian)


















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Jacqui Smith resigns as Home Secretary. = Eager, rich scam-mistress has quit. Enjoy!
(by Tony Crafter)

Al-Qaeda deputy denounces Obama

(BBC News)


















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Al-Qaeda deputy denounces Obama = A bane, a menace? Doodly-squat, dupe!
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Man charged with murder in Kansas doctor's death

CNN: Man charged with murder in Kansas doctor's death (story)


















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Man charged with murder in Kansas doctor's death = Mean Christian human stretched a dark god's word
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Nancy Reagan back at the White House

USA Today: Nancy Reagan back at the White House (story)


















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Nancy Reagan back at the White House = "What the heck are you?" "Cannabis agent."
(by Jeffrey Barnes)

Conan O'Brien makes debut on The Tonight Show

Boston Herald: Conan O'Brien makes debut on The Tonight Show (story)


















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(by Squidrock.com)

GM bankruptcy raises political stakes for Obama

MarketWatch: GM bankruptcy raises political stakes for Obama (story)


















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(by Pinchas Aronas)

Monday, June 1, 2009

Sotomayor's Opponents and Allies Prepare Strategies

The New York Times: Sotomayor's Opponents and Allies Prepare Strategies (story)


















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Also enjoy these anagrams of the above phrase:
1. All eyes trained on top magistrate's apropos response.
2. Senators see and stoop to misreporting early appeals.
3. GOP does temporarily stop nation's rants (see a relapse?).
4. Please stop /Ordinary slop; /Start to agree, Pass nominee!
5. Emotional peers, senators, a propagandist: "So, let's PREY!"
6. People, don't misinterpret a past season or year's goals!
(by Dharam)

Coming soon: An Xbox without a controller

CNN: Coming soon: An Xbox without a controller? (story)


















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(by Squidrock.com)

US Abortion doctor is shot dead

BBC News: US Abortion doctor is shot dead (story)


















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(by Dharam)

Diversity Beat Boyle To Win Britain's Got Talent

The Daily Mirror: Diversity Beat Boyle To Win Britain's Got Talent (story)


















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Street-dance group 'Diversity' have won 'Britain's Got Talent' = Susan Boyle didn't attract great phone-vote. Viewers tiring?
(by Tony Crafter)