[9 October 2008 -
State bank bailouts and spasms in financial
markets have created cause for concern in much of the world.]
A great banking crisis looms - Big managers' risks ain't cool!
And more an 'anti-gram':
Banking crisis = Brisk Gains, Inc.
As for which markets may succeed...
The most solid financial advice I could present =
Invest in a potent alcoholic fluid - ciders, meads, ...
Concerns About Palin's Readiness as a Big Test Nears =
A scatterbrained gal spouts basic nonsense in ears.
Genarlow Wilson = Er, no swallowing!
Telecoms Sans Frontieres ~ transfers me to silence. So...
National Vegetarian Week =
An olive (Greek). Wanna eat it?
Michaelle Jean's Inuit blanket toss =
"As mine's a nice state job, I'll hunt elk."
(Since the event was held in an auditorium, I'm guessing no elk were to be found, though.)
We all know the non-PR-friendly translation...]
Baggage retrieval issues = See luggage arrive as bits.
The United States dollar =
Tatters halted delusion. =
Old lira sat untested. =
All said "Trusted note??"
[24 February 2008 -
In the wake of reports of Cuban leader Fidel Castro's impending
demise, the media prove that they will make much of any shred of news
on developments in Cuba for the next little while.]
'Fidel Castro steps down' = Plot is newscast fodder.
[7 February 2008 -
Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, sparks controversy with his opinion that Muslims in the UK
should be allowed to choose to apply Islamic law rather than UK law.]
Rowan Williams = 'Law in Islam' row.
The suicide note said 'Sorry for everything'. =
His draft, 'I'd try shooting everyone!', cues ire.
Enola Gay pilot Paul W. Tibbets =
Little boy upbeat - a Nip's aglow.
Dubya: "I'll damage, topple, press, and downsize Iran!" ~
And Putin says: "mad people wielding razor blades".
A 'saint' rests, done, yet sad old ladies cry in pain =
Today, ten years on, Princess Diana is still dead.
For those who don't remember:
Car dispensed ~ dead princess.
Metro: "heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine, and booze" =
Those make one crazy-arse medicine cabinet too, no?
Georges Prosper Remi's cartoon "Tintin" ~ promotes racist tripe. No negroes grin.
Deborah Jeane Palfrey
Horny Rep. + a fee = a BJ deal
Computer-generated images = Men agree Potter used magic.
Heat device + SS mentality = the Active Denial System.
Australia's trend: natural disaster.
"We are also pushing for an urgent end to the current hostilities, but
the views of the parties on how to achieve this are different."
- Ms Condoleeza Rice
US Secretary of State
=
"Truth's we hate to infuriate or hurt groups of crazies that are
friends with us. I see fit to voice nothing to condemn Israel's acts.
We feel a very clear need to be sheep - honest."
First time ever: Finland makes Eurovision Song Contest Finals! =
Nation's giant, offensive monsters suck! Lordi're evil manifest!!
The Dark Blue crew are victorious in The Boat Race =
I taunt CU - "I'd teach heroic rowers: overtake rabble."
Cindy Sheehan's tee = 'Hey, Hanes is decent!'
Breast byline: Stanley H. Biber
The State of Louisiana ~
is afloat out in the sea.
In international news Friday is:
The UK today launched a massive attempt to elicit info related to three
terrorist bombs inside the Underground and a later eerie blast that tore
open a central London bus.
(Yes, they reiterate 'terror won't win!')
=
"Listen, and understand. That Terminator is out there. It can't be
bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity. Or
remorse. Or fear. And it absolutely will not stop - EVER! - until you
are DEAD."
-- Kyle Reese (to Sarah Conner), in The Terminator
Tom Cruise Declares Undying Love for Katie Holmes on Oprah. =
"I do"'s forever - oh, up until Scientology con makes her alarmed.
In the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla... ~
sing a mild choral preface: 'Candle in the Wind'!
The royal wedding of Prince Charles Windsor to Camilla Parker Bowles =
Small-eared chap (dirt-poor worker)'s now won angelic bride (chaste
filly).
The royal wedding of Prince Charles Windsor to Camilla =
Widower'll confide marriage plan's tiny catch: old horse.
[January 2005 -
Concerns about terrorism continue. How far will the
security measures or paranoia go?]
Making terroristic threats
= It's ticking? Roar 'Arrest them!'
= Anarchist got striker/timer.
[November 2004 -
A study shows that, apparently, 70% of people would
willingly trade their computer password for a bar of chocolate. Fears
are yet again raised about corporate IT security.]
Note: a hacker stole my PC password =
Chocolate wrappers sat on my desk.
[October 2004 -
Researchers report that four out of 10 medical
students believe it can be justified to have a sexual relationship with a
patient. Headlines blare out 'Doctor--Patient Survey Shock'.]
Somewhat rude anagrams on the topic:
Doctor--Patient Survey Shock
= Every scrip had 'to suck...' - OTT, no?
= Scurvy? Take Hotdoctorpenis.
[September 2004 -
Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to undergo catheter
ablation surgery for a heart condition. Some express a desire
for a, literally, morbid outcome.]
The PM's catheter ablation surgery =
Chest tears open! May Blair get hurt!
[May 2004 -
Several new countries join the EU.]
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Malta, Cyprus, and Slovenia...
=
Huh?
A Baltic trio, Central European & Slavic land citizens, & islands having
a May EU hookup. All pay VAT.
=
Not: Pitcairn; Somalia; Tuvalu; Gaza Strip, Palestine;
Kenya; Chad; Holland; Bolivia; church nave, Ely; USA.
[February 2004
- Speculation is rife about what NASA's Mars mission
might find. There is much talk of water... The Spirit rover's mission
proceeds despite a software error, which was dutifully noted in the log files as the flash memory filled with
old file and directory entries. On Mars, the rover continuously tries to
reboot, but a low-level deletion run by NASA saves the day.]
The NASA Spirit Mars rover = Rain, river, stream, hot spas...
(It was intended to 'spot their river' after all.)
The NASA Spirit Mars rover = a PR error - natives smash it.
Mars rover Spirit = Storm arrives. RIP.
A little software glitch = Logfiles alert with tact.
[October 2003 -
Magician David Blaine's spectacle of remaining in a
perspex box high over London generates a 'ho-hum' response from many
critics.]
A Blaine-in-the-box =
One banal exhibit!
[August 2003 -
Bombing of the UN's building in Baghdad kills over 20 UN
workers, representatives of aid organisations, and guests. Among the dead
is a highly respected man Kofi Annan regarded as a brother.]
The UN's Sergio Vieira de Mello =
Death over US regime's oil line.
[When Brian Wells went to deliver a pizza, he was kidnapped and a bomb placed around his neck. After following orders to rob a bank, he pleaded with the police to save him. Some thought he'd made up the story about a bomb - until he exploded while the bomb squad was on its way. The news carries video of at least part of the incident.]
Pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells ~
blew up, sadly. 'Amazing', zillions averred.
The Siamese twins = Site has news item.
Forum Barcelona is 'The Great Meeting for the World We Want' =
Wrath now, once it emerges a bullfighter/matador-free town?
The SARS epidemic = Praise the medics!
"Who's in the photos?" = "The POWs!" "Oh, no. Shit."
This, of course, took place after troops entered Iraq. Various reasons have been offered for the invasion. Here are a couple of them:
Send the troops! = Shorten despot!
(by a few inches at least)
'Destroy all weapons of mass destruction!' =
'See, fool, I want Saddam's country's petrol!'
[February 2003 -
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates on re-entry
on the first of the month. I don't need to say much more, other
than that the anagram uses the names of the astronauts who died in
the Shuttle. Judith Resnick was among those who died in the Challenger
accident, and Gus Grissom was a much earlier casualty of man's desire to
explore space.]
Launch is go. Handed cosmic sadness. - Brown, Clark, Ramon, ~
Husband, Chawla, Anderson, McCool. And Resnick, Grissom...
Or, for a slightly different emphasis,
Sadness, anguish. Do scold mechanic. - Brown, Clark, Ramon, ~
Husband, Chawla, Anderson, McCool. And Resnick, Grissom...
[January 2003 -
The World Health Organization issues an alert warning
of potential contamination of food supplies, after some such attempts
were discovered.]
WHO issues alert on food terrorism =
Are donuts or Fritos wholesome, sir?
[October 2002 -
The series of sniper attacks in the Washington, DC,
area is finally solved, but not before several deaths occurred. Here is
an anagram about an obvious truth of the situation, but some might see it as in poor taste.]
Sniper attacks = Parts in casket.
[August 2002 -
Comedian and satirist Chris Morris's television series
Brass Eye causes controversy with its episode on paedophiles, for
which acritical celebrities were convinced to say some of the most inane
things imaginable. The programme was intended as an indictment of the
sensationalism surrounding the subject, but many felt this was
inappropriate - not least the celebrities who were duped.]
That "Brass Eye" episode covering pedos =
Deceived sheep are angry so sob "Stop it!"
[May 2002 -
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated. The
right-wing gay politician's anti-immigration stance was the source of much
criticism. Note: no disrespect is intended in the anagram; that's just
what the letters yielded. 'Fruit' is a slightly dated and probably not
politically correct term for a homosexual man.]
Pim Fortuyn dies. = Fruity imp's done.
[November 2001 -
Michael Lasseter, desperate to collect
his camera from where he left it in a major US airport after
he passed the security checks, etc., evaded guards, ran the wrong
way on escalators, and so forth. The airline, which cancelled or delayed
hundreds of flights during a search for him, files a lawsuit. I speculate that it would be
slightly ironic if, to pay legal fees...]
Michael S. Lasseter ~ sells shite camera.
or
Michael Lasseter = Camera - he sells it.
And also, perhaps,
Michael S. Lasseter = Careless male shit.
[Sicily's Mount Etna made the news in 2000 then makes another appearance in 2001.]
Etna's eruption = Nature opens it.
[July 2001 -
Metallica's James Hetfield enters a rehabilitation
clinic to deal with alcohol abuse. He described rehab as one of the
scariest experiences of his life.]
Hetfield in rehab
= Beer? I find health!
= Fit headline here.
or
Hetfield is placed in rehab. =
Panic filled this beer-head.
[November 2000 -
A controversial US Presidential election
and its aftermath consume the news media.]
Our biggest headlines ~ said "GEORGE BUSH LET IN".
[Several authors have come to the conclusion that one William Jefferson Clinton has all the hallmarks of a sex addict. Claiming to have this medical condition might be a good way of escaping jail time.]
Anxious lad cited ~ sexual addiction.
[In and out of the news, the 'School of the Americas' in Fort Benning, Georgia, has been responsible for providing military training to people who went on to rule over their home countries in Central and South America as tyrants. Its stated goals are laudable enough, but many demonstrators feel that those are only part of the story.]
Fort Benning = Benign front.
School of the Americas =
A coach of some Hitlers.
[This is an anagram on the tragic events affecting the former Yugoslavia.]
Yugoslavians = Guys in a salvo.
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