Wednesday, 24 July 2019

News Briefs from around the World


From today's free sheet:

USA: Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada disappeared in 2009. His body has now been located. Larry was found behind a freezer in a supermarket in Iowa where he used to work.

USA: Arabella, Ivanka Trump's daughter, has a new dog. The dog is white. Too white for some. This is racism complain left-wing Democrats. Owners of white dogs are Nazis.

Germany:  Kindergarten schools  in Leipzig that removed jelly bears (gelatin containing pork)  and bratwurst (pork sausages) from the menu in consideration of Muslim children are now to reinstate the popular snacks following a 'hailstorm of criticism'.The situation will be reviewed in autumn.

Germany: An air travel survey has revealed that 46 % of Green Party voters have flown at least once in the last 12 months. This is the highest of the five main parties. The lowest is the right wing party AfD which recorded 26%.

Sport: Russian boxer Maxim Dadaschew was punched 260 times on the head in his last fight. He is now in an induced coma in hospital.

Belgium: Prince Laurent of Belgium remained seated and chatting on his mobile phone during the playing of the national anthem at the Belgian National Day parade. A tired looking Princess Claire remained seated too.

Heatwave: A firework show at an open air opera  attended by 6,000 including politicians and prominent persons is believed to be the cause of a large blaze on an island in the reed beds surrounding a lake on the Austrian/Hungarian border. It was 6 am before the blaze was finally extinguished.

Mick Jagger:  The Burnt Orange Heresy. That's the title of the new film starring the pop icon and actor Donald Sutherland. Premier is at the Venice Film Festival in September.

Lagerfeld's Cat: # where is Choupette? The cat has 300,000 fans on Instagram. A campaign has been started in an attempt to discover the feline's whereabouts.

Footnote:

London: 'Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here.'   UK's new PM on the steps of no. 10.

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10 comments:

  1. The Weaver of Grass24 July 2019 at 10:36

    I refuse to mention our new Prime Minister by name.

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    1. Gwil W24 July 2019 at 11:04

      I'm reserving judgement. I think everyone deserves a chance.

      PMOTUK?

      Why not? US have their POTUS. :-)

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    2. Gwil W24 July 2019 at 11:10

      In Austria we have an unelected government of civil servants and so-called experts. All unelected of course. There's talk of an election on 29th September. All is relative.

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    3. Rachel Phillips28 July 2019 at 23:28

      Good luck to Johnson and pulling things together. Negativity is killing this country.

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    4. Gwil W29 July 2019 at 00:23

      He appears to have hit the ground running . . . improvements to the trans pennine railway - a leveling up of education - some pride and purpose - all much needed. Such projects can only unite people and bring back a sense of hope in the country. 'If' only Rudyard Kipling would return to the schools . . .

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    5. Gwil W29 July 2019 at 00:27

      I know a publican who nipped an ugly problem in the bud by hanging that poem in a prominent place in the pub games room. It's very effective and a I maintain still a good life guide for youngsters who've lost their way.

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  2. John Going Gently24 July 2019 at 12:51

    Nice one weave xxx

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  3. Gwil W24 July 2019 at 22:45

    Sajid-Javed is bookies favourite to be 4th Tory leader since Brexit vote.

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  4. Magyar28 July 2019 at 07:48

    Today:
    __ I've imagined, to have a 'proper' dog in this day and age... that dog must [have to] be a Dalmatian.
    __ Too, it seems some investigations are insanely poor and inept; no one scans behind those giant super-market appliances any more? _m

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    1. Gwil W28 July 2019 at 11:39

      Thanks Magyar, wise words. As long as Mick and the Stones can keep on rocking an' rolling there's hope for us all.

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