Monthly Archives: August 2011

Nuclear meltdown

The Cumbrian plant making Mox/Never quite got off the blocks/But now it’s gone under/It’s making me wonder/Just what’ll become of the stocks. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/8680072/Failing-Sellafield-fuel-plant-shuts-after-losing-Japan-orders.html

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There was an old man from the Nile/Of odious crocodile smile/But as every dictator/Should sooner or later/ #Mubarak is now standing trial. http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/mubarak-s-trial-gives-the-arab-spring-a-new-twist-1.848522

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40-year-old Matthew Green/Has a heart like no other you’ve seen/It’s made out of plastic/Hooked up by elastic/To a portable pumping machine. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/aug/02/father-artificial-heart

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A fix on the US debt ceiling/Came out of political dealing/It’s no happy ending/As big cuts in spending/To poor people aren’t that appealing. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903366504576486301220764760.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

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The judicial system has tried/The chap by whom Murdoch was pied/For assaulting a man/With a shaving foam flan/Mr Marbles got 6 weeks inside. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16042327

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A batsman who wanted his tea/Was run out at Trent Bridge on day 3/His team felt the wicket/Was not really cricket/And made India also agree. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/cricket/3724779/Ian-Bell-stars-with-controversial-ton.html

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