Monthly Archives: September 2011

9/11 Decade

Posted on September 11, 2011 by twitmericks

The attacks of 2001/Were the sign a new time had begun/One of more acts of terror/& war waged in error/Over what the mass killers had done. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/09/20119991319476740.html

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Katia Comingatyer

Posted on September 11, 2011 by twitmericks

A hurricane we have named #Katia/Packs winds with a power to batter yer/So watch out UK/In just over a day/This powerful storm’s comingatyer. (tweeted 10/9/11) http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/11/severe-weather-warning-hurricane-katia

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Yellow Peril

Posted on September 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Commissioners at the EU/Have backed off confronting #Irn-Bru/They’ve now gone all mellow/About sunset yellow/The dye for its distinctive hue. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-14857275

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Politician’s mass debate

Posted on September 9, 2011 by twitmericks

George Osborne, in his address thanking/The mag for awarding him ranking/Of top politician/Lost all inhibition/Saying GQ was useful for wan- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034694/George-Osborne-makes-w—-joke-picks-award-GQ-magazine.html?ito=feeds-newsxml  

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Hate Couture

Posted on September 9, 2011 by twitmericks

#Galliano, big cheese in design/Got a 6,000-odd Euro fine/For race-hate to Jews/Which he blamed on the booze/(An unusual reaction to wine). (tweeted 8/9/11) http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/designer-john-galliano-guilty-of-hate-crime/2011/09/08/gIQACWpECK_video.html

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Making Amelia it

Posted on September 9, 2011 by twitmericks

The Guardian’s Amelia Hill/Was carted away by the bill/For talking to cops/About phone-hacking ops/Which is classic police overkill. (tweeted 7/9/11) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8746900/Phone-hacking-Guardian-journalist-interviewed-over-police-inquiry-leaks.html

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Franc exchange

Posted on September 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Switzerland’s national bank/Jumped in to devalue the Franc/With the#Euro in crisis/Such high exchange prices/Could make their economy tank. (tweeted 7/9/11) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904836104576558982460348312.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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BroKen

Posted on September 6, 2011 by twitmericks

An old Tory grandee named Ken/Broke ranks with his party again/Clarkey has spoken/To say prison’s broken/Will Dave now stick him in the pen? http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/05/kenneth-clarke-riots-penal-system

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Who Knews of the World

Posted on September 6, 2011 by twitmericks

Ex-Murdoch lawyer, T Crone/Says James knew who hacked Taylor’s phone/The email 4 Neville/Went up to his level/So how many more musta known? http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/06/phone-hacking-jamesmurdoch

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Self-Lothian Tories

Posted on September 5, 2011 by twitmericks

The Scottish Conservatives’ name/Appears to be causing them shame/But even rebranded/I have to be candid/They’re going to lose all the same. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/scrap-party-and-start-again-says-would-be-tory-leader-1.1121796

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