Monthly Archives: October 2012

Force to get Reckoning

Posted on October 13, 2012 by twitmericks

The watchdog, the IPCC/ Has launched an inquiry to see/ Why so many fans died/ How many cops lied/ And what criminal charges should be. ///http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/10/13/police-watchdog-pledges-to-try-to-end-generation-of-hillsborough-distress-and-anger-100252-32023084/

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DG Probes DJ

Posted on October 12, 2012 by twitmericks

The BBC DG’s reviews/ Have to ask: Whom did Savile abuse?/ Was it with other men?/ Also who knew what when/ And why was it pulled from the news? ///http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/12/jimmy-savile-allegations-entwistle-bbc-review-_n_1961834.html?ncid=GEP

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Prize Surprise

Posted on October 12, 2012 by twitmericks

The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize/ Has gone, amid general surprise/ To a body in Brussels/ That stops Euro-tussles/ Being wars in which everyone dies. /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/12/european-union-nobel-peace-prize?intcmp=239

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Drug Pedaller

Posted on October 11, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old cyclist named Lance/ Who won a good few Tours de France/ A pedaller, medaller/ And alleged peddler/ Of chemicals meant to enhance. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19903716

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That Sinking Feeling

Posted on October 10, 2012 by twitmericks

A Tory PM known as Dave/ Was stark in the warning he gave/ We must now sink or swim/ Was the message from him/ (On his way to a watery grave). ///http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron-speech-britain-can-sink-or-she-can-swim-8205214.html

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Merkel’s Circle

Posted on October 9, 2012 by twitmericks

Germany’s boss went to Greece/ Amid calls for the cutbacks to cease/ Ms Angela Merkel/ Kept safe by a circle/ Of public employees (police). ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/09/angela-merkel-unshakeable-athens-resounds

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They Don’t Want No Education

Posted on October 9, 2012 by twitmericks

The Taliban Mujahideen/ Shot and wounded a girl of 14/ For going to school/ And opposing their rule/ And so their true colours are seen. ///http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/school-girl-who-blogged-against-taliban-attacked-in-pak-277380

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Art Attack

Posted on October 8, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a man who defaced/ A Rothko that can’t be replaced/ He said for his part/ His graffito was art/ And it’s all just a matter of taste. ///http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/founder-of-yellowism-movement-vladimir-umanets-admits-defacing-valuable-mark-rothko-painting-at-the-tate-modern-8201780.html

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Hugo First

Posted on October 8, 2012 by twitmericks

Hugo Chavez of Caracas/ Has numerous critics and backers/ But his reelection/ Confirms the projection/ That fans still outnumber attackers. ///http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/121008/chavez-this-was-a-perfect-battle

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No We Khan’t

Posted on October 7, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old chap, Imran Khan/ Who set off for Waziristan/ To condemn drone attacks/ But was stopped in his tracks/ By the government of Pakistan. ///http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/10/2012107141138951980.html

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