Trump Seizes on C-word

Posted on June 1, 2018 by twitmericks

The President tweeting with rancour/

About someone calling Ivanka/

A vulgar expression/

Confirms the impression/

He’s one hypocritical wanker.///

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No Joy for Rajoy

Posted on June 1, 2018 by twitmericks

A Spanish PM with a beard/
Declared “it is just as I feared -/
Unable to handle/
The spread of this scandal,/
It seems I have just been cashiered”.///

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Royal Pretender

Posted on June 1, 2018 by twitmericks

An expert on Harry and Wills/
Named Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills/
Is not, it transpires,/
A squire from the shires,/
But Tommy from New York’s green hills.///

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/british-expert-on-the-royal-family-is-actually-tommy-from-upstate-new-york-1527775859

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Living Dead

Posted on May 30, 2018 by twitmericks

Babchenko occasioned some strife/

By faking the loss of his life;/

His claim to be dead/

Completely misled/

The whole world, including his wife*.///

*OK, some media reporting now that she did know. I’ll stick with ‘it’s unclear’ for now.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/30/615461151/russian-journalist-said-to-be-killed-shows-up-at-news-conference-very-much-alive

 

 

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Roseanne Barred

Posted on May 30, 2018 by twitmericks

The TV performer Roseanne,/

A bit of a Donald Trump fan,/

Was racist on Twitter,/

Which came back and bit ‘er/

When ABC gave her the can.///

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44294632

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Scale of Goodness

Posted on May 29, 2018 by twitmericks

The Malian hero Gassama/
Who rescued a child amid drama/
Can stay on in France/
But why should that chance/
Be something contingent on karma?///

 

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Conte Do it? No ‘e Can’t

Posted on May 28, 2018 by twitmericks

A would-be prime minister fella/

For Italy’s pop-right umbrella/

Was summoned to Rome/

But had to go home/

Frustrated by old Mattarella.///

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Irelandslide

Posted on May 26, 2018 by twitmericks

The Irish reform referendum/

Saw women, and men who defendum,/

Asserting their choice,/

And using their voice/

On laws that control, to amendum.///

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/abortion-referendum/

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Courtroom Drama

Posted on May 25, 2018 by twitmericks

A very obnoxious old dork/

Appeared in a court in New York/

On charges of rape/

And couldn’t escape/

His own Harvey Weinstein perp walk.///

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44257202

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Bad Korea Move

Posted on May 24, 2018 by twitmericks

Old President Trump, on a whim,/

Has cancelled his summit with Kim;/

If Trump had his eyes/

On a Nobel Peace Prize,/

The chances now look pretty slim.///

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