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Only Connect

Posted on March 31, 2018 by twitmericks

A Facebook boss said, in effect,/

We may cause some lives to be wrecked,/

But though truth is ugly -/

He carried on smugly -/

To grow we must only connect.///

A Facebook boss said, in effect,
We may cause some lives to be wrecked,
But though truth is ugly –
He carried on smugly –
To grow we must only connect.https://t.co/jl0VQnDHJC #Facebook #bosworth @cwarzel @Kantrowitz

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 30, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged facebook | Leave a comment

What the Fox Laura on About?

Posted on March 29, 2018 by twitmericks

There is a Fox anchor named Laura,/
All sensible people deplaura/
She keeps getting horrider/
To schoolkids in Florida,/
For fear that the world might ignaura.///

https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/fox-anchor-laura-ingraham-parkland-david-hogg?utm_term=.neEapXdYX&bftwnews#.asDB8DZWD

There is a Fox anchor named Laura,
All sensible people deplaura
She keeps getting horrider
To schoolkids in Florida,
For fear that the world might ignaura.#NeverAgain @IngrahamAngle @davidhogg111

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 29, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged florida, fox news, gun law, guns, parkland | Leave a comment

Korea Break

Posted on March 28, 2018 by twitmericks

There was a young leader named Kim/

Who went to Beijing on a whim/

He headed to see/

Old President Xi,/

Though Trump thinks it’s all about him.///

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/kim-xi-meeting-presents-a-new-challenge-for-trump-on-north-korea/2018/03/28/55e7e8a6-31f9-11e8-b6bd-0084a1666987_story.html?utm_term=.6c2d8f0d9e9c

There was a young leader named Kim
Who went to Beijing on a whim
He headed to see
Old President Xi,
Though Trump thinks it's all about him.#KimJongUn #XiJinping #Trump #Korea #KimXiKoreanVacay

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 28, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged china, kim jong-un, korea, trump, usa, xi jinping | Leave a comment

Bancroft’s Balls-up

Posted on March 25, 2018 by twitmericks

A person with balls from Australia/

Used tampering paraphernalia,/

Spectators can vouch,/

He put in a pouch/

Adjacent to his genitalia.///

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-25/how-cricket-ball-tampering-incident-unfolded/9584618

A person with balls from Australia
Used tampering paraphernalia,
Spectators can vouch,
He had in a pouch
Adjacent to his genitalia.#SandpaperGate

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 25, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged australia, ball-tampering, bancroft, cricket | Leave a comment

On the March

Posted on March 24, 2018 by twitmericks

A multitude gathers as one/

Refusing to bow to the gun/

The movement that drives/

The #March For Our Lives/

Sees clearly what has to be done.///

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/24/us/march-for-our-lives/index.html

A multitude gathers as one
Refusing to bow to the gun
The movement that drives
The #MarchForOurLives
Sees clearly what has to be done.

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 24, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #marchforourlives, donald trump, guns, parkland, trump, usa | Leave a comment

Tough-talking Hawk

Posted on March 23, 2018 by twitmericks

There is an old man with a tache/

Whose words are exceedingly rash;/

As Trump’s new adviser,/

But not any wiser,/

He’ll start a new war like a flash.///

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/23/john-bolton-foreign-policy-radical-who-backs-war-with-iran-and-north-korea

There is an old man with a tache
Whose words are exceedingly rash;
As Trump's new adviser,
But not any wiser,
He'll start a new war like a flash.#trump #johnbolton #POTUS #WhiteHouse #NSA

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 23, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged JOHN BOLTON, trump | Leave a comment

Taking Back Passport Control?

Posted on March 22, 2018 by twitmericks

Brit passports of burgundy hue,/

Post-Brexit, will turn a dark blue,/

A major advance/

For workers in France,/

Who’ll make them (inside the EU).///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43489462

Note: for a month or two now, Twitter user Guillaume Cingal has been translating many of my limericks into French – but this is the first one that has been translated into Portuguese as well, courtesy of Anna Fagundes Martino*! Here they are:

Les passeports british, aujourd'hui lie-de-vin,
Seront bientôt d'un bleu marine bien chauvin :
Une aubaine, ma foi,
Pour le peuple gaulois
Qui va les fabriquer… dans l'U.E., c'est divin ! https://t.co/QCvHNFFcjd

— Guillaume Cingal (@GuillaumeCingal) March 22, 2018

Os passaportes britânicos, de um belo tom de vinho
Pós-Brexit, acredite se quiser, vão ficar azuizinhos
Uma pátria que avança!
Mas a pátria é a França
porque os passaportes serão feitos no país vizinho!

(a homage in Portuguese to your great limerick – I swear it rhymes)

— Anna Martino (@annadixit) March 22, 2018

And now in Italian too, thanks to Esa Aldegheri:

aaaaand in Italian:

Dopo la Brexit in Gran Bretagna c'e' chi si lamentera'
del passaporto che, da bordeux, blu scuro diventera'.
Ma perche' lagnarsi? C'e' da rallegrarsi:
con l'UE il business andra' a rinforzarsi:
la Francia li fabbrichera'.

Prego!

— Dr Esa Aldegheri 🧡 migration is life (@aldeghesa) March 22, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brexit, eu, france, passports, Theresa May, uk | Leave a comment

Zuck Off

Posted on March 21, 2018 by twitmericks

A Facebook supremo named Zuck/

Whose privacy policies suck/

Was publicly roasted/

Then finally posted/

To make out like he gives a fuck.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43494337

A Facebook supremo named Zuck
Whose privacy policies suck
Was publicly roasted
Then finally posted
To make out like he gives a fuck.#zuckerberg #Facebook #CambridgeAnalytica #Facebookgate

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 21, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cambridge analytica, facebook, zuckerberg | Leave a comment

Vladi Well Done!

Posted on March 21, 2018 by twitmericks

There is an old fellow named Putin/

With whom the UK is disputin’/

But whose reelection,/

With some genuflection,/

Old Juncker and Trump are salutin’.///

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/20/tories-attack-junckers-nauseating-letter-congratulating-putin

There is an old fellow named Putin
With whom the UK is disputin'
But whose reelection,
With some genuflection,
Old Juncker and Trump are salutin'.#Putin #Trump #juncker #RussianElection

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 21, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged eu, juncker, putin, russia, skripal, trump, uk | Leave a comment

Nix in a Twist

Posted on March 20, 2018 by twitmericks

A dubious fellow named Nix/
Made money from harvesting clicks/
And boasted his firm/
Secured Trump his term/
By various underhand tricks.///

A dubious fellow named Nix
Made money from harvesting clicks
And boasted his firm
Secured Trump his term
By various underhand tricks.https://t.co/CebzgtERrM #CambridgeAnalytica #AlexanderNix #Facebookgate

— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) March 20, 2018

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cambridge analytica, channel 4 news, data, facebook | Leave a comment

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On the March

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