Border Trouble

Posted on November 27, 2017 by twitmericks

A Brexit conundrum that’s bubbling/

Is looking increasingly troubling,/

A deal on the border/

Demanded in order/

To head off a veto by Dublin.///

https://news.sky.com/story/ireland-threat-to-veto-brexit-trade-talks-over-border-issue-11144679

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Flatliners

Posted on November 23, 2017 by twitmericks

The forecast of top UK sages/

Regarding stagnation in wages/

Is flatlining pay/

Is with us to stay/

For ages and ages and ages.///

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Disrupter Disrupted

Posted on November 22, 2017 by twitmericks

The ride-share firm Uber got hacked,/

A rather embarrassing fact/

They moved to conceal/

By striking a deal/

To pay those to blame for the act.///

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Jamaica Coalition? No, we Failed

Posted on November 21, 2017 by twitmericks

In Germany Chancellor Angela,/

A seasoned political wrangler,/

Believes a new poll/

Can rescue her role/

As fruitless discussions entangle ‘er.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42057108

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Basket Case

Posted on November 20, 2017 by twitmericks

 

There was an old basketball dad/

Who got Donald Trump a bit mad:/

“LaVar seems to doubt/

I got his son out”,/

Cried POTUS. “Ungrateful. Bad! Sad!”///

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-father-ucla-player-spar-arrest-china/story?id=51274885

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Zimbab-Way Out

Posted on November 19, 2017 by twitmericks

There is an old man from Zimbabwe/

Who seems not to be in a fab way/

He now has to choose/

The hard way, refuse,/

Or opt for the ‘call me a cab’ way.///

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/zanu-pf-tells-mugabe-resign-face-impeachment-171119140828593.html

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Kiss Off

Posted on November 18, 2017 by twitmericks

A lewd rock n roller named Gene/

Was barred by Fox News as obscene;/

O’Reilly & Ailes/

Behaved as rogue males/

But guests, as of now, must be clean.///

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/17/gene-simmons-fox-news-kiss

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Muga-bye?

Posted on November 18, 2017 by twitmericks

Old Robert Mugabe of Zim/

Made life there increasingly grim, /

Then plotted for Grace/

To rule in his place,/

The chances of which now look slim.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42035981

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Massive Cock Up

Posted on November 18, 2017 by twitmericks

The navy expresses its shock/

That one of its pilots, ad hoc,/

Used vapour to draw/

What those below saw/

Was two giant balls and a cock.///

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/locals-left-red-faced-after-navy-pilot-draws-obscene-phallic-sky-art-above-town-1647757

 

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You Snooze, You Win

Posted on November 16, 2017 by twitmericks

In spite of The Sun’s front-page snaps/

Of BBC staff having naps,/

Awake or asnooze/

Folks trust the Beeb’s nooze/

Above the phone-hackers and paps.///

sun v bbc

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