Or May Be Not

Posted on August 31, 2017 by twitmericks

 

The UK Prime Minister May/

Announced her intention to stay/

But Tory MP’s’re/

Advising Theresa/

She might have to call it a day.///

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/31/senior-tories-cast-doubt-on-theresa-mays-long-term-future-as-leader

 

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Towering Ego

Posted on August 30, 2017 by twitmericks

Some seeking political power/
Want favourite projects to flower,/
Like one politician/
Whose lofty ambition/
Is building a Moscow Trump Tower.///

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/kremlin-confirms-it-received-letter-from-trump-lawyer-about-stalled-moscow-real-estate-project-but-did-not-respond/2017/08/30/ee509c0a-8d80-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_russia-10am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.756ad2df99cb

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Unpresidented Climate Change

Posted on August 30, 2017 by twitmericks

The POTUS reviewed the big storm/

Which bigly exceeded the norm/

But still he denies/

What experts advise:/

We’re making our planet too warm.///

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/30/tropical-storm-harvey-climate-change-conservatives-donald-trump

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Cash Box

Posted on August 27, 2017 by twitmericks

Two men who are both a bit flash/

Met up in a televised clash/

Which Mayweather won/

Then when it was done/

They both trousered shedloads of cash.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/41064767

 

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Who Pardoned the Sheriff?

Posted on August 26, 2017 by twitmericks

A sheriff in public disgrace/

For basing detentions on race/

Was given a pardon/

So Donald could harden/

His alt-white supremacist base.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41058851

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Avocado Desperado

Posted on August 25, 2017 by twitmericks

An Adelaide-based desperado,/

Displaying impressive bravado,/

Refused to confess/

When found to possess/

Consignments of nicked avocado.///

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-25/fruitful-police-search-might-have-smashed-avocado-related-crime/8842898

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Rooting for Tooting

Posted on August 24, 2017 by twitmericks

For Northern Line users commuting/
To find Lonely Planet saluting/
Their manor as cool/
Is not as a rule/
What happens in places like Tooting.///

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tooting-named-one-of-the-10-coolest-neighbourhoods-on-earth-by-lonely-planet-a3618861.html

 

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Key Invention

Posted on August 23, 2017 by twitmericks

There once was a little-used key/

The point of which no one could see/

Till one guy named Chris/

Said How about this?/

And came to be.///

*pron hashtag hashtag

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/twitters-hashtag-turns-ten/news-story/2fd42bc8ac9168bfd89050cb632b0d91

 

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Privates Tossed Out

Posted on August 23, 2017 by twitmericks

The PLA’s saying no thanks/

To would-be recruits to its ranks;/

They’re fat, it explains,/

With spermatic veins/

Enlarged after too many wanks.///

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/young-chinese-are-too-fat-and-masturbate-too-much-to-pass-army-fitness-tests-a3617881.html

 

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Trump Breaks Promise Shock

Posted on August 22, 2017 by twitmericks

When candidate Donald J. Trump/

Was canvassing out on the stump/

He promised no more/

Afghanistan war,/

A pledge we all knew he would dump.///

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/22/bannons-breitbart-spins-trump-afghanistan-speech-as-flip-flop/?utm_term=.67921ccd1985

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