Kanye Believe it?

Posted on August 31, 2015 by twitmericks
A rapper they call Kanye West/
Is making the White House his quest./
Or was it a joke?/
He’d just had a toke,/
The would-be contender confessed.///
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Show Trial on the Nile

Posted on August 29, 2015 by twitmericks

A Cairo political court/

Has made it a crime to report,/

Presenting pure fiction/

To gain a conviction./

Give your support.///

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/al-jazeera-journalists-cairo-jail-150829171357306.html

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What’s a Voyeur, Sir?

Posted on August 27, 2015 by twitmericks

A teacher’s perverse contravention/
Secured him a 3-year detention/
His slyly-filmed vids/
Of 100s of kids/
Attracting the old bill’s attention.///
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-34063185

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Dumb Bell

Posted on August 26, 2015 by twitmericks

The rate at which Big Ben goes bong/
Was found to be 6 seconds wrong/
Erroneous timing/
Was making its chiming/
In technical terms, all Pete Tong.///
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34048852?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_radio_4&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=radio_and_music

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Fair Weather Friends

Posted on August 23, 2015 by twitmericks

The Met and the Beeb were together/
United whatever the weather/
Till Beeb said “We’re thru,/
I found someone new./
No forecast is ever forever”.///
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34031785

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Waiting for Chilcot

Posted on August 23, 2015 by twitmericks

Lord Chilcot was asked to inquire/
How Britain got into the mire/
Of war in Iraq/
But won’t report back/
Without a response from each liar.///
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/21/david-cameron-pushes-chilcot-iraq-report-we-want-this-inquiry-finished

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Rashly Madison

Posted on August 19, 2015 by twitmericks

A website for linking up pairs/
Desiring illicit affairs/
Was fatally hacked./
Some caught in the act/
May shortly be sleeping downstairs.///
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/19/ashley-madisons-hacked-customer-files-posted-online-as-threatened-say-reports

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DWP, IDS – WTF?

Posted on August 18, 2015 by twitmericks

The UK department for pensions/
Belatedly, grudgingly mentions/
That overjoyed claimants/
Who love losing payments/
Are utterly bogus inventions.///
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dwp-admits-making-up-quotes-by-benefit-claimants-saying-sanctions-helped-them-10460351.html

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Ahead by a Whisker

Posted on August 17, 2015 by twitmericks

There was an old man with a beard/
Who said it is just as I feared/
Because I’m a red/
And pulling ahead/
Another grandee’s interfered.///
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-miliband-intervenes-in-labour-leadership-with-warning-of-toryonly-rule-while-ed-miliband-remains-silent-10459147.html

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Serb Smells Herb

Posted on August 16, 2015 by twitmericks

There once was a champion Serb/
Whom stoners began to disturb./
The Number One seed/
Said “I can smell weed -/
Is somebody smoking the herb?”///
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/16/novak-djokovic-cannabis-smell-jeremy-chardy

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