Plot or not?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by twitmericks

An American born in Iran/Is accused of concocting a plan/To kill an ambassador/But mates say he’s placider/Than your normal jihadi hit man.

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/americas/2011/10/20111015115514112836.html

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Occupational Hazard

Posted on October 15, 2011 by twitmericks

Global protesters join ranks/Saying Wall St and City No Thanks/But in France the G20/Is offering plenty/More dollars to bail out the banks.

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Fox Hole

Posted on October 14, 2011 by twitmericks

Cut the telephone, stop all the clocks/The Cabinet’s lost Liam Fox/But as Tories mourn/One’ll be less forlorn/For whom opportunity knocks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15300751

(With apologies to W.H. Auden)

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Rubbish Minister

Posted on October 14, 2011 by twitmericks

Minister Oliver Letwin/Has been outed as rather a cretwin/He used a park bin/To put work letters in/How on earth did this ass ever getwin?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8826113/Oliver-Letwin-Cabinet-Office-minister-threw-documents-into-park-bins.html

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For Fox Sake

Posted on October 14, 2011 by twitmericks

Pseudo Fox aide Adam Werritty/Acted the part with dexterity/ But it takes cash to fly/Every month to Dubai/So who was behind his prosperity?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2048963/Liam-Fox-quit-Adam-Werritty-admit-Tories.html

 

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Bum Rap

Posted on October 13, 2011 by twitmericks

American Christopher Chaney/Hacks celeb snaps, often grainy/But #Scarlett Johansson/Without any pants on/Got him lifted & wasn’t so brainy.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/10/scarlett-johansson-christopher-chaney-email-hacking-naked-pictures.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MinistryOfGossip+%28Ministry+of+Gossip%29&utm_content=Google+UK

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Dead Sirte?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by twitmericks

A son of Gaddafi, Mutassim/Has been captured, the NTC ‘as ‘im/At least so they say/But then Saif got away/So let’s wait & see if it was ‘im.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/gaddafis-son-mutassim-held-in-sirte-onslaught-2369486.html

Being cautious this time – like the rest of the world’s media (hem hem) I got caught out by the premature announcement of Saif-al-Islam gaddafi’ capture in August. https://twitmericks.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/saif-as-houses/

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More Jaw Jaw

Posted on October 12, 2011 by twitmericks

The deal by Hamas & Israel/Freeing Shalit & 1000s in jail/Suggests talking works/So let’s stop being jerks/And try talking on a grand scale.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/2011101235736403417.html

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Tweet Deal

Posted on October 12, 2011 by twitmericks

For Corporal Gilad Shalit/Release by Hamas will be sweet/He was captured, you know/More than 5 years ago/So may not yet know how to tweet.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8821641/Hamas-and-Israel-agree-prisoner-swap-deal-to-free-Gilad-Shalit.html

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The Man with the Exploding Underpants

Posted on October 11, 2011 by twitmericks

A terror suspect from Nigeria/Hid a bomb rather near his posterior/A mini fire started/But if he had farted/His bum woulda blown to Siberia.

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Trial-Opens-for-Nigerian-in-Failed-US-Airliner-Attack-131526553.html

The one’s a bit more in the traditional vein of the smutty limerick. Hey, come on, laughter’s our best weapon against the bombers, isn’t it?

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