US Republican governors, lawmakers and pundits have blasted President Biden’s vaccine mandate as a major governmental overreach
There are Trump fans who swear they do not
Want to be dosed with a vaccine shot
But President Joe
Has mandated them so
They’ll fight back with all that they’ve got
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Ireland, which usually exports wind power to the UK, is facing acute supply shortages and issued an amber warning yesterday signaling that the country could face blackouts
Enjoy, while you can, the sweet sight
Of your home being lit up at night
The sad reason why?
Our dwindling supply
Of power might turn out your light
An internal party review has found Fianna Fáil and its leader Micheal Martin (above) focused too much on Sinn Féin in the last General Election campaign
Fianna Fáil hired some spinners
And asked why the party aren’t winners
“Your identity’s weak
And please try to speak
About Blueshirts and not about Shinners.”
Point Nemo, The space cemetery named for the fictional captain in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, is where the International Space Station is likely to end up
International boffins have said
That Point Nemo, down on the seabed
Is where we should crash
All our tired old space trash
Or it might just come down on your head
ISS
The All-Ireland sandwich contains 32 ingredients, one from every county
In a curious culinary feat
They took fish and some veggies and meat
From all over this land
Then stacked it up and
Made something that I wouldn’t eat
All plastic packaging waste, including soft plastics, can now be placed in household recycling bins
It can be confusing: which bin
Should you put your soft plastic in?
If it’s dry, loose and clean
Then aim for the green
As making more landfill’s a sin
By deleting texts relating to his official duties, Simon Coveney (above) may have breached the Freedom of Information act
In politics some can’t see why
The usual rules should apply
To those at the top
And that’s why they stop
Believing in our FoI
Vaccine critic Joe Rogan says he tested positive for COVID-19
An overpaid podcaster, Joe
Who believes that he is in the know
Badmouthed the vaccine
Then said that he’d been
Infected, which just goes to show
The Quadroin is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to mimic a penguin
Now boffins admit they do not
Know what happens at sea so they’ve got
A new plastic bird
Which seems quite absurd
A new-fangled self-propelled bot
Hereon/Florian Büttner
New Zealand MP Carmel Sepuloni’s son crashed a live interview his mother was having via Zoom to show her a deformed carrot ‘shaped like a male body part’
A minister got quite a shock
Her son came in without a knock
Thinking it would be fun
To show everyone
A carrot that’s shaped like a cock
