A narrow beam of radio waves was picked up during 30 hours of observations by the Parkes telescope in Australia
At last there’s some good news this year
As there may be some aliens near
So if proof if seen
Let’s give Earth a clean
Before our new neighbours get here
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has doubled down on his claim made yesterday in the Dáil that the “banks were not bailed out”
One still hears allegations about
The banks all getting a bail out
This is rather unfair
As the price of a share
Quite rapidly went down the spout
Yesterday: 2020 Revision
A new study suggests that kangaroos are capable of a higher level of cognitive function than previously thought
Do you reckon that a kangaroo
Might want to have a chat with you?
Well get ready because
Some boffins in Oz
Have said that it’s possibly true
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The US Electoral College formally declared Joe Biden president-elect last night
We know that good women and men
Are measured and dignified when
They know they’ve been beat
So it’s really a treat
To see Trump lose again and again
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An infographic rendering of the Swiss-cheese Covid model, including the ‘misinformation mouse’ eating new holes for the virus to pass through’
There are things we do to fight disease
Masks, hand-washing, distance, but these
Can’t work on their own
So the cornerstone
Of the strategy is some Swiss cheese
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned his cabinet that a no-deal Brexit is a strong possibility
Johnson has started to feel
That he can’t guarantee a good deal
So he’s starting to talk
About taking a walk
And the car crash is now looking real
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives last night in Brussels, Belgium for a ‘dinner summit’ with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
They served Boris dish after dish
Each featuring a different fish
To remind him that they
Are still in the way
Of realising his greatest wish
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The US Supreme Court has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground
Having failed to come first in the race
Trump then took a very weak case
All the way to the top
But the judges said “Stop”
And the whole thing fell flat on its face
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Dublin City Council has banned buskers from performing on the streets this December
As the council erects Christmas lights
The buskers are read their last rites
Covid’s still raging and
This means singing is banned
So we’re all in for long silent nights.
Meanwhile…
The Corpo have banned busking in Dublin city centre so the big all-star annual fundraiser for @Dublin_Simon on Grafton St is looking very unlikely this year – fortunately #YHRF are having an online hootenanny! €10 tix to help the homeless this Saturday💚 #Dublin pic.twitter.com/UmHv4OsefH
— Cáit O'Riordan (@rockyoriordan) December 8, 2020
An Indian politician has promised if elected to make a one-hour siesta any time between 1pm and 4pm mandatory
Let’s all give a very loud clap
For Vijay, a clear-thinking chap
Who’s running in Goa
And wants to bestow a
Right to an afternoon nap
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