Open Mic SATURDAY 1st AUGUST + Political Caption Competition
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: South The word “politics” comes from the ancient Greek word politika, meaning “affairs of the cities.”
POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.”
– Thomas Jefferson
POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
Hormuz holds its breath.
Trump weighs thunder in his hand-
Oil mirrors the sky.
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