Today's Timericks. Republicans maneuver to block vaccine mandates, undercutting a policy widely seen as an effective tool to end pandemic

 

Vaccination mandates cause/Republicans to flout the laws/Not for them this base command/that quells freedom in our land/So they cough and soon collapse/with their comrades blowing taps.

Wall Street sell-off intensifies with Dow sinking nearly 900 points on China, other economic worries.

(WaPo)

Here we go again; the Dow/is more mixed up than fresh chow-chow/First it rises; then it dips/it crumbles like potato chips/If I a broker were to be/I'd study laws on bankruptcy.

Climate change lets mosquitoes flourish — and feast — in Los Angeles.

(WaPo)

Nothing is impervious to/mosquitoes but the carcajou/or wolverine with shaggy pelt/upon the hot and dusty veldt/In Hollywood mosquitoes dine/on ev'rything but turpentine/The blood of starlets is quite sweet/but agents taste like luncheon meat.