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Here comes the month-long countdown to the final four.<\/div>\n
Good bet that Kim will be there, Don and Vlad for sure.<\/div>\n
But who will win that final spot’s a matter of opinion,<\/div>\n
in the final bracket that determines world dominion.<\/div>\n
Saudi’s bin Salman gets tough when all is on the line.<\/div>\n
He’s even chopped up journalists, dissolved in alkaline.<\/div>\n
Turkey’s Erdogan is probably best known for his purges.<\/div>\n
He’s an anti-semite with great autocratic urges.<\/div>\n
Asad of Syria gets many Putin torture tips.<\/div>\n
He’s on the edge and uses chemicals instead of whips.<\/div>\n
Venezuela’s Maduro is an extreme long shot,<\/div>\n
thug behavior and corruption’s about all he’s got.<\/div>\n
All will be revealed in the final game in June.<\/div>\n
Winner gets to go to Mars, loser gets the moon.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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