Saturday, July 15, 2017

Headlines. Saturday. July 15. 2017

INSURERS TELL CONGRESS HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION WILL BE MORE UNWORKABLE THAN A RUBE GOLDBERG CONTRAPTION 


The more Congress tries to promote
A healthcare bill that just might float,
The more it becomes
A hammer on thumbs --
With patients the only scapegoat.




THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS YOUR PERSONAL DATA -- WHICH IT WILL GUARD LIKE HOMER SIMPSON 


The White House wants data from you
And promises it will be true
To privacy laws,
With one extra clause --
That all of it’s on public view.




BATS ARE DYING BY THE MILLIONS FROM WHITE NOSE SYNDROME (AND NO THAT'S NOT A EUPHEMISM FOR COCAINE USE) 


I really cannot wipe my eyes
Of tears from a bat’s cold demise.
They may be of note --
To me they connote
A dirty old rodent that flies.

DESPOILING ANCIENT TOMBS IS BIG BUSINESS IN CHINA 



In China the ghouls rob the vaults
Of emperors in search of schmaltz.
Whatever will sell
They uproot pell mell --
And grind the bones into bath salts.


WOULD YOU BUY A LINT ROLLER FROM THIS PACHYDERM?  


On Instagram animals rule --
You’re sold running shoes by a mule.
The elephants work
For peanuts (don’t smirk) --

And dogs promote graduate school.


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