Friday, January 5, 2018

Ledes & Limericks. Friday December 5 2018



In a decision upholding the First Amendment and tradition of
investigative journalism, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
key parts of an Idaho “ag-gag” law, which permits state authorities
to jail anyone who conducts undercover investigations and secretly
records animal abuse, are unconstitutional.  From shadowproof.com    


@kgosztola


No longer can authorities arrest the writer who
Goes undercover to expose abuse down at the zoo.
The elephants have got a voice; the cows can now go ‘moo.’
If dogs go to the New York Times, there’s nothing cops can do!









DOW AT 25,000, THE PARTY HAS TO END, BUT WHEN?


@JamesStewartNYT


When stocks take a trip to the moon,
Investors may just want to swoon.
But my stern advice
Is don’t roll the dice --
Get out while you still call the tune.





An estimated 191 million spectators world-wide now watch esports competitions—
where people play videogames—at least once a month, more than double the
number from 2012. Revenue from corporate sponsorships, media rights,
ticket sales and other sources is on track to top $1 billion by 2019,
according to videogame industry tracker Newzoo BV.   from the Wall Street Journal


@saraheneedleman  

A videogamer replied

To parents who sobbed and who sighed:
Don’t let your teeth gnash --
I’m making big cash;
I just bought a Swiss mountainside!”








President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the troubled Indian
Health Service appears to have misrepresented his work experience
at a Missouri hospital to a Senate committee,
according to former employees at the hospital.
 From the Wall Street Journal.

Recounting past achievements it is easy to inflate
The numbers and the honors, and to ditch the boilerplate.
Government positions are a special case in point --
Applicants are prone their past achievements to annoint.


Robert Weaver fudged a bit upon his resume --
But does that make him worthy of the Senate yelling “Nay”?
What legislator is there who can cast the leading stone
And say they never claimed a thing that turned out overblown?


Of course we cannot overlook his fibbing with a wink,
And must apply a punishment that makes him really think.
Instead of putting him in charge as some department head,
He should be appointed as an aide to Trump instead!



Trump refugee policies helped slow inflow to just over

5,000 in first quarter    from the Wall Street Journal

A refugee from Ecuador
Couldn’t get in the front door --
He snuck round the back
But found there a lack

Of welcome he’d heard of in lore.

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