A media star, name of Kelly,
found her career turn to jelly.
One thoughtless remark
about minstrels dark,
and they kicked her right off the telly.
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From the moment the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul this month, Saudi officials have offered a dizzying variety of public accounts about his fate. NYT
The truth, as it's told by a Saudi,
is very creative, though shoddy.
Scheherazade knew
of Arabs a few
know how to account for a body.
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One piece of that transformation . . . will be decided on Election Day by people across Washington state, who will vote on whether to charge companies and utilities for their carbon emissions. The proposed carbon fees, aimed at curbing climate change by making the burning of fossil fuels more expensive, would be the first such state initiative in the nation, and other states are closely watching the election outcome. NYT
A close look at our history
will show that whenever a fee
for doing a wrong
is pushed very strong
it winds up in obscurity.
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At least 16 states and Washington, D.C., pass out candy corn in sufficient volume to place it among their top 3 Halloween treats in a ranking by candystore.com. And in seven states, it’s No. 1. WSJ
Of all the treats at Halloween,
worse than the licorice jelly bean,
the candy corn stands out as vile --
yet people serve it with a smile.
Should I be offered just one piece
they'd better ring for the police!
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"Give me a caramel apple, any day!"
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