A Tweet from Trump -- Carbon Dioxide -- "Trump 2020" is not Fireproof -- The Cost of a Stamp is Going Up Again -- The Space Race and Your Wallet -- The Sears Saga: Another One Bites the Dust

The U.S. Postal Service proposed raising the price of a first-class stamp by 10% to 55 cents and increasing rates on a popular option used by Amazon.com Inc. and other shippers by more than 12% as the agency seeks to shore up its finances.  WSJ

The postman's ringing twice

to let you know the price

of mailing stuff

is getting rough;

your wallet's in a vice.

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The powerful new rocket NASA has been developing for years in its quest to get to the moon and Mars will require a massive amount of additional funding that would double the initial cost of the project to nearly $9 billion, according to a scathing government report released Wednesday.  WaPo

Getting to the moon is gonna cost an arm and leg.

And Mars is gonna need large golden ducats by the keg.

Trump got his start in real estate; I guess he wants to lease

condos on the Martian plain and parcels of green cheese.

But if the Martians read his tweets I think they may decide

to stick us next to Tharsis, hoping for a good landslide.

The one percent with all the wealth can dream of outer space;

the rest of us are stuck on Earth, and going broke apace.

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For years, there have been reports of Sears death spiraling toward the corporate graveyard alongside other popular brick-and-mortar retailers.  Now, reports say Sears is working with advisers to prepare to possibly file for bankruptcy, as soon as this week.  USA Today 

Nothing but warehouses dot the landscape.

Stores that sell merchandise are in bad shape.

Sears is the latest to take a nosedive.

Amazon will make sure they don't survive.

I knew all the staff down at Sears long ago;

now algorithms sell me a gizmo.

I don't like to rhyme of despair and defeat,

but we're getting too good making folk obsolete.

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A TRUCK WITH 'TRUMP 2020' BUMPER STICKERS WAS LEFT AT A BAR OVERNIGHT: SOMEONE SET IT ON FIRE.
headline in WaPo



The last resort of freedom is the bumper sticker, friend.
When that is threatened we have reached the cotton pickin' end.
If civil discourse can't be had with cars and trucks, beware;
internment camps are coming and there's napalm in the air.
Perhaps Betsy DeVos can help us in this hour of need --
for soon all of our children will no longer learn to read! 

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Carbon dioxide remains
part of the Earth's growing pains.
Unless it's decreased
the skids will be greased
and Noah will sail the Great Plains.

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Despite so many positive events and victories, Media Reseach Center reports that 92% of stories on Donald Trump are negative on ABC, CBS and ABC. It is FAKE NEWS! Don’t worry, the Failing New York Times didn’t even put the Brett Kavanaugh victory on the Front Page yesterday-A17! @realDonaldTrump

When negative stories occur

about me, they all are just pure

fakery, see,

and plain ornery --

the Saudis have got the right cure.