Trump's Ideas Grow Crazier -- US/Mexico Border to Become Military Zone -- Switching from Pumpkins to Pot

In the last days before a midterm congressional election that will determine the future of his presidency, Mr. Trump seems to be throwing almost anything he can think of against the wall to see what might stick, no matter how untethered from political or legal reality.   NYT

The stranger an idea may be

the more Trump is drawn to it, see?

His outlines bizarre

have carried him far

and stained pages in history.

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WASHINGTON—The number of U.S. troops being deployed to the Mexican border eventually will grow beyond 5,239—the figure officials announced a day earlier—the military commander overseeing the expanding deployment said.

WSJ

Even though with Mexico we're not at war today,

we're sending troops and weapons to their border anyway.

It only goes to prove that when it comes to paranoid,

the White House is a case study for wise old Sigmund Freud.

To babysit the border is a soldier's highest aim

when the Chief his fantasies he simply cannot tame. 

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Opening Half Moon Bay to commercial cannabis could change the city forever, they worry, normalizing pot for teenagers, luring outside investors with nefarious motives, and drawing federal scrutiny upon farm laborers, many of whom are undocumented Mexican workers.  Washington Post.

The residents of Half Moon Bay

all want cannabis to stay away.

Their motives are high

but should not apply

to farmers who need extra pay. 

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"Piffle!"