Sunday, July 19, 2020

Today's headlines that spawned timericks.



They wanted to hear their readers’ opinions. Then the pro-slavery guy wrote a letter to the editor.
WaPo

When readers write to the front desk/their offerings are oft grotesque/Even if their grammar could work/they still crawl out from the woodwork/with conspiracies galore/and prejudices mighty sore/Let the public have the news/but please delete their wacky news. 


Some Companies Got Both Government Contracts and PPP Loans.
WSJ

Double dipping is the way/companies make others pay/for their profits and their perks/What a bunch of lousy jerks/Guess it's true what wise men say/The rich know just on whom to prey.


As the Virus Deepens Financial Trouble, Colleges Turn to Layoffs.
NYT


Even tenure will not save/teachers from an early grave/as our colleges go broke/and the pink slip now convoke/Professor, do not sit and blubber/Get out there and invent Flubber!




Twitter Hack Revives Concerns Over Its Data Security.
WSJ

Like a sieve with giant rips/your account on Twitter drips/info that a hacker digs/to annoy some wealthy prigs/Technology just seems to bear/claimants for the electric chair.

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