Spain to Exhume Former Spanish Dictator Franco -- Palestine --

Spain’s center-left government said on Friday that the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco will be exhumed in coming months from the grandiose public mausoleum he commissioned . . .   WSJ

The bones of a tyrant don't rest

for long till there's someone to wrest

them from smug display

and throw them away

as unwanted relics unblessed.

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The Trump administration has permanently cut more than $200 million in aid for the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, saying the appropriated funds — already frozen for much of this year — will be “redirected” elsewhere.  WaPo

The White House is getting so cheap,

twould make Ebenezer Scrooge weep.

And now Palestine

has lost its lifeline --

The PLO has no upkeep!

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bland and smug green things

a convention of

bland and smug green things is a

brief summer facade

yes there are ledges

yes there are ledges

where muted colors gather

in serenity

coming to the end

coming to the end

in a rush of pageantry

and sunblown revolt

Fools before God

. . . and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them. 2 Nephi. 9:42

A fool before the Lord am I; but scant my wit and sense.

Without His constant watch care I am left without defense.

His openness and mercy will I humbly seek today

by tallying my follies and then casting them away!

the moon's impression

the moon's impression

on the darkening blue sky

is a cricket chirp

with richer awe

far beyond the sky

I know is another sky

filled with richer awe

Tim Torkildson

How to lose friends and alienate people -- Have a great day -- Nebraska lawmakers

In the span of three days, President Trump appears to have lost or to be dangerously close to losing the loyalty of three people he used to be able to count on pretty much unconditionally.   WaPo

A sitting president who loses friends along the way

is common as a hockey player getting in a fray.

When you're on a throne you tend to kick all those below

who put you there with falsehoods and so much illicit dough.

Gratitude is something that a president regrets

giving out to anyone, including White House pets. 

PepsiCo wants you to write notes of love and encouragement to your kids on the junk food you pack in their lunch box. @maloneyfiles

Your kids my grow as fat as sin

but leave them notes to make them grin

on bags of chips and Moon Pies too,

as diabetes turns them blue.

As the University of Nebraska makes strides for diversity, Nebraska State senator Steve Erdman sparked debate when he suggested the addition of a diversity director would put white men at a disadvantage by favoring minorities.  WaPo 

There is no end to lunacy

with lawmakers' hyperbole

as grappling with reality

they show the wits of a sand flea.

Poke’s popularity surges even as arguments about authenticity heat up

I'm glad that the national food

of my land has yet to be screwed.

It's lefse, you see,

and there's nobody

who wants to have it barbecued.

How Donald Trump turned Omarosa’s ‘Unhinged’ tell-all into a bestseller

 Omarosa should thank Donald Trump for her success. Even before the book was officially released on Aug. 14, the president started firing off angry tweets, gassing up public interest far beyond anything the publisher or the author could have managed by themselves.  WaPo

A writer who learns to inspire

the President's twittering ire

will have a bestseller,

with earnings quite stellar --

despite prose as tangled as brier.