Tim Torkildson's Clown Alley

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Haiku: for each fallen leaf

for each fallen leaf

there is a number assigned

and a file in Hell

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!"

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Haiku: the weeds will die back

the weeds will die back

the same time as the flowers

when winter rubs them

Haiku: the mad orange leaves

the mad orange leaves

and the brown pompous seed pods

don't care what's coming

Does Social Media Encourage Hate Crimes? -- Trump Continues to Trample the Constitution -- Land O'Lakes Boycott

On Instagram, 11,696 Examples of How Hate Thrives on Social Media NYT headline

Encouraging hate with a tweet

and Facebook slurs are a real treat

for weak minds that dream

of hearing a scream

from innocents when death they meet.

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President Trump is planning an executive order he says would terminate the automatic right to citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizens, a move most legal experts said would be unconstitutional WSJ

I think if you're born with no brain

no citizenship can remain,

so I say deport

that dumb White House sport

before he can raise much more Cain.

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Land O’Lakes has withdrawn its support of a conservative lawmaker after the dairy company’s political donation churned up online cries for a boycott of its products. According to the Federal Election Commission, a political action committee for Land O’Lakes, the purveyor of grocery store staples such as butter, milk and cream, gave $2,500 to U.S. Rep. Steve King’s campaign on June 29. King is an Iowa Republican who is the member of Congress most openly affiliated with white nationalism. He has retweeted a Nazi sympathizer and has displayed a Confederate flag on his desk.

Washington Post

A company called Land O'Lakes

used to support lots O'Flakes.

But boycotts persuaded

them to keep unaided

the conservative cesspool O'Fakes.

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