Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Headlines & Verse. Tuesday December 12. 2017. Having lunch with Meryl Streep



Alabama Senate Race: Four Things to Watch

The state of Alabama is most noted for one point:
Thugs and creeps the populace does casually anoint.
Piously elected through constituent rapport,
They crucify the nation with the likes of ol’ Roy Moore.


The West Faces Up to Reality: China Won’t Become ‘More Like Us’

The Chinese are self-satisfied.
The Western world they can’t abide.
We ask them to please
Don’t be so Chinese --
They tell us to stick to fluoride.


A $1 Cup of Coffee in NYC? Fuhgeddaboudit


In New York the coffee is steep.
They trim you like you are a sheep.
And asking for cream
Is just a pipe dream,
Like having lunch with Meryl Streep.




Arizona newspaper owner says he was poisoned



It could not have been his own staff.
The thought of it makes me just laugh.
Reporters agree
That owners are free
From handling them like riffraff.




Millions of People Post Comments on Federal Regulations. Many Are Fake.


Fake names on the internet grow
Like yeast working through a warm dough.
Most comments are sham;
Just fuel for a scam --

Identity ain’t apropos.


‘Fake News,’ Trump’s Obsession, Is Now a Cudgel for Strongmen

Dictators now take great delight
In claiming that ev’ry sound byte
That questions their views
Is nasty fake news --

And so to truth-telling, good night!

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