Sneaking oil out of Iran -- George Soros -- Doesn't Trump Ever Get Tired of Crying 'Wolf'?

But when a new U.S. oil export ban begins on Nov. 5, many of the tricks of seaborne oil smuggling are less likely to be effective at helping Tehran circumvent the coming trade barriers. That is thanks to improved satellite tracking and big-data technology that weren’t widely available just a few years ago      WSJ

When sneaking oil out of Iran

you'd better have some better plan

than switching your flags

or forging bum tags --

try shipping it out in bedpan.

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On both sides of the Atlantic, a loose network of activists and political figures on the right have spent years seeking to cast Mr. Soros not just as a well-heeled political opponent but also as the personification of all they detest. Employing barely coded anti-Semitism, they have built a warped portrayal of him as the mastermind of a “globalist” movement, a left-wing radical who would undermine the established order and a proponent of diluting the white, Christian nature of their societies through immigration.    NYT

The good deeds we do have a way

of being so twisted they fray;

there's many a stooge

will cry "Subterfuge!"

when we try an evil to stay.

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Norman Ornstein, a political analyst at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said the 1976 National Emergencies Act was intended to offer the public a clear White House rationale for pursuing emergency actions — a safeguard that Trump has circumvented with his impetuous nature and loose language.  Washington Post. 

Crying 'wolf!' is all Trump does.

He's got more fear than bees have buzz.

Emergencies to him are made

by any passing loud parade.

This Chicken Little ought to be

the symbol of hyperbole.

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"I'm going back to bed."

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!"

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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"He's lost his marbles."

Your Primary Tab is Empty

'Your Primary tab is empty.'

The words I am longing to read

each morning when I am confronted

with my Gmail's jumbled stampede.

No messages from my ex girlfriends,

no spam from my Congressman, please!

No invites to meetings and luncheons.

No newsletters chock full of sleaze.

An inbox as clear as the blue sky

after a rainstorm blows through

I fear is beyond expectation

till after my heavenly coup. 

"Me, I use postcards."

Haiku: there is always light

there is always light

for the mountain and trees:

they can wait and trust

Haiku: kinder seasons

out of confusion

rises a beautiful hope

of kinder seasons

Haiku: ribbons down the street

ribbons down this street

in a reticent red queue 

for the other streets