Trump is filled with Holy Spirit
You can tell, cos you can hear it
Every time the thin-skinned orange bigot sniffs
See, when folks start acting strangely
It’s because they’ve gone all angel-y
Says Pat Robertson (no ands, no buts, no ifs) [Read more…]
For particular personal reasons (not terribly unfathomable), I am particularly grateful to coffee this week. Not for coffee, but to coffee (and yes, to my coffee supplier, who has spoiled me such that I dread coffee shops, and can’t wait for my own home brew). I’ve written a few coffee verses over the years, and have long wanted an excuse to re-post the following verse, on the physics of the coffee ring. The full explanation is at the original posting. [Read more…]
Burn it down and start things over
And the rich will live in clover–
And the poor? They won’t be living much at all.
When a problem needs some fixing,
You can bet my plan is nixing:
Burn it down and start things over, that’s my call! [Read more…]
So… roughly 2 years ago I wrote about Bridgegate–the Chris Christie scandal, wherein he supposedly ordered underlings to shut down a bridge… wait, never mind, I wrote about it here: [Read more…]
When comparing the opinions
Of the candidates (and minions)
One can see that the two parties disagree.
In a way, though, both are trying
To expose the other’s lying—
It’s the difference that’s instructive, we can see. [Read more…]
Political writing is hard to decipher;
It’s taking some effort—I’m trying!
I note the gymnastics reporters engage in,
Avoiding the phrase “Trump is lying”
They try to play fair; it’s a hopeless endeavor:
“He misrepresents what she’s saying”
The proper translation of Trump’s elocution:
“The Tangerine Jackass is braying!”
Reporters are fighting reflexive defenses—
Which, frequently, Trump can elicit—
But really, his lies need near constant addressing;
By ducking, the press are complicit! [Read more…]
We’re the basket of deplorables!
We wear the name with pride!
We’re the ones that Clinton talked about;
We will not be denied! [Read more…]
"They are Americans and they deserve your respect" @GovPenceIN stooping to new low in normalizing white supremacists pic.twitter.com/SIB4qgIxwe
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) September 10, 2016
The “basket of deplorables”
are tearing out their hair
I find it totes adorables
they’d think I’d ever care [Read more…]
Remember the story of Officer Slam?
Well known by the students to not give a damn–
He struggled, determined he wouldn’t be beat
By a student who wouldn’t get out of her seat.
She wouldn’t submit, so he knew what to do;
There’s kind of a script, when she’s black and he’s blue. [Read more…]