Tuesday, August 30, 2016
GREED
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GREED
Though I am not an economics expert, Apple may have made a mistake--
as an American company --to make its home in Ireland for a tax break
even if it shoulds amount to more than ten billion,
because their color may now go from blue to vermilion.
The thought of those pots and pots of money
has long smelled like lots and lots of honey
irresistible to the European economic community
who'd now like to seize it with impunity
and at their very first opportunity.
Meanwhile, leaping to Apple's cooking the books
our U. S. Pols say that while they may indeed be crooks
they are neither Irish nor European---
but OUR crooks--
so keep your hands off -for the time bein'
until we somehow bring all that cash back home.
and thus find ourselves a better way to end this poem.
HZL
8/30/16
Apple Is Said to Owe Back Taxes to Irish Government
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EU demands Apple pay Ireland up to 13 billion euros in tax
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Are South florida Drivers the Nation's Worst?
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Every time, when getting into your car,
do you move your lips and say a prayer?
And even if you're not really going to be driving that far,
do you ask Divine Providence for help to get you there?
Well, then perhaps it's because like me, you're afraid you might fail
because bad accidents happen all too often in Fort Lauderdale.
Down here where the driving is rough
mere attentive skills are often not enough,
you may also need luck that is Heaven sent
in order to not to get those fenders bent.
Hzl
7 /28/16
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Chromecasting Our Culture
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Chromecasting Our Culture
From the company that seeks to do no evil
has come an appliance allied with the devil.
It is cheap, plastic and round
and doesn't make a single sound
yet it connects to the world
and through it the past is unfurled
including long dead stars of stage and screen
once more revitalized and newly seen
in this new version of Plato's cave
available to everyone --not only the brave.
Our cultural past need not die and be forgot
especially if your new TV has a USB slot.
HZL
8/28/16
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Friday, August 26, 2016
Today's WSJ Opinion Page
Today's WSJ Opinion Page
One doesn't have to be very much of a sage
to realize that today's Wall Street Journal opinion page
must be hiding something phoney
with a distinct smell of baloney.
It says "Covering Up the Pension Crisis "
right on on Page A eleven of that Publication
while right below what strikes your eyes is
"Free Speech is the Basis pf a True Education".
The first article discloses that actuaries are afraid to open their yap
about the true size of the nation's pension gap
while beneath it the President of the U. of Chicago urges all to speak their mind---
Doesn't he know this could lead to unemployment checks for those so inclined?
HzL
8/26/16
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Thursday, August 25, 2016
MARITAL ARITHMETIC
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Meet the man allegedly having an affair with Larry King’s wife
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The man who’s been carrying on an alleged yearlong affair with Larry King’s wife, Shawn King, is a public-speaking guru whose clients have included US senators, Arianna Huffington, Princess Diana,Naomi Campbell, and Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, according to a source close to the King family.
Richard Greene — dubbed “the master of charisma” by the Sunday Times of London, and whose Website lists the aforementioned stars as customers — has also appeared as a talking head on endless TV news reports. And the National Enquirer — which broke the story of the affair, but didn’t name Greene — claims that Shawn is trying to groom him as “the next Larry King.”
Attorneys representing Shawn and Larry, as well as a rep for Greene, called the story of the affair “inaccurate.”
Meanwhile, insiders tell Page Six that Larry, 82, was blindsided by the revelation of the alleged tryst.
Sources say that Larry believed his wife of 19 years was faithful to him and only learned about her romance with Greene when the Enquirer contacted his reps for comment.
Shockingly, an insider told us that Shawn, 56, met Greene when he was a guest on a podcast she co-hosts with her husband, “Back and Forth With Shawn and Larry.”
“He’s heartbroken,” a friend of Larry’s told us. “He’s embarrassed and furious.”
The source added that although Shawn — whom the Enquirer reported on Wednesday had sent nude pictures and had “steamy afternoon sex sessions” with her boy toy — is still living with Larry after the news hit, the veteran broadcaster hasn’t made a decision on whether to file for divorce.
In fact, the insider said that before the scandal broke, Shawn “was ready to divorce Larry for this guy, but the guy was hesitant about it.”
The insider further revealed that Shawn and Larry’s marriage has effectively been over since about 2010 and that the couple sleep in separate rooms in their Beverly Hills, Calif., home.
MARITAL ARITHMETIC ?
Eighty two minus twenty six makes fifty six.
So what, or else what the hey?
It's only arithmetic but still hard to fix
even in separate bedrooms, they say..
How often does that work--can you tell us?
Well it seems perhaps not any more cleverly
in those expensive Hills called Beverly
than it does anywhere else.
HzL
8/25/16
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Oh California
'It’s a catastrophe': low-income workers get priced out of California beach city
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Oh California
Oh California where is your care and where is your pity
when ordinary people can't afford to live in your city?
No wonder so many now feel uneasy
living in dumps and eating food greasy
while pleading for a decent life and perhaps a bit more,
but instead building towards future tragedy harder to ignore
as they increasingly will have even less to lose--
just existing and barely subsisting-- in Santa Cruz.
HzL
8/24/16
A WEATHER FORECAST
Here's Tropical depression 99L
which may or may not become Hermine,
and if doesn't, it's just as well
though that still remains to be seen.
Behind all its possible gyrations
there are lots of complicated calculations
involving nonlinear partial differential equations
which are insoluble and thus lead to frustrations
often requiring improvised mathematical tricks,
including Monte Carlo methods and statistics:
In other words--even with today's supercomputers:
when it's headed your way, you'd better keep tuned
If you don't want your house and/or car to be ruined,
HzL
8/15/16
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
THE SMELLS OF SUMMER ?
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THE SMELLS OF SUMMER ?
This has been such an extremely hot and humid summer
that it may not surprise that today's story is a bummer
possibly caused by people eating too much fast food
staying cool indoors trying to improve their mood.
Though I doubt that it will a man's pulse quicken
should his loved one smell like fried chicken,
I suppose what might WELL make his heart quake
is the aroma of a really good medium rare steak
wafted from somewhere above the knees---
but easy on the onions and garlic, please.
HzL
8/23/16
Curious flock to KFC's fried-chicken scented sunscreen
Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY4:04 a.m. EDT August 23, 2016
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With a little help from fast-food chain KFC, thousands of fried chicken lovers aren't going to find themselves a little extra crispy from laying out in the sun too long this summer.
Some 3,000 tubes of fried chicken-scented sunscreen were snapped up in two hours Monday in a promotion for KFC's extra-crispy recipe, officials said.
You read that right: sun-protection lotion, SPF 30, was scented to smell like fried chicken for the online promotion.
"We think it smells amazing," says KFC spokeswoman Kasey Mathes. "The sunscreen seemed like a natural fit."
The gimmick also dovetailed with KFC's latest TV ad campaign featuring actor George Hamilton, noted for his deep, continuous suntan, as the Extra-Crispy Colonel.
Now, in that spirit, Mathes says many fans around the country who claimed a bottle at a special website can be living the "extra-crispy lifestyle."
Monday, August 22, 2016
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF NORFOLK
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF NORFOLK
If you're a prominent Catholic couple
who can't or don't want to divorce,
when your hate for each other grows double
you just move into separate wings of the Castle, of course.
Still, if that castle should have a moat--
and after a sufficiently long while--
you may find yourselves once again in the same boat
and even be moved to kiss and reconcile.
For I'm told that large castles often get colder and colder
and you appreciate a warm bed even more when you're older.
HzL
8/22/16
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Sunday, August 21, 2016
The Voynich Manuscript
According to today's " The Guardian"
nearly a thousand are willing to pay considerable sums
for a facsimile copy of an old manuscript that no one
can read or understand because it's written in code
with images that are meaningless.
But isn't this similar to what is being done each day
in our American election campaigns?
HzL
8/21/16
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Saturday, August 20, 2016
CLIMATE CHANGE
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CLIMATE CHANGE
To anyone who's thinking,
Here's some news that's topical:
While Florida is sinking,
Canada's becoming tropical.
While this may have its appeals
and not to all be an alarmer,
it's bound to confuse most seals
and penguins who don't like warmer.
Therefore they may have to change team names
if they still plan future hockey games.
HzL
8/20/16
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Arctic sea ice is vanishing far faster than anyone thought possible
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Melting water pours from ice face of Brasvellbreen Icefield on stormy summer morning.
Arctic sea ice is melting at a rate far faster than anyone thought, and it is already wildly, and perhaps permanently, changing the region, and the planet.
Historically, sea ice forms every winter across the top of the planet, and covers much of the Arctic Ocean. Every summer, the ice melts a bit and retreats, only to repeat the cycle again. But since the 1980s, the ice has been retreating further and further overall, contributing to sea level rise, changes to ecosystems, and erosion so severe it is biting off chunks of coastlines in Alaska, Canada and elsewhere.
As 2016 continues apace to be one of the warmest years on record, Arctic sea ice levels appear to be among the lowest on record, said Tom Wagner, program manager for NASA's cryosphere research — a name given to the study of frozen regions of the planet. "It doesn't look like the ice is healing or growing back."
An animation showing the annual retreat of Arctic ice between 1989 and 2015. (Source: NASA)
"By some accounts we have lost more than two-thirds of the ice that used to be back in the 1980s," Wagner said. "This looks to be a very, very long-term trend and we are only going to be losing more ice.
This matters because the "health" of the ice is considered a general indicator of what is going on in the Earth's total climate system.
"This is not something that will affect humanity in the far off future," Wagner said, "loss of this ice is already wildly changing the Arctic," and rippling outward to the rest of the planet.
"The planet is not just changing, it is changed," Wagner said. "And we have to deal with the change that has occurred. The melting of the glaciers in Alaska and Canada and Greenland is already raising sea levels to the point that Miami and New York are experiencing flooding."
Robert Ferris
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Friday, August 19, 2016
LONGEVITY
LONGEVITY
The familiar subject of longevity
should not be treated with levity
but either with a respectful gravity
or else, perhaps , nonchalant suavity.
Because just between me and you
there seems to be little we can do
to avoid our hair getting gray
a bit more and more each day.
Well I suppose that exercise is OK
if not carried to extremes anyway,
and whether or not you are a do-er
it seems much better not to be poor
plus you have a chance of becoming a centenarian
if you are at least something of a vegetarian.
Besides, according to Ezekiel Emanuel,"life's not much worth living past 75"
so why should we all then try so hard to stay alive?
However with him I certainly don't now agree
even though I very well may when I'm 103--
Still, I'd like to get there first -- and then see.
Hzl
8/19/16
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Thursday, August 18, 2016
WALL STREET JOURNAL BLUES
WALL STREET JOURNAL BLUES
I've got the Wall Street Journal blues
and not because of their conservative views.
it's just that they report the news.
For example, yesterday on Page B1
there were
two such stories from which to choose:
Both make human beings feel superfluous
and increasingly, as if living in a world
that doesn't seem designed for US.
But , if even now we're beginning to feel of little use
just wait until they'll teach such gadgets to reproduce!
HzL, 8/18/16
CHINA'S FACTORIES TURN TO ROBOTS
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FORD SETS PLANS FOR CARS WITHOUT STEERING WHEELS
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016
YOU JANE? ME NOT TARZAN
YOU JANE? ME NOT TARZAN
Jane Goodall has led a remarkable life
even if not quite remarkable as wife.
And in her excellent talks on TED
she is both attractive and well bred
but, most of all, and remarkably for me,
she does a gorilla scream so expertly.
Yet to either a gorilla or chimpanzee,
this must be something of a quandary
especially puzzling to a male---
For whatever happened to her tail?
HzL
8/17/16
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Sunday, August 14, 2016
THE FUTURE
THE FUTURE
A wonderful thing in being optimistic and clever
about the future is that there are never
any data to contradict it....until it's too late.
So even if it should become
a Nemesis and then cause widespread emesis
... you'll just call it Fate.
H A(ristotle)L.
8/14/16
Saturday, August 13, 2016
SOME ELECTION NEWS AND VIEWS
SOME ELECTION NEWS AND VIEWS
Hillary Clinton will probably gain an election sweep
because she is running against a complicated creep
who, despite his manners uncouth,
about HER is mainly telling truth.
Quite soon Hillary may again have the honor of living in the White House
with an equally effective and complicit spouse.
But I hope she won't then consider the furnishings tacky
and plan to go in for extensive refurbishing a la Jacky
because after becoming our first woman President
she may not long continue resident
and instead, could soon be invited to find another place to stay
already decorated in unattractive shades of gray---
with or without remorse,
provided, of course:
probes of the Clinton Foundation are really allowed to get under way.
HZL
8/13/16
WaPo reported that the couple brought in $3 billion, if you count all of their campaign contributions. “ The Clintons’ fundraising operation — $3 billion amassed by one couple, working in tandem for more than four decades — has no equal,” they reported as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the source of the couple’s funds.
In a related development, CNN reported Thursday that earlier this year, Justice Department officials in three different field offices “were in agreement a public corruption investigation should be launched” of Clinton Foundation activities.
The probe was sparked by a bank notifying the FBI of “suspicious activity” around a foreign donor to the Clinton Foundation, according to Pamela Brown, CNN’s Justice Department reporter.
The investigation, if launched, would have looked at conflicts of interest between requests by foreign donors and official acts by Hillary. CNN did not identify the bank or the foreign donor.
Brown reported the FBI and Justice Department officials met, and there was “disagreement” whether to launch such an investigation. In the end, the investigation was killed.
A separate investigation was approved involving Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who was a major director to the foundation for most if its existence.
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Friday, August 12, 2016
Fewer Burgers and Burkas, Please
Fewer Burgers and Burkas, Please
Though burgers are less popular
-----
America's burger obsession is fading - Business Insider
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burkas have become dangerously more so.
Though people now feel safer with less beef on the bun
they'd also like to see more on the torso.
-----
French mayor bans burqinis on Cannes beaches
Yahoo News · 13 hours ago
Cannes (France) (AFP) - The mayor of Cannes has banned the wearing of burqinis -- full-body swimsuits -- on the …
----
A roll or two of feminine flab
when hidden under a niqab
----
What are the differences between the burka, niqab …
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What are the differences between the burka ... What are the differences between the burka, niqab and hijab? ... are the differences between the burka, niqab, hijab…
can make people lose their aplomb
and become afraid of a bomb
----
while,
western fashions cause much less agitation,
by leaving very little to the imagination.
HzL
8/12/16
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
The Real Clear World News
The Real Clear World News
The Real Clear World News
From The Real Clear News Headlines:
What's next for the Jews, Breadlines?
And Europe may soon be under Russia's yoke
But first they could possibly go broke
and while Muslim refugees need harbor from terror--
that they are mostly men may be a serious error.
And as for Asia, even the Emperor of Japan
doesn't seem to have a plan
and now wants to retire
from a world so on fire.
All of this bad news certainly hasn't made my day.
In fact, I wonder, will we all still be here on Friday?
HzL
8/10/16
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An Ode to a Greener Lauderdale
LOCAL
AUGUST 9, 2016 6:34 PM
Despite concerns, Sacramento’s pot growing plan inches forward
Sacramento’s push toward marijuana industrialization is expected to culminate in a plan to be voted on by the City Council in November.
Sacramento’s push toward marijuana industrialization is expected to culminate in a plan to be voted on by the City Council in November. Seth Perlman AP
An Ode to a Greener Lauderdale?
Here is news
that should enthuse
the entrepreneurial citizens of Florida
who live in a climate even torrider
than that of Sacramento.
Does your high rise face the ocean?
Then, with even minimal devotion
as well as a certain amount of care
you can grow cash plants there
in old pots like a pentimento*.
And since the law here is often lax
you may not even pay tax,
that is , provided of course,
you pay off the police force--
( about fifty percento?)--
to avoid any harsh undue harassment
or your subsequent embarrassment.
HzL
8/18/16
*Pentimento
A pentimento (plural pentimenti) is an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his or her mind as to the composition during the process of painting. The word is Italian for repentance, from the verb pentirsi, meaning to repent.
Pentimento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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(The newspaper article continues below):
The city is surrounded by local governments, including Sacramento County, that ban marijuana businesses, and its dispensary sales have taken off as numerous pot stores reopened since federal forfeiture notices forced many to close in 2011 and 2012.
Now, with federal authorities backing off on enforcement in states permitting marijuana use and California voters to consider legalizing pot as a recreational drug in November, Sacramento is weighing decisions on how far it wants to go into the legal pot business. And Tuesday’s committee session revealed intense concerns among community groups over how close marijuana businesses might be to neighborhoods.
The law and legislation panel moved forward recommendations by the city’s planning commission to allow pot-cultivation sites within 300 feet of neighborhoods with strict rules and a conditional use-permit program giving residents input on such operations. Previously, City Council members Allen Warren and Eric Guerra complained that industrial areas in their northern- and eastern-Sacramento districts, respectively, would receive the bulk of the grow rooms. The planning commission recommended allowing the facilities closer to neighborhoods to more evenly space them throughout the city.
But that notion didn’t sit well with Kathy Anuszczykof the Hagginwood Community Association in North Sacramento. She urged the city to keep such facilities far from homes and also called for a cap on the number of cultivation sites in the city.
“We’re the neighborhoods. We’re going to live with this,” Anuszcyzk told the committee. “City Hall is not going to be next to this. My neighborhood will be.”
Brad Wasson, Sacramento’s revenue manager, said the city anticipates another $2 million in revenue from a 4 percent business tax from commercial marijuana cultivation facilities expected to be licensed in Sacramento by next year. But the revenue figures could be bigger, depending on how many growing facilities – and what scale – the city ultimately approves.
Wasson said the city is looking to persuade traditionally reclusive marijuana producers to operate transparent, licensed cultivation businesses. The city is seeking detailed security plans, including video surveillance, criminal background checks on employees, odor-control systems, efficient energy- and water-use requirements, and strict rules on shipping marijuana and handling cash.
“I would like to try to figure out how much medical marijuana Sacramento people need, and we will be able to support that with grow sites,” Wasson said. “It’s hard to get real information about what we need. They’re still very nervous about their grow sites. For years, they’ve been busted for growing marijuana. There is a little trust issue you’ve got to get to.”
Wasson said 180 individuals already cultivating within city limits have registered with officials in hopes of getting operating permits. He said many are in residential zones, where no commercial growing is allowed, and would have to move under the proposed rules. A total of 600 potential applicants have contacted the city about commercial cultivation, he said.
City staff members, who said they are seeking to allow at least enough cultivation to supply local dispensaries, haven’t recommended a cap on total marijuana production but have floated the idea as an option for the City Council. Under plans discussed by the law and legislation committee, the city could approve commercial growing permits for up to 22,000 square feet of indoor cultivation space to applicants who meet the city’s criteria.
“I think we can have a model ordinance, be a model city on cultivation, manufacturing and dispensing marijuana in a manner that offers a balance between the industry and community needs and creates a revenue stream for the city at the same time,” said City Council member Jay Schenirer. “The fact is it’s legal and it’s here, so let’s do it right.”
Schenirer championed Measure Y, a June ballot initiative that would have imposed a special 5 percent city tax on marijuana cultivation revenue and directed revenue to a special fund dedicated to programs and services for children. It fell just short of the required two-thirds vote for passage.
Schenirer said he will push a less-formal proposal before the City Council later this year to direct standard business taxes from cultivation – which don’t require voter approval – for youth programs.
Wasson said the city expects to follow the cultivation ordinance with other regulations for marijuana delivery services — with drivers working only for local dispensaries — and cannabis product manufacturing, including permits for producers of marijuana foods and concentrates.
Lanette Davies, whose Canna Care dispensary in North Sacramento is seeking a permit for a cultivation facility, said she expects considerable debate on the city’s plans before a final proposal reaches the council.
“I think you’ll see a lot of changes – I’m not sure what,” she said. “I’m pleased with it so far. Sacramento is taking a leadership position in showing the rest of California how well we can do things.”
Peter Hecht: 916-326-5539, @phecht_sacbee
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article94728972.html#storylink=cpy
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
BRAIN DOPING
BRAIN DOPING
Brain doping
is now hoping
to increase performance
as well endurance.
It is something which to flirt
because it probably won't hurt
to give some apt suggestion
or well-phrased question
or even a mild electric shock
to an overly athletic jock.
Besides, even if not perfect
it would be impossible to detect
on those running a sub four minute mile
or masterfully dueling,
(even though it's tough and grueling)
they'll still retain their happy drooling
smile--all the while.
And afterwards no one will probe
their frontal or parietal lobe
and/or plus
somehow shine a bright lamp
on their hippocampus--
which would be ridiculous.
HzL
8/9/16
PS:
However, if like me, you're nearly 89
and feeling more or less fine
tomorrow you will most likely seriously rue it
if you listened while they said " Do it, Do it , Do it.'
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Friday, August 5, 2016
KOKO - 2
KOKO -2
But if living in an enclosed area is not the same as in the wild,
at least Koko has been a very fortunate child:
Think of all those humans in San Francisco
also born there approximately 45 to 50 years ago
who might have wanted to stay but went
because they are now unable to afford the rent
and whose children may have to live like slobs
because they're unable to find well-paying jobs
as well as deeply in debt from their education.
in this very lovely and desirable part of our Nation
Meanwhile Koko lives on in suburban grace
with --occasionally -- a lovely smile on her face.
HzL
8/5/16
Ordinary people can't afford a home in San Francisco. How did it come to this?
The Guardian - 3 hours ago
San Francisco has been ranked among the 10 least affordable cities in the world.
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KOKO
KOKO
..
KoKo the gorilla was shown here on PBS last night;
A three hundred pound animal could cause fright
because of her muscular power
but it made for a thoughtful hour
showing her as tender and loving
to dedicated care takers proving --
as if the world needed further instruction--
the crime of animal habitat destruction
and reminding us all in this world's human zoo
H. Sapiens may soon be an endangered species too.
HzL
8/5/16
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Hanabiko "Koko" (born July 4, 1971) is a female western lowland gorilla who is known for having learned a large number of hand signs from a modified .
Thursday, August 4, 2016
A STUMP SPEECH?
A STUMP SPEECH ?
Clint Eastwood
ain't particularly known
for saying things that good--
Acting is how he earned his livelihood.
Still his now favorite stump speech*
could have quite some reach,
and would not impeach:
"Knock it off,
ALL off."
And the resultant quiet, many might say,
could very well help "make their day".
HzL
8/4/16
If Clint Eastwood had to write a stump speech for this election? "Knock it off. Knock everything off."
* from:
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
HAPPINESS
HAPPINESS
What is happiness? Of course,
It's difficult to define
and what is yours
may not be mine.
It woulds nice to have love
and riches too
but sometimes a warm stove
will have to do.
As long as nothing hurts too much
and we can see and hear
and bear the troubles that on us touch
it's still a pretty good year.
Besides there's not much use in complaining
when there's too little sun.
Just use umbrellas if it's raining --
because too soon it'll all be done.
And if on our brief way we say , " we're happy", then it's by stealth
because, apparently, it has very little at all to do with wealth.
HZL
8/3/16
RE:In his book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, scientist Yuval Noah Harari asks:
Are We Happier?
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah …
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Cargo Shorts
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CARGO SHORTS
"Relationships ... are being tested by Cargo Shorts"..or so today's Wall Street Journal reports.
It seems the "loosely cut shorts with ;large pockets"on their sides,while liked and found handy by men, are ae far from popular with their brides
who "throw them in the trash or sneak them off to Goodwill"in order to preserve desire and still be charitable.
because it's hard to feel as elegant as a Mrs. Trump(any one of the three)when your husband "looks like like a misshapen lump",indubitably.
And to further convince all dadswho are also would-be sports,a Men's Fashion retailer quoted in the article adds,"remember James Bond never wears Cargo Shorts".
HzL8/2/16
A Splash Remake?
A Splash Remake?
A MerMaid or MerMan
Either way, would be quite a strange American.
What is the word for such a mixture of two species?
Hybrid doesn't seem right
and half and half doesn't sound too bright.
In any case the result would seem to have a precarious biological niche
as one could deduce --
unable to excrete or ever, if able to feel such an itch,
successfully reproduce.
HzL
8/2/16
Splash (1984) - IMDb
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- Overview
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A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Africa and Asia. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transformed herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidental…See more on en.wikipedia.org · Text under CC-BY-SA license
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