Saturday, January 4, 2025

Numb. 1258 Stories We Are NOT Covering

The Johnson nonsense?

We care not a farthing!

Posture sans substance.

Not worth our bothering.

Outlawing drinking?

Leave it alone.

What ARE they thinking?

Return to Capone?

Extended playoffs.

Sports scores galore.

We need a day off.
Oh, what a bore.

What's the big deal?
US, Nippon Steel?
Why not unload
this dying railroad"?
US should be
NO TAX, NO VAX.
We need to be free
to drop in our tracks.

Friday, January 3, 2025

Numb. 1257 Shifting Social Mores

Do you remember how poor Gary Hart's

one teensy tryst blew his campaign apart?

Do you recall when Bill Clinton's cigar

lost the election for VP Al Gore?

And now we have Trump, in essence, convicted

of blatant rape and no one’s conflicted?!

How, Gott im Himmel, has it come to pass

we disregard Donald's moral morass?

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Numb. 1256 Pomposity And Grandiosity (along with a side of misspelling)

Why can’t I change the name of the golf?

Love the sound: TRUMP Golf Of Texas!

Ya think that'll piss somebody off,

wait and see WHAT my next step is.

The thing, you see, seeing I'm me,

who do I ask for permission?

I don’t do “May I?” whatever I

say I do it. No prohibition.

As to the cost of printing new maps?

I will make Mexico pay it.

As I did with my GREAT BOARDER WALL.

So what you deny it? I SAY IT!

To any who think I'm lacking stamina,

go, ready, set: annex TRUMPANADA.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Numb. 1255 NOT A Funny One (if any ACTUALLY are)

One person was dead and at least seven people were injured after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded and caught fire outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning, according to the authorities.  New York Times 

 

Here at The BYSTANDER, we abhor violence

no matter how “righteous” your cause.

That is NOT to say we endorse silence

OR the enforcement of repressive laws.


We recall fondly Mahatma Gandhi.

Though he failed, he tried preaching peace

to people unwilling who preferred killing.

Compromise being beyond human reach.


The cumulative failure of each revolution,

suggests our extinction’s the ONLY solution.

Numb. 1254 Donnie's New Year Remarks

Of course, I am going to Bill Clinton’s funeral.

Melanie’s SAD that he’s dead.

Hold on a sec. Someone said Carter?

I guess I will go there instead.


Of course, I support House Speaker Johnson".

If he does not win it's a shame.

Tell ya the truth, I don't like him much,

but I get it off saying his name.


Of course, when I return to The Oval",

first order of business: call Vlad

to coordinate Ukraine's ending date.

So long, Zelenskyy. So SAD.

Numb. 1253 Springtime For Putin And USA

I hold Vladimir completely in awe,

seeing as how he disregards law:

invading neighbors, controlling lands

from frozen tundra to barren sands,

ruling over eleven time zones.

Folks, let me tell ya, that takes cojones.


Best of all, Vladimir brooks no dissent

and always knows where enemies went.

Off to Siberia. (Darker and colder.)

Or foreign lands. (Where they don't get older.)

Okay, America's less cold and grim,

but I want to make it perfect for him.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Numb. 1252 Trump Foreign Policy — Day 1 Daydream

Like Danes or Panes could ever fight me?

Dumb-ass small countries they can go bite me.

Me, Putin, Xi, we got us nukes.

Say José" or Hamlet" put up their dukes ...

Ten seconds. Knockout. Victory, me.

Greenland, Canal? Totally free.

Since I easily defeated Kamala,

it's only fair that I take Canada.

Have I got other claims territorial?

Wait'll I Finnish Third Reich tutorial.

Monday, December 30, 2024

Numb. 2051 Trump Tribute (?) To Carter

My takeaway from Carter’s departure:

I have another 23 years.

Making America great's just for starters. 

Last president. First of the tsars.

I die, in office, in two-oh-four-seven,

resume my place as God in Heaven.


Meine Erkenntnis aus Carters Abgang: Ich habe noch 23 Jahre. Amerika groß zu machen ist nur der Anfang. Letzter Präsident. Erster der Zaren. Ich sterbe im Amt im Jahr 2047 und nehme meinen Platz als Gott im Himmel wieder ein.

Numb. 1250 Survival Of The Numbest

Academic Danilo Brozović says studies of failed civilisations all point in one direction – today’s society needs radical transformation to survive — Guardian


If we contrive somehow to survive

catastrophes of our own making,

How many, I wonder, will be alive

to pick up whatever is left for the taking?


Will civilization crumble completely

and indoor plumbing be butt a memory?

Will we don hand-me-down animal skins

and wear hand hewn, stone-tooled accessories?

OR

will Donald and Elon provide a solution

after rebooting the Constitution

enabling thriving amidst destitution;

ignoring those who request restitution;

while unworldly Bernie rants, “Redistribution!";

drunk, Rudy grumbles, Unjust persecution!";

and Matt Gaetz, as ever, pursues prostitution?

Will there, instead, be a revolution?

Is this the DEAD END of evolution?

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