Housing Group Claims It Could Take At Least 20 Years To Rebuild Gaza

Israel wanted to bomb Palestinians into the Stone Age
But damage done there to the firma, terra
Suggests that they only were able to bomb them back
Into the President Bill Clinton era.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article4191964.ece

Professor Says People Indulge In Fattening County Fair Food To “Connect With Something Larger Than Themselves”

If you eat a Twinkie stuffed with a Twix 
Wrapped in bacon that is also deep fried
You should expect that the word “larger”
Is one that soon is going to be applied.

http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/deep-fried-bacon-wrapped-fair-season-here

At Their Corruption Trial, Did Bob McDonnell Really Throw His Wife Under The Bus?

Okay, okay, alright: so, here’s 
The skinny: can
We just say he threw her under
The minivan?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-robert-mcdonnell-throws-his-wife-under-the-bus-at-trial/2014/08/21/664c5ebe-2971-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html

 

 

During His Corruption Trial, Ex-Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Is Hiding Out In A Church Rectory

Carrying around a holy book can help any scoundrel
Even the proverbial dregs
But living with priests is a smarter move --- my wife
Calls them bibles with legs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/mcdonnells-betrayal-of-his-wife-is-anything-but-moral/2014/08/21/a9ec1444-2939-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html

Buffalo Scrabble Expert Didn’t Win Championship But Deserves Award

Mike Przybyszewski is entitled
To a little bit of vast fame
Just for eventually having learned
How to spell his last name.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCRABBLE_CHAMPIONSHIP?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Williams

The irony of this reality
For me has never decreased ---
Why do so many who are loved the most
Seem to love themselves the least?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11027476/Robin-Williams-dies-aged-63-from-suspected-suicide.html

1974-2014 Cultural Update

 

If Nixon were alive today, it would
Be a gimme
He’d be horrified to see stamps of
Janis & Jimi.

https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?productId=S_588104&categoryId=forever-stamps

 

 

Second Amendment Supporters Will Love This New Children’s Book: “My Parents Open Carry”

Just hearing about this must have made them all
More relaxed than a month of Jacuzzis:
I’m not crazy about the title and wish that it had
Been called “Heather Has Two Uzis.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/my-parents-open-carry-book

Thoughts About Nixon 40 Years After His Resignation

Dick made his name with a claim that
Couldn’t miss:
“C’mon, let’s go after that big commie
Alger Hiss."

His fall from power was making a big
Mistake in
Authorizing the infamous Watergate
Break-in.

His career had two bookends that helped
Define its shape:
It began with microfilm and ended with
Audiotape.

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Rep-Richard-Nixon-and-Robert-Stripling-HUAC-Investigator-Examining-Microfilm-of-Pumpkin-Papers-Posters_i9361146_.htm

 

 

 

 

The GOP Is Not For Minorities --- The Party Should Back Changing The Flag

Red is pro-Native American:
Liberals have co-opted Blue.
So, White, White & White
Seems the only thing to do.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/214245-republican-accuses-dems-of-launching-war-on-whites-in-border

How Did People Know Something Was Wrong With Toledo Tap Water?

Figuring this out isn’t all
That difficult to deduce:
It’s whenever it looks like
An item at Jamba Juice.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/03/toledo-water-pollution-farming-practices-lake-erie-phosphorus

 

 

Amazon Tribe On The Peru-Brazil Border Makes First Contact With Outside World

 

Their leader announced to reporters that now
The tribe’s most pressing aim
Was suing the world’s largest online retailer
For having stolen their name.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/01/amazon-tribe-makes-first-contact-with-outside-world