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COUPLETS FOR REPLICANTS

and SOME ADVICE

COUPLETS FOR REPLICANTS

Her name is Melania, but he calls her Melanie.

Is that because it rhymes with felony?

Twice divorced, draft-dodged by physician,

extreme libertine, pretending he's Christian.

Dear GOPers, crime you can't dwell on

since you elected a convicted felon.

His crimes are recorded. They are not purported.

Were he an alien, you’d want to deport him.

SOME ADVICE

How to Get Rid of Ant Hills
Ants often build small hills in between sidewalk cracks, but you may notice larger ant hills in other areas, like an underutilized corner of your yard, patio, or garden bed. Like icebergs, the top portion of an ant hill is just the beginning, and ant hills can extend several feet beneath the soil surface. Here are a few strategies that you can use to remove ant hills without using chemical pesticides or ending up with a pricey pest control bill.

1. Flattening and Excavation
One of the best ways to eliminate existing ant hills is to level the ant hill with a rake or shovel. Small hills can usually be tackled quickly, although larger, established hills may need to be leveled several times for ants to get the message and stop rebuilding. If you want to get results even faster, dig up the entire hill below the soil’s surface and then use either the flooding or boiling water treatment method.

Although excavation is effective against most ant species, it’s not recommended for fire ants due to their aggressive tendencies.

2. Flooding
If you prefer a more hands-off approach, you can use flooding to tackle ant hills. Place your garden hose near an existing ant hill and allow the hose to run for at least 3-5 minutes until the water starts to pool. Flooding should cause ant tunnels to collapse, but you might need to employ this technique several times on large hills with extensive tunnel networks. 

3. Boiling Water
Pouring boiling water over ant hills can be even more effective than flooding, although it works best on small hills and shouldn’t be used near plants you value. Heat several pots of water to ensure you have enough to treat the entire hill in one go. Then, slowly and carefully pour the pots of water over the hill. Repeat this treatment, if needed, at weekly intervals until the ants stop rebuilding.

4. Boric Acid
Unlike many ant baits and traps, boric acid or borax is approved for organic gardens, and it can be used to kill ant colonies and their queen. For safety, keep borax away from pets and small children, and never sprinkle borax or boric acid directly on ant hills or in garden beds.

Can be scaled up for H. Sap. infestations, 

but these stubborn creatures would likely rebuild.

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and WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT

WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT

I swear — on my honor — I never met … Elon?

All of those photos are fakes.

As is the “news” that I bought a “Tesla”.

(Which I did not drive ’case he fiddled the brakes.)

Like all those women who say I abused them,

not one of witch I ever met,

this Elon (?) guy — drug user, loser.

(Though I gotta admit, he gets dynamite ket.)

And though convicted, despite what they're tellin' ya,

when I grab some pussy, it isn't a felony.

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and CURRENT LAMENTS

CURRENT LAMENTS

Dumb Donald Trump is the absolute worst.

I want my mommie. He hit me first.

Black-eyed, evil Elon … mind is distorted.

If it was up to me, he’d be deported.

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Hegseth Orders Navy to Review Ship Name Honoring Gay Rights Pioneer Harvey Milk

The names of several other vessels that honor civil rights leaders and Supreme Court justices might also be changed. - New York Times

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DON’S OLD AGE ENDER

I.

Golden Dome?

Cunning plan, Baldrick,

Reagan’s Star Wars all over,

billion$ thrown into the air.

II.

What Donald’ll do:

destroy economy,

degrade environment,

enable climatic havoc.

Once he is done,

we’ll have no friends or enemies,

in our Trumpian trash can of history.

                                        III.

History repeats, but

Marx had it backwards.

Ronald was farcical,

and Donald tragic.

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Elon’s Oval departure is causing chatter.

It raises the question: Do Black Eyes Matter?

Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Reports of drug use ... of course, you're joking.

It's just he and Donald enjoy Diet Cokeing.

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Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years

A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

… irreversible tipping points in the climate system … are closer at hand than scientists previously believed. - Washington Post

TRIPTOE THROUGH THE CLIMATE

The “irreversible tripping point" came

before there were any degrees. 

The “irreversible tripping point" was

when we climbed down from the trees.

Before fire. Tools. Neanderthals.

Before we wore clothes to strip tease.

From the perspective of an ailing planet,

bipedal apes are a fatal disease.

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A CURSERY RHYME
Oh, where, oh, where
has the future gone?
Across the the great ocean
to China?
Our history's short,
theirs is so long.
Compared to theirs,
it's a one-liner.
Our future's crap.

Gonna step on it.*
Jerk in the White House?
Don't help, doggone it.

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* “This world is so full of crap, a man's gonna get into it sooner or later whether he's careful or not." - Paul Newman as Hud

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A MAJOR MISTAKE

This Hegseth affair shows why generally speaking

it is ‘not done’ putting a major in charge.

Notwithstanding his Donald devotion,

his apotheosis is an unearned promotion.

Given his history, there can be no quarrel,

that he trumps Donald in being immoral.

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Well actually

Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real

If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

Adrienne Matei

Thu 22 May 2025 12.00 EDT

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MARK 14:7 KJV

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

GOP-AYN RAND-TRUMP-MUCK clarification

What Jesus means —

CLEARLY! — 

is never raise taxes.

Raising taxes can

never be “good”.

We are in agreement
with Milton Friedman:
poverty's positive,
a prod, an incentive
to get loutish layabouts
off their worthless asses,
propelling them into
competitive classes.

A forerunner Capitalist,

Jesus foresaw economics

as he was foreseen

by John the Baptist.

Sadly, the poor will

forever be with us.

A few fit thriving —

WITHOUT HELP! —

on their own.

W(h)ither the weak?

Best left alone

for disease and starvation

to put out of their misery.

Jesus won't care.

He was NEVER here*.

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* ... ye may do them good: but me ye have not. ALWAYS!