Presidential?

“NPR identified two Trump campaign staffers involved in an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery last week. They, according to a source, are deputy campaign manager Justin Caporale and Michel Picard, a member of Trump’s advance team. Those staffers had a verbal and physical confrontation with a cemetery official who tried to stop them from taking photos and videos in Section 60, a restricted area where many casualties of Iraq and Afghanistan are buried. The Trump campaign and the US Army acknowledged the incident, but this week, Trump insisted it didn’t take place at all.”

Maybe his campaign people secretly do not want him to win. Maybe he is so demented he can’t stop himself from constantly lying. It’s certainly proven he is incapable of keeping his mouth shut. The smiling thumbs up at the cemetery should be as it is for me, the very last straw. Who in the actual —— would ever be smiling and giving a thumbs up at a cemetery?

One “thumbs up” definition: “you approve of or give the thumbs up to something to show that you approve of something, such as a plan, a suggestion, or an activity, and are willing to accept it.”

No one in this country should ever approve or accept that it is okay for young men and women to die for their country! It is nothing to smile about. It is a tragedy. Respect is never shown by him for anything, really. Maybe one of his golf scores? He has no concept of what serving your country means, shown by the insidious photo taking jaunt. There are many examples of his disrespect.😡

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dVerse Poets

And today we are going to write ‘The Tableau’ created by Emily Romano in 2008:

Poetry Style:

  • 1 or more verses
  • 6 lines per verse
  • 5 beats/syllables per line

Poetry Rules:

  • title should contain the word ‘tableau’
  • poem should aim to be pictorial
  • no rhyme scheme

Hint: Its optional but you could let your tableau reference the poet Sam Hamill, a poem of his, or his style of poetry.

Useful links:
The Tableau poetry style
‘Gratitude’ – poems by Sam Hamill – google taster

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Maple Tableau

Watching maple leaves

Green starts fading out

Red starts in the veins

As sugar is trapped

Bright colors emerge

Covering the leaf.

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Fall Foliage and Climate Change

MTB: A Tableau for Sam Hamill

We Can’t Let This Happen!

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the Justice Department are set to appear in a federal courtroom today for what could be the last hearing in his election interference case before the November election. This year, voters will decide the winner of the presidency — and, by extension, Trump’s legal fate. A D.C. grand jury indictment accused Trump of actions resulting in the violent siege at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. If he reclaims the White House, he’s expected to direct new Justice Department leaders to drop the landmark case.

🎧 Trump claims the new indictment is election interference, saying it violates a DOJ policy about taking big steps too close to an election, NPR’s Carrie Johnson tells Up First. Judge Tanya Chutkan will need to figure out how to draw the line between which of Trump’s actions in the White House were part of his presidential duties and which were made as a candidate for office. Johnson says there’s no way this will be resolved before the election and it might not go to trial until next year due to the possibility of the Supreme Court’s involvement. 

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Please vote! Contact your senators and representatives and tell how you feel about this, either way. Let them know you are listening to their decisions. And the (supreme court)? Shame on all of you!

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Friday Fictioneers

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Driving up to what they hoped was a restaurant, reading the various signs, it might be a place to eat, but they couldn’t really tell. The most alarming was the “explosives” sign and a couple of “no trespassing”, so did they dare approach the door? They were so hungry and tired from their trip they just sat in their car. Finally they decided to take a chance…as they were ready to knock, suddenly the door opened and a friendly chubby face greeted them and gestured to enter. Inside was what looked like an October fest! And the food was delicious.

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