Friday, December 13, 2019

№ 747: Like Father Like Son (times two)

  • Permit issued after meeting with country’s president
  • Argali sheep considered national treasure in Mongolia
On a hunting trip to Mongolia earlier this summer the US president’s son Donald Trump Jr killed a rare species of endangered sheep. A permit for the killing was retroactively issued after Trump met with the country’s president...


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THE ENTITLED TOWER (December 12)

(with apologies to Cole Porter)

I shoot sheep in the night
with a high powered rifle
With my laser sight
I ex-e-cute my kill

I shoot sheep in the night,
though the species's endangered
and I don't have a permit
it's such a thrill

For I am junior to Donald Trump
Good behavior, is just for chumps
Whate'er we choose to do, that is our right
Though my dad's getting dim, people still worship him 
and I thrill to kill in the night*
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*Cf.  Church of England's Common Worship:
     Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
     Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
     Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, grant us peace.