Lawrence Baron

(Melody: Call Me Irresponsible) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Call me unindictable. Since I’m controversial. Clearly irresponsible too. Do my calls for riots scare you? 1/6 shows I’m ruthless. MAGA folks take my cues. Yes, my ends are unacceptable. And my means unconscionable. Power is the goal I pursue. I like illegalities. Foment volatility. […]

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Marjorie Failure Greene recently tweeted, “We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. I want to see a legal agreement that would separate states to resolve ideological and political disagreements. Rearranged this way, Americans can decide where

(Melody: This Train is Bound for Glory) On the First Anniversary of the Russian Invasion By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Ukraine is bound for glory, Ukraine. Winning a war so gory, Ukraine. Ukraine will prove greater. Beat the invader and its dictator. Ukraine is bound for glory, Ukraine. Ukraine has a smaller army, Ukraine.

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Roald Dahl Story Company and Puffin Books have changed the original language in Dahl’s children’s stories to make them more inclusive and less offensive. The Mark Twain Foundation is planning to do the same for his works. Here are some of the changes: Tom Sawyer is now described

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — To defend the country from foreign attacks, the United States has developed sophisticated weapons like stealth jets and weapons capable of shooting down incoming missiles. The Chinese spy balloon alerted our leaders to the dangers of low-tech threats to our security. A supplemental military appropriation bill addresses this problem.

By Laurie Baron (Melody: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head) In Memoriam to Burt Bacharach (1928-2023) SAN DIEGO — Catcalls are shouted when he speaks, And like the woman whose mouth emits those shrieks, Dressed in her white fur. Spouting all her slurs, he is not deterred. He tells them to check what colleagues had

By Laurie Baron (Melody: Matchmaker, Matchmaker) SAN DIEGO — Documents, documents Scattered around. Some still hidden. Others were found. Documents, documents. Secret ones too. Which DOJ must impound. Documents, documents. Trump just refused. Joe had some too. Pence wasn’t excused. Documents, documents. Which don’t belong to them Mistakes or power abused? For Donald He thinks

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — There have been 40 mass shooting in the United States in the first 26 days of 2023. We need to give up trying to regulate guns. Instead, if you can’t beat them, shoot them! We should rename the country the Unrestrained Shooters of America not only to keep the

By Laurie Baron (Melody: “Still Crazy After All These Years,” by Paul Simon. Listen to Baron’s recording here.) I got the latest booster several months ago. I wear a mask when I visit crowded rooms. I was hoping that by this time vaccines would ease my fears. Still Covid after all these years. Oh, still

By Laurie Baron (Melody: My Blue Heaven) The GOP votes multiple times. ‘Cause the crazies reject blue Kevin. Turn to the right, the extreme MAGA right Will make him the blue, blue Kevin. He bargained away, whatever sway, the Speaker has had. When they vacate, and agitate, he’ll end up sad. Too bad! Just Matt

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — On January 3 Kevin McCarthy hopes to become the next Speaker of the House. He needs 218 votes to get elected Speaker and Republicans hold 222 seats. The problem is that 5 radical right-wing Republicans have announced they are opposed to him. McCarthy is making all sorts of deals

Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah,
Are things getting better?
Last year our party
Was a super spreader.
Celebrating this year
Covid is still here.     
But we have the flu and RSV to fear. .. [Laurie Baron]