{"id":404452,"date":"2024-01-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=404452"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"2023-Now-Old-2024-Hope-on-Hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2023-Now-Old-2024-Hope-on-Hold\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Now Old, 2024 Hope on Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Man\u2019s True Worth<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cA man\u2019s true worth, I maintain, can only be guessed at,\u00a0<\/em>for he holds most dear loyalty and good faith and abhors\u00a0<\/em>all falsehood, which is the world\u2019s undoing. Therefore,\u00a0<\/em>one trusts such a man who is as good as his word.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014song lyrics by Johannes de Meruco, 14th century French composer<\/p>\n

BS LIVE with POTUS 45<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

(Trump muses about his prevarications)<\/em><\/p>\n

Let not a single ounce of truth be known<\/p>\n

dismiss my indictments; truth is not truth<\/p>\n

draft deferment from spurs in my foot bone<\/p>\n

devoid of basic honesty since early youth<\/p>\n

Progress is quick, lying comes fast and slick<\/p>\n

yes it has always been a cinch for me to do<\/p>\n

I had many different lies from which to pick<\/p>\n

disbelief varied but I always followed through<\/p>\n

Lying mastery was part of my reality TV show<\/p>\n

luck held out with very few performers leaks<\/p>\n

my political promised lies continued to grow<\/p>\n

with new conspiracy theories every few weeks<\/p>\n

If you can believe all my lies you got it right<\/p>\n

the truth be damned\u2014morning noon and night.<\/p>\n

G.U.N.: Gaza Ukraine Numbers<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

From tragic wars to hope for another ceasefire<\/p>\n

from Ukraine cities and fields casualties unfold<\/p>\n

thousands of dead, refugees in muck and mire<\/p>\n

Gaza disease lack of water and food tales told<\/p>\n

Hope as more supply trucks begin to arrive<\/p>\n

hope as more hostages are being released<\/p>\n

1.5 million female refugees in Poland thrive<\/p>\n

hope for a proper burial for all the deceased<\/p>\n

As death counts on all sides continue to rise<\/p>\n

more than 20,000 in Gaza, far more in Ukraine<\/p>\n

death and destruction rain down from the skies<\/p>\n

thousands of innocent dead! it is truly insane<\/p>\n

Tragedy of these two wars seen around the world<\/p>\n

as numbers of innocent deaths are daily revealed.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Joey aka Pepe Batbon Connolly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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