HOPEFULLY: Legal expectations and consequences for nations who ignore or do not follow through on climate responsibilities are being currently thrashed out at the International Justice Court in the Hague now. The hearing is in response to a filing from the republic of Vanuatu, an archipelago with 80 islands. Before its independence in 1980, Vanuatu was jointly administered by France and the U.K., and known as the New Hebrides for 74 years. Today Vanuatu is a republic with a non-executive presidency. <nytdirect@nytimes.com>
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Romanian Court Annuls Presidential Election Results and Orders a New Vote The decision came days after the government asserted that there had been “cyberattacks” meant to undermine the vote and security council documents indicated possible Russian meddling. Imagine that!
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POETRY CORNER
An Up Poem
Let’s see…balloons go up,
tempers go up,
phalluses go up
And hopes do too.
We get up each day,
sometimes snuggle up,
soprano voices go up
and Subway’s prices too.
Pets lap up good food,
we snap up good deals,
nightmares wake us up
and sweethearts pucker up.
Some sofas fold up.
grads’ caps fly up,
good coffee is drunk up
while UFOs get a look up.
Age of my friends goes up
some stand up to Key’s song;
for some, heaven is up
and drunkards still throw up.
The toilet may stop up,
robbers may hold up.
fish gobble up worms while
good computers back us up.
Surprises sneak up,
sanitary engineers pick up,
earthquakes shake up
and braggarts puff up.
There’s dictionary look ups
and brazen hookups,
too many lock ups and
much too many f-ups
Some poets know not
when to shut up
but wait until they have
cheered up. Time’s up.
NOW!
(I drowned the DOWN poem) Nan
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