Sunday caption contest
And last week’s winner
Please submit your caption in the Comments section. Winners will be announced next Sunday. For consideration, please post your caption by tomorrow (Monday), at 9 pm PT, 12 midnight ET.
Last week’s winner:
“Now I lay me down to sleep,
My little boxes I will keep.
I might get jailed, but I ain’t woke,
So please send cash (I’m almost broke).”
(Congratulations, Miss Anne Thrope.)
Runner-up:
“100% of the intelligence is INSIDE the boxes.”
(Congratulations, Bob Bowden.)
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In the realm where justice finds its stage,
Two figures emerge, puppets on display.
Alito and Thomas, their roles assigned,
Their strings manipulated, opinions designed.
In chambers cloaked with robes of black,
They dance to a tune, a partisan track.
Their voices echo with assertive might,
Yet their strings of influence pull them tight.
Alito, the steadfast, conservative soul,
A puppet of precedent, his judgments unfold.
With words measured, his opinions rehearsed,
His allegiance clear, his values coerced.
Thomas, the silent, with his stoic demeanor,
A puppet of ideology, his convictions a screener.
His dissenting voice resounding, unwavering,
Yet behind the scenes, strings continue manipulating.
Oh, Justice Alito and Justice Thomas, a duo renowned,
The puppets of power, their movements astound.
But let us not forget the truth untold,
That justice should be impartial, not bought or sold.
For the stage of justice demands fairness true,
Where puppets no longer dictate what is due.
Let principles guide, not strings of control,
In pursuit of justice, for the good of the whole.
And they say we have no oversight...