The Joker

There was this joker from Remo,

Who lost his shirt playing Keno.

But his special vice 

Was the game of dice,

For which he broke the casino.

Headlines

Trump wants a kinder, gentler shutdown

NYT, AP, Bloomberg, legacy media blame Dems for gov't shutdown

CNN: Shutdown risks undetected asteroid strike ...

Another Cartel killing field discovered in Mexican border state

White House: No immigration deal until shutdown ends

Revealed: Google's secret confidentiality agreements with its speech police

Texas shatters record for winter electricity use ...

... Shutdown forces suspension of E-verify program ...

Turkey invades Syria ... tanks, soldiers cross border ...

Because of the shutdown Trump might not go to Davos, after all

Update: Quake swarm in Reno has lasted 7 days straight ...

85 percent of LA Times employees vote to unionize