Today's Tids Issue 2,746
Opening Stuff:
 
If 0-Man can't get Congress to really tax the successful like he would want to, he's signaled with the appointment of Mary Jo White as new SEC chief that he intends to make the lives of the wealthy on Wall Street very uncomfortable. By all accounts, MJ is a bulldog. A fierce woman, former US Attorney in New York who will change the SEC from a toll-taker to a punisher. Not just fines any longer, fines and jail time. She's taken on John Gotti and al-Qaida, so how's a guy in a nice suit and shiny tie going to scare her?

I love the cold outside. It's the inside cold that gets me. Like putting a bottle of soda in the refrigerator only to see it get warmer. Or watching ice cubes grow in the glass while drinking something. And now it's so cold inside my Temperpedic pillow doesn't smoooosh. I really got worried though, when I saw my gold fish growing blubber. And little Eskimos in little kayaks chasing it around the bowl.

The Question:
What are considered the Top ten "Cutest Dogs". This cannot be done for cats because they all look the same in different colors..

The Headlines:
--US Homeland Security Chief Warns Of Looming Major Cyber Attack; Would Be More Devastating To Power Than Sandy.
--North Korea Threatens War With SK If Joins UN In New Round Of Tightened Sanctions
--Obama Picks, Former Deputy NSA, Insider Pal Denis McDonough As Chief Of Staff.
--Japan, China Cool Tensions Over Territorial Dispute.
--Biden Says Shotguns More Effective Against Looters Than AK-47's.
--Mali Jihadists Have Back To Wall As French Supported Troops Press Forward.
--Short Sellers Push Apple Downward; G-S Lowers Twelve Month Target By $100 To $660; Technical Charts Shpw Apple Going To $340..
--Questions Arise About Chief Witness In Trial Of Alleged Murderer Of Chandra Levy.

You may see a few more typos than usual. Typing in gloves is difficult.

"Tune in at 11:00 as we continue our reports on The Cold Snap!" Ok, I can see them standing in hurricanes and snow storms pointing out what we can see through our windows, but a cold snap! Inanity at its weirdest! Maybe the reporters could blow ice sculptures with their breath. Or do close-ups of frostbite forming on extremities. I really don't think tragedies are any worse now than in history, we just have too much reporting.

You have to wonder how much it cost that taxpayer to pay for all of those "Real" people props Congress People and The President seem to be using more and more as heart moving backdrops while delivering a message. Groups of kids or a diversity of adults or people in uniforms all gathered to help a hapless politician sell some new law to the American public, a law which is probably somewhere already on the books but not being enforced properly. Just another gimmick to raise the emotions with the hope of clouding the brain. The trick of scam artists since the beginning of time. Don't pay attention to that man behind the curtain. Watch the pea at all times.

Joe Biden for President. God help us.

The only difference between snail-mail junk mail and email junk mail is that promoters can determine the real open rate for email junk mail. Not that this means anything to the average citizen. It's just one of those things that flew by my brain.

So, here's the kind of convoluted thinking so prevalent in the new America that inspires the emotions but does absolutely nothing to solve a big problem. In Chicago -- yes that Chicago which gave us several governors in jail, a misleading President in the White House -- the public employees pension fund has voted to divest gun maker holdings. Oh good, that's sure to stop the over 500 murders per year of kids on the city streets. It's like when the engine warning light comes on in my car, and I cover it with electrical tape. Enough with symbolic gestures and procrastination. Let's do away with Political correctness. Let's hurt some tender feelings. Let's solve the problems. 

One of the biggest disservices to US citizenry that consistently marks Hollywood pictures, is their zealous overreaching to make all business men appear dishonest, sleazy, weak or self serving.

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Parker seems to be the best of the bunch on this weak weekend's offerings. It's a slickly directed crime film a bout a professional thief with a set of morals that assuage his guilt while filling his pockets, That is until he is double crossed by his crew. 
--Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is a weird looking movie about witch hunters, Very magical and fantasmical. It is fairy tail super heroes meet Hollywood special effects. It is taking out lots of small time witches along the way to get the main evil witch. I doubt if I will see it, unless I find myself following a mysterious trail of pop corn.

The Answer:
Ok, bring it on Cat lovers. I'm ready for you. So here is one pet organizations list of cutest dogs: Number one is Pugs followed by Shar Peis. In order the rest are Chihuahuas, Pekinese, French Bulldogs, Dalmations, Welsh Corgis, Siberian Huskies, Maltese, Dachshunds, Miniature Schnauzers, Yorkshire Terriers, Chow Chows, King Charles Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Bassets, Beagles, Lhasa Apsos, Labradors and Poodles. Of thise I'll take as "Cute" the Dachshund, the two Retrievers, Basset, Beagle, Yorkshire Terrier, Maltese, Miniature Schnauzer and maybe the weird looking Shar.

There's no truth to the rumor that in his effort to provide fairness for all, Obama is asking FaceBook to redistribute Friends, from those with a plenty to those lagging behind. He's calling it the Manti Te'o Initiative.

Meanwhile Republicans are looking for happiness in a world that continues to lower standards and dilutes the nectar of human challenge.

Love your weekend. Don't watch the Sunday News Shows.