Today's Tids Issue 2,895
Opening Stuff:
Good morning August! I have always had fun each August kicking it while it was down as the Month that does nothing. Of course I exaggerate. It is a wonderful month, when RI looks intelligent as the only state to celebrate the very important V-J Day, the day that had more Americans rejoicing in the streets than any in history. It is the month of the Pleiades, those spectacular meteor showers when you can grab your coffee around 4:00 AM and go to the darkened ocean beach, West Virginia mountaintop, Midwestern plain; and enjoy the light show in the heavens above. Free, without a host and a panel of judges. Over here, it is the time when the tourists begin to take down their tents and and point their highway clogging cars West, North or East and head home. August is the reclamation Month. I'll drink to that.
Good morning August! I have always had fun each August kicking it while it was down as the Month that does nothing. Of course I exaggerate. It is a wonderful month, when RI looks intelligent as the only state to celebrate the very important V-J Day, the day that had more Americans rejoicing in the streets than any in history. It is the month of the Pleiades, those spectacular meteor showers when you can grab your coffee around 4:00 AM and go to the darkened ocean beach, West Virginia mountaintop, Midwestern plain; and enjoy the light show in the heavens above. Free, without a host and a panel of judges. Over here, it is the time when the tourists begin to take down their tents and and point their highway clogging cars West, North or East and head home. August is the reclamation Month. I'll drink to that.
Here I was running to answer the
phone when I tripped over a bag of Cheetos. I managed to grabbed the
phone as I fell into a chair, and while laying there I heard: "Hello.
Every year it is estimated that 30% of Seniors fall in their home....".
Rats, why didn't she call yesterday? The Cheetos were fine.
I awoke this morning with a severe internal conflict. I could remember which I liked best -- Bob Dylan or Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Both are among my all time favorites. "Tangerine Man" and "Like a Rolling Stone" versus "Teach your Children" and "Just a Song before I go". The scale was tipped by a game breaker...Check out the bottom of this daily mess to listen out the Tids.
The Question:
Standing Headlines are used frequently in the Newspaper business to easily put out a story about a recurring event or similar type of event. This morning's Standing Headline is "Lohan leaves Rehab". Get the picture. Give me five other standing headlines and I'll give you mine.
The Headlines:
--Dow Explodes To Triple Digit Opener; New Unemployment Bennies Request Down To Lowest Numede in 5 1/2 Years; Global Economy Better; Traders Anticipate Continued Support From Central Banks..
--Snowden Granted Asylum In Russia.
--Men Five Times More Likely To Get Hit By Lightening; Wives Say It's becasue They Don't Know When To Get Out Of The Rain.
--New Polls In Germany Say Merkle Coalition Will Win In September.
--NCIS Fans Low As Realization That Ziva Is Leaving Sets In.
--Uruguay To Endorse Pot Smoking For All.
--Assad Says He Will Win In The End.
--Egypt Rulers Issue Ultimatum to Morsi Supporters.
I make a point of never eating bagged lettuce. History says it's the worst lottery in the supermarket.
Why are so many states so mum about honoring V-J day and the finality of WWII? -- to avoid insulting a good ally by not telling the truth? Hey, every year on July 4th we get to kick sand in the face of our most enduring Ally when celebrate the Declaration of Independence, our bitter severance from mother England. So I guess the day somebody thought VJ day celebrations were a bad idea, was the day when the US of A, the old Red, White and Blue was turned over to dishonest liberalism.
Talk about greatest sports story of the year, how about the impeccable Imbee Park and her quest for the 4th LPGA major of the year, the first person among all of the golfing greats, from Sorenstam and Wright to Hogan Woods and Nicklaus to win em' all in one year. Go Imbee, go!
Is there anything better than a good old authentic NE Clambake? Not, that I can think of. Digging a hole in the backyard and filling it with beach stones and seaweed, may be impractical so here's a way to do it on the grill and stove top. What you need is lobsters, chicken, chorizo (Portuguese sausage), corn on the cob, steamers, little necks, Maine potatoes, lots of butter and a bucket of ocean salt water if you have it. On a stove top, steam the clams and chorizo in salt water. In another pot do the same for the lobsters (Or boil if you prefer). On the grill, cook the bone in chicken breasts, previously marinated in buttery white wine and salt and pepper. Baste and turn often. Earlier, begin baking potatoes in tinfoil on the back of the grill. The bucket of water is for the corn. Grill the corn, but constantly dip in the seawater as your turn it. Prepare little dishes of lemon butter, and part of the seawater for clam dipping, and of course lobster gorging. Great with beer. How easy is that!
I remember back in the early 80's when the biz buzz was all about the emerging services industries. Most of us in the Publishing industry and traditional manufacturing industries were wondering how an economy based on people selling hamburgers to each other could survive. Well, judging by the latest Big Labor push for higher wages among the flipper crowd, it isn't. There is no added value in the service industries, so in a free enterprise system it is impossible to achieve salaries equal to yesterday's blue color jobs unless Governemtn mandates them. And whe something like that happens, you have reached what...the point of no return. Basic, irrevocable Socialism. Or maybe, ObamaEconomics.
I was kind of in Paula Dean's corner until I read where she puts celery in her lobster roll recipe.
Talk about tangled webs built upon programmed serial lying, how bad does the IRS look these days. How bad do the people in the beltway ionosphere shielded by the IRS officials look. The innuendo is powerful and it is saying to this observer that somebody doesn't understand or doesn't want to understand the safeguards put in place to protect the people of the USA from becoming just another down the rathole dictatorship. Or, tyrannical monarchy. I think this mess is beginning to bother me.
The Conscience: Chapter 26 continues.
The silence was emphatic. Before we get to your pics, tell us more about Milton Washington. What do you think he was doing there?"
I looked at them a bit puzzled because I ha already told them all that I knew. "Nothing more than I had told you before."
"That you noticed in the reactions of the people your were eating with in the same room." Now I felt my fingers trying to push away the haze. Maybe there was something there I missed. Jason certainly thought I should have noticed something.
"Come to thnk of it, when they were leaving, andtonio and Milton came to our table and I remember now a small gesture by Washington towards Sanna." God why hadn't I seen that before. But then, I didn't know Sana at the time at all."
The two looked at each other.
We have been in a Bull Market, and nobody really feels comfortale about it all. Here's why the love is shallow: 1. Stocks are moving separately from the economy. 2. Corporate Profits hit highest level since 1950, but median income is down 8% compared to 2011. 3. Investors are not able to say they were wrong and continue to make mistakes that brought about 2008 calamity. 4. Too much cash available to keep market at top despite mediocre GDP reports. Investor cash appears to support fictional "buying opprotuniteis" as opposed waiting for correction. 5. Information overload and false hype.
The Answer:
There are so many. How about "Obama announces new economic recovery program", "Celebrity Found Dead in Motel Room", RI Congressional Contingent Backs Obama", "Car bombs Kill Citizens In Iraq (Fill in Middle East country)", Al Sharpton calls America Racist nation", "NFL Player Arrested" and of course "Obama Blames Bush". There are so many more. Send them in.
Well, Southern Cross got me, but I still think Dylan is number one for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9gLjEGJrw (Preview)
I awoke this morning with a severe internal conflict. I could remember which I liked best -- Bob Dylan or Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Both are among my all time favorites. "Tangerine Man" and "Like a Rolling Stone" versus "Teach your Children" and "Just a Song before I go". The scale was tipped by a game breaker...Check out the bottom of this daily mess to listen out the Tids.
The Question:
Standing Headlines are used frequently in the Newspaper business to easily put out a story about a recurring event or similar type of event. This morning's Standing Headline is "Lohan leaves Rehab". Get the picture. Give me five other standing headlines and I'll give you mine.
The Headlines:
--Dow Explodes To Triple Digit Opener; New Unemployment Bennies Request Down To Lowest Numede in 5 1/2 Years; Global Economy Better; Traders Anticipate Continued Support From Central Banks..
--Snowden Granted Asylum In Russia.
--Men Five Times More Likely To Get Hit By Lightening; Wives Say It's becasue They Don't Know When To Get Out Of The Rain.
--New Polls In Germany Say Merkle Coalition Will Win In September.
--NCIS Fans Low As Realization That Ziva Is Leaving Sets In.
--Uruguay To Endorse Pot Smoking For All.
--Assad Says He Will Win In The End.
--Egypt Rulers Issue Ultimatum to Morsi Supporters.
I make a point of never eating bagged lettuce. History says it's the worst lottery in the supermarket.
Why are so many states so mum about honoring V-J day and the finality of WWII? -- to avoid insulting a good ally by not telling the truth? Hey, every year on July 4th we get to kick sand in the face of our most enduring Ally when celebrate the Declaration of Independence, our bitter severance from mother England. So I guess the day somebody thought VJ day celebrations were a bad idea, was the day when the US of A, the old Red, White and Blue was turned over to dishonest liberalism.
Talk about greatest sports story of the year, how about the impeccable Imbee Park and her quest for the 4th LPGA major of the year, the first person among all of the golfing greats, from Sorenstam and Wright to Hogan Woods and Nicklaus to win em' all in one year. Go Imbee, go!
Is there anything better than a good old authentic NE Clambake? Not, that I can think of. Digging a hole in the backyard and filling it with beach stones and seaweed, may be impractical so here's a way to do it on the grill and stove top. What you need is lobsters, chicken, chorizo (Portuguese sausage), corn on the cob, steamers, little necks, Maine potatoes, lots of butter and a bucket of ocean salt water if you have it. On a stove top, steam the clams and chorizo in salt water. In another pot do the same for the lobsters (Or boil if you prefer). On the grill, cook the bone in chicken breasts, previously marinated in buttery white wine and salt and pepper. Baste and turn often. Earlier, begin baking potatoes in tinfoil on the back of the grill. The bucket of water is for the corn. Grill the corn, but constantly dip in the seawater as your turn it. Prepare little dishes of lemon butter, and part of the seawater for clam dipping, and of course lobster gorging. Great with beer. How easy is that!
I remember back in the early 80's when the biz buzz was all about the emerging services industries. Most of us in the Publishing industry and traditional manufacturing industries were wondering how an economy based on people selling hamburgers to each other could survive. Well, judging by the latest Big Labor push for higher wages among the flipper crowd, it isn't. There is no added value in the service industries, so in a free enterprise system it is impossible to achieve salaries equal to yesterday's blue color jobs unless Governemtn mandates them. And whe something like that happens, you have reached what...the point of no return. Basic, irrevocable Socialism. Or maybe, ObamaEconomics.
I was kind of in Paula Dean's corner until I read where she puts celery in her lobster roll recipe.
Talk about tangled webs built upon programmed serial lying, how bad does the IRS look these days. How bad do the people in the beltway ionosphere shielded by the IRS officials look. The innuendo is powerful and it is saying to this observer that somebody doesn't understand or doesn't want to understand the safeguards put in place to protect the people of the USA from becoming just another down the rathole dictatorship. Or, tyrannical monarchy. I think this mess is beginning to bother me.
The Conscience: Chapter 26 continues.
The silence was emphatic. Before we get to your pics, tell us more about Milton Washington. What do you think he was doing there?"
I looked at them a bit puzzled because I ha already told them all that I knew. "Nothing more than I had told you before."
"That you noticed in the reactions of the people your were eating with in the same room." Now I felt my fingers trying to push away the haze. Maybe there was something there I missed. Jason certainly thought I should have noticed something.
"Come to thnk of it, when they were leaving, andtonio and Milton came to our table and I remember now a small gesture by Washington towards Sanna." God why hadn't I seen that before. But then, I didn't know Sana at the time at all."
The two looked at each other.
We have been in a Bull Market, and nobody really feels comfortale about it all. Here's why the love is shallow: 1. Stocks are moving separately from the economy. 2. Corporate Profits hit highest level since 1950, but median income is down 8% compared to 2011. 3. Investors are not able to say they were wrong and continue to make mistakes that brought about 2008 calamity. 4. Too much cash available to keep market at top despite mediocre GDP reports. Investor cash appears to support fictional "buying opprotuniteis" as opposed waiting for correction. 5. Information overload and false hype.
The Answer:
There are so many. How about "Obama announces new economic recovery program", "Celebrity Found Dead in Motel Room", RI Congressional Contingent Backs Obama", "Car bombs Kill Citizens In Iraq (Fill in Middle East country)", Al Sharpton calls America Racist nation", "NFL Player Arrested" and of course "Obama Blames Bush". There are so many more. Send them in.
Well, Southern Cross got me, but I still think Dylan is number one for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9gLjEGJrw (Preview)
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