Today's Tids Issue 3,169
Opening Stuff:
Harbors are quite a
amazing. The sounds. Horns calling, the soft rumble of launches fetching.
The halyards clanging against masts, snapping a tune of wanderlust. The tides rushing
around moorings. Gentle breezes whistling through rigging. Soft waves lapping
at pilings. The Sights: Seagulls sitting top masts silhouetted against a setting orange sun, rocking to rhythm
ot the sea. Sailors lugging duffels aboard for an evening cruise, the first leg
of a journey to discovery. The calm wakes of incoming boats finding their nighttime
havens. The splash of sea creatures who are getting back the waters after human
play. Oars hitting the glassy surface propelling ever widen ripples to the sleepy
shore. The senses: I sit on bow hatch, feeling the gentle rock like a baby in a
mothers secure arms; I feel the cooling evening creeping up my skin; I taste
the salty mist with my tongue.
One of the great
examples of the new bias in America can be seen in the issuing of fines
against traditional energy companies is cases of animal kills or environmental
disruption versus the blatant waving of fines for similar incidents for wind
and solar companies.
I’ve thought of
getting a coffee bean grinder. But, that harsh noise before I had a chance
to awaken gently to soft music could injure my psyche for the rest of the day.
It’s also the reason I never turn on political commentators til late in the
day.
The Internet if
anything, is the biggest Advertising medium ever in the history of
marketing. Sucking people in to give away all of their personal info and accept
tracking is all for the benefit of advertisers. It is not about anything more
than that.
The Question:
You probably know somebody going to college this fall, and
some kids will eat better than others. Name the Top Ten on the Best College
Food Eats List.
The Headlines:
--Negative Global News Could Push Stocks Lower Before Labor
Day Weekend.
--Russian Backed Separatist rebels Take Key Strategic Town
Of Novoazovsk; Ukraine Prez Changes Plans To Visit Turkey As Fighting Escalates
On Main Roads To Crimea.
--Russia Planning On Turning Off Gas Valve To EU, Ukraine.
--al-Gaida Group Al-Nusra Front Take Control Of Syria Israel
Border crossing At Golan Heights; Some Mortars Land Inside Israel.
--FBI Investigating Reports Of Hacking Of JP Morgan, Chase
And Other US Banks; Indications Are That It May Be Russian Hackers In Retaliation
For Sanctions.
--Ousted CEO Arthur Demoulas Says He Will buy Marketbasket Chain
Ending Employee And Consumer Boycotts Over His Dismissal.
--Apple Looking At Giant IPad; Techies Not Interested.
It was reported that
a US Coast Guard boat in the Persian
gulf fired on an Iranian Dhow which seemed poised to fire a machine gun. My
first question is what are US Coast Guard boats doing guarding coasts in the Persian
Gulf? Have hwe quietly annexed new territory?
Have you ever thought
about how Facebook can assault family budgets? For centuries people, women
mainly, could get by with a smallish wardrobe. But now with the universal
exposure medium, a new dress is needed for every large occasion or small
gathering which certainly will be broadcast to the world. And then, you need an
addition to the house for a larger closet. Ooh, she wore that on FaceBook
yesterday!
In case you are
wondering about that local supermarket news item, it’s about employees of a
non-union company becoming irate after relatives of the founding family ousted
the family member who made the chain great for workers and consumers. It’s about
people making things happen. It can be done without Government. Really.
Speaking of family
business, how about that sister of the Boston Bombers making a bomb threat
against another woman in NY? The brainless rule.
The zero earnings
company Snapchat was valued at $10 Billion yesterday, probably in
anticipation of an IPO. In case you all have big bucks on the sideline, you may
want to take a gander at other hot M&A targets – Yelp, WebMD, TrueCar and
Demand Media.
Well, tonight we
begin our last stretch of exhibition games in the annual transition to real
football – well, as real as the football tsars will allow. Tonight will be interesting
up here as the Pats go against the Jints with rookie QB Garafolo expected to be
given the chance to live or die for the entire game. He is the new fan favorite,
and the women have already put him ahead of Brady in the handsome column. --The
Brown are trying to find consistency in there QB situation which could be diminished
with the affirmation of Josh Gordon’s year long suspensions. --The NFL has
penalized the Seattle Seahawks for being “Too Rough” during practice! God help
us. –Jerry Jones says his Cowboys are the NFL glamour team. They play like runway
models.
Next week it is what
you’re all waiting for – the inaugural Tids Touchdown Tips and Pickum’
Society at work. How exciting is that!
Do you get the sense
that a noose being tightened around Israel?
The hot new diet
buster in RI is the lobster version of the Clam Cake called Lobster Belly
Bombs. They are chock full of lobster right off the boat and sold by the
Fisherman’s Cooperative at Long wharf. Oh, you can do much better buying lobsters
off the boats in Galilee down in Narragansett. You used to get deals in Newport
too, until they got organized. They must have received money from some Gov agency,
because they sure don’t operate like a competitive biz.
The Answer:
#1 College for good eating is Bowdoin College up in Maine
(Lobster every knight?) The rest are Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Kennesaw State U,
Northwestern, U of Rochester, NYU, Occidental, Duke and Boston University.
See the top 75 here: http://www.thedailymeal.com/75-best-colleges-food-america-2014
Well, you can
criticize the Net, but without it you wouldn’t get the Tids.
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