Today's Tids Issue 3,192
Opening Stuff:
We have always
had strict laws banning bringing fruit into the USA. So, why shouldn’t we be
equally as strict about banning people with the potential of carrying Ebola into
the USA?
There is nothing
better than being challenged, and then meeting it well.
The Big college
conferences keep on making noise about squeezing out the little guys,
especially in the Basketball, Final Four Tourney. It’s typical of giants who
don’t get it -- Don’t get that the people like the “can do efforts” of the smaller
colleges, the upsets, the mighty Cinderella that goes all the way; By doing
what…playing great team basketball, with smart passing and hustle. That is what
made the NCCA so exciting in the first place. Everybody has to find somebody to
root for, and the little guy is everyman for many.
The Question:
This is for women, but men might like it so they don’t feel
so out of it when women talk about fashion. Or, are there fashionable men too?
Who are considered the top designers of today?
The Headlines:
--Global Ebola Watch Heightened.
--48K New Jobs Added In US; Unemployment Rate falls To New
Low Of 5.9%; Number Of Those dropping Out Of Labor market Rose By 315,000; Civilian
Labor Force Participation Down To New Low Of 62.7%; Average Wages Down Slightly.
--US Markets up Strong After Employment Data.
--Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Strict Restrictions On
Abortions.
--9 UN Peacekeepers Ambushed And Killed In Mali; al-Qaida
Jihadist Group MUJAO Suspected.
--Boko Harem Joins List Of Jihadist Groups Videotaping
Beheadings; Group Also Said To Have Developed Capacity To Shoot down Aircraft..
--Warren Buffet Buying More Stocks As Prices Fall; Schwab
Drops Pimco Flagship; Record Oil Imports Shifts Trade Gap Into Negative territory;
Hong Kong Stocks Snap Losing Streak.
--Hack Of 76 Million JP Mogan Chase Customers Largest in
History; Company Says Key Personal Data (i.e. SS #’s) Still Safe.
--Former Pentagon Head Panetta Denounces Obama For Failure To
Keep Troops In Iraq.
--US Syrian Bombing Of His Enemies Has Assad Back On the
Offensive.
My entire life
changed when I learned that you could use “Undo” in Free Cell.
We have several new
good people entering the friendly confines of Tidsville. If they ask, tell
them you like it.
Don’t you think
“Khorason Group” sounds like a management Consulting Firm?
I don’t like the
sing-songy whimpy-ness of RI Gov candidate Gina Raimondo’s voice in
commercials. Frankly, I don’t like the timber of Alan Fung’s Voice either. I’m
a pretty shallow guy easily swayed by visceral emotions. Maybe I’ll vote for
Indy candidate Kate Fletcher. She’s better looking than Gina and Alan, and says,
“It’s not the government’s job to fix everything that’s wrong with our state,
it’s our job.” The really good news is that she is a nutritionist and vows to bring
healthy eating habits to our newly energized state which will be buoyed by her
new economy based on Green jobs. How great is that – Oranges and Oranges, Carrots
instead of Cheeto’s. When you get off the mainline, you can find a healthy
alternative.
The new Fox
Mini-Series Grace Point looks like a winner, to me. A young boy is found
dead on a beautiful beach, and the ensuing investigation and media frenzy turns
the lives of towns-people inside out. Good acting and feels more real than
most. Check it out.
The good news is
that Gold dipped below $1,200.00. This tends to tell us that the average
investor is confident enough not to be concerned with the TV fear mongering
from gold hawkers.
Meanwhile back in
Russia, the big country next to Sara Palin’s house has been upgrading their
Nuclear arsenal and now, according to START Treaty documents, have passed the
USA in totals for the first time 1,643-1,642. Two years ago, the US had 1,722
while the Big Red Machine had only 1,499. The Russians have used the “Peace”
and disarmament treaty well. Are you looking over your shoulder yet? Duck and
cover!
As far as I’m
concerned, rice is the must accompaniment with fish. They just work well
together.
The folks making TV
commercials for those manufactured formed chicken nuggets, should avoid the
aesthetic visuals of the nuggets in slow motion bouncing off a plate. We don’t
want to be reminded that they taste like rubber.
In a scientific national
poll asking which states should be kicked out of the Union, only eight received
5 or more votes. The runaway winner was California with 53. New York with 25
and Texas wuth 20 were two and there. Florida was the last of the double digit
states with 11. Washington had 7, Mass
had 6 and Conn, Ill and NJ had 5. Just so you know there were 40% Dems, 39%
Repubs and 18% Indy’s. You have to figure the Dems voted to oust Texas, and The
Repubs wanted Cal and NY to go.
Reading Between the
Lines Movie Reviews:
--Gone Girl looks like a good one. It’s a darned good murder
yarn that unravels another mystery along the way – marriage. The acting and
tension is good in this dark intelligent thriller about a wife found dead and a
husband – and marriage -- under a microscope. The people love it.
--On the other hand we have Annabelle, a “Chuckie” for girls,
that borrows from every horror movie ever made. No new plot line, just lots of
demons in the basement an bumps in the night. You will not be surprised or scared
--The Good Lie would be a contender if it didn’t go “Hollywood”
for an ending. Its still good, about “The Lost Boys”, 3600 boys orphaned by the
Sudan Civil War who traveled a thousand miles to safety. It’s about the humanitarian
effort to give the children a life, to bring the boys, and girls, to America –
a triumph to survival and life.
The Answer:
There is a lot of room for dispute here. Here’s a list fro
2014 that has as #1 Karl Lagerfield. There sin order going to 10 are Valentino
Garavani, Giorgio Armani, Coco Chanel, Ralph Lauren, John Paul Gaultier, Tom
Ford, Kate Spade, Betsey Johnson and at #10 Marc Jacob, tattoos and all.
Another Top ten list pretty much affirms the slit above but adds, Yves Saint
Laurent, Calvin Klein and Christina Dior. Wear your tags outside with pride.
Hope you can find it all at TJ Maxx.
Time to put on my
Garvani and go out and bring beauty to the world!
Have a great weekend,
E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!
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