Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Gruber and Voice contestants sing.

Today's Tids Issue 3,220
Opening Stuff:
 
President O has always wanted the USA to be more like Europe. Yesterday the EU European Court of Justice backed the member states saying they can deny certain payments to unemployed EU citizens who move to that country just to claim benefits!. Think about hat for a second – they are denying handouts to citizens playing the freebie game while we’re giving away hard earned tax dollars to lawbreakers who snuck into the USA. (Source: BBC) Am I missing something. Oh yeah, the deciding Judge said that he made his decision because “it made sense” and it seemed logical to deny such payments. Sense?
 
Yesterday I started a conversation that you will be seeing more and more of as Anti-Obamists lump Net neutrality in  =to the “If it’s from “O”, It’s bad” category. It will be argued by two sides with minimal information until you actually hope your cable does shut down to give you piece. Here’s another, and easier to understand view of “Net Neutrality”:
 
I remember back in the times just before the .Com bubble burst that it became wise to follow the most shorted stocks. Today’s Ten most shorted in order from 1-10 are Sirius XM, Intel, Frontier Communications, Comcast, Micron technology, Blackberry, Apple, Groupon, Microsoft and MannKind. Jeez  – Just when I was thinking getting back on the Microsoft bandwagon was a good idea.
 
The Question:
Quick…name 5 women Figure skating Stars who come quickly to mind. Bonus: One small but prestigious New England Liberal Arts Colleges is quite proud of its three, count em’, three Major League Baseball General Managers. Name them and their teams.
 
The Headlines:
--Jonathon Gruber, Architect Of ObamaCare, Walks Back Comment That “Stupidity of American Voter” Is What Allowed “Fraudulent” Affordable Care Act to Pass; Video Of October 2013 Conference That just Went Viral Shows Gruber Saying That “We Lied About Everything To Get It Passed”; After Backtracking Apology, Second Video Appears Showing MIT Economist Calling Voters Stupid.
--Alaska Senate Election Finally verified Adding Another Repub To August Body; GOP Dan Sullivan Wins In Tight Battle Over Dem Mark Begich; Only La Run-Off Remains.
--Montgomery County Maryland School System Scrubs Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah From School Calendars, Muslims Had Asked For Inclusion So Schools Said Get Rid Of them All..
--Chinese Stocks Hit 3 Year High.
--Charles Rangle Invokes Double Standard Rule Saying that it Is Ok To Call Tea Party “White Crackers”.
--European Space Probe Begins Tricky Task Of Landing On Comet!
--Many View Obama $6.2 Billion Ebola Plan As New Spending Boondoggle; Money Will Likely Fall Into West Africa Black Hole Of Corruption.
 
Our town is spending $2 Mil to build a “Bikeway”, while schools are starving for money. Bicyclists will probably avoid the “Bikeway” to be cool and “free”, just as they avoid all biking laws now.
 
Ok, Time for The Voice: One thing I have noticed is that I have to disregard my own taste in music to objectively evaluate singers.; tough but necessary. This is a big night when USA voters will pick 2 from each team and the judges will pick a third giving us a final 12. For Adam’s team I like Matt McAndrew and Damian. It appears that they could be in. Mia Pfirman seems weakest with voters, so Taylor Phelan may be the third. For Blake, I like James David Carter and Jessie Pitts, but think Craig Wayne Boyd will be a lock as will Reagan James, who I also like. I think Taylor Brashears is very good, but two have to go. For Gwen, I liked Ricky Manning and think Taylor John Williams is very talented, but so is Anita Antoinette who has the personality. I think Ryan Sill will Creep in. Briana Saloz is not my favorite, but fans seem to like her. Luke Wade is Mr. Personality for Pharrell and a big fan favorite, but he seems to sing the same song all of the time. Enjoyable to watch. I believe Elyjuh Rene is the most talented of them all, but ,.mm. .6666my favorite for Pharrell is Sugar Jones. Danaika Shirey, though is a marvelous singer and could force Jones out, Jean Kelley is the also ran here. So, tonight is the big choice show. Will be interesting.
 
As a homeowner, there is one thing I never want to discover – a sinkhole. That’s why it’s good to live in colonial homes that have stood the test of time.
 
War 101: Beware of a country president with a large army and failing economy.
 
You may have noticed yesterday’s Tids news Item about the new Chinese Stealth fighter, which was announced to coincide with the arrival of our Prez in China. What I hadn’t heard yesterday was that the technology for the plane was stolen by the Chinese hacking into Lockheed-Martin! Gadzooks! Talk about a slap in the face. The White House continues report on progress being made there on US/China relations!
 
Net Neutrality was looking like a big continuous argument opportunity until the Jonathon Gruber video went viral and gave everybody a broad discussion platform. Gruber makes the government look sneakier and worse than we even thought.
 
Of course, I haven’t seen the US media discussing the EU court ruling on cutting freebies for for the eternally idle, and I suspect we won’t have our main stream media giving much attention to the Gruber thing.
 
The Answer:
I did this quickly and my first thoughts were Peggy Fleming, Tenly Albright and Tonya Harding. See, I couldn’t even get to five, including Tonya’s victim Nacy Kerrigan. Some otters I should have known were Katarina Witt, Dorothy Hammil, Michelle Kwan, Carol Heiss, Oxana Baiul, ara Lipinski, Kristi Yamaguchi and of course the first skater I ever heard of, Sonja Hennie. Bonus: Amherst, one of the finest colleges in the land, boasts three MLB GM’s. Dan Duquette was just named Executive of the year for transforming Baltimore. Why can’t the Red sox get GM’s like that? The other two are ben Charington of the Sox and Neal Huntington Of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Oh, Duquette giit his start  from Harry former Milwaukee Brewers GM Harry Dalton, another Amherst Alum. Must be something in the beer there. But, more likely the influence of a great long tome baseball coach therer – Bill Thurston.
 
The way things are going in these times it won’t be long until the greeting card of choice will be , “Merry, Whatever!” or, is merry too religious.
 
Whistle a happy carol!

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