Today's Tids Issue 3,241
Opening Stuff:
Everybody thinks football has passed baseball as the national pastime. I think in reality it is
shopping. Intrepid bargain hunters enter arenas of intense competition to score
lowest prices for products they may or may not need. Sales flyers are scoured
more intensely than the sports pages, as these professionals seek to outscore
their shopping adversaries in cents-off totals. The internet is all about
shopping, with smart phones simply basic equipment. Increasing rates of penalties
often rising to felony status, are committed in the drive to be first to the
fire sale table- a trip, and subtle elbow, a fierce below the knees block or
tackle. 14 days remain in this Super Bowl for shoppers. Can fantasy shopping be
far behind as retailers cut, cut, cut so people buy, buy, buy – or is it
already here with HSN or QVC. Don again your gay helmets…it’s time for battle.
So did you hear about Robin Hood’s alcoholic brother who robbed from the rich to give to the
pour? With thanks to Chris Brown.
In an exit interview
with the New York Times , the least honest man in the history of American
politics said, “I’d be happy to work with them (The Republicans)”. What more
can I say.
A Nevadan commenting on the
NYT reclamation platform for this insolent lawmaker said, “Mr. Reid will go
down in history as the man who did more to diminish liberty, destroy the
constitution and rape the people of Nevada than any other person.” See,
President Obama is just an amateur next To Harry.
The Question:
David letterman is retiring after
how many shows? Most people can name the predecessors to Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno
on The Tonight Show, but who came before Letterman on CBS?
The Headlines:
--Millions Of Americans
Voluntarily Extend Helping Hand Out To Those In Need.
--Jump In Retail Sales Far
Greater Than Expected By Razor Sharp Economists; Stocks Up Over 200 Points.
--Pelosi and House
Conservatives Arguing Against New Spending Bill; Conservatives reoubs Don’t
Like Funding Of Obama Immigration Give-Away; Pelosi Wants Removal Of Campaign
Finance And Financial Regulatory Provisions.
--Lowlife In Mississippi Robs Salvation
Army Kettle.
--Powerful Storms Slam
California; Power Outages Affect Tens Of Thousands.
--Detroit Exits Bankruptcy;
Huge Challenges Remain.
--New Poll: 81% Of Americans
Expect ISIS Attack In USA; 56% (Up from 52%) want to Keep Gitmo Open; In
general, people say President Priorities should be Economy (38%), ISIS (21%), Health
care (12%), Immigration (10%), Race Relations (9%); 35% Say Prez doing Good Job
On Isis, 37% Good Job On foreign Policy. .
--CIA Supporters Slam
Feinstein Report As Deeply Flawed, Ill Conceived; Some Brainless Opiners Blame
Growth Of Torture On TV Program “24”.
--34 Yo. Alcohol Or Drug
Impaired Woman Drives Into NYC Christmas Shoppers On Sidewalk Near Macy’s,
Injuring 7.
For all of you Oscar watchers, going Indie maybe the name of the game this year. As one
Sony mogul said recently, “Bad scripts turn out bad movies”. Could it be that
Hollywood is considering bringing intelligence back to America? Well today SAG
announces the five best films, none of which are from the back lot factories.
Birdman heads the Best Film “Musical or Comedy” list with 7 nominations, but
the others in the category are profound too --
Grand Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods, Pride, St. Vincent. (Birdman was a
Comedy?) In the Best film Drama we have Boyhood, The Imitation Game,
Foxcatcher, Salma and the Theory of Everything. For TV, the best Drama series
contenders are – House of Cards, The Good Wife, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones
and The Affair; for Musical or Comedy they are Silicon Valley, Jane the Virgin,
Transparent, Orange is the New Black, and Girls. The best TV movie or
Mini-Series list has True Detective, Fargo, The Normal Heart, Olive Kittridge
and The Missing. See it all at: http://globes.yahoo.com/post/104925588908/birdman-tops-golden-globes-with-7-nominations
When asked how they were able to stay together married for 65 years the woman replied: “We were born in a
time where if something was broke, you fixed it…not throw it away.
This week looks like a potential pick-um disaster. The only relatively easy picks I see are Balt (Playing
well lately) over Jax and maybe Det over Minn. The rest are hea scratchers
especially when considering all of this years upsets. I love what St. Louis has
been doing, but Ariz showed gust last week. SL for me. Oak surprised and KC
disappointed. I have to believe that KC is still better. Atlanta is still in
the hunt as is Pitt. I really have no clue here so I’ll take the Steelers. The
NFC east loser bowl should be won by the inept Giants over the Inept Skins.I
have to pick NE to get back at the Dolphins. I think Houston can beat Indy, but
Indy is home. I live what Buff I is doing, but GB looks awfully good. Carolina
looked like a lock over TB until Cam rolled over a truck. TB in an upset. Game
of the week #1 is Cleve/Cinn. Cinn has been anemic at times, Johnny football is
starting. I love Cleve, so this is an emotional pick. SD is at home and needs
his game over Denver who has been sluggish. SD in another surprise. The Jets
played Minn tough and Tenn bombed last week. I’m picking the Jets. Seattle
should control the sliding Niners. Dallas and Philly is big game #2. Philly
looks great and the mediocre. Dallas is on the verge, but loses its grip
Philly. Two sucking teams are NO at Chi. Maybe John Lester can play QB for da
Bears? I’ll go with the home team. The record now stands at 130-75 (63.4%) I’m
much too adventurous in my picks this year.
I have always found it pretty easy to be optimistic. Maybe it’s because I believed so much in
Santa Claus and happy endings in fairy tales. That somehow good will prevail
even if evil gets all of the notoriety.
There seems to be an
undercurrent from people getting tired of the direction of the USA, who are promoting
that states pay Senators and Congress people, including expenses. Making the
senator beholden to the people, which is exactly the theory of the USA representative
government, may take this added step of reigning them in back to local
problems. The UL of A – United Lobbyists of America just isn’t working.
Interestingly, before the 17th amendment, Senators were elected by the State legislature according
to Articles 1, 3, clauses 1 & 2 of the Constitution as a means “to prevent
the Federal Government from indirectly absconding with powers and funds of the
states.”
A court has just ruled that in many cases “Insider Trading is perfectly legal. It appears that
original intent of insider trading law illegalities was based on the legality
of the provider of the information. This seems to mean that if the informant
got the information legally without some remuneration or quid pro quo, even if
because of a position of power, then it the user of the info for profit can’t
be punished. The Hedge Funders are smiling this morning, and the federal prosecutors
are mad as hell. And on Main Street we just sit back and wonder if there is any
real hope.
Why exactly is Hillary running for President? Does she have a plan for the good of the country? Or is
she clutching those coattails so loved by pop culture America – first in
anything is better than quality, character and competence. So far it appears
that becoming rapturous about electing the first Black president, even though
not qualified, has been a total disaster. The country seems to be moving away
from the Constitution, from its intrinsic greatness. The racial divide has even
deepened, or at least in the view of the Black industry operatives. (Most
American whites today who work, play or live with people of other races, who
are friends with people of other races, have found little difference in them as
human beings.) So what would we expect from this potential first woman
President who may be entirely qualified but who already polarizes the country;
who is distrusted by a near majority of people? What do we gain by voting for
the “First” of anything if it tears apart the fabric of the country? Forget
about what the press likes to ooze.
The Answer:
Letterman is complete ding a
reign of over 6,000 shows. He, as you may remember was Johnny Carson’s, and his
own, choice to carry on the Tonight Show. But Jay Leno was chosen. So Letterman
became the first Late Show guy for CBS> There were no true predex=cessor
like there had been at NBC. CBS experimented with a mish-mash of shows that
included dating shows, and several failed attempts at personality which included,
a Joy Bahar/Bill Maher Tandem, Dan Rather, Pat Sajak and Merv Griffin among
other laser known’s. Now it is Stephen Colbert. What will he be like when he
has to wear his own liberal skin?
Happy last days of shopping,
everybody:
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