Today's Tids Issue 3,347
Opening Stuff:
Inane or insane, Department:
I’ve taken to
listening to books on tape when driving. I just can’t take the endless
reiterations of the sports talkers, especially the overdone deflated football
caper. And, now with the emerging
political harangue about lots of stuff that has no baring on my life or this
good old country, I figure I could go insane if I don’t take action.. Listening
to inane mindless books, mysteries mainly, will add years to my life. It also
helps my eyes. Of course, I could listen to music, but that would relax my mind
to the point of driving off the road, which is entirely contradictory to my
objectives behind the wheel.
Life was pretty much
all good when you were waiting for the tooth fairy, or Santa or the Easter
Bunny. Today I spend 3 to 4 hours a couple of days a week waiting for the Golf
Elf, but he never shows. I guess I just have to do it myself.
I continue to laugh
at the hapless efforts of journalists. Just this morning I heard Dennis
Hastert described as “Bush’s speaker”. In the reality of the USA system nothing
could be farther from the truth, as the entire concept of American= is the
preservation of the divide between the Branches. But we live in a “Get Bush’
world where many of the anti’s have exhibited extreme insanity in their rants.
It’s a crying shame that the fourth estate misses or misrepresents the truth so
much of the time. Or, just isn’t smart enough to know what’s true.
The Questions:
Double Q Day: 1.
Who was the first woman to be elected to Congress and The Senate? 2. Mount Everest is looking like Newport
after the tourists leave, with wrappers and clutter everywhere, as climbers
seemingly clamber over each other to reach the top. Who was the first to reach
the top, and who was his=is guide in what year?
The Headlines:
--Market Could Open Lower As Q1 GDP Turns Negative; Chicago
Purchasing Agent Survey Indicates rebound In May.
--Ex-Speaker Hastert Indicted On federal Money handling;
Mystery friend At Core Of Misdeeds.
--US Recon Flights Spot Artillery Installations On Chinese
Manufactured Islands; Concerns Raised About Beijing Intentions.
--US Tells Iraq “It’s You’re Fight”; WH Says US Will Not be
Responsible For Their Security Situation.
--Bodies Continue To Be recovered In Texas Flooding Rivers.
--1;400 In India Now Dead Due to unrelenting Heat Wave.
—New Downcity Homicides Add To Baltimore’s deadliest Month.
--National Speling Bee Ends In Tie; Americans Of India
Heritage Continoo Trend Of Fellow Indian Spellers Over Past Five Years.
You have to wonder
how much of the money flowing into the personal bank accounts of FIFA is US
Foreign Aid bucks coming from American tax payers.
In case you are
interested, the states with the worst spellers are Idaho, Utah, Wyoming,
New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa. The Best are Alaska, Washington,
Oregon, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Conn and
Mass. RI was just a notch below the best grouping and would have been included if
I didn’t live there! Once again, The Tids tips the balance.
Putin has been
relatively quiet lately, but his subterranean housed hackers are attacking
in full force. You have to think that the bare-chested boss of the Bear woke
one day saying aha, bullets hurt and bombs destroy, but I can rule the world
with software.
If the NFL behemoth
trips up under the load of its own popularity, there’s another “sport”
waiting in the wings. One of the fastest growing spectator enjoyments now being
called a sport is gaming. Yes, the same gaming with pale faced hulks sitting in
the dark, nimble fingers flying across magic eBoxes. Yes eSports has arrived big
time, filling large arenas as across the USA, Can little League Gamers be far
behind?
I’d like to see a
little more of Windward Pines in the daylight. At times last night it was
tough telling who was talking, or doing what to whom.
Johnny Depp is
learning that laws are laws. There is nothing humorous about the celebrity
smuggling dogs into a land that’s say no and means it. 10 years in jail may be
a little lengthy, but a good dose of time would be good for all to see.
The latest data has
Google’s Android at 80% of the world mobile device software and Apple is at 16%. Just in case you live by perceptions
alone. The good news here is that if you own Apple stock, there’s plenty fo
room for growth.
Reading Between the
Liens Movie reviews:
--What’s to say about San Andreas that isn’t implied in the title -- It’s Summer and time for a disaster. This
disaster flick is good if you like disaster flicks, especially because there is
some value acting and very cool special effects. It’s all about destruction,
and people helping people…you know, the usual disaster flick stuff.
--Aloha is a poor to bad movie starring a couple, of big
celebs Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper. The two some find romance in the computer
room as consultant Bradley is watched over by Lt. Emma as they both try to stop
a rocket launch. It just doesn’t hold together very well, but it may tickle the
hearts of all who love romantic comedies. But, don’t expect much. The critics
hated it, the consumers barely abided.
The Answer:
1. Of course, it
was Maine’s own Margaret Chase Smith who set a powerful tone of elegance and
capability for all woman in higher office. We used to have men and women like Margaret
running our government. 2. Edmund
Hillary and guide Tenzing Norgay planted the first flag atop the forbidding
mountain. That was in 1953.
Time for a nice
weekend. I’m rooting for The Cavs to give Cleveland it‘s first professional
sports championship since 1948! ( Note: The Browns won the AFC in 1964 –which was
huge then -- but not the NFL final.
Something for your background listening enjoyment. A nice orchestral
choral piece from Copelkand’s Tender Land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFOCsUZNr3g
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