Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Friday, June 26, 2015

Lighten up! OMG, that could be a racist remark.



Today's Tids Issue 3,368
Opening Stuff:

You can talk about the growth of Hillary Clinton’s untrustworthy rating. Or her many questionable activities like the Benghazi charade and White Water deception, but none of it means nothing at all in the realm of irrational politics. Democrats who hate her will hold their nose and vote for the failed former secretary of State not because they want a first woman president, but because she will probably have an opportunity to pick 3 Supreme Court Justices. The Dems want their justices, pure and simple. I shudder at the prospects of a liberal domination of courts.

A reader reminds me never to take a stone wall for granite.

You know why we have Ohio don’t you? It’s because New England farmers got tired of building stone walls.

Seriously though, we have just got to get lighter. In fact I see humor in everything. I just try to look serious at times because I’m trying to be an adult. It’s hard.

The Question:
Take a wild guess at was the first product ever recorded on a grocery store/Supermarket scanner. Bonus: What exactly is TED?

The Headlines:
--SC Says No To Changing ACA; Affirms Low Standard Of Proof For Racial Discrimination Housing Suits.
--27 Dead In Islamic Attack At Sousse Tunisia Tourist Beach; Islamist Group Decapitates Man At Grenoble France; Head Place Atop Post next To ISIS Flag;  IS Bombs Kill 10 In Kuwait Mosque.
--9 Killed In Alaska Sightseeing Plane Crash; Tour Was Onshore Excursion for Holland Line Cruise Passengers.
--Hillary Benghazi Emails Missing From Document Dump.
--More Whisperings Around The Street Abut End Of Bull Markets.
--59% Of Americans Still Think US Economy Not Up to par.
--Today is Probably Single Biggest Day of Stock Trades As Russell Index Pares Stocks And Adds New; Get ready for Hectic Close.

Here’s a little health tip you can stow away for some time in the indeterminate future: Never buy squid from Vietnamese fishing off of bridges.

There’s a rumor floating around (Which I have been unable to verify) that the Boston Globe has marked as racists white people who are fans of the hustling, super versatile, leading RS batter Brock Holt, who is a white player. The reason this could ebb true is because we live in an increasingly maniacal world, and the fact that the Boston Globe is named in the rumor? Lighten up.

And of course the Supreme Court said yesterday that racial bias in housing suits can be brought even if there is no prejudicial intent. That means if a black or tan person who has been thrown out of rental spaces for various nefarious deeds or just plain ruination of properties, he or she can’t be refused rental by a land lord.

The NHL will get some real new star power in the draft if Wayne Gretsky, Sidney Crosby clone Conner McDavid is as good as advertised.

Yesterday when  the SC Ok’d ACA for eternity, a friend wrote to say that her medical Insurance was just cancelled and she was advised to log into the Gov health Monster where she found that her rates were tripled! This is the ultimate wealth re-distribution system in the Government. How will we ever get back down to a manageable Government with so many sucking on the national teets.

With Same Sex Marriage on the SC agenda, I was thinking that young people are ok with the fact that marriage isn’t about only men and women for the procreation of children because so many of the young couples equate dogs with kids.

Can you imagine what America will look like after The Hill and her Hollywood pals get a stranglehold on the Supreme Court?

The Parking Lot: The Prologue Continues…
Her eyes were feverish now. Moving rapidly side to side as the hulk in front of me dismissed my threats with a smirk and turned back toward where she had been. She was grasping at the area around her body, when suddenly she stopped, and was motionless. She raise her hand as the big man approached and sprayed from the can she was now holding tightly in her hand. The brute’s hands went to his eyes and he cried out. He roared crazily. I took a step back. He was really mad now, and he flayed around trying to remember his bearings and the position of his prey. She had moved, now quickly and determined to the side. I saw an opportunity and rushed at him with everything I had, sore shoulder aimed at his mid section. I plowed into him expecting to mash him into the car now just a foot beyond. It felt like I was hitting a cast iron lamp post, and I just bounced off, dropping my 2 by 4 and tumbling to the ground finally landing on my back. I lay still now somewhat bewildered by my inadequacies, looking up at the giant blinking back his sight. I was doomed. He reached down and picked up my weapon, while I noticed the woman struggling to unlock her car door. I moved up to one knee, not knowing what I could do. He seemed a little confused, not knowing whether to pummel me or go after the woman. I used his hesitation as an opportunity to rise quickly. I was hoping to get pack into a position of some advantage, but noticed at once that he had raised my piece of lumber and it was coming down at a rapid pace towards my head. Just before I ducked I saw the woman jump in to her car. Then it struck my now exposed back sending enormous pain rattling throughout my aging bones. It was not that proverbial glancing blow.

If you live in Texas and hear a gunshot coming from a neighbors garage, it most likely somebody shooting a rattlesnake! I’d be outta their faster than Hillary can destroy a Benghazi email.

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Ted 2 (No relation to TED) is out and could be trying for those who like the first one. Walberg and MacFarlane are reunited in this sequel where newlywed couple ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove in a court of law that he is a person. Sophomoric and some distasteful humor.
--“Max” Doesn’t quite make it in this Man’s best friend throwback to Rin Tin Tin and Lassie. The only thing similar is the potential for tears. A military dog from Afghanistan is adopted by his handler’s grieving family, and the close bond with the brother leads to a life altering revelation
--Big game looks like a decent thriller, but the movie goers seem to have given it a thumb down. A survivalist in Finland’s wilderness stumbles across an escape pod form Air force One containing the President. A group of kidnappers is on their trail, and the chase is on.

The Answer:
In 1974 at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy Ohio the button was pushed to begin product scanning; the first being a Ten Pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Gum which rang up 67 Cents! Today you can’t even afford to make gum wrapper chains at about $5 bucks a Ten-Pak. Bonus: TED stands for “Technology Entertainment design” and was started I 1984by the Sapling Foundation as a global set of conferences. It is considered highly entertaining and informative getting plenty of viewership on line. Ted ahs been viewed over one billion times worldwide, but some subjects like art and design videos are below average while Academic talks are more popular. BTW, in this morn’s WSJ, TED’s founder Saul Wurman’s home here in Newport is for sale at $11 Mil.

Has there been many melodies written that are more beautiful than those of Pucini?

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