“…About the moral character of our nation.”

Today's Tids Issue 3,429

Opening Stuff:

Martin Shkreli is just the latest example of a national malaise, the problem of declining moral character expressed so vividly by Carley Fiorno. Her words resonated with me as I seem to see new examples of  moral decay on a daily basis. I just happen to believe that moral fortitude, as hard as it is to maintain in the face of our growing anything goes world, is the basis of every person, every community, every state and a nation that is good and strong. The foundation is everything. If we can just put our collective eyes looking forward to strengthening each individual’s character, we have a chance of regaining what Donald Trump promises – a great America again.

I can appreciate Cubs fans going to the mat to do anything to win a world series. Yesterday fans in that beautiful city ate a goat, hopefully ridding themselves of a curse bigger than the Bambino. Sports is tough.

If you look up you’ll see Pigs Flying. Yes, I was watching MSNBC yesterday at noon when the news guy following the Pope’s Mass telecast came on to list the reasons why Hillary may really be in trouble this time. One of the most damaging reports, according to the reporter and a NYT’s columnist guest was the news that The State Department was denying her version of the legality and authorization of personal email accounts and servers. This wasn’t Fox saying it. It was MSNBC.

A large majority of people think all of Wall Street is loaded with Martin Shkreli’s.

The Question:

In what year did Howdy Doody first show up on the Tube. What was the name of the Princess on the show? 2. Who was Mildred Gillars?

The Headlines:

--World Financial News A Little Better As US Awaits Opening; Bears Say We Are In Their den; Bulls Say They’re Horns Are Still Sharp.

--German Ministers Knew Of Volkswagen Deception; Embarrassed Company Lost 1/3 Of Value; Fraud May Hurt Merkle Credibility.

--Fiorino And Rubio Gain Ground In New Fox Poll; Trumpster Still Leads.

--Pope To Address Congress Today After Yesteday Mesmerizing Christians With First US Mass.

--220 Dead In Saudi Arabia Pilgrimage Stampede.

 Apparently there is a new Carley Fiorina TV commercial playing out there which is very powerful. It plays off her comments about the “Living, breathing, kicking” child ready for brain harvesting. It shows all of the news media personalities rushing to condemn her for playing lose with the facts. Then it shows the video which is just as she described. The final slogan which I like a lot: “This is about the moral character of our nation.”

I think the Tid Sports Department hit a new low with last week’s picks. Oakland over Baltimore? It is happening more and more in the NFL in the early going. It doesn’t seem now-a-days that no team is as good or as bad as the so-called experts say. After all, these are all pretty good football players who have risen up to win many a time before the pros. So, here we go again. I used to pick “Posers” but all games have the possibility of going the other way. Like, Tonight’s Giants Washington game. Yikes! I’m holding my nose and picking the Jints. With Romo out and Atlanta surprising, I should pick the Falcons. Ouch. Luck is better than Morioto, right? Go Indy. Winston is getting better, but Houston is at home and needs to rise for a win, finally. Also, I’m picking homers Minn over SD, Cleve over Oak, Balt over Cinn, NE over Jax, Carolina over 0-2 NO, Jets over Iggles, Cards over Niners, Pack over Chiefs and Seattle over Chicago (When are they going to dump Cutler, anyhow?) Denver away should beat Detroit. I’m also picking away teams in a couple of battles -- Pittsburg at St Louis and Buffalo at Miami. Looks like a lot of easy wins in there for the good ole’ Tids guys. Yeah, right!

The New Ed Klein book has Hillary breathing more fire than usual. One particularly interesting description has the nation’s former chief international negotiator yelling at the President: “Call off your F---ing Dogs, Barack.’” The President just sat calmly and said, “I don’t know what you are talking about.” He added “Your problems are, frankly of your own making. If you had been honest…” It  looks like this book will be atop the Repub reading list.

“Autumn” by Alexander Glasanov is a nice melodic piece for easing the mind as you lounge around on a cool, sunny fall day, designing the pumpkin face you’ll be carving in a couple of weeks.

The hedge fund kid Martin Shkreli who raised the price of Daraprin 5000% looks like a movie character of a greedy totally dislikable Wall Street Master of the Universe. And, it turns out that he is just that. Apparently he was thrown out of the last drug company he purchased, Retrophin, by the Board of Directors and then sued for $65  million. The reason: He was using the company as a cash cow to pay back his hedge fund after losing a lot of money. No altruism in that kid, despite his protestations. As one observer said, At least by switching form hedge Funds to a Medical company he can hurt people more directly.

The Parking Lot; Chapter 16 continues…

   Jerad Hollister left the little coffee shop, got in his car and drove off, sipping his diet Coke as he thought about what he had seen and heard. But, he didn’t go home.

   Aftr parking his car up the steep road down from the old library, he walked to a secluded little grove of bushes with a good sight angle down towards the shop. He didn’t have to wait long, when he saw what he had suspected, a black SUV that seemed be low on tire air. Of course that was his imagination at work suspecting that two large men were it it.  The car pulled into the lot nearly hitting Fred’s. Before the giants could emerge, Fred was out of the front door, his mouth moving rapidly He must have said Jared had left because the two now standing before him, turned their heads towards the hillside. Jared ducked reflectively, but he didn’t need to.

   Fred continued talking, but they must have heard enough, because hey moved past him shoving him roughly so that he nearly tumbled off the fender of his car.

  Jared’s instincts took over, and he ran up the hill to his car. Something was happening and he felt he needed to be ready to travel. By the time he was half way back down the hill in his car, still hidden by the lines of old maples, he saw Beth being roughly led from the Café. He felt pain in his heart. He started to open the door, but saw that she was being thrown in the back seat.

   

Mainstreet can be as dangerous as Wall Street. The Ten Most Dangerous Cities are Birmingham Ala, Milwaukee, Rockford Ill, Baltimore, Little Rock, Cleveland, St. Louis, Memphis, Oakland and Detroit. Just in case you’re getting  sa good deal on a vacation destination.

The Answer:

1. Howdy first appeared with his pal Buffalo Bob Smith in 1947. Clarabelle was the clown, but the class of the show was Princess Winter Fall Summer Spring. 2. Mildred Gillars, an American, was Axis Sally, the well known Nazi wartime radio Propagandist. She was convicted of treason. She was like, well, Jane Fonda before there was Jane Fonda.

Who learned more about building good character than Pinocchio?

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