Today's Tids Issue 3,439
Opening Stuff:
There
are signs on Wall Street that Optimism, or at least
rational thinking may be returning to buffer the market. There is more evidence
to the contrary of several warning signs from bears. Two main revelations are
that the S&P is not over valued and that some of the danger signs like those
regarding the dollar and energy are overstated. Part of the problem is people have
become used to volatility and look for declines even midst strength. Of course
the world economy, in particular a China malaise will be scare some investors into
exaggerated reactions. Nothing is in isolation any more.
Have
you noticed while reading news bulletins and stories that the
world appears to have been smothered by extraneous Instagram clutter?
My
guess is that we will be seeing stories from the NY
times, Washington Post et.al. about all of the good people living positive
lives after being wrongfully imprisoned for drug use. Anecdotal evidence is key
for ideologues especially when there is little supporting evidence for an
agenda from general population statistics, in this case 6,000 released
prisoners.
I
started off a little groggy this morning after last night’s
Ya, Ya, Ya (WYKWIM)…Ya, Ya elimination celebration party. EeeeeHa! Ok, so I’m
small.
The
Question:
Double
“Q” Day! 1. What was the name of the man who
kidnapped the Lindbergh baby? 2. What do you think are rated as the Top Ten
greatest rock songs of the 70’s?
The
Headlines:
--Massive Oil Reserves Discovered In Israel.
--New Players Discovered In Clinton Email Scandal;
Hillary Email Saw Hack Attempts By Korea, China, Germany.
--China Markets Recover After “Holiday”; Germany Growth
Newest Concern.
--Oil Prices Rising After Russia Attacks.
--Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Bans All
negotiations With The USA.
--Some Of Prisoners In Obama’s Mass Early Release
Porgram Have Long Rap Sheets That Include Violence, Robbery and Drug selling And
Smuggling.
--Putin Popularity “Sky High” In Shiite Iraq.
A
new Quinipiac Poll has the USA saying the most trusted
news network is Fox News at 29%. CNN is next with 22%. CBS and NBC are at 10%
while ABC is 8% and MSNBC is on the bottom at 7%. But these numbers also
indicate that news trust has fallen mightily since the days of Edward R.,
Huntley/Brinkley and kindly old Walter C. Unfortunately too many people believe
Facebook, Instgram and Twitter. And Jon Stuart.
Every
day I erase The Tids I wrote the day before. It’s an odd
sensation about basically nothing. I always feel I’m losing something of
myself, even though it is all there somewhere. Humans are weird.
Draft
Kings is not using the Tids Pickum’s to plot their
results. Not too bad ast week at 10-5, although there were a couple I had regrets
about after I clicked “Send”. This brings the year to 39/24 or 62%. Creeping
up. There are a lot of teasers out there this week. Indy isn’t that good except
in the eyes of ESPN. Houston has disappointed too. I go Houston tonight. Other
tough matchups are St. Lou/GB, A less than expected Buff against a better than
expected Tenn, Struggling Seattle and undefeated undefined Cinncy, underlings Jax
at TB, Stumbling Balt at surprising Cleve, The Pats at injured Dallas and two underperformers
from the coasts –SF and the Jints. Have to pick GB at home, An increasingly questionable
Seattle team to muffle Dalton, Buff to get to Mariota, TB at home, Cleveland in
the upset of the week, The Pats in hopefully not the upset of the week and the
mistake prone Giants over the similarly mistake prone Niners. The rest of the
picks are KC over Chi, Atlanta over Skins, Iggles over Saints, Cards over
Lions, Denver “D” holding back a better Raider team and SD at home over Pitt. I’ll
be wrong on some picks cause that’s the way NFL football goes, but the big
question mark in my mind is not picking Cinncy.
“Fresh
Off The Boat” is a pretty funny new Sitcom.
I
knew I had seen the TV show “Limitless” before.
It was in a not too awful movie starring Bradley Cooper and Robert DiNero. Same
basic plot. I liked the movie and I didn’t mind the TV show so far…even though
I know I’ve seen it.
It
will be interesting to see what is really happening
within these Fantasy league “non-gambling” ventures. It appears that it is near
impossible to get insider information based on the way the system works – at least
according to a rebuttal from industry exaecs. So this furor may be a case of jealousy
after one employee of Draft Kings won $365K. Maybe the kid knew what he was
doing. Maybe he was really good at the game. Regardless, the Companies will
have to show strong signs of self-regulation, or find Congress clinging to
their backs. Now if only Wall Street would self-regulate, we’d really be making
some progress.
Oil
in Israel – does that mean that Putin will soon be taking
the USA’s place there too?
I’ll
tell you one thing about Hillary the Repubs should
fear – She has programs. Her latest designed to curtail risky trading on Wall
Street (Ala recent Bernanke suggestions on talk show circuit) has a broad appeal
to all that have their heart in their throat watching savings disappear. She,
like her husband, will probably do what wins, usurp good republican ideas as
her own. She can be anybody the electorate wants her to be. Hillary the lizard –
I mean chameleon!
If
smart phone users can get past the hype, they may start opting
for the Microsoft Lumina over IPhone. First thing to look at is price. The
second thing to consider is whether or not you need all of those IPhone
features.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 20 continues…
Nancy grabbed
Jared’s arm to steady herself as she sprang from the canoe. She looked at him
for a beautiful second, and then ran toward her house to see Beth. He tied the
canoe to a small branch, and was about to walk back when he noticed a small
movement in one of the blue plastic sacks. He jumped back, but quickly oriented
himself to the scene, picking up a paddle, then walking carefully towards the
body. He poked it gently with the paddle, but heard nothing, no groans or sounds
of pain. Maybe it was his imagination.
He’d wait
for Nancy. She was the smart one. Jared had no ego, especially when it came to
the care and handling of dead, mutilated bodies. He started to sit, when his
eye caught a refection up the shoreline about 20 yards. It was a boat. Actually
a nice looking boat, with plenty of room for five, including the two chubbies.
He was breathing
hard again after hauling the deadly duo up and into the boat, when he heard, “I
see you found my toy”. He turned to see Nancy smiling, standing in front of a
somewhat rejuvenated Beth. Jared immediately ran over and hugged Beth.
The
Answer:
1.
This was just a little refresher course on old history. I’m sure you all had Bruno
Hauptman tucked away in the back of your minds. 2. Ok, time to rock. #1 is Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to heaven. The rest
are Hotel California (Eagles), Imagine (Lennon), What’s Gong On (Gaye), Brn to
Run (Bruce), Superstition Wonder), Layla (Derek et.al.), Bohemian Rhapsody
(Queen), Bridge Over Troubled Waters ( S&G) and Let’s Stay together (Green).
Of those I only liked Layla and Bohemian. Check out the Top 250 – I’m sure you’ll
find many-a-favorite: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs70s.html
I
always enjoyed #23 – More Than A feeling by Boston. http://en.musicplayon.com/play?v=130163
Add
a little life to your day.
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