Today's Tids Issue 3,462
Opening Stuff:
There’s
nothing more beautiful than a contagious smile, and a
good wit.
I
keep on reading and reading and can’t find the serious
grievances that would bring down the President of U Mizzou. There must be more
to it that isn’t being reported, other than the fact that not playing a
Football game results in the loss of a cool $1 million.
In
case you missed it, here are 10 “Annoying Technologies
that need to die right Now”. An assemblage of Geeks gathered together to
suggest that we get rid of Passwords, Adobe Flash, “Captchas” (You know, those
strangely written words you have to decipher to gain entry to some sites),
Email (190 Billion/Day magnets for spam), Autocorrect, Bloatware (Crap apps
foisted upon your phone by wireless carriers et.al.), Web Pop-Ups, Unskippable
Video Ads, Phone Notifications and “Rate This App” requests. Call your favorite
IT guru!
The
Question:
Who are the leading candidates just listed on the
baseball Hall of Fame Ballot for the first time? Bonus: Who are considered the best all time Producers? (Well sort of -- you'll see)
The
Headlines:
--New Orleans Appeals Court Upholds Texas
Injunction Against Obama Immigration Order That Would Block Deportation Of Up
To 5 million Illegals.
--Best Buy Joins Parade of Retailers Aiming To
Break Up Family T-Day Dinner Tables; U Mizzou Football Players Say They Are
Ready To Protest.
--Drums For Christmas Sell-Off Beating Again On
Wall Street; EuroStocks And FTSE Lower.
--Repub Candidates Boning Up For Next “Debate”
Circus Tonight.
--Chipotle To ReOpen 43 NW Restaurants Closed Due
To Vegetable Induced Ecoli.
--MLB Player’s Voted Best By Players: Josh
Donaldson And Bryce Harper Named AL and NL Players Of The Year: Dallas Keuchel
And Zack Greinke Won For Pitchers; Carlos Correa And Kris Bryant Best Rookies.
--NE Patriots Lose Big As the Exciting and
Productive Dion Lewis Is Knocked Out For The Year.
After
watching a session between George Will and Bill O’Reilly,
I’m suggesting that Fox News Producers keep a couple of straightjackets handy
for O’Reilly. What an annoying, bullying guy he was in that fiasco. Beware of
egos with high ratings, for they will become insufferable.
Some
clowns commenting on the radio about U Missouri are asking,
“A president has to step down because of racial epithets from hill billys in
pick-ups?” You got something against hill billy’s? I happen to think highly of
a many a hill billy. I think all the hill billy’s on the football team should rise
up in protest.
Gimme
a guitar to strum, I’ll sing to the beat of a drum,
“Just because I got a beard, And speak with a drawl, it don’t mean I’m weird.
City folk wish they could say Y’all!”
I
was not jumping out of my chair a lot during the voice
last night. (My wife says it was because I was asleep) Even the much adored
Jordan Smith seemed somewhat less than the over the top accolades from the
judges. The Best were probably Jeffery Austin, Amy Vachal, Victor Kiraly,
Shelby Brown and yes, call-back Elli Lawrence. Last night the judges (Gwen and
Adam) were allowed to recall one lost singer and Stefani may have picked a
winner in Ellie. But Adam brought back Chance Pena who proved why he was let go
in the first place. The biggest disappointment was Keith Semple, and I blame some
of it on Adam’s song choice for him. Six of last night’s crew will be gone for
good after Wednesday. Blaine Mitchell is on the fence, I believe…and maybe even
Semple. Tough to pick but it sure looks like Korin Bukowski (Who I had earlier
picked as a surprise dark horse), Braiden Sunshine, Chance and Regina Love are
sure to go.
A
new McClatchy/Marist Poll is about the wearability of Repub
candidates. For instance, the more Carson is exposed to them, 68% say they have
a favorable view and 20% a less favorable view. The other two with most
positive results are Rubio (58-27%) and Cruz (51-31%) On the other hand, the
more they see of Bush, 58% are less favorable and Trump 49% less favorable. In
the same poll, the “If the election were held today” question had Hill beating
Carson 50-48% and way ahead of all other Repubs. Sanders beat all Repubs except
Carson.
There
are a lot of things I strongly believe in and one of them
is keeping education local.
By
the way, the more I see of Christie, the more I like him.
I
see that the local big state newspaper is putting in more
Wedding announcements. I think this is good, as it one good reason to read
newspapers, which all papers need badly. I think what happened is they thought
making big bucks from the announcements was a great business idea, until they
found fewer and fewer couples paying the tab giving more and more subscribers a
reason to drop out. Sometimes money is not the answer, despite what the
quarterly report people on Wall Street say.
“Hands
up, don’t shoot!” Oh, wait a minute, no problem, that
was from a white guy and his 5 year old autistic son gunned down by two black
police in Louisiana for no reason. No media rushing down there.
The
Parking Lot: Chapter 26.
Nancy had
grabbed Jared’s arm and hauled him off to her canoe , grabbing the satchel,
explaining that she had rigged the house with concussion grenades knowing that
sooner or later they’d be there breaking into her house. Practically before the
dust had settled the two were long gone paddling back to the safe island.
Fred
staggered out of the house holding his hands to his ears, wondering if that
sound would ever go away. Fortunately the two thugs who had broken in the door
were first in, getting the brunt of the blast. He sat down on the steps as
thick smoke continued to pour out. His head was ringing and he could only see
her face. God damn her, he thought. She is making my life much too difficult. I
was going to get a few easy bucks and the town was getting a nice
out-of-the-way casino. What could go wrong.
He looked
up from his misery to see one of the two writhing on the ground, and he didn’t
expect either of them to be happy at all when they recovered. There was no
blood, just agony. He just decided to wait. Running from them would only bring
more grief.
“What the
fu..” he heard one of them uttered something for the first time, and it was the
exact words he expected. The second guy seemed out of it so the first bastard
got up went over, shook him; kicked him a couple of times. The guy was
motionless.
Did
you hear that a Professor of Journalism
at U Mizzou (A Top Journalism School in Country) ordered goons to throw out
student Journalist wanting to cover the President resignation Press Conference?
Is this the new Journalism?
The
Answer:
The biggest name and surest thing for a first
ballot Hall slot is Ken Griffey Jr. He was one of those great all around
ballplayers who could do it all, field hit and run. Te other new players are
Jim Edmunds, Treveor Hoffman, Billy
Wagner, Garret Anderson, Troy Glaus, Mike Sweeney, David Ecstein and Mike
Hampton. Jim Edmunds is a very good player, but is he one for the ages? Others
on the list for the first time who the “Experts” put in the “one and done”
category (Receiving less than 5% of the vote knocks you out) are Brad Ausmus,
Luis Castillo, Mark Gredzielanek, Jason Kendall, Randy Winn and one of my all
Time favorites – Mike Lowell. So, I’m hoping for Lowell to get some traction.
Of the holdovers from last year, I would put Tim Raines in the Hall and give a
big boost to Kurt Shilling. I also like a lot, Alan Trammell, and would like to
have him in there someday. I believe the Hall is for guys who dominated the
their eras. Bonus: I’ have looked at
several lists and find most lacking of old time producers in top spots. For instance,
the great David O Selznick is off because the methodology only considered producers
nominated for Academy Awards. Before 1950, only Studios were nominated. But
this at least looked thorough: 1. Harvey Weinstein is followed by Steven
Spielberg, Scott Rudin, Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Spiegle, Francis Ford Coppola,
Eric Fellner, Clint Eastwood, Tim Bevin and Brian Grazer. Check it out: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/28/interactive-hollywood-s-50-greatest-producers-of-all-time.html
Nomar Garciaparra only got 5.5% of the vote last
year and he is better than Derek, “The God” Jeter who will probably go in on
the first ballot when he becomes eligible in about 4 years.
To get you in the mood fro tomorrow’s celebration
of heroes, enjoy Kate Smith singing “”God Bless America”, first heard by her on
her radio program years ago Today. Enjoy: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/28/interactive-hollywood-s-50-greatest-producers-of-all-time.html
The Kate Smith Show was one of the most popular programs
ever and featured as comedians Abbot & Costello and Henny Youngman.
“A man goes
to a psychiatrist. “Nobody listens to me.” The doctor says , “Next!” --Henny
Youngman
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